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Burgess Home
Burgess Home
Associates in Building and Design, LtdAssociates in Building and Design, Ltd
Design ideas for a small and yellow victorian two floor detached house in Denver with concrete fibreboard cladding, a hip roof and a shingle roof.
Queens Park, NW6
Queens Park, NW6
The RMR GroupThe RMR Group
Photography Credit: Pippa Wilson Photography. This exterior shot of the rear extension of this Victorian terrace house shows the dark wood outdoor deck area, complemented by the dark wood fence, which offsets the pale oak engineered herringbone flooring of the open plan kitchen diner.
Custom Victorian-style home - covered porch
Custom Victorian-style home - covered porch
Steven Odams Architects, LLCSteven Odams Architects, LLC
Photo by Olson Photographic, LLC
Design ideas for a small and green victorian two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Final Front Colors
Final Front Colors
Meadowlark Design+BuildMeadowlark Design+Build
Discovering the gingerbread details underneath the asbestos siding that was removed was a found treasure! Our clients wanted to accentuate the original details by coming up with a unique color scheme that brought the details to life. This home is certified LEED Platinum and was designed and built by Meadowlark Design + Build in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Hawthorn Victorian Renovation and Extension
Hawthorn Victorian Renovation and Extension
Sherbrooke Design and ConstructionSherbrooke Design and Construction
Designed and built by Sherbrooke design and Construction to maximize a relatively small 450 square block, this home is surprisingly spacious as you set foot inside. A wonderful home flooded with natural light, featuring rusted pressed metal printed wallpaper, breathtaking slabs of Calcutta marble, alfresco ceiling heat panels, fans and a pool.
Lower Garden District Camelback
Lower Garden District Camelback
Adamick ArchitectureAdamick Architecture
Inspiration for a small and blue victorian bungalow house exterior in New Orleans with wood cladding and a hip roof.
Shingle Style on the Bay
Shingle Style on the Bay
Austin Patterson Disston ArchitectsAustin Patterson Disston Architects
Tria Giovan
Design ideas for a small victorian two floor house exterior in New York with wood cladding and a mansard roof.
Valley St
Valley St
Mulhall ConstructionMulhall Construction
Inspiration for a small victorian two floor house exterior in San Francisco.
Santa's Workshop
Santa's Workshop
Earth and Straw DesignEarth and Straw Design
A salvage Gothic arch door was essential.
Small and gey victorian bungalow house exterior in Nashville with mixed cladding and a pitched roof.
All trimmed out
All trimmed out
Franchi's Construction Inc.Franchi's Construction Inc.
Railings, trim, capping, gutters and siding installed. Roof completed.
Design ideas for a small and blue victorian two floor detached house in Chicago with vinyl cladding, a mansard roof and a shingle roof.
Paddington
Paddington
Alexander Jankov Design StudioAlexander Jankov Design Studio
This is an example of a small victorian house exterior in Sydney.
Leslie
Leslie
Anderson Homes Pty LtdAnderson Homes Pty Ltd
This is an example of a small and gey victorian bungalow detached house in Melbourne with wood cladding, a pitched roof and a metal roof.
Vestry Road
Vestry Road
Oliver Leech ArchitectsOliver Leech Architects
Rear and side extension to a terraced house in Camberwell.
This is an example of a small and brown victorian two floor terraced house in London with a pitched roof and a tiled roof.
Tumbled Vintage / Mystick Grey Brick & Arriscraft Building Stone Home - Ontario
Tumbled Vintage / Mystick Grey Brick & Arriscraft Building Stone Home - Ontario
General ShaleGeneral Shale
Gorgeous Victorian style home featuring an exterior combination of brick and stone. Displayed is “Tumbled Vintage – Mystic Grey” brick and Arriscraft “ Silverado Fresco, Birchbark Renaissance®, and ARRIS-cast Accessories.
22 Station Street
22 Station Street
NOCK ARCHITECTURE PTY LTDNOCK ARCHITECTURE PTY LTD
Pergola seating area
Small victorian bungalow brick detached house in Melbourne with a hip roof and a metal roof.
25th Street
25th Street
Blair Burke General Contractors, Inc.Blair Burke General Contractors, Inc.
Noe Valley Victorian gets modern update photo credit: Mariko Reed
Small and blue victorian two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding and a pitched roof.
Cosmetic Renovation 1960's House
Cosmetic Renovation 1960's House
Alenka InteriorsAlenka Interiors
Before and After: 6 Weeks Cosmetic Renovation On A Budget Cosmetic renovation of an old 1960's house in Launceston Tasmania. Alenka and her husband builder renovated this house on a very tight budget without the help of any other tradesman. It was a warn-down older house with closed layout kitchen and no real character. With the right colour choices, smart decoration and 6 weeks of hard work, they brought the house back to life, restoring its old charm. The house was sold in 2018 for a record street price.
Front Porch Before
Front Porch Before
Franchi's Construction Inc.Franchi's Construction Inc.
This front porch was sinking do to improper foundation for supporting roof line. Also there was foundation leaking into basement along front and side of home.
Tumbled Vintage / Mystick Grey Brick & Arriscraft Building Stone Home - Ontario
Tumbled Vintage / Mystick Grey Brick & Arriscraft Building Stone Home - Ontario
General ShaleGeneral Shale
Gorgeous Victorian style home featuring an exterior combination of brick and stone. Displayed is “Tumbled Vintage – Mystic Grey” brick and Arriscraft “ Silverado Fresco, Birchbark Renaissance®, and ARRIS-cast Accessories.
Humboldt Residence
Humboldt Residence
Peter Quinn Architects LLCPeter Quinn Architects LLC
Peter Quinn Architects Photograph by Paula Nistal
This is an example of a small and blue victorian two floor house exterior in Boston with mixed cladding.

Small Victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian 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 victorian exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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