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Purple Detached House Ideas and Designs

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Lifestyle Garden
Lifestyle Garden
We Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic HowardWe Love Plants - Garden Design by Nic Howard
Photo of a white classic two floor detached house in Surrey with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a red roof.
Copper Mountain Residence
Copper Mountain Residence
PLAADPLAAD
Large and brown modern detached house in Other with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Recent Projects
Recent Projects
First Class Construction ServicesFirst Class Construction Services
Brown and large contemporary bungalow front detached house in Los Angeles with wood cladding, a hip roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.
ALLU ARJUN’S RESIDENCE
ALLU ARJUN’S RESIDENCE
Aamir and Hameeda AssociatesAamir and Hameeda Associates
Inspiration for a large and white contemporary bungalow detached house in Hyderabad with a flat roof.
Tidewater Model in The Hammock at Nocatee
Tidewater Model in The Hammock at Nocatee
Glenn Layton HomesGlenn Layton Homes
Glenn Layton Homes, LLC, "Building Your Coastal Lifestyle" Jeff Westcott Photography
Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured nautical two floor detached house in Jacksonville with mixed cladding.
Flinders Ranch
Flinders Ranch
Destination LivingDestination Living
The brief for this project was for the house to be at one with its surroundings. Integrating harmoniously into its coastal setting a focus for the house was to open it up to allow the light and sea breeze to breathe through the building. The first floor seems almost to levitate above the landscape by minimising the visual bulk of the ground floor through the use of cantilevers and extensive glazing. The contemporary lines and low lying form echo the rolling country in which it resides.
Steel Guardrail with wood cap
Steel Guardrail with wood cap
Kevin Spence Architect, AIAKevin Spence Architect, AIA
Design ideas for a midcentury split-level detached house in Seattle with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Deepdene: Renovation & Extension
Deepdene: Renovation & Extension
First Avenue HomesFirst Avenue Homes
Modern extension on a heritage home in Deepdene featuring balcony overlooking pool area
Photo of a large and black classic two floor detached house in Melbourne with wood cladding, a flat roof, a metal roof and a black roof.
Watermark at Bearspaw | Craftsman Exterior: Front/Side Perspective
Watermark at Bearspaw | Craftsman Exterior: Front/Side Perspective
Andison Residential DesignAndison Residential Design
Craftsman Custom Home Calgary, Alberta Front/Side Perspective
Design ideas for a medium sized and blue traditional two floor detached house in Calgary with a pitched roof, a shingle roof and wood cladding.
Belcaro Contemporary
Belcaro Contemporary
Court Earp Interior DesignCourt Earp Interior Design
This is an example of an expansive and red contemporary concrete detached house in Denver with three floors and a flat roof.
Brick Modern House
Brick Modern House
WERK | Building ModernWERK | Building Modern
Modern Brick House, Indianapolis, Windcombe Neighborhood - Christopher Short, Derek Mills, Paul Reynolds, Architects, HAUS Architecture + WERK | Building Modern - Construction Managers - Architect Custom Builders
Modern Farm House
Modern Farm House
Pillar & Perch: Architects + BuildersPillar & Perch: Architects + Builders
Modern Farmhouse colored with metal roof and gray clapboard siding.
Large and gey farmhouse detached house in Other with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding, a pitched roof, a metal roof, a grey roof and shiplap cladding.
御影用水の家　南側外観・夕景
御影用水の家　南側外観・夕景
菊池ひろ建築設計室｜kikuchihiro design office菊池ひろ建築設計室｜kikuchihiro design office
御影用水の家｜菊池ひろ建築設計室　撮影　archipicture 遠山功太
Design ideas for a black modern two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a lean-to roof and a metal roof.
Darien Peninsula Home
Darien Peninsula Home
Michael LoBuglio ArchitectsMichael LoBuglio Architects
Photo of a white and large beach style two floor detached house in New York with wood cladding, a shingle roof and a hip roof.
Churn Creek
Churn Creek
Create ConstructionCreate Construction
Inspiration for a beige farmhouse two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof and a grey roof.
Slant House
Slant House
square three architecture, incsquare three architecture, inc
Medium sized and multi-coloured contemporary two floor detached house in San Francisco with a grey roof.
Entry from driveway.
Entry from driveway.
Design Services NWDesign Services NW
Photo of a large and brown classic two floor detached house in Seattle with mixed cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Contemporary Lodge in Broken Top
Contemporary Lodge in Broken Top
Norman Building & DesignNorman Building & Design
A look at the home's exterior with its gable roof elements. You can see that all the soffits are covered in tongue and groove cedar to provide a finished look to the exterior. The home's garages are 'bent' to make the focus the home rather than the 4 car garage.
Exteriors
Exteriors
Chris Cook Homes LLCChris Cook Homes LLC
Large and white farmhouse two floor detached house in Other with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Vermillion InteriorsVermillion Interiors
Andy Gould
Photo of an expansive and beige midcentury bungalow brick detached house in Raleigh with a flat roof and a shingle roof.

Purple 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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