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House Exterior with Three Floors Ideas and Designs

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The Waverly in Vienna
The Waverly in Vienna
New Dimensions, IncNew Dimensions, Inc
Photo of a medium sized and blue classic house exterior in DC Metro with three floors and vinyl cladding.
Ute Avenue Aspen
Ute Avenue Aspen
Aspen Design RoomAspen Design Room
This stone and wood home on Ute Avenue in Aspen, Colorado, is both modern and classic in feel. The combination of stone and wood materials with modern lines and architectural elements has created a home the fits into this historic mountain time while setting the trends of the time.
Goodbrand Drive
Goodbrand Drive
Copper Creek HomesCopper Creek Homes
Photo of a large and gey traditional house exterior in Vancouver with three floors, wood cladding and a hip roof.
Cameray
Cameray
BIC Construction Pty LtdBIC Construction Pty Ltd
Design ideas for a large and brown contemporary house exterior in Sydney with wood cladding, a hip roof and three floors.
Stoic Smile
Stoic Smile
ica associates inc.ica associates inc.
Black urban house exterior in Nagoya with three floors and a flat roof.
Ohio Timber Frame Home - Front Porch Farm House
Ohio Timber Frame Home - Front Porch Farm House
Riverbend Timber FramingRiverbend Timber Framing
Caramel-stained tiles lead up to a recessed entryway of this timber frame farm house, creating the perfect space for a porch. Photo Credit: Roger Wade Studios
Historic Townhouse, Portsmouth NH
Historic Townhouse, Portsmouth NH
Maine Coast BuildersMaine Coast Builders
Red and large classic brick house exterior in Portland Maine with three floors and a hip roof.
Beyond the Gates
Beyond the Gates
Eckard PhotographicEckard Photographic
Eckard Photographic
Inspiration for an expansive farmhouse brick house exterior in Charlotte with three floors.
Custom Home - Lakeville, MN
Custom Home - Lakeville, MN
Homes by TraditionHomes by Tradition
Spacecrafting
Photo of a beige and expansive classic house exterior in Minneapolis with three floors and vinyl cladding.
Northern Dutchess Farm
Northern Dutchess Farm
Structure Works Construction Inc.Structure Works Construction Inc.
rob karosis
Expansive and yellow country detached house in New York with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Queen Anne Home Renovation
Queen Anne Home Renovation
Faith Kiehart Design Inc.Faith Kiehart Design Inc.
This light, airy Queen Ann home features hardwood floors throughout and integrates original architectural elements when possible.
Inspiration for a blue traditional house exterior in Chicago with three floors, mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Sculpted to the Land
Sculpted to the Land
Flavin ArchitectsFlavin Architects
This house west of Boston was originally designed in 1958 by the great New England modernist, Henry Hoover. He built his own modern home in Lincoln in 1937, the year before the German émigré Walter Gropius built his own world famous house only a few miles away. By the time this 1958 house was built, Hoover had matured as an architect; sensitively adapting the house to the land and incorporating the clients wish to recreate the indoor-outdoor vibe of their previous home in Hawaii. The house is beautifully nestled into its site. The slope of the roof perfectly matches the natural slope of the land. The levels of the house delicately step down the hill avoiding the granite ledge below. The entry stairs also follow the natural grade to an entry hall that is on a mid level between the upper main public rooms and bedrooms below. The living spaces feature a south- facing shed roof that brings the sun deep in to the home. Collaborating closely with the homeowner and general contractor, we freshened up the house by adding radiant heat under the new purple/green natural cleft slate floor. The original interior and exterior Douglas fir walls were stripped and refinished. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography
Lakehouse - Hiawassee
Lakehouse - Hiawassee
Timberlake Custom HomesTimberlake Custom Homes
Kurtis Miller - KM Pics
Inspiration for a green traditional house exterior in Atlanta with three floors and concrete fibreboard cladding.
Boerum Hill Townhouse Exterior
Boerum Hill Townhouse Exterior
General AssemblyGeneral Assembly
An exterior view of the townhouse extension. Black windows contrast against the brick building. A custom steel railing and and stairs connect the kitchen to the yard. Photo by Charlie Bennet
Lakeside Log and Timber Home
Lakeside Log and Timber Home
Barna Log Homes Of PABarna Log Homes Of PA
This is an example of a large and brown rustic detached house in Other with three floors, wood cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Ray of Light House, Southwark - Rear Exterior
Ray of Light House, Southwark - Rear Exterior
RDA ArchitectsRDA Architects
Photo by Simon Maxwell
White and large contemporary glass and rear extension in London with a flat roof and three floors.
Queen Anne Victorian, Fairfield, Iowa
Queen Anne Victorian, Fairfield, Iowa
Belltown Design LLCBelltown Design LLC
The entry is always narrow in the Victorian Style with the grandness on the veranda. the color scheme consists of seven colors, emphasizing every detail of this embellished home. Exterior Queen Anne Victorian, Fairfield, Iowa. Belltown Design. Photography by Corelee Dey and Sharon Schmidt.
House in Highgate Cemetery
House in Highgate Cemetery
Eldridge LondonEldridge London
View of house from Highgate Cemetery Photography: Lyndon Douglas
Design ideas for a large and gey contemporary glass house exterior in London with three floors.
Hanover
Hanover
Isler HomesIsler Homes
Jason Jones
Photo of a large and beige classic render house exterior in Dallas with three floors.
Conyers Farms
Conyers Farms
Coppola & Sons Construction CompanyCoppola & Sons Construction Company
Exterior tennis courts
Photo of an expansive country house exterior in New York with three floors and stone cladding.

House Exterior with Three Floors 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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