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Traditional Detached House Ideas and Designs

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Dandelion
Dandelion
Unique HomestaysUnique Homestays
Photo of a large and beige traditional brick detached house in Gloucestershire with three floors and a pitched roof.
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.
Urban Beach House
Urban Beach House
INKSPACE Architects & InteriorsINKSPACE Architects & Interiors
Inspiration for a multi-coloured classic two floor detached house in Dorset with mixed cladding.
Georgian House Renovation and Extension
Georgian House Renovation and Extension
HollandGreen Architecture, Interiors & LandscapesHollandGreen Architecture, Interiors & Landscapes
We were challenged to restore and breathe new life into a beautiful but neglected Grade II* listed home. The sympathetic renovation saw the introduction of two new bathrooms, a larger kitchen extension and new roof. We also restored neglected but beautiful heritage features, such as the 300-year-old windows and historic joinery and plasterwork.
Moorsfort
Moorsfort
Juliet Murphy PhotographyJuliet Murphy Photography
This is an example of a yellow traditional brick and front house exterior in London with three floors, a pitched roof, a tiled roof and a brown roof.
Custom Craftsman Home in Vienna, VA
Custom Craftsman Home in Vienna, VA
Oak Hill Building & RemodelingOak Hill Building & Remodeling
Robert Miller Photography
Photo of a large and blue classic detached house in DC Metro with three floors, concrete fibreboard cladding, a shingle roof, a pitched roof and a grey roof.
Bailey House
Bailey House
Concept 8 ArchitectsConcept 8 Architects
Rear extension, photo by David Butler
This is an example of a medium sized and red traditional two floor brick and rear house exterior in Surrey with a hip roof and a tiled roof.
Transitional Modern Design
Transitional Modern Design
Design DCADesign DCA
Kerry Kirk Photography
This is an example of a large and white traditional two floor render detached house in Houston with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Mashpee Shingle Style
Mashpee Shingle Style
ArchiPlicity, LLCArchiPlicity, LLC
Katherine Jackson Architectural Photography
Medium sized and gey traditional detached house in Boston with three floors, wood cladding, a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Exterior Makeover in Atlanta
Exterior Makeover in Atlanta
Boyce Design + BuildBoyce Design + Build
The exterior face lift included Hardie board siding and MiraTEC trim, decorative metal railing on the porch, landscaping and a custom mailbox. The concrete paver driveway completes this beautiful project.
Shagbark Residence
Shagbark Residence
Highland Builders LLCHighland Builders LLC
The large angled garage, double entry door, bay window and arches are the welcoming visuals to this exposed ranch. Exterior thin veneer stone, the James Hardie Timberbark siding and the Weather Wood shingles accented by the medium bronze metal roof and white trim windows are an eye appealing color combination. Impressive double transom entry door with overhead timbers and side by side double pillars. (Ryan Hainey)
A Garden Room to Enjoy All Year Round with Origin Bi-Folding Doors
A Garden Room to Enjoy All Year Round with Origin Bi-Folding Doors
Origin - Doors and WindowsOrigin - Doors and Windows
White and large classic two floor render detached house in Buckinghamshire with a pitched roof.
Los Altos Modern Prairie II
Los Altos Modern Prairie II
Studio S Squared Architecture, Inc.Studio S Squared Architecture, Inc.
Design ideas for a medium sized and beige traditional two floor render detached house in San Francisco with a hip roof and a metal roof.
The Bluffton
The Bluffton
Cottage Home CompanyCottage Home Company
This is an example of a medium sized and blue traditional two floor detached house in Jacksonville with vinyl cladding.
WILLOW GLEN CLASSIC
WILLOW GLEN CLASSIC
HEYDT DESIGNSHEYDT DESIGNS
Design ideas for a large and white traditional two floor detached house in San Francisco with wood cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and shingles.
Best in American Living Winner: Caruthers
Best in American Living Winner: Caruthers
Frankel Design BuildFrankel Design Build
Inspiration for an expansive and multi-coloured traditional two floor detached house in Houston with mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a grey roof and board and batten cladding.
Beautifully crafted stone accents complement the front porch columns
Beautifully crafted stone accents complement the front porch columns
Indresano Corp.Indresano Corp.
Photo of a gey classic detached house in Boston with three floors, mixed cladding, a pitched roof, a shingle roof, a brown roof and shiplap cladding.
Olmi Landrith Dr
Olmi Landrith Dr
The Ransom CompanyThe Ransom Company
This is an example of a white classic two floor detached house in DC Metro with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Laurelhurst Tudor
Laurelhurst Tudor
Ore StudiosOre Studios
Design ideas for a large and multi-coloured traditional two floor brick detached house in Seattle with a pitched roof and a shingle roof.
Traditional White Shake Home in Hinckley Ohio
Traditional White Shake Home in Hinckley Ohio
EKA BuildEKA Build
Traditional style white home with shake siding custom built in greater Cleveland. Front porch features tapered columns, a front entry with traditional side lights and transom. Windows are double-hung with rounded dormers. Photo by David Berlekamp

Traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional 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 traditional exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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