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Coastal House Exterior with Three Floors Ideas and Designs

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Historic Sea Cabins
Historic Sea Cabins
St. Pierre ConstructionSt. Pierre Construction
Custom home with cedar lap siding, vertical painted lattice, hand-crimped metal roof and beautiful landscaping featuring shellstone pavers
Inspiration for a white nautical detached house in Charleston with three floors, wood cladding, a metal roof and a grey roof.
Amelia Island Beach House
Amelia Island Beach House
Johnson Home BuildersJohnson Home Builders
This is an example of a gey nautical detached house in Jacksonville with three floors, mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Shingle Style Beach House with Gambrel Roof - Pleasant Heights - Cape Cod, MA -
Shingle Style Beach House with Gambrel Roof - Pleasant Heights - Cape Cod, MA -
Polhemus Savery DaSilvaPolhemus Savery DaSilva
Pleasant Heights is a newly constructed home that sits atop a large bluff in Chatham overlooking Pleasant Bay, the largest salt water estuary on Cape Cod. - Two classic shingle style gambrel roofs run perpendicular to the main body of the house and flank an entry porch with two stout, robust columns. A hip-roofed dormer—with an arch-top center window and two tiny side windows—highlights the center above the porch and caps off the orderly but not too formal entry area. A third gambrel defines the garage that is set off to one side. A continuous flared roof overhang brings down the scale and helps shade the first-floor windows. Sinuous lines created by arches and brackets balance the linear geometry of the main mass of the house and are playful and fun. A broad back porch provides a covered transition from house to landscape and frames sweeping views. - Inside, a grand entry hall with a curved stair and balcony above sets up entry to a sequence of spaces that stretch out parallel to the shoreline. Living, dining, kitchen, breakfast nook, study, screened-in porch, all bedrooms and some bathrooms take in the spectacular bay view. A rustic brick and stone fireplace warms the living room and recalls the finely detailed chimney that anchors the west end of the house outside. - PSD Scope Of Work: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Construction | Living Space: 6,883ft² | Photography: Brian Vanden Brink |
Gambrel
Gambrel
Violanda Franzese Architect P.C.Violanda Franzese Architect P.C.
Inspiration for a large and multi-coloured nautical detached house in New York with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Sea Girt Favorites 2017
Sea Girt Favorites 2017
Rice and Brown ArchitectsRice and Brown Architects
This is an example of a gey beach style detached house in New York with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Bahamas
Bahamas
Atlantic Breeze Storm Shutters, Inc.Atlantic Breeze Storm Shutters, Inc.
Bahama Shutters enhance the tropical look of your home while offering everyday use and protection. While still allowing a cool coastal breeze, the Bahama Shutter provides shading protection from the sun. The added privacy benefit of Bahama Shutters eliminates the need for interior window blinds or shutters, while still allowing in light and air flow in the closed position.
Montana "Beach" House
Montana "Beach" House
ThinkOneThinkOne
Located on a private mountain pond, this home is reflective of a Floridian beach home. With bright colors and and open airy feel, this home brings the beach to Montana.
Voysey Inspired Seaside Home
Voysey Inspired Seaside Home
John P. Margolis, AIAJohn P. Margolis, AIA
Greg Premru
Design ideas for a large and beige nautical render house exterior in Boston with three floors and a pitched roof.
Coastal House on Vancouver Island
Coastal House on Vancouver Island
Tom Kuniholm Architects, AIATom Kuniholm Architects, AIA
Tom Kuniholm
Medium sized and blue coastal house exterior in Vancouver with a pitched roof, three floors and wood cladding.
Oceanfront Beach House- Kiawah Island, SC
Oceanfront Beach House- Kiawah Island, SC
Arnett Construction and Arnett Custom Homes, LLCArnett Construction and Arnett Custom Homes, LLC
Imagine waking up to the view of the ocean every day. That was a dream of our homeowners and thanks to Arnett Construction, this dream is now a reality. Climb the stairs into the front entry and see the spectacular view from the windows. The natural light in the kitchen illuminates the custom counter tops. The master bath is huge and full of custom features. A real, dream come true, wrap around back porch that leads directly onto the beach. Bette Walker Photography
New Waterfront Home - Town Point
New Waterfront Home - Town Point
Peake Green DesignPeake Green Design
The rooftop deck is accessed from the Primary Bedroom and affords incredible sunset views. The tower provides a study for the owners, and natural light pours into the main living space on the first floor through large sliding glass windows, letting the outside in.
Colfax
Colfax
Ross Builders, Inc.Ross Builders, Inc.
Rear
Inspiration for an expansive and gey beach style rear detached house in Chicago with three floors, wood cladding, a hip roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.
North End Spec Home
North End Spec Home
VB Homes Design, Build, RemodelVB Homes Design, Build, Remodel
Medium sized and blue nautical detached house in Other with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a mixed material roof and a grey roof.
Beach Home Michigan City Back of Home
Beach Home Michigan City Back of Home
Jody Snider Homes, Inc.Jody Snider Homes, Inc.
Three stories is a long way up when looking at this upper story bedroom deck that overlooks Lake Michigan. The arbor off the kitchen adds a reprieve from the hot summer sun.
Pajaro Dunes
Pajaro Dunes
Seacliff Construction & DesignSeacliff Construction & Design
The owners of this beachfront retreat wanted a whole-home remodel. They were looking to revitalize their three-story vacation home with an exterior inspired by Japanese woodcraft and an interior the evokes Scandinavian simplicity. Now, the open kitchen and living room offer an energetic space for the family to congregate while enjoying a 360 degree coastal views. Built-in bunkbeds for six ensure there’s enough sleeping space for visitors, while the outdoor shower makes it easy for beachgoers to rinse off before hitting the deckside hot tub. It was a joy to help make this vision a reality!
Newport Waterfront
Newport Waterfront
Blackband DesignBlackband Design
Photo of an expansive and white coastal detached house in Orange County with three floors.
Breach Inlet Getaway
Breach Inlet Getaway
Herlong ArchitectsHerlong Architects
This is an example of a blue beach style detached house in Charleston with three floors, mixed cladding and a metal roof.
The Brielle
The Brielle
CMM Custom HomesCMM Custom Homes
Photo of a gey beach style detached house in Other with three floors, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Beach Style Exterior
Beach Style Exterior
Design ideas for a gey coastal detached house in Other with three floors, wood cladding and a metal roof.
Ocean
Ocean
Atlantic Modular BuildersAtlantic Modular Builders
This is an example of a large and blue coastal house exterior in New York with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.

Coastal House Exterior with Three Floors 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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