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House Exterior with a Pitched Roof Ideas and Designs

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New California Ranch
New California Ranch
Landmark ConstructionLandmark Construction
Photo of a white rural two floor house exterior in Santa Barbara with a pitched roof.
Small Home with a Big Heart
Small Home with a Big Heart
Tommy Daspit PhotographerTommy Daspit Photographer
New home construction in Homewood Alabama photographed for Willow Homes, Willow Design Studio, and Triton Stone Group by Birmingham Alabama based architectural and interiors photographer Tommy Daspit. You can see more of his work at http://tommydaspit.com
石川町の住居兼クリーニング店
石川町の住居兼クリーニング店
木名瀬佳世建築研究室木名瀬佳世建築研究室
石川町のクリーニング店　撮影：傍島利浩
Brown world-inspired two floor detached house in Yokohama with a metal roof, wood cladding and a pitched roof.
呼応する家
呼応する家
アマキカメラアマキカメラ
撮影：畑 勝明
Design ideas for a white world-inspired two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Charlotte House
Charlotte House
Ryan Bent PhotographyRyan Bent Photography
rustic barn yoga studio and pool house.
Inspiration for a large and red country two floor house exterior in Charlotte with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Camp Runamok
Camp Runamok
BraytonHughes Design StudiosBraytonHughes Design Studios
This is an example of a rustic bungalow house exterior in San Francisco with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Randall Mars
Randall Mars
Randall Mars ArchitectsRandall Mars Architects
The Pool House was pushed against the pool, preserving the lot and creating a dynamic relationship between the 2 elements. A glass garage door was used to open the interior onto the pool.
Larkspur III
Larkspur III
Brandon Architects, Inc.Brandon Architects, Inc.
This is an example of a blue coastal two floor detached house in Orange County with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Newbury Farmhouse
Newbury Farmhouse
Cummings Architecture + InteriorsCummings Architecture + Interiors
Eric Roth
Inspiration for a large and white country two floor detached house in Boston with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Side Exterior
Side Exterior
Carrick Custom Home DesignCarrick Custom Home Design
Side Elevation
Medium sized classic house exterior in Salt Lake City with a pitched roof.
The Z House
The Z House
MJS Designers GroupMJS Designers Group
Photo of a white traditional two floor detached house in Orlando with a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Traditional Craftsman in the Setting of Black Mountain
Traditional Craftsman in the Setting of Black Mountain
Living Stone Design + BuildLiving Stone Design + Build
Medium sized and beige traditional two floor detached house in Other with a pitched roof, wood cladding and a mixed material roof.
Modern Home in Rural Hamlet
Modern Home in Rural Hamlet
Wiedemann Architects LLCWiedemann Architects LLC
Anice Hoachlander, Hoachlander Davis Photography LLC
Inspiration for a white and large contemporary two floor detached house in DC Metro with a pitched roof, wood cladding and a metal roof.
The Mill
The Mill
Ward-Young Architecture & Planning - Truckee, CAWard-Young Architecture & Planning - Truckee, CA
Photo of a rustic two floor house exterior in Sacramento with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Charming Cape Cod
Charming Cape Cod
Sicora Design/BuildSicora Design/Build
Brandon Stengel
Inspiration for a gey classic split-level house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Transitional Exterior
Transitional Exterior
Inspiration for a gey traditional two floor detached house in Seattle with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Model home in North Chatt-open daily
Model home in North Chatt-open daily
Burge Building ConsultantsBurge Building Consultants
Inspiration for a multi-coloured farmhouse two floor detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Piseco Lake Residence- Exterior
Piseco Lake Residence- Exterior
Phinney Design GroupPhinney Design Group
Elizabeth Haynes
This is an example of a large and brown rustic detached house in Boston with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Meydenbauer Bay Residence
Meydenbauer Bay Residence
Chesmore/Buck ArchitectureChesmore/Buck Architecture
David Papazian
Design ideas for an expansive and brown contemporary detached house in Seattle with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Barns
Barns
Peter Zimmerman ArchitectsPeter Zimmerman Architects
Chester County Bank barn Tom Crane Photography
Country two floor house exterior in Philadelphia with wood cladding and a pitched roof.

House Exterior 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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