Need Help Identifying the Architectural Style of this Home
mizfields
5 years ago
Please help me describe the style of this home, so I can look for plans and/or find an architect to design it. Thank you in advance.
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PROJudyG Designs
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoMizFields, guessing Spanish/Mediterranean with corner quions.
Nothing like that home in my neck of the woods. This one pictured is typical. We don’t own the house (sigh), but the water behind is where we keep out boat…Ryder’s Cove.
Good luck with your search/build. Fun time in your life.mizfields thanked JudyG DesignsRelated Discussions
Identify the architectural style of my house please.
Comments (15)Maybe I am misunderstanding which part of the roof you're referring to as offset, so forgive me if this is an off-the-mark too simplistic explanation! I don't think the roof is offset - I think the area to the left side (when facing the front, as shown in your first picture) is the side of a two-story dormer which was added on later, with its right side flush with the front of the house. Since the house is now sheathed in "new" siding, you don't see where the addition starts. The roof is centered over what would be the original section (or at least the section which existed prior to the dormer addition, whether it's actually completely original, or not.) That also explains why there is so much more room to the left side of the front windows than to the right side of the front windows. Noting that the roof overhangs the right side somewhat, and imagining how it would overhang the left side in the same way, if there were no dormer, you can see that without the dormer, the side of the house would be considerably more than a foot in from where it is now... it would be shifted by the depth of the dormer (revealed in another photo.) It all matches up. I grew up in a Victorian-era house in Maine (of a type commonly referred to in New Hampshire as a "New Englander," although I had never heard that term until I moved to NH, so I don't think it is used much outside of New Hampshire. It is a term used broadly to describe many Victorian-era houses with the front door in the gable end.) It had a similar two-story dormer addition. Do you see any evidence of an addition, when you look in the attic? If you follow the roofline back to the back of the house, and look at the rear facade, it is centered over the rear, isn't it? And that side of the house is all in one plane, save for the dormer, correct? I think the appearance of the roof not sitting properly is also heightened by the fact that the photo is a little bit crooked, and the roof has a substantial overhang. EDIT: Yikes, I only looked at the date of the last post, not the date of the original posts... this OP may be long gone. This post was edited by lizzie_nh on Fri, Sep 6, 13 at 8:40...See MoreWhat Architectural Style is This House? Help with Exterior...
Comments (7)in Connecticut, our split levels have similar exteriors. Do you have half levels inside? Here they are treated like seventies colonial revivals. I think a pretty new garage door, removing the shutters and a darker color ontop will go far in freshening the look....See MoreCan you help me identify this architectural style?
Comments (20)Eh, not all old house interiors are salvageable. One of the old houses across from ours is being flipped and heavily remodeled within after being a rental triplex for decades - very little was salvageable, just the main stairs, remaining mantelpieces, and pocket doors. It's a high end flip, so the flipper was able to indulge and strip and restore the stairs and mantelpieces and repair the pocket doors (easy when the walls are studs). Otherwise, new upstairs layout (might as well add a bathroom while it's gutted), new hardwood floors (original ones were utterly trashed), and new finishes throughout. The OP's house looks to be in pretty rough shape. I doubt there's much to work with inside (still, putting in some extra time and effort to preserve at least a couple original features, if any remain, would go a long way to adding tons of charm to this cute house)....See MoreAnyone know what this home’s architecture style is?
Comments (14)The term "historical" is often more of a sales pitch for an older remodeled home rather than descriptive of its history. You should have any home you're considering buying inspected by a pro working for you and your interests (rather than the bank or realtor). IF you do purchase it, you might consider recreating front portico into a porch, extending that middle forward facing gable (leaving the curved front) and using a shed roof on one or both sides of it to create a wrap around front porch. https://www.homeplans.com/plan/3647-square-feet-3-bedroom-3-50-bathroom-2-garage-sp140938 Also, while it's still small, you might consider moving that tree farther from the house and adding a few more, if possible. You'd need to know where the utilities are buried before digging to add shade or any other purpose, so you will want to know that before you buy as well....See More
PROVirgil Carter Fine Art
5 years ago
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoIt's a marriage of a Mid-Century modern bungalow and an early 20th Century Mediterranean Revival. Like mating a Dachshund to a German Shepherd.
People in glass houses...
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JudyG Designs
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoHere is a close example: I like the tile roof much better than the one in your inspiration photo. Would you consider it?
BTW, where are you? Will this style fit into the neighborhood?
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