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Coastal House Exterior with a Mansard Roof Ideas and Designs

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Oceanfront Cottage in Stone Harbor
Oceanfront Cottage in Stone Harbor
OSK Design Partners, PAOSK Design Partners, PA
Medium sized and gey nautical two floor detached house in Philadelphia with wood cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.
Harding New England Shingle
Harding New England Shingle
Scandic Builders, Inc.Scandic Builders, Inc.
Inspiration for a beige nautical two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Brainerd Lakes Shingle Style
Brainerd Lakes Shingle Style
John Kraemer & SonsJohn Kraemer & Sons
Builder: John Kraemer & Sons | Architecture: Murphy & Co. Design | Interiors: Engler Studio | Photography: Corey Gaffer
Inspiration for a large and brown nautical two floor detached house in Minneapolis with mixed cladding, a shingle roof and a mansard roof.
Greenwich, CT
Greenwich, CT
Chadsworth ColumnsChadsworth Columns
Chadsworth provided (16) - 16" x 9' PolyStone® composite columns for this residence in Greenwich, Connecticut. Photos Courtesy of: Mr. Foster Lyons (Coastal Point Development, LLC)
Cape Porpoise Residence
Cape Porpoise Residence
Bowley BuildersBowley Builders
Irvin Serrano
This is an example of a white beach style two floor house exterior in Portland Maine with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Cape Cod Home
Cape Cod Home
JB Robbie Builders Inc.JB Robbie Builders Inc.
Cape Cod shingle style gambrel home
Nautical detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof and shingles.
6429 Dune Drive Avalon Shore Retreat
6429 Dune Drive Avalon Shore Retreat
Studio One ArchitectsStudio One Architects
Design ideas for a large and blue beach style detached house in Philadelphia with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Southampton beach house
Southampton beach house
UserUser
Photo of a large and brown nautical two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Private Residence - Manasquan, NJ
Private Residence - Manasquan, NJ
Brendan McHugh, Architect, Manasquan, NJBrendan McHugh, Architect, Manasquan, NJ
Design ideas for a small and blue beach style two floor detached house in New York with a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a black roof, shingles and vinyl cladding.
Falmouth Residence
Falmouth Residence
PAUL WEBER ArchitecturePAUL WEBER Architecture
This is an example of a gey beach style two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Coastal Knoll - Hingham, MA
Coastal Knoll - Hingham, MA
Sean Papich Landscape ArchitectureSean Papich Landscape Architecture
Photography by Sean Papich and Monty & Nan Abbott
Inspiration for a large coastal house exterior in Boston with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Peace of the Rock
Peace of the Rock
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Photo Credits: Brian Vanden Brink
Large and beige coastal two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Turkey Land Cove
Turkey Land Cove
Colonial Reproductions, Inc.Colonial Reproductions, Inc.
Photo of a brown nautical two floor detached house in Boston with wood cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shingles.
Home in Stone Harbor
Home in Stone Harbor
Studio 1200Studio 1200
Photography by James Worrell
Photo of a gey nautical two floor detached house in Philadelphia with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Westhampton Beach House
Westhampton Beach House
Douglas Graneto DesignDouglas Graneto Design
Gey beach style two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Ocean City, NJ - Bayfront
Ocean City, NJ - Bayfront
David C. Bennett ArchitectsDavid C. Bennett Architects
Classic Shingle Style Home with cedar siding and roof.
Photo of a nautical house exterior in Philadelphia with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Farmhouse Exterior
Farmhouse Exterior
Photo of a coastal two floor house exterior in DC Metro with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Santa Barbara Dutch Colonial
Santa Barbara Dutch Colonial
Kathryne Designs, IncKathryne Designs, Inc
Mark Lohman Photography
Photo of a white beach style house exterior in Los Angeles with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Uniting a Blended Family Under 1 Roof
Uniting a Blended Family Under 1 Roof
Brendan McHugh, Architect, Manasquan, NJBrendan McHugh, Architect, Manasquan, NJ
New home for a blended family of six in a beach town. This 2 story home with attic has roof returns at corners of the house. This photo also shows a simple box bay window with 4 windows at the front end of the house. It features divided windows, awning above the multiple windows with a brown metal roof, open white rafters, and 3 white brackets. Light arctic white exterior siding with white trim, white windows, and tan roof create a fresh, clean, updated coastal color pallet. The coastal vibe continues with the side dormers at the second floor. The front door is set back.
Tuttles Point
Tuttles Point
CK ArchitectsCK Architects
This is an example of a gey coastal detached house in Bridgeport with wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.

Coastal House Exterior with a Mansard Roof Ideas and Designs

With so much attention devoted to interior design, the exterior of a home can often get overlooked, but as the first thing that welcomes both us and our guests, it is worth devoting some time tending to the outside of your house. Furthermore, focusing on the coastal kerb appeal of your home can add significant value if and when it comes time to sell up. Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian homes, with their bay windows and elegant plasterwork, often benefit from built in architecture advantages, but even if your house design is unassuming from the outside, small decorative and structural improvements to the coastal exterior of your home can equal huge impact. Key areas of building design to focus on are the front door, the driveway or approach to your home, the porch area, the windows, the facade and the roof. And just a note of caution... before any significant coastal exterior architecture gets under way, check first whether you need planning permission for your exterior house designs– this applies particularly to listed houses or buildings in a conservation area, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Take a look through the house designs, exterior architecture and images of front doors and driveways on Houzz to inspire your facade or building design, or read on for a few more pointers when it comes to redesigning your exterior.

How do I give my home an exterior facelift?

You may feel like your home’s exterior architecture is unalterable but there are a wide range of options available to improve its external building design, no matter what raw materials you begin with. Begin with the front door and the pathway or driveway that lead up to your home as these are easy to improve without huge budgets. A driveway or pathway must be kept neat and tidy and you can consider replacing tarmac with attractive tiles or gravel. Repainting or replacing the fence, wall or gate that fronts your home can also offer an overnight transformation without breaking the bank. An area to not cut corners however is the front door, where spending a little extra can make a huge difference in quality, and painting it in a colour you love will pay you back every time it welcomes you home! Updating your windows can be a significant building design project but it is one that has benefits both inside and out, as well as potentially saving you money on energy later. If you are lucky enough to have period windows such as bay windows with sash or leaded windows, then maintaining them should be a top priority, but if they are beyond repair then there are plenty of window professionals that will offer modern, double or triple glazed equivalents that could still work in your bay window. Working with uPVC? Not a problem – the best improvement you can make is to ensure your windows are the right size and shape for your home's overall proportions.

How do I update my home’s facade?

When it comes to updating the facade of your home, painting is the quickest and most affordable way to achieve a coastal makeover, and if you opt for a colour other than white it can really make a statement (although sticking within the palette of your road and local area is advisable). A makeover that requires a bit more patience but can add romance and character to the most mundane of homes is to adorn the walls with climbing plants – delicate trailing wisteria is ever a British favourite, whilst roses and jasmine offer fragrance as well as beauty. If you’re looking to make more significant changes to the exterior of your home, whether that is adding timber cladding, hanging tiles, installing a bay window or rendering, then you should first check whether your house designs require planning permission. A New England style wood boarded home is beautiful and bright, but remember that it will need frequent repainting if it is going to stay looking its best, whilst stucco render or Tyrolean render can tidy up a home's exterior but think carefully before covering over original brickwork.

What should I consider if building a home from scratch?

If you’re working with an architect on a brand new build, the options are endless when it comes to deciding on the exterior architecture. But first things first, you will need to check planning permissions, building regulations and local restrictions, such as being in a conservation area, to make sure your plans for your exterior house designs will meet stipulations. If you are building in a street with predominantly Victorian facades, with bay windows and side returns, you might need to ensure your house designs fit in with the rest of the homes on the street, but if you’re building in a more remote area you’ll probably have more freedom for your building design. There are many architectural decisions to make, do you want a flat, gabled, hipped, mansard or perhaps even a curved roof? Do you want bay windows? Crittall windows? Perhaps external shutters? Do you want glass walls? Do you want wood cladding? Do you want a very symmetrical building design or something more contemporary? The decision is all yours but remember to consider the benefits of various materials over others and the effects that some architecture styles will have on everyday life, for example glass walls will look attractive but will give you less privacy. Your architect or builder will be able to guide you through the best coastal exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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