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Coastal House Exterior with a Lean-to Roof Ideas and Designs

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Fish Creek New House
Fish Creek New House
SD Atelier ArchitectureSD Atelier Architecture
This new home was designed for an active family that uses the creek for rowing and entertaining members of the crew team. The house has a large living room with a cathedral ceiling. The bonus room over the garage is a wide- open space for gathering. The house is designed to maximize the orientation overlooking the creek with the screen porch tilted on an angle to the house. The exterior has the grey and white color scheme reminiscent of a Nantucket cottage.
Walborsky Residence
Walborsky Residence
Geoff Chick & AssociatesGeoff Chick & Associates
Venice Beach Custom Prefab
Venice Beach Custom Prefab
grouparchitectgrouparchitect
Alpinfoto
Beach Road Holiday Homes
Beach Road Holiday Homes
UserUser
These houses are nestled in the bush near the beach at Noosa North Shore. Designed as holiday homes they cater for larger groups and have features such as this outdoor shower for washing off the sand upon returning from the beach. The adjacent clothes line is a great place for damp sandy towels too!
Woodgate
Woodgate
Tomas O'Malley ArchitectTomas O'Malley Architect
A light and airy Coastal Home in St Mawes, Cornwall
A light and airy Coastal Home in St Mawes, Cornwall
Carpenter Oak LtdCarpenter Oak Ltd
A completely unique and funky design of this Cornish coastal property, created in partnership with Roderick James Architects. Image courtesy of Jon Freeman
Kohlstedt Keep
Kohlstedt Keep
SALA ArchitectsSALA Architects
Designed by Dale Mulfinger, Jody McGuire This new lake home takes advantage of the stunning landscape of Lake Superior. The compact floor plans minimize the site impact. The expressive building form blends the structure into the language of the cliff. The home provides a serene perch to view not only the big lake, but also to look back into the North Shore. With triple pane windows and careful details, this house surpasses the airtightness criteria set by the international Passive House Association, to keep life cozy on the North Shore all year round. Construction by Dale Torgersen Photography by Corey Gaffer
Mark Mathews Archectural Residence
Mark Mathews Archectural Residence
Randall Perry PhotographyRandall Perry Photography
Randall Perry Photography
Beachside Abode
Beachside Abode
Tempus Design Studio Pty LtdTempus Design Studio Pty Ltd
Kath Heke Real Estate Photography
Pleasure Point Beach House
Pleasure Point Beach House
Noel Cross+ArchitectsNoel Cross+Architects
Gina Viscusi Elson - Interior Designer Kathryn Strickland - Landscape Architect Meschi Construction - General Contractor Michael Hospelt - Photographer
Modern Mercer Island Home with Large Windows
Modern Mercer Island Home with Large Windows
Seattle Staged to Sell and Design LLCSeattle Staged to Sell and Design LLC
Norman Park Home Renovation
Norman Park Home Renovation
Dion Seminara ArchitectureDion Seminara Architecture
This very plain 1950’s home in Norman Park was built on a flood prone site and the existing design did not allow for natural airflow nor did it provide much in the way of natural light. The owners of the home felt that an architect design would be the only way to address the need for sensitive adjustments to cope with the flood prone site and to retain the integrity of the current home whilst incorporating a new environmentally sensitive design with a new unique appearance.
Cabarn
Cabarn
Park Company Architects (parkco)Park Company Architects (parkco)
North Curl Curl
North Curl Curl
Sydney Beach HomesSydney Beach Homes
1044 South Ocean Boulevard | Delray Beach, FL
1044 South Ocean Boulevard | Delray Beach, FL
Pascal Liguori & SonPascal Liguori & Son
Front Exterior
New Home Construction; Pine Point, Maine
New Home Construction; Pine Point, Maine
StoneWood Builders of MaineStoneWood Builders of Maine
Walborsky Residence
Walborsky Residence
Geoff Chick & AssociatesGeoff Chick & Associates
The Dunes
The Dunes
Renovation Angel Interior Design NoosaRenovation Angel Interior Design Noosa
Perfection! Plunge pool, decks, and privacy. Outdoor living at its best
Kareela - Major Renovation
Kareela - Major Renovation
Extend A Home Constructions Pty LtdExtend A Home Constructions Pty Ltd
Brick exterior walls with colorbond metal roofing and extra wide timber/glazed front entry door
Leucadia Contemporary Beach Home
Leucadia Contemporary Beach Home
Ideal Design Systems, Inc.Ideal Design Systems, Inc.

Coastal House Exterior with a Lean-to Roof 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal 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 coastal exterior architecture choices for your house designs.
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