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House Exterior with Three Floors and a Mansard Roof Ideas and Designs

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9th Street
9th Street
MarvinMarvin
On this site, an existing house was torn down and replaced with a beautiful new wood-framed brick house to take full advantage of a corner lot located in a walkable, 1920’s Atlanta neighborhood. The new residence has four bedrooms and four baths in the main house with an additional flexible bedroom space over the garage. The tower element of the design features an entry with the master bedroom above. The idea of the tower was to catch a glimpse of a nearby park and architecturally address the corner lot. Integrity® Casement, Awning and Double Hung Windows were the preferred choice—the windows’ design and style were historically correct and provided the energy efficiency, sustainability and low-maintenance the architect required.
Harborside Shingle Style Gambrel
Harborside Shingle Style Gambrel
William Lee Architect & Associates, LLCWilliam Lee Architect & Associates, LLC
Design ideas for a classic house exterior in Boston with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Wentletrap | Beach Side Village
Wentletrap | Beach Side Village
Seaside Construction - Custom Home BuilderSeaside Construction - Custom Home Builder
Photo of a large and blue nautical house exterior in Houston with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding and a mansard roof.
Avalon Residence
Avalon Residence
Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.
Photographer: Tom Crane Photography
Gey classic house exterior in Philadelphia with a mansard roof, three floors and wood cladding.
Putney House terrace
Putney House terrace
Cornforth Architecture + DesignCornforth Architecture + Design
New features included slim line sliding doors and tilt turn dormer window. A floating steel canopy with western red cedar slats helps to reduce solar Cains to the South facing sliding doors.
Wood Island Gambrel
Wood Island Gambrel
HC DesignHC Design
New Construction single family home in Scituate MA. Photography by Jack Foley
This is an example of a medium sized and gey traditional house exterior in Boston with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Blueberry Lane
Blueberry Lane
Kristi Kenney / KW ArchitectsKristi Kenney / KW Architects
Kelly Rafealle
Design ideas for an expansive and gey nautical house exterior in Portland Maine with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.
HOMER 007
HOMER 007
david phillipsdavid phillips
renovation and addition / builder - EODC, LLC.
Design ideas for a gey and medium sized classic detached house in Boston with a mansard roof, wood cladding, a shingle roof and three floors.
Update Mansion - Minimalist French Country
Update Mansion - Minimalist French Country
Lisa Stewart DesignLisa Stewart Design
Light painted shutters, columns and trim with stone and brick facade make for a grand entrance.
Design ideas for an expansive and multi-coloured detached house in Raleigh with three floors, stone cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
Classic Evening Blue Shingles by James Hardie
Classic Evening Blue Shingles by James Hardie
Solid State ConstructionSolid State Construction
We resided this home with James Hardie shingles in Evening Blue, trim replaced with Arctic White Hardie Trim.
Medium sized and blue classic detached house in Boston with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Classic Evening Blue Shingles by James Hardie
Classic Evening Blue Shingles by James Hardie
Solid State ConstructionSolid State Construction
We resided this home with James Hardie shingles in Evening Blue, trim replaced with Arctic White Hardie Trim.
Photo of a medium sized and blue classic detached house in Boston with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Mediterranean Style Residences
Mediterranean Style Residences
Taylor Lombardo ArchitectsTaylor Lombardo Architects
Adrián Gregorutti
Inspiration for a beige mediterranean house exterior in San Francisco with a mansard roof and three floors.
Beachside Retreat
Beachside Retreat
Louis Fusco Landscape ArchitectsLouis Fusco Landscape Architects
New front entry walls, steps and cobblestone drive with adjacent planting buffer and drainage terraces.
Photo of a large and gey nautical detached house in New York with three floors, mixed cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Concord Gambrel
Concord Gambrel
Battle Associates, ArchitectsBattle Associates, Architects
This project is a renovation and addition of a prominent historic house in Concord, Massachusetts. All of the design work was subject to the review of the Concord Historic Districts Commission to ensure the continuity of its historic character. All systems were fully modernized to current standards while the historic qualities of the house were restored and retained. Photographer: Greg Premru
Camden Shingle Style
Camden Shingle Style
Beckstrom Architecture + InteriorsBeckstrom Architecture + Interiors
The Shingle Style Cottage design inspirated from the client's bike ride past an historic cottage on Islesboro. The Kitchen anchors this house with its long views of Penobscot Bay, Camden Harbor and distant Acadia. Three floors of living space; 8,900 sf/825m - 6bdrm.
Watch Hill
Watch Hill
Sean O'Kane AIA Architect P.C.Sean O'Kane AIA Architect P.C.
New beach house in Watch Hill, RI Michael Ocean, Photos courtesy of Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty. Allison Caccoma Interiors
This is an example of a large and gey nautical detached house in Providence with wood cladding, a mansard roof, three floors and a shingle roof.
Front Yard - Wellesley Custom Home - 03
Front Yard - Wellesley Custom Home - 03
Fallon Custom Homes & RenovationsFallon Custom Homes & Renovations
Architect - Patrick Ahearn / Photographer - Peter Cross
Large and white classic detached house in Boston with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Craftsman Home Grows Up
Craftsman Home Grows Up
Michael Hally Design, IncMichael Hally Design, Inc
A two story addition is built on top of an existing arts and crafts style ranch is capped with a gambrel roof to minimize the effects of height..
This is an example of a medium sized and beige classic detached house in Boston with three floors, mixed cladding, a mansard roof, a mixed material roof and board and batten cladding.
Draper Lake City Custom Homes Parade Home
Draper Lake City Custom Homes Parade Home
OSMOND DESIGNSOSMOND DESIGNS
Front exterior of Parade Home.
This is an example of a medium sized and gey traditional house exterior in Salt Lake City with three floors, mixed cladding and a mansard roof.
A Nantuck Beach House on the Margate Parkway
A Nantuck Beach House on the Margate Parkway
QMA ArchitectsQMA Architects
Traditional Nantucket style architecture for contemporary beach house living.
Large and gey coastal detached house in Philadelphia with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.

House Exterior with Three Floors and a Mansard 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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