Victorian House Exterior with Three Floors Ideas and Designs

Elm Street

AHD&Co

Elaine Heintz

Thimble Island Victorian Home

Joseph Sepot Architects

Identifiable features of this architectural period include the home's asymmetrical façade, rounded-corner tower, and expansive wraparound porch with bracketed columns. Jim Fiora Photography LLC

KC Metro

Thompson Photography

Tony Thompson

Dean Street Residence Exterior

Murdock Solon Architects

Brooklyn Townhouse Exterior

Inner Sunset 1530

SF Design Build

Photography & Styling: Sarah E Owen https://sarahowenstudio.com/

Chicago, IL Victorian Hardie Board Remodeled Home

Siding & Windows Group Ltd

Removed old Brick and Vinyl Siding to install Insulation, Wrap, James Hardie Siding (Cedarmill) in Iron Gray and Hardie Trim in Arctic White, Installed Simpson Entry Door, Garage Doors, ClimateGuard Ultraview Vinyl Windows, Gutters and GAF Timberline HD Shingles in Charcoal. Also, Soffit & Fascia with Decorative Corner Brackets on Front Elevation. Installed new Canopy, Stairs, Rails and Columns and new Back Deck with Cedar.

Historic "Iconic" Home Exterior Restoration

ABLAZE Design Group (ABL)

Historic Victorian Home built in the 1800's that went through an extensive exterior renovation replacing a lot of rotting wood, repairing/replacing vintage details and completely repainting adding back contrasting colors that highlight many of the homes architectural details.

A Rural French Country Estate

Mariani Landscape

Linda Oyama Bryan

Bond Place

Marvin

This project consisted of a renovation and alteration of a Queen Anne home designed and built in 1897 by Manhattan Architect, and former Weehawken mayor, Emile W. Grauert. While most of the windows were Integrity® Wood-Ultrex® replacement windows in the original openings, there were a few opportunities for enlargement and modernization. The original punched openings at the curved parlor were replaced with new, enlarged wood patio doors from Integrity. In the mayor's office, the original upper sashes of the stained glass was retained and new Integrity Casement Windows were installed inside for improved thermal and weather performance. Also, a new sliding glass unit and transom were installed to create a seamless interior to exterior transition between the kitchen and new deck at the rear of the property. Finally, clad sliding patio doors and gliding windows transformed a previously dark basement into an airy entertainment space.

Park Ridge Victorian Masterpiece

Jeremy Lew & Assoc., Inc.

South Salem Victorian

Saranac Builders Corp.

Salem NY renovation. This Victorian home was given a facelift with added charm from the area in which it represents. With a beautiful front porch, this house has tons of character from the beams, added details and overall history of the home.

Residential Interiors

Emma Wood Photos

Emma Wood

Victorian Exterior

Shingle Style

Peter Stafford MacDonald Residential Design Group

Our next project? Put some paint on this old house! photo by Conan Y. Fugit

Buttonwoods Luxury Coastal Home

Cordtsen Design Architecture, Inc

This new construction 3-story home located in the Buttonwoods neighborhood of Warwick, RI, features modern Victorian details often described as a "Gingerbread House style." The design includes a 3rd floor loft, 3 bedrooms on the 2nd floor, a ground-level in-law suite, 2-car garage, stacked stone chimney, and a wraparound porch for outdoor living.

The Cole Mansion - 1897 Queen Anne Victorian in Highland Park

Saxony Design Build

Castle Estate

iQuarters

If you look closely in the picture above, you will see that we ran a series of pipes flush against the house. These were picked to ensure their color matched the exterior nicely, while both protecting and concealing the network cables that were ran.

Victorian House Exterior with Three Floors 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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