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Loft conversion company Barnet, EN5 London
Loft conversion company Barnet, EN5 London
LCCL ConstructionLCCL Construction
Home extensions and loft conversion in Barnet, EN5 London. render finished in white, black tile and black trim, White render and black fascias and guttering.
2 Story Home Extension - Rowlands Gill
2 Story Home Extension - Rowlands Gill
North View ArchitectureNorth View Architecture
2 story side extension and single story rear wraparound extension.
Design ideas for a medium sized and gey classic two floor rear house exterior in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a brown roof and board and batten cladding.
Exeter Villa
Exeter Villa
In Ex DesignIn Ex Design
Inspiration for a medium sized and beige modern semi-detached house in Devon with four floors, mixed cladding, a flat roof and a mixed material roof.
Luxuriöses Doppelhaus mit viel Platz für die ganze Familie
Luxuriöses Doppelhaus mit viel Platz für die ganze Familie
KEIL FRIEDRICH KINBERGER PART MBBKEIL FRIEDRICH KINBERGER PART MBB
Expansive and gey modern semi-detached house in Munich with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding, a flat roof and a green roof.
Oceano Townhomes
Oceano Townhomes
Acme ArchitectureAcme Architecture
Patrick Price Photo
Photo of a medium sized and white modern two floor render semi-detached house in Santa Barbara.
Ralais Ginevra
Ralais Ginevra
Simone CappellettiSimone Cappelletti
Simone Cappelletti
Large and beige farmhouse semi-detached house in Bologna with three floors, stone cladding and a tiled roof.
WIMBLEDON FAMILY HOUSE
WIMBLEDON FAMILY HOUSE
STEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTSSTEPHEN FLETCHER ARCHITECTS
A Victorian semi-detached house in Wimbledon has been remodelled and transformed into a modern family home, including extensive underpinning and extensions at lower ground floor level in order to form a large open-plan space. Photographer: Nick Smith
Ballard Twofold
Ballard Twofold
Click ArchitectsClick Architects
Photo of a medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary semi-detached house in Seattle with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
Modern steel gates
Modern steel gates
Pacific Garage Doors & GatesPacific Garage Doors & Gates
Pacific Garage Doors & Gates Burbank & Glendale's Highly Preferred Garage Door & Gate Services Location: North Hollywood, CA 91606
Photo of a medium sized and beige rustic two floor semi-detached house in Los Angeles with a half-hip roof, mixed cladding and a shingle roof.
Pacific Heights Condos
Pacific Heights Condos
vaso peritos interior designvaso peritos interior design
Design ideas for a white classic semi-detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding.
Urban Infill Duplexes
Urban Infill Duplexes
Koebel Urban HomesKoebel Urban Homes
Inspiration for a contemporary semi-detached house in Denver with three floors, mixed cladding and a flat roof.
Waverly Place
Waverly Place
Imagine Homes IncImagine Homes Inc
Contemporary semi-detached house in Seattle with three floors and a flat roof.
Vaulx Avenue
Vaulx Avenue
BUILDING IDEAS / David Baird ArchitectBUILDING IDEAS / David Baird Architect
Urban Infill, Transitional Style, 12 South Neighborhood, Nashville, Tennessee, Building Ideas Architecture, David Baird Architect, Marcelle Guilbeau Interior Design Steven Long Photographer
Traditional Exterior
Traditional Exterior
This is an example of a classic semi-detached house in Minneapolis.
South Shore Residence
South Shore Residence
LAS CASITAS DESIGN STUDIO, LLCLAS CASITAS DESIGN STUDIO, LLC
Photo of a large mediterranean semi-detached house in Tampa.
Best Builders ltd
Best Builders ltd
Best Builders ltdBest Builders ltd
photographer: Ema Peter
Inspiration for a medium sized and gey traditional two floor render semi-detached house in Vancouver with a pitched roof.
Eastport Annapolis Ready for Market
Eastport Annapolis Ready for Market
Julie SullivanJulie Sullivan
This historic home in Eastport section of Annapolis has a three color scheme. The red door and shutter color provides the pop against the tan siding. The porch floor is painted black with white trim.
double sufficient
double sufficient
Fabi Architekten BDA part gmbbFabi Architekten BDA part gmbb
H. Stolz
This is an example of a medium sized and gey contemporary two floor render semi-detached house in Munich with a pitched roof.
Coastal 2Ways | DecoBatten
Coastal 2Ways | DecoBatten
DECO AustraliaDECO Australia
Designers: Zephyr & Stone Product: 40 x 80 mm DecoBattens Colour: DecoWood Natural Curly Birch The clean lines of the timber-look aluminium battens used on the façade create an architectural design statement that heightens the homes ‘WOW’ factor. Finished in natural Curly Birch from the Australian Contemporary range by DecoWood, these battens not only add texture but provide a light and airy finishing touch to the facade.
Contemporary Exterior
Contemporary Exterior
Inspiration for a blue contemporary semi-detached house in Austin.

Semi-detached House 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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