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

Stunning example of Nantucket style home with gambrel roof, large windows and french doors on all levels facing 260 feet of lake frontage. Beautiful pergola over lower level walk out to lake. Tom Grimes Photography

Shingle Style Residence

Kate Johns AIA Rockport

This 3000 square foot residence, a classic New England Gambrel roofed house with amazing views of the Atlantic ocean, was completely renovated in a classical style. Built in 1907; it is one of the original houses in the town of Rockport.

Succotash Road

Stephen Sullivan Inc.

Front facade - Stephen Sullivan Inc.
Inspiration for a beige and expansive country detached house in Providence with wood cladding, a mansard roof, three floors and a shingle roof.

Custom Exteriors

Cataldo Custom Builders, Inc.

Photography: Brian Vanden Brink
Expansive and gey victorian house exterior in Boston with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.

New England Carriage House

David Scott Parker Architects Llc

Durston Saylor
Photo of a large and white classic house exterior in New York with three floors and a mansard roof.

The White House

Group D Architects

The White House is a new build house project for a young family in Bolton. The clients initially gained approval to extend the original dwelling at the front and rear of the property. However, working with the clients, we have boosted their initial aspirations of achieving a modern/contemporary design by coming up with a new/fresh design that better accomplishes the client’s needs and requirements. The new project will capture large floor to ceiling voids letting in vast amounts of light, both to the north and south of the property. We have also introduced long vistas through the dwelling – allowing for seamless flow from one space to the next.

Provence on the North Shore

Mariani Landscape

Linda Oyama Bryan
Inspiration for an expansive and beige traditional brick detached house in Chicago with three floors, a mansard roof and a tiled roof.

A Nantuck Beach House on the Margate Parkway

QMA Architects

Traditional Nantucket style architecture for contemporary beach house living.
Inspiration for a large and gey nautical detached house in Philadelphia with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.

Cove Road, Old Greenwich

Richard Swann Architect

Inspiration for an expansive and gey nautical detached house in Other with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.

North Vine Shingle Style

Michael Abraham Architecture

This is an example of a medium sized classic detached house in Chicago with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.

Newton Residence - 01

Fallon Custom Homes & Renovations

Architect - Kent Duckham / Photographer - Dan Cutrona
Design ideas for a large and gey victorian detached house in Boston with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.

Sag Cottage

Photo of a victorian house exterior in New York with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.

Watch Hill Summer House

George Penniman Architects, LLC

Sitework: Anne Penniman Associates Photo: Benson Photography
Inspiration for a large victorian house exterior in Providence with three floors and a mansard roof.

Longport, 105 South Pelham Avenue

Fenwick Architects

Design ideas for a large and gey traditional detached house in Philadelphia with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof and a mixed material roof.

Камера на передней части дома

С-Монтаж Системы безопасности

Камера HiWatch DS-I456 на фасаде дома. Монтаж выполнялся еще на стадии ремонта, для наблюдения за домом во время строительных работ-контроль разгрузки материалов , нахождение строителей на объекте и прочее.

Gowan Ave Loft Conversion

DASH

End of terrace mansard style loft conversion.
This is an example of a medium sized and gey contemporary clay terraced house in London with three floors, a mansard roof and a tiled roof.

CATHAM GABREL

Marvin

Architect's Challenge Honorable Mention 2015 Architect Name: Patrick Ahearn Architecture Firm: Patrick Ahearn Architect LLC Location: Cape Cod, MA “There is a lovely transparency to this traditional home, from the passage through the carriage house to the see-through aspect of the front door toward the rear picture window. It is also well detailed throughout.” – Jury member Timeless in its appeal, this new construction, turn-of-the-century-style home offers modern living amenities with an open floor plan, a rooftop walkway, and several custom touches that take advantage of the spectacular coastal views. The design was intended to appear as though the house had been added onto over time. Marvin assisted in achieving the final look by providing several custom windows and doors, including a unique eyebrow-shaped window on the rooftop above the entryway. These unique windows not only add to the home’s 1920s appearance, they also provide necessary protection to withstand the harsh coastal weather conditions.

Vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, DE

Morgan Howarth Photography

Morgan Howarth photography
Photo of a large and gey victorian house exterior in DC Metro with three floors, wood cladding and a mansard roof.

Oceanfront Home in Ocean City

OSK Design Partners, PA

Inspiration for a large and green coastal detached house in Philadelphia with three floors, wood cladding, a mansard roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shingles.

Lifetime Exteriors

Photo of a large and beige traditional detached house in Portland with three floors, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.

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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