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Coastal House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Beach Style Exterior
Beach Style Exterior
Large and brown beach style bungalow detached house in Boston with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Bunny Lane
Bunny Lane
Heliotrope ArchitectsHeliotrope Architects
Sean Airhart
Brown beach style two floor house exterior in Seattle with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Stinson Beach House
Stinson Beach House
WA Design ArchitectsWA Design Architects
Design ideas for a large and gey beach style two floor house exterior in San Francisco with metal cladding and a flat roof.
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Hamptons Beach House
Hamptons Beach House
aamodt / plumb architectsaamodt / plumb architects
View of the entry to the beach house. Stacked concrete boxes are shifted to create a space for the door and main entry stair. Photo: Jane Messenger
Beach House DOTTO
Beach House DOTTO
Martin Gomez ArquitectosMartin Gomez Arquitectos
This is an example of a small coastal bungalow house exterior in Other with a flat roof.
Sandyland Exterior
Sandyland Exterior
ON Design ArchitectsON Design Architects
Inspiration for a medium sized coastal two floor house exterior in Santa Barbara with a flat roof.
Balboa Island 1
Balboa Island 1
Sinclair Associates ArchitectsSinclair Associates Architects
This is an example of a large and white nautical two floor house exterior in Orange County.
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Bluebird Townhouses
Bluebird Townhouses
Altereco DesignAltereco Design
Nikole Ramsay
Inspiration for a brown coastal bungalow detached house in Geelong with wood cladding and a flat roof.
Cabin Too
Cabin Too
Indigo Architecture & InteriorsIndigo Architecture & Interiors
The compact footprint and efficient, cockpit-like, interior spaces serve their functions well without gratuity. A rooftop photovoltaic solar panel system offsets power consumption, and careful attention to natural day lighting and ventilation combined with a high efficiency radiant floor heating system help make the house a modest energy user. photo credit - John Ellis
Surfers Dream House
Surfers Dream House
Michael Hospelt PhotographyMichael Hospelt Photography
Noel Cross Architects, Gina Viscusi Elson Interior Design, Messi Construction
Inspiration for a blue beach style two floor detached house in Sacramento with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.
Contemporary Houses
Contemporary Houses
Austin Patterson Disston ArchitectsAustin Patterson Disston Architects
Inspiration for a beach style two floor house exterior in New York with a flat roof.
Marin Modern Beach House
Marin Modern Beach House
THREE SIXTY ONE Architecture, AIATHREE SIXTY ONE Architecture, AIA
This is an example of a gey nautical bungalow glass house exterior in San Francisco with a flat roof.
Elizabeth Beach House
Elizabeth Beach House
Bourne Blue ArchitectureBourne Blue Architecture
Bourne Blue
Inspiration for a beach style house exterior in Sydney with metal cladding.
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The Signal Station
The Signal Station
Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
White coastal two floor detached house in Cornwall with a flat roof.
Residences in DeBordieu Colony, Georgetown, SC
Residences in DeBordieu Colony, Georgetown, SC
Catalyst Architects, LLCCatalyst Architects, LLC
Design ideas for a large coastal two floor house exterior in Charleston with wood cladding.
Noosa #2
Noosa #2
Menzie Designer Homes Pty LtdMenzie Designer Homes Pty Ltd
Lucas Muro
Nautical house exterior in Sunshine Coast.
Energy Efficient Home
Energy Efficient Home
MCAS - Max Capocaccia Architecture StudioMCAS - Max Capocaccia Architecture Studio
Baptiste Marconnet
Design ideas for a brown beach style bungalow detached house in Christchurch with wood cladding and a flat roof.

Coastal House Exterior 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.
Robert Young ArchitectsRobert Young Architects
Perched on a bluff overlooking Block Island Sound, the property is a flag lot at the edge of a new subdivision, bordered on three sides by water, wetlands, and woods. The client asked us to design a house with a minimal impact on the pristine landscape, maximum exposure to the views and all the amenities of a year round vacation home. The basic requirements of each space were considered integrally with the effects of sunlight, breezes and views. The house was conceived as a lens, continually framing and magnifying the subtle changes in the surrounding environment.
Le Portelet
Le Portelet
JAMIE FALLAJAMIE FALLA
Richard Brine
Photo of a nautical bungalow house exterior in Channel Islands.
Bay View Beach Residence, Wellfleet
Bay View Beach Residence, Wellfleet
Hammer ArchitectsHammer Architects
This is an example of a medium sized beach style two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding.
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