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Detached House with a Pitched Roof Ideas and Designs

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Excelsior Lakeshore Living
Excelsior Lakeshore Living
AMEK Custom BuildersAMEK Custom Builders
Life is good when you get to relax overlooking a Minnesota lake. Our AMEK design and build team created a layout for optimizing lake life whether outdoors or indoors. Photo by Jim Kruger, LandMark 2019
Marlborough House
Marlborough House
Colab Architecture & Urban DesignColab Architecture & Urban Design
View from backyard.
Design ideas for a multi-coloured retro detached house in Portland with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Hidden Lake
Hidden Lake
Arcanum ArchitectureArcanum Architecture
This is an example of a large and gey modern detached house in Sacramento with three floors, mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
82nd Avenue
82nd Avenue
Williamson James Homes LLCWilliamson James Homes LLC
This is an example of a large and beige traditional bungalow detached house in Portland with vinyl cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
New Project Update (2)
New Project Update (2)
The Collective HausThe Collective Haus
Small and white farmhouse bungalow detached house in Boise with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Juniper
Juniper
MARCUSSE CONSTRUCTIONMARCUSSE CONSTRUCTION
Medium sized and white country bungalow detached house in Grand Rapids with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Modern Farmhouse with Stone Exterior
Modern Farmhouse with Stone Exterior
Thomas ArchitectsThomas Architects
Large and white country two floor detached house in Chicago with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Sunset Island Trail Project
Sunset Island Trail Project
JR Builders LLCJR Builders LLC
This is an example of a large and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Nashville with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Summer Cottage Addition and Renovation in Newport County, RI
Summer Cottage Addition and Renovation in Newport County, RI
SR Fine Home BuildersSR Fine Home Builders
Breezeway / Photographer: Robert Brewster Photography / Architect: Matthew McGeorge, McGeorge Architecture Interiors
Medium sized and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Providence with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Craftsman Mountain Home: Exterior
Craftsman Mountain Home: Exterior
Timberlake Custom HomesTimberlake Custom Homes
Gorgeous Craftsman mountain home with medium gray exterior paint, Structures Walnut wood stain and walnut (faux-wood) Amarr Oak Summit garage doors. Cultured stone skirt is Bucks County Ledgestone.
Beautiful Custom Home On The River
Beautiful Custom Home On The River
Pistro BuildersPistro Builders
This is an example of an expansive and blue contemporary split-level detached house in Other with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Dark Timber Street 1
Dark Timber Street 1
SHELTER Custom-Built LivingSHELTER Custom-Built Living
Inspiration for a small and white two floor detached house in Charleston with concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
#urbanfarmhouse - White Farmhouse Exterior
#urbanfarmhouse - White Farmhouse Exterior
Laura Fox Interior Design, LLCLaura Fox Interior Design, LLC
White farmhouse exterior with black windows, roof, and outdoor ceiling fans Photo by Stacy Zarin Goldberg Photography
Design ideas for a large and white country two floor detached house in DC Metro with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
The Mullet House
The Mullet House
Susan Yeley HomesSusan Yeley Homes
This gem of a house was built in the 1950s, when its neighborhood undoubtedly felt remote. The university footprint has expanded in the 70 years since, however, and today this home sits on prime real estate—easy biking and reasonable walking distance to campus. When it went up for sale in 2017, it was largely unaltered. Our clients purchased it to renovate and resell, and while we all knew we'd need to add square footage to make it profitable, we also wanted to respect the neighborhood and the house’s own history. Swedes have a word that means “just the right amount”: lagom. It is a guiding philosophy for us at SYH, and especially applied in this renovation. Part of the soul of this house was about living in just the right amount of space. Super sizing wasn’t a thing in 1950s America. So, the solution emerged: keep the original rectangle, but add an L off the back. With no owner to design with and for, SYH created a layout to appeal to the masses. All public spaces are the back of the home--the new addition that extends into the property’s expansive backyard. A den and four smallish bedrooms are atypically located in the front of the house, in the original 1500 square feet. Lagom is behind that choice: conserve space in the rooms where you spend most of your time with your eyes shut. Put money and square footage toward the spaces in which you mostly have your eyes open. In the studio, we started calling this project the Mullet Ranch—business up front, party in the back. The front has a sleek but quiet effect, mimicking its original low-profile architecture street-side. It’s very Hoosier of us to keep appearances modest, we think. But get around to the back, and surprise! lofted ceilings and walls of windows. Gorgeous.
Modern Santiago
Modern Santiago
Chelsea Lauren InteriorsChelsea Lauren Interiors
Photo of a medium sized and white contemporary bungalow detached house in Orange County with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Flower Avenue Residence
Flower Avenue Residence
Peter Vincent ArchitectsPeter Vincent Architects
This is an example of a brown contemporary two floor detached house in Los Angeles with a pitched roof.
Dream Cottage with a View
Dream Cottage with a View
Mary Hannah InteriorsMary Hannah Interiors
Photo of an expansive and beige nautical two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Jaquelyn Street
Jaquelyn Street
Ben The Builder IncBen The Builder Inc
A twelve foot Milgard Ultra French sliding door with sidelights and additional windows was installed in the three-season porch. Stucco was matched. Cedar deck. photo credit: Robert Frost Design
Best of Summer 2018
Best of Summer 2018
Charleston Home + Design MagCharleston Home + Design Mag
Inspiration for a white nautical two floor detached house in Charleston with a pitched roof.
Painted Brick Exterior (Limewash) After
Painted Brick Exterior (Limewash) After
Color Revival By Rebecca DumasColor Revival By Rebecca Dumas
Limewash of traditional brick home
This is an example of a large and white traditional brick detached house in Atlanta with three floors, a pitched roof and a shingle 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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