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Expansive Traditional House Exterior Ideas and Designs

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Plymouth Tudor Home
Plymouth Tudor Home
Oakwood Custom HomesOakwood Custom Homes
Photo of an expansive and beige classic two floor brick detached house in Detroit with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
English Manor Westchester County
English Manor Westchester County
Karen Berkemeyer HomeKaren Berkemeyer Home
This is an example of an expansive and gey traditional two floor detached house in New York with a shingle roof and a pitched roof.
Sequoyah Addition
Sequoyah Addition
Jonathan Miller ArchitectsJonathan Miller Architects
This is an example of a red and expansive classic brick detached house in Other with three floors, a shingle roof and a hip roof.
Mountain Meadow
Mountain Meadow
Carrick Custom Home DesignCarrick Custom Home Design
Rebekah Westover Interiors
This is an example of an expansive and multi-coloured traditional two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with a pitched roof, stone cladding and a shingle roof.
Highland Lakes
Highland Lakes
Thomas Building Company, LLCThomas Building Company, LLC
The Entry
Photo of an expansive and white traditional two floor render detached house in Other with a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Woodcrest Residence
Woodcrest Residence
Highland Builders LLCHighland Builders LLC
Stone ranch with French Country flair and a tucked under extra lower level garage. The beautiful Chilton Woodlake blend stone follows the arched entry with timbers and gables. Carriage style 2 panel arched accent garage doors with wood brackets. The siding is Hardie Plank custom color Sherwin Williams Anonymous with custom color Intellectual Gray trim. Gable roof is CertainTeed Landmark Weathered Wood with a medium bronze metal roof accent over the bay window. (Ryan Hainey)
EXTERIORS
EXTERIORS
Whittney Parkinson DesignWhittney Parkinson Design
Sarah Shields Photography
This is an example of an expansive and white classic two floor detached house in Indianapolis with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Modern Craftsman New Construction
Modern Craftsman New Construction
UserUser
Shaun Ring
This is an example of an expansive and beige traditional two floor detached house in Other with a metal roof, concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.
Standing Tall in South Highlands
Standing Tall in South Highlands
WoodshapersWoodshapers
Photo of an expansive and red classic two floor brick house exterior in New Orleans with a half-hip roof.
JSD Builders - Coquina Project
JSD Builders - Coquina Project
SIW Impact Windows & DoorsSIW Impact Windows & Doors
J Quick Studios LLC
Photo of an expansive and beige traditional two floor house exterior in Miami with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Haggart Luxury HomesHaggart Luxury Homes
Exterior side
Expansive classic two floor house exterior in Portland with wood cladding and a hip roof.
Classical New England Shingle and Stone Home
Classical New England Shingle and Stone Home
Sanford Custom Builders, IncSanford Custom Builders, Inc
Built by Sanford Custom Builders and custom designed by Jan Gleysteen Architects, this classical shingle and stone home offers finely crafted architectural details throughout. The home is situated on a gentle knoll and is approached by a circular receiving court. Amenities include 5 en-suite bedrooms including a master bedroom with adjoining luxurious spa bath, walk up office suite with additional bath, media/movie theater room, step-down mahogany family room, first floor office with wood paneling and barrel vaulted ceilings. On the lower level there is a gym, wet bar and billiard room.
140 Forest Avenue
140 Forest Avenue
Monique Varsames Design, LLCMonique Varsames Design, LLC
Interior/Exterior finishes by Monique Varsames of Moka Design Furniture staged by Stage to Show Photography by Frank Ambrosino
Expansive and white traditional two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
The Heritage Haven 2016 Salt Lake Award Winning Parade Home
The Heritage Haven 2016 Salt Lake Award Winning Parade Home
Alair Homes - Salt LakeAlair Homes - Salt Lake
Brad Montgomery tym Homes
Inspiration for an expansive and gey traditional two floor detached house in Salt Lake City with wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
ATLANTA ENGLISH MANOR
ATLANTA ENGLISH MANOR
MarvinMarvin
This lavish English manor replaced the homeowners' original ranch house on the property. A growing family called for a design with more square footage, and the tree-lined setting begged for an approachable appearance within the neighborhood. The landscape created some unique challenges, but the finished home was a gorgeous success, taking cues from Sir Edwin Lutyens’ classical designs and forms.
draper castle
draper castle
RGS Exteriors & ConstructionRGS Exteriors & Construction
Inspiration for an expansive and brown traditional split-level detached house in Salt Lake City with stone cladding, a half-hip roof and a shingle roof.
Round Hill Estate
Round Hill Estate
Rinfret, Ltd.Rinfret, Ltd.
Photo of an expansive classic brick detached house in New York with three floors, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
20 3rd Street North, Naples FL 34102
20 3rd Street North, Naples FL 34102
Dante DiSabatoDante DiSabato
Matt Steeves
Expansive and white traditional two floor render house exterior in Other.
Barrington Hills
Barrington Hills
Nottingham Builders IncNottingham Builders Inc
Expansive and beige classic house exterior in Chicago with three floors, a hip roof and stone cladding.
Two Story Front Element featuring Board and Batten Siding with Cedar Shake Roof
Two Story Front Element featuring Board and Batten Siding with Cedar Shake Roof
Orren Pickell Building GroupOrren Pickell Building Group
http://www.pickellbuilders.com. Photography by Linda Oyama Bryan. This two story element on the front elevation of this charming storybook stone and stucco chateau in Libertyville features board and batten siding, cedar shutters, cedar brackets, and a cedar shake roof.

Expansive Traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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