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House Exterior with a Pitched Roof Ideas and Designs

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Crooked Cottage Charm Featured in Maine Home & Design
Crooked Cottage Charm Featured in Maine Home & Design
Daggett Builders, Inc.Daggett Builders, Inc.
Photo by Christopher Robinson of Daggett Builders, Inc Extensive renovation of an antique cape on the coast of Maine. This house was featured in Maine Home & Design. See the article "Crooked Cottage Charm" on our website.
A new home in the New York Suburbs
A new home in the New York Suburbs
UserUser
Design ideas for a large and black classic house exterior in New York with three floors and a pitched roof.
Traditional Exterior
Traditional Exterior
This is an example of a gey classic two floor house exterior in Other with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Buckhead- Custom Home on East Wood Valley Rd
Buckhead- Custom Home on East Wood Valley Rd
Hask Custom HomesHask Custom Homes
Inspiration for a large and white classic two floor house exterior in Atlanta with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
House Renovation - Gail Marsden Interior Design & Harrison Collier
House Renovation - Gail Marsden Interior Design & Harrison Collier
Craig Magee PhotographyCraig Magee Photography
Craig Magee Photography
Classic two floor brick house exterior in Other with a pitched roof.
Paul Green Historic Home/Chapel Hill, NC/Vacant Home Staging
Paul Green Historic Home/Chapel Hill, NC/Vacant Home Staging
Successful Staging/Bobbie McGrathSuccessful Staging/Bobbie McGrath
Touches of color add interest to the all important curb appeal. Notice how the color draws your eyes toward the front door! Photo by Marilyn Peryer
Inspiration for a white and large farmhouse two floor detached house in Raleigh with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Wright Street Home
Wright Street Home
Derrick ArchitectureDerrick Architecture
Bill Meyer Photography
This is an example of a traditional two floor house exterior in Chicago with stone cladding and a pitched roof.
High Street front
High Street front
Helios Design GroupHelios Design Group
This is an example of a traditional house exterior in Denver with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Martis Camp 107
Martis Camp 107
Lamperti Construction, Inc.Lamperti Construction, Inc.
Vance Fox
Design ideas for a large and brown rustic two floor detached house in Sacramento with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Some recent projects
Some recent projects
Susie Soleimani PhotographySusie Soleimani Photography
Susie Soleimani Photography :: theeyebehindthelens.com
Inspiration for a classic house exterior in San Francisco with three floors and a pitched roof.
Jetties House
Jetties House
Chip Webster ArchitectureChip Webster Architecture
Architecture:Chip Webster Architecture Interiors: Kathleen Hay Nantucket home nearby Jetties Beach.
Design ideas for a large coastal two floor house exterior in Boston with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Orca Drive Waterfront, Camano Island WA
Orca Drive Waterfront, Camano Island WA
Dan Nelson, Designs Northwest ArchitectsDan Nelson, Designs Northwest Architects
View from road. Photography by Ian Gleadle.
Inspiration for a large and brown rustic house exterior in Seattle with wood cladding, three floors and a pitched roof.
Modern Cottage Exterior
Modern Cottage Exterior
Ron Brenner ArchitectsRon Brenner Architects
Tranquility on a warm summer evening. Photography: Phillip Mueller Photography Modern Cottage - House plan may be purchased at http://simplyeleganthomedesigns.com/deephaven_modern_unique_cottage_home_plan.html
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.
Attic Conversion to Bedroom
Attic Conversion to Bedroom
CG&S Design-BuildCG&S Design-Build
This whole-house renovation was featured on the 2008 Austin NARI Tour of Remodeled Homes. The attic space was converted into a bedroom with closet space and bath, cooled by a minisplit system. An eyebrow window was cut into the roofline to allow more daylight into the space, as well as adding a nice visual element to the facade. Photography by Greg Hursley, 2008
Oakley Home Builders
Oakley Home Builders
Oakley Home BuildersOakley Home Builders
Medium sized and gey victorian house exterior in Chicago with three floors, wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Exterior - Front
Exterior - Front
Charlie & Co. Design, LtdCharlie & Co. Design, Ltd
Design ideas for a large and gey victorian two floor house exterior in Minneapolis with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
2000 Showcase
2000 Showcase
Witt ConstructionWitt Construction
Classic house exterior in New York with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Beach Bungalow Second Story Addition
Beach Bungalow Second Story Addition
Sato Architects, Inc.Sato Architects, Inc.
Photo by StudioCeja.com
Design ideas for a white and medium sized coastal two floor house exterior in Los Angeles with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
exterior
exterior
Rasmussen / Su ArchitectsRasmussen / Su Architects
Halkin Mason Photography
Classic house exterior in Philadelphia with three floors 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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