House Exterior with Three Floors and a Half-hip Roof Ideas and Designs

CertainTeed Grand Manor (Gatehouse Slate)

Photo of an expansive and beige contemporary house exterior in Cleveland with three floors, stone cladding and a half-hip roof.

Dublin 15 Full refurbishment / extension / interiors

Hesse Macken Studio

Gareth Byrne Photography
This is an example of a large and multi-coloured contemporary render detached house in Dublin with three floors, a half-hip roof and a tiled roof.

Dramatic Family Home

Wiles Design Group

In this Cedar Rapids residence, sophistication meets bold design, seamlessly integrating dynamic accents and a vibrant palette. Every detail is meticulously planned, resulting in a captivating space that serves as a modern haven for the entire family. With an elegant gray-beige palette, the home's exterior exudes sophistication and style. The harmonious tones create a visually appealing facade, showcasing a refined aesthetic. --- Project by Wiles Design Group. Their Cedar Rapids-based design studio serves the entire Midwest, including Iowa City, Dubuque, Davenport, and Waterloo, as well as North Missouri and St. Louis. For more about Wiles Design Group, see here: https://wilesdesigngroup.com/ To learn more about this project, see here: https://wilesdesigngroup.com/cedar-rapids-dramatic-family-home-design

Georgian Colonial Classical Addition

12/12 Architects & Planners

Photo of a medium sized and brown classic brick and side detached house in Chicago with a half-hip roof, a tiled roof, a brown roof, shingles and three floors.

Ambleside

Boulevard Custom Homes Inc

Design ideas for a large and beige classic house exterior in St Louis with three floors, stone cladding and a half-hip roof.

NJ Beach House

Fiori Interior Design, LLC

Modern style beach house with transitional interior.
This is an example of a medium sized and blue nautical house exterior in New York with three floors, wood cladding and a half-hip roof.

Corner Coalesce Retreat

Srote & Co Architects | Planners | Interiors

Our architecture team was proud to design this traditional, cottage inspired home that is tucked within a developed residential location in St. Louis County. The main levels account for 6097 Sq Ft and an additional 1300 Sq Ft was reserved for the lower level. The homeowner requested a unique design that would provide backyard privacy from the street and an open floor plan in public spaces, but privacy in the master suite. Challenges of this home design included a narrow corner lot build site, building height restrictions and corner lot setback restrictions. The floorplan design was tailored to this corner lot and oriented to take full advantage of southern sun in the rear courtyard and pool terrace area. There are many notable spaces and visual design elements of this custom 5 bedroom, 5 bathroom brick cottage home. A mostly brick exterior with cut stone entry surround and entry terrace gardens helps create a cozy feel even before entering the home. Special spaces like a covered outdoor lanai, private southern terrace and second floor study nook create a pleasurable every-day living environment. For indoor entertainment, a lower level rec room, gallery, bar, lounge, and media room were also planned.

Kenwood Park Remodel

TreHus Architects+Interior Designers+Builders

Jenna Weiler & Brit Amundson
Photo of a large and gey traditional house exterior in Minneapolis with three floors, wood cladding and a half-hip roof.

Transitional Estate

Interior Archaeology

Inspiration for an expansive and beige traditional render detached house in San Francisco with three floors, a half-hip roof and a green roof.

Wainsborough - Mountain Style Home

Visbeen Architects

Inspired by historic homes in America’s grand old neighborhoods, the Wainsborough combines the rich character and architectural craftsmanship of the past with contemporary conveniences. Perfect for today’s busy lifestyles, the home is the perfect blend of past and present. Touches of the ever-popular Shingle Style – from the cedar lap siding to the pitched roof – imbue the home with all-American charm without sacrificing modern convenience. Exterior highlights include stone detailing, multiple entries, transom windows and arched doorways. Inside, the home features a livable open floor plan as well as 10-foot ceilings. The kitchen, dining room and family room flow together, with a large fireplace and an inviting nearby deck. A children’s wing over the garage, a luxurious master suite and adaptable design elements give the floor plan the flexibility to adapt as a family’s needs change. “Right-size” rooms live large, but feel cozy. While the floor plan reflects a casual, family-friendly lifestyle, craftsmanship throughout includes interesting nooks and window seats, all hallmarks of the past. The main level includes a kitchen with a timeless character and architectural flair. Designed to function as a modern gathering room reflecting the trend toward the kitchen serving as the heart of the home, it features raised panel, hand-finished cabinetry and hidden, state-of-the-art appliances. Form is as important as function, with a central square-shaped island serving as a both entertaining and workspace. Custom-designed features include a pull-out bookshelf for cookbooks as well as a pull-out table for extra seating. Other first-floor highlights include a dining area with a bay window, a welcoming hearth room with fireplace, a convenient office and a handy family mud room near the side entrance. A music room off the great room adds an elegant touch to this otherwise comfortable, casual home. Upstairs, a large master suite and master bath ensures privacy. Three additional children’s bedrooms are located in a separate wing over the garage. The lower level features a large family room and adjacent home theater, a guest room and bath and a convenient wine and wet bar.

Lyndhurst

Noam Hazan Studio

Rear Extension of this 6,000 square ft home in an upscale community in Toronto. The black stucco contrasts with the restored brick of the existing house.

Maine Pine Log Homes

Hammond Lumber Company

This is an example of a Rangeley log home. Rangeley's in the Classic Series.
Photo of a large and brown rustic house exterior in Portland Maine with three floors, wood cladding and a half-hip roof.

Home on a Hill

Claude C. Lapp Architects, LLC

Large and gey country house exterior in DC Metro with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding and a half-hip roof.

The Wyndermere | Model Home

DJK Custom Homes

This photo was taken at DJK Custom Homes former model home in Stewart Ridge of Plainfield, Illinois.
Photo of a large and red traditional brick house exterior in Chicago with three floors and a half-hip roof.

Tranquility

Natale Design/Build

This is an example of a large and brown traditional detached house in Providence with wood cladding, a half-hip roof, a shingle roof and three floors.

Waterford I

Power Pros Electrical Ltd. - Residential Division

Photo by Paul Grdina Photography
This is an example of a medium sized and gey contemporary detached house in Vancouver with three floors, mixed cladding, a half-hip roof and a tiled roof.

Custom Exteriors

Beer Architectural Group

Design ideas for an expansive and beige classic house exterior in New York with three floors, stone cladding and a half-hip roof.

Turkey Hill - Westport, CT

Vita Design Group

Expansive and gey traditional detached house in New York with three floors, mixed cladding, a half-hip roof and a shingle roof.

Cow Hollow Residence

Dijeau Poage Construction

Photo of a large victorian terraced house in San Francisco with three floors, wood cladding and a half-hip roof.

Georgian Colonial Classical Addition

12/12 Architects & Planners

Photo of a medium sized and brown traditional brick and front detached house in Chicago with a half-hip roof, a tiled roof, a brown roof, shingles and three floors.

House Exterior with Three Floors and a Half-hip 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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