You are brave to post elevations. People are helpful yet sometimes it’s hard to hear.

I vote no peak.

I like the peak better

Peak

I think it looks better without the peak and I agree that you are brave.

Peak for sure!

No peak.

No peak.

Peak makes the house look modern, no peak a 60's ranch. Go with the peak, you can play more with accent colors

Yes for peak.

If your peak could be an extension beyond your garage front perimter, like this one is, that accents your door and gives shelter, and style, even if you had to more or less do a covered walkway that takes guests and family right to your nice porch and front door, it could be a very attractive idea. Be sure to place pretty down lights on your outside porch posts or on the gable, and use some decorative lighting along the walk way from the ground up, or the porch posts down to make your front door be so pretty and the focal point. I don't advocate for the twin posts, unless you like them on the very first set, but there are many options and do what suits your style and your budget if you like the idea. The walkway could be bricks, stepping stones or stamped concrete? This is the prettiest way to bring the door way out when it is in the center of the house and of a long porch. Love your house!

No peak

No peak.

No peak. The right-hand garage peak is so pronounced that the two will look too busy together, and the entrance peak will now be so small as to be a bit silly looking. Define the entrance with some prominent planters and in-ground landscaping. (A peak over the entrance would have been all right if the garage rooflines—angle, height, complexity—had been reduced, so they could step back, but I’m guessing that it’s too late for that.)

Are you in a snow area? The peakcould create areas of snow build up between the gable areas. It would be nice to have a way to easily divert water so it is not running down the roof on you as you approach. It match the same pitch as the rest of the roof.

We are in Ontario, Canada so lots of snow in the winter! We haven’t started our reno yet so still time to change things! Without the peak I think the front entrance may be lost? We just added the peak on photoshop so I’m not sure how to change the pitch, etc

Neither. I think whatever you do should span the width of the center portion. The peak shown is too small. It should be something that is the focal and draws you to the center of the house.

I like the peak.

I like the peak. It defines the entrance. I'd suggest that you remove the cross beams on the gables on the far right and left of the house. As well, see if you can match the pitch on all gables.

Could you also push back the garages? They are quite prominent and it would be better if they weren't such a dominant part of the house.

Your entry will always be lost until the garages are moved back so they don’t become the highlight of the house.I vote no peak for the simple reason it will creat problems with snow melt and rain in fact I don’t even see how that will be managed with the roof the way it is.

I just looked at the photo I had shared, and noticed the eyebrow roofline on the garage... You might work that into the design of your house, on the entry gable only-- if you add it? and let the cross design stand on the other 2 gables? That way it sets it apart as something special and a covered walk extension will give more shelter to those walking the length of your sidewalk to the porch, and that is really the best reason for placing a gable entry to your front porch/door. I hope you find something you like amongst all these ideas!

Get rid of some of the rest of the schnozzolas and then the gable over the entry won’t be so bad looking. But it’s the other gables and the design as a whole that are the real issues that need addressing.

The central mass of the house is supposed to clearly be the central mass. Yet here it is a forgotten afterthought with subordinate functions and masses assuming too much importance in the heirarchy. The entire organizational structure is skewed.

I appreciate all your comments! This is a home reno project not a new build...I have attached before and after just to put things in context...

Wow. That is one nice sized home!! Very neat place lawn and setting. Built to accomodate the lay of the land.

I'd be willing to lose some of the windows in the sunroom in order to pull that huge garage back from the front where that garage wing is ruining the overall appearance and diminishing your entry.

No peak

Get a better architect.

What if the pitch of the garages was changed? What is your preference?

3rd pic

Thoughts on these renderings?

I love the top 2 where you have brought the porch out to the 'front' of the home. Very nice!

I like the top one because the door is centered in the space. I would like to see it centered without a peak.

I definitely think the garage roof should match the bedroom roof. September 7th posting the 3rd picture definitely.

I think having the garage doors painted white makes them stand out too much as a main feature. I would paint them color of house to make them recede visually.

I think the roofs should match on both sides of the house, and I think that both garage entrances should meet in the front so they are of equal length and have one roof.

If so, can you have one garage door? and no post in the middle? Will that be cheaper than two doors?

As to the smaller renderings, I like the idea of having a front porch if you will use it, and the extra window there if you need it.

You don't need a planting area in the ground in the middle of the porch, it will just get dirt and water on your porch for you to clean up. If you want a plant there, put it in pot.

I like a longer, wider path from the garage to the front door.

The other thing, if you think you will ever have anyone come to visit who will park on the street and not in your driveway, you need a path from the street.

Here is another option...