Modern Rear House Exterior Ideas and Designs

The rear elevation of this newly extended and remodelled 1960's home. In this image, the balanced rear elevation is made up of large openings with bi-folding doors. The first floor doors feature a frameless glass balustrade to maximise views to nature.

Expansive Pergola Remodel in Carlsbad

Classic Home Improvements

When the backyard has a view this beautiful, installing an attached patio cover makes it all the more comfortable! This Carlsbad backyard was pretty large, and these homeowners matched the attached pergola to utilize all the space they can get. Photos by Preview First.

Modern Extension and Full House Refurbishment

EBBA ARCHITECTS

Rear extension to Victorian terraced house in modern design with large doors and windows.
Medium sized and brown modern bungalow concrete and rear house exterior in London with a flat roof.

The Avenue - Muswell Hill, London

A2studio

Inspiration for a modern two floor rear house exterior in London with metal cladding.

Serenity

Odin Industrial Design

Large and white modern split-level rear detached house in Houston with wood cladding, a flat roof, a white roof and board and batten cladding.

Grove Conservation Area

Metre Squared Architecture

Medium sized and gey modern render and rear house exterior in London with three floors and a flat roof.

Bailrigg development

Symmetry CGI

These are visuals from a set of 25 images created for the developer to market three new homes in Lancaster.
Photo of a large and beige modern two floor rear detached house in Other with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a tiled roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.

Sunnyslope Sherman Oaks

CA Dwelling

This is an example of a large and white modern bungalow render and rear detached house in Los Angeles with a pitched roof, a shingle roof, board and batten cladding and a grey roof.

Portfolio

Xobo Design Architecture

This is an example of a modern rear extension in London.

Sharp House

steelehouse

Sharp House Rear Yard View
This is an example of a small and multi-coloured modern bungalow brick and rear house exterior in Perth with a lean-to roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.

Dashwood, Chilworth

Appledown Projects

Large modern bungalow rear house exterior in Hampshire with wood cladding and a flat roof.

Hampstead house

Brosh Architects

The renovation and rear extension to a lower ground floor of a 4 storey Victorian Terraced house in Hampstead Conservation Area.
Photo of a small modern bungalow brick and rear house exterior in London with a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a black roof.

Back40House

HAUS | Architecture For Modern Lifestyles

Breezeway between house and garage includes covered hot tub area screened from primary entrance on opposite side - Architect: HAUS | Architecture For Modern Lifestyles - Builder: WERK | Building Modern - Photo: HAUS

Rear elevation

Cadoo Studios

Photo of a medium sized and white modern render and rear house exterior in London with three floors, a mansard roof and a grey roof.

Sharp House

steelehouse

Sharp House Rear Yard View
Small and multi-coloured modern bungalow brick and rear house exterior in Perth with a metal roof, a lean-to roof and a grey roof.

Grove Conservation Area

Metre Squared Architecture

This is an example of a medium sized and gey modern render and rear house exterior in London with three floors and a flat roof.

seacliff modernist residence / huntington beach

Moss Yaw Design studio

aerial views of the rear yard show standing seam roofing and wood trellis at this modernist home and backyard
This is an example of a medium sized and gey modern two floor render and rear detached house in Orange County with a pitched roof, a metal roof and a grey roof.

Shorecliff

Racinowski Design Studio

This is an example of a large and gey modern rear detached house in Milwaukee with three floors, stone cladding and shiplap cladding.

Custom Modern Farmhouse in Edina

TRIO Design and Build

Design ideas for a large and white modern two floor rear detached house in Minneapolis with vinyl cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.

Fuchsia House

Westbury Garden Rooms

Our aim was to create a space to enjoy the passing of time, a different pace of life, and absorb the beauty and calmness of nature. For us, witnessing the positive impact the new orangery has had on the homeowners at Fuchsia House has been incredibly rewarding.

Modern Rear House Exterior 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 modern 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 modern 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 modern 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 modern 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 modern exterior architecture choices for your house designs.

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