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Glass Doors Semi-detached House Ideas and Designs

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Talbot Road 2, Highgate
Talbot Road 2, Highgate
Catterall Franklin ArchitectsCatterall Franklin Architects
Photo of a large and white contemporary brick semi-detached house in London with three floors.
DE BEAUVOIR COTTAGE
DE BEAUVOIR COTTAGE
ALL & NXTHINGALL & NXTHING
Emma Thompson
Photo of a medium sized and red contemporary two floor brick semi-detached house in London.
Design Classic
Design Classic
Kitchen Architecture LtdKitchen Architecture Ltd
​Kitchen Architecture - bulthaup b3 furniture in clay with a stainless steel work surface.
Inspiration for a large and white modern render semi-detached house in Other with three floors and a flat roof.
High Street - Denver
High Street - Denver
Root Architecture and Development, LLCRoot Architecture and Development, LLC
The modern, high-end, Denver duplex was designed to minimize the risk from a 100 year flood. Built six feet above the ground, the home features steel framing, 2,015 square feet, stucco and wood siding.
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.
Full house renovation in Highgate
Full house renovation in Highgate
ODC Door & Glass SystemsODC Door & Glass Systems
Henrietta Garden
Design ideas for a medium sized and beige contemporary brick semi-detached house in London with three floors and a flat roof.
Sussex Homes
Sussex Homes
UserUser
Medium sized and white contemporary rear house exterior in Other with wood cladding.
Oxford rear house extension photographed for Studio13 Architect
Oxford rear house extension photographed for Studio13 Architect
ArchitogArchitog
Ryan Cowan
This is an example of a large and blue nautical semi-detached house in Oxfordshire with three floors, wood cladding and a hip roof.
Belzise Park House
Belzise Park House
Simone Morciano PhotographySimone Morciano Photography
Photography: Simone Morciano ©
Photo of a red contemporary brick semi-detached house in London with three floors.
Hampstead Home, Bold & Bright
Hampstead Home, Bold & Bright
Clifton SMRClifton SMR
Graham Gaunt
Photo of a medium sized and red contemporary brick semi-detached house in London with three floors and a flat roof.
Mélange de style
Mélange de style
Samuel Mamet Architecte D.P.L.GSamuel Mamet Architecte D.P.L.G
Cécile Langlois
Multi-coloured contemporary two floor semi-detached house in Nantes with mixed cladding, a flat roof and a tiled roof.
Victorian Cottage | East Sussex
Victorian Cottage | East Sussex
Phi Design + BuildPhi Design + Build
Medium sized and brown classic two floor brick semi-detached house in Kent with a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
中野の二世帯住宅
中野の二世帯住宅
YOSHINORI SAKANO ARCHITECTS Co,.Ltd.YOSHINORI SAKANO ARCHITECTS Co,.Ltd.
Photo by Takumi Ota
Expansive and beige contemporary semi-detached house in Tokyo with three floors, wood cladding and a flat roof.

Glass Doors 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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