And forget all those wrong sized shutters too.

Here in South Jersey almost every home that has a stone front has stone ONLY on the front, and siding on the rest of the home. I'm talking about middle class to upper middle class homes 3-5 Bed, 2-3 Ba. Pretty sure all but the very expensive custom homes are done this way. The only homes that don't have siding on 3 sides are the older brick ranchers or cape cods. So, around here it doesn't look like you ran out of money to only have stone/brick on the front.

When we traveled to Kentucky we couldn't believe that most of the houses were brick on all 4 sides! We were not used to seeing that! Don't know if it is due to brick cost being cheaper in Kentucky, or labor costs being high in Jersey. We actually didn't like seeing brick house after brick house after brick.......

What Mark said.

Yeah. What Mark said.

Houses like that look like they're built for a movie set and only to be seen from one angle. All the money in front; just don't look at the vinyl siding wrapping the rest of the place.

"Here in South Jersey almost every home that has a stone front has stone ONLY on the front, and siding on the rest of the home."

The only historic substance to this phenomena is that it exemplifies shifty developers passing off cost saving techniques to the unknowing that are born every minute. If a mistake is made often enough, it can become commonplace.

Like Cindy has mentioned, this is not uncommon in Pennsylvania. Certainly would be a great idea if money were not an object. Having said that, still wondering if anyone is familiar with stonecraft stone. I found a live example of it , just wanted to see if anyone had it installed and any feedback they might have.

I don't have experience with it, but judging from your photo and their site, I wouldn't use it on the entire face of the house. I'd certainly use it for the water table around the whole house with shrubbery and other plants in front.

It's better than most, but not completely realistic, the reds (too purplish) and the irregular stones don't look real at all. Okay for a shopping mall, but not a house.

Select the "perspective" view in your CAD program. The example you posted is in "parallel projection" or "isometric" view and it looks twisted out of shape. That's because our eyes see parallel lines as pointing to a distant common vanishing point so when they are drawn as parallel, they look wrong. If your program doesn't have a perspective view find one that does.

The drawing also needs a ground plane so the foundation doesn't show.

no fake stones no fake shutters

Has this home been built yet or is this a home you’re planning to build? It seems like you’re planning to build it from the previous comments, but wondering how far down the construction path you are at this point. There are some small tweaks that could make this a more pleasing design, in my opinion, so if you haven’t already built it, I would have a few questions about the design choices. For example, the arch over the middle window seems unnecessary from a classical design perspective and would just add to the building costs, so I’m curious about why it was added.

In the process of designing. My better half likes the arch, so popped it in.

Since you’re in the process still, I will just share a few pages from “Get Your House Right” that apply to your design. I think it would be really useful to look through it, because a lot of the formulas apply to your design. There is a page in here that applies to the arch over the window, but I can’t find it right now...basically says that if the top of the window isn’t above the roofline, then it’s generally recommended to not raise the roof over the window unnecessarily. I’m also not sure if the windows in the drawing are just part of the computer program or the actual windows you’ve selected, but the glazing bars are all different styles - divided lights on the right, none on the left, a plate glass window above the door, etc. The book has a section on coordinating window styles and a section on appropriate shutter sizes as well. All really easy changes that could make a big difference.

Your house has multiple 45 degree angled gables which you might want to tweak

You also might want to consider the angle of the roof over your front door in relation to the rest of the roofline

And another page regarding the gable vent size/placement

Back in the 70's when the two story arched entry stoop cover was popular in my area, a fellow architect told me they were actually missile silos. Every time I see one I can not get that connotation out of my head.

Mark, I had a chance to take a look at your portfolio and must say I was underwhelmed. Given how much unsolicited feedback you’ve given to me off topic of my question I had to investigate. Though my house might not be up to your standards, your work substantiated you as an agent of mediocrity. I suppose you would have a lot of free time to criticize other people’s work given what I’ve seen of yours.

Do me a favor— stop commenting on this thread moving forward or I plan on report you to Houzzes powers that be.

"Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!"

Thank you Chad for your unsolicited feedback (attack). I will try harder.

I have no experience with the produce you mentioned, but I'm sure it will work well. Go ahead and build your house just as it is, it will fit you just fine. It looks great!

(there, are you happy now? Tell the powers I said "Hi")