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Hilltop Farmstead
Hilltop Farmstead
GRIT Co.GRIT Co.
Snap Chic Photography
Inspiration for an expansive and white country two floor detached house in Austin with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a mixed material roof.
Cooper Woods Modern Tudor
Cooper Woods Modern Tudor
Havlicek Builders Inc.Havlicek Builders Inc.
This 2 story home with a first floor Master Bedroom features a tumbled stone exterior with iron ore windows and modern tudor style accents. The Great Room features a wall of built-ins with antique glass cabinet doors that flank the fireplace and a coffered beamed ceiling. The adjacent Kitchen features a large walnut topped island which sets the tone for the gourmet kitchen. Opening off of the Kitchen, the large Screened Porch entertains year round with a radiant heated floor, stone fireplace and stained cedar ceiling. Photo credit: Picture Perfect Homes
Haus am Hang
Haus am Hang
STUFE 4 ARCHITEKTURSTUFE 4 ARCHITEKTUR
www.sawicki.de
This is an example of a white and expansive contemporary house exterior in Dusseldorf with a flat roof and three floors.
ChiaroScuro
ChiaroScuro
Ectypos ArchitectureEctypos Architecture
The entry from the street looking to the westerly view. The house steps down the hill capturing light, breezes, views on every level. Photo by: Daniel Sheehan
Lawrence Park Ravine House
Lawrence Park Ravine House
Jillian Aimis ArchitectJillian Aimis Architect
Tom Arban
Design ideas for a large and gey contemporary two floor house exterior in Toronto with mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Inspiration
Inspiration
UserUser
Photo of a white and medium sized scandinavian concrete house exterior in Gothenburg with three floors and a flat roof.
Sunset Magazine - Idea House
Sunset Magazine - Idea House
ASC Building ProductsASC Building Products
2013 Sunset Magazine Idea Home in Seabrook WA, featuring ASC Building Products' beautiful metal standing seam Skyline Roofing. Photo Credit Sunset Magazine.
Bass Residence
Bass Residence
[STRANG] Architecture[STRANG] Architecture
Photography © Claudio Manzoni
This is an example of a large and multi-coloured modern detached house in Miami with three floors, mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Transitional Exterior
Transitional Exterior
Inspiration for a traditional two floor house exterior in DC Metro with a pitched roof.
The Reserve Lake Chateau
The Reserve Lake Chateau
Dillard-Jones Builders, LLCDillard-Jones Builders, LLC
Inspiration for a traditional house exterior in Other with mixed cladding.
The Audrey Custom Home
The Audrey Custom Home
Alvarez HomesAlvarez Homes
A gorgeous Mediterranean style luxury, custom home built to the specifications of the homeowners. When you work with Luxury Home Builders Tampa, Alvarez Homes, your every design wish will come true. Give us a call at (813) 969-3033 so we can start working on your dream home. Visit http://www.alvarezhomes.com/ Photography by Jorge Alvarez
Seaponack
Seaponack
Audrey Matlock ArchitectAudrey Matlock Architect
Design ideas for a white modern two floor detached house in New York with a flat roof.
Brays Island Modern
Brays Island Modern
Choate + Hertlein ArchitectsChoate + Hertlein Architects
The house first appears sphinx-like and mostly solid with a weathered wood form atop stone walls that extend through the site to define exterior spaces. Proceeding into the house, the public spaces become transparent, with the exception of a solid fireplace wall to the east. Phillip Spears Photographer
Martis Camp Modern Farmhouse
Martis Camp Modern Farmhouse
SANDBOXSANDBOX
View of the front of the home in the snow. Photo by Martis Camp Sales (Paul Hamill)
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey rustic two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Stone Cottage
Stone Cottage
TKP ArchitectsTKP Architects
This award-winning and intimate cottage was rebuilt on the site of a deteriorating outbuilding. Doubling as a custom jewelry studio and guest retreat, the cottage’s timeless design was inspired by old National Parks rough-stone shelters that the owners had fallen in love with. A single living space boasts custom built-ins for jewelry work, a Murphy bed for overnight guests, and a stone fireplace for warmth and relaxation. A cozy loft nestles behind rustic timber trusses above. Expansive sliding glass doors open to an outdoor living terrace overlooking a serene wooded meadow. Photos by: Emily Minton Redfield
Stillwater Dwellings, Santa Ynez CA
Stillwater Dwellings, Santa Ynez CA
Stillwater DwellingsStillwater Dwellings
Inspiration for a multi-coloured midcentury bungalow detached house in San Francisco with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.
Vail Valley Retreat
Vail Valley Retreat
ULFBUILTULFBUILT
Large and brown rustic house exterior in Denver with wood cladding and three floors.
Morrocroft Mansion
Morrocroft Mansion
Jas-Am, Inc.Jas-Am, Inc.
View from rear yard
Inspiration for an expansive and beige traditional house exterior in Charlotte with three floors and stone cladding.
The Audrey Custom Home
The Audrey Custom Home
Alvarez HomesAlvarez Homes
A gorgeous Mediterranean style luxury, custom home built to the specifications of the homeowners. When you work with Luxury Home Builders Tampa, Alvarez Homes, your every design wish will come true. Give us a call at (813) 969-3033 so we can start working on your dream home. Visit http://www.alvarezhomes.com/ Photography by Jorge Alvarez
Historic Pennsylvania Barn Renovation
Historic Pennsylvania Barn Renovation
Kenneth Mitchell Architect, LLCKenneth Mitchell Architect, LLC
Jeffrey Totaro, Photographer
Large and green rural house exterior in Philadelphia with three floors, mixed cladding and a pitched roof.

Luxury 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 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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