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Detached House with a Pitched Roof Ideas and Designs

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Lifestyle Garden
Lifestyle Garden
We Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic HowardWe Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic Howard
Photo of a white classic two floor detached house in Surrey with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a red roof.
A Modern Westbury Black Orangery in Yorkshire
A Modern Westbury Black Orangery in Yorkshire
Westbury Garden RoomsWestbury Garden Rooms
Design ideas for a beige classic two floor detached house in Essex with stone cladding, a pitched roof and a grey roof.
Country Home, Gloucestershire
Country Home, Gloucestershire
Justin Van Breda LondonJustin Van Breda London
Photo of a beige rural detached house in Gloucestershire with three floors, stone cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a brown roof.
Black Timber House
Black Timber House
HAPA ArchitectsHAPA Architects
Black Timber House is an award-winning eco home set within the South Downs National Park. Designed with sustainability in mind, it features locally sourced materials, passive energy strategies, and striking charred English larch cladding using the Yakisugi method. The house consists of two stacked volumes, creating dramatic overhangs and a sheltered veranda. Large picture windows frame views of rolling meadows, while a vaulted first floor reaches into the tree canopy. With a handcrafted kitchen made from surplus oak flooring and a zinc worktop, the home blends contemporary design with natural textures, ensuring harmony with its rural surroundings.
Stratum
Stratum
uniquehomestaysuniquehomestays
Inspiration for a large contemporary two floor front detached house in Cornwall with a pitched roof.
The Old Rectory
The Old Rectory
Kit Peel GardensKit Peel Gardens
Photo of a red classic two floor brick detached house in Other with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a black roof.
Garage
Garage
OakwrightsOakwrights
This is an example of a farmhouse two floor detached house in West Midlands with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a red roof.
Willows - Various Extensions and Full Refurbishment
Willows - Various Extensions and Full Refurbishment
Spatial Design ArchitectsSpatial Design Architects
Photo of a contemporary two floor detached house in Essex with a pitched roof.
Moorsfort
Moorsfort
Juliet Murphy PhotographyJuliet Murphy Photography
This is an example of a yellow traditional brick and front house exterior in London with three floors, a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a brown roof.
Exterior Makeover in Atlanta
Exterior Makeover in Atlanta
Boyce Design + BuildBoyce Design + Build
The exterior face lift included Hardie board siding and MiraTEC trim, decorative metal railing on the porch, landscaping and a custom mailbox. The concrete paver driveway completes this beautiful project.
Hickory Hill | Rustic Modern Cottage
Hickory Hill | Rustic Modern Cottage
Vision InteriorsVision Interiors
This cozy lake cottage skillfully incorporates a number of features that would normally be restricted to a larger home design. A glance of the exterior reveals a simple story and a half gable running the length of the home, enveloping the majority of the interior spaces. To the rear, a pair of gables with copper roofing flanks a covered dining area and screened porch. Inside, a linear foyer reveals a generous staircase with cascading landing. Further back, a centrally placed kitchen is connected to all of the other main level entertaining spaces through expansive cased openings. A private study serves as the perfect buffer between the homes master suite and living room. Despite its small footprint, the master suite manages to incorporate several closets, built-ins, and adjacent master bath complete with a soaker tub flanked by separate enclosures for a shower and water closet. Upstairs, a generous double vanity bathroom is shared by a bunkroom, exercise space, and private bedroom. The bunkroom is configured to provide sleeping accommodations for up to 4 people. The rear-facing exercise has great views of the lake through a set of windows that overlook the copper roof of the screened porch below.
Queen Anne Bungalow Resurrection
Queen Anne Bungalow Resurrection
Carl Mattison DesignCarl Mattison Design
The bungalow after renovation. You can see two of the upper gables that were added but still fit the size and feel of the home. Soft green siding color with gray sash allows the blue of the door to pop. Photography by Josh Vick
Franktown Road
Franktown Road
Talie Jane InteriorsTalie Jane Interiors
Back addition, after. Added indoor/outdoor living space with kitchen. Features beautiful steel beams and woodwork.
Photo of an expansive and brown rustic two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a brown roof and shiplap cladding.
Front Porch
Front Porch
Coastal Signature HomesCoastal Signature Homes
Tom Jenkins Photography Siding color: Sherwin Williams 7045 (Intelectual Grey) Shutter color: Sherwin Williams 7047 (Porpoise) Trim color: Sherwin Williams 7008 (Alabaster) Windows: Andersen
Andersen Windows & Doors Design Gallery
Andersen Windows & Doors Design Gallery
Jilco Window Corp.Jilco Window Corp.
Inspiration for a black classic two floor detached house in New York with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Custom Craftsman Home in Vienna, VA
Custom Craftsman Home in Vienna, VA
Oak Hill Building & RemodelingOak Hill Building & Remodeling
Robert Miller Photography
Photo of a large and blue classic detached house in DC Metro with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding, a shingle roof, a pitched roof and a grey roof.
Entertainer's Dream - Front
Entertainer's Dream - Front
Bohannon Design TeamBohannon Design Team
The home features high clerestory windows and a welcoming front porch, nestled between beautiful live oaks.
Medium sized and gey country bungalow front detached house in Dallas with stone cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Modern Farmhouse Remodel
Modern Farmhouse Remodel
KGA Studio Architects, PCKGA Studio Architects, PC
Photo of an expansive and white country detached house in Denver with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a black roof and board and batten cladding.
Transitional Tomball
Transitional Tomball
Morning Star Builders LTDMorning Star Builders LTD
Transitional styled exterior, white painted brick, black composition shingled roof, linear coach lights, black framed glass doors
Photo of a medium sized and white traditional two floor painted brick detached house in Houston with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a black roof.
Michigamme Lake Home
Michigamme Lake Home
Raasio Homes, Inc.Raasio Homes, Inc.
Medium sized and brown rustic two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a brown roof.

Detached House with a Pitched 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 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 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 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 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 exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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