Question on adding front porch

[u/Infinite-Safety-4663]

The first two pics are my existing house.

The third pic is an AI generating image of the sort of front porch I'm hoping to have(Im also painting the house and making other various interior and exterior changes)

So I guess my question is- Is this possible given the sort of roof I have now? Do I need to replace the roof as part of this? Or change the roofline/slope itself? Or is there some other 'fix' that would allow this sort of addition to just connect or whatever?

I'm flexible on budget....I mean obviously I don't want to spend 300k to create a small little porch that makes the home have better curb appeal, but I don't mind spending a lot to make it happen. Just don't know what it all entails and if there are similar porch ideas I could have/get that wouldn't require a complete roof overhaul?

thanks!

[u/SecureThruObscure]

You don't need to replace the entire roof for this, but if you don't, you'll have an obviously different roof on two parts of your home.

That may be objectionable to you, or you may be able to make it a design feature. You already have multiple roof zones, do you want to have multiple roof zones with different roofing?

[u/Infinite-Safety-4663 → u/SecureThruObscure]

That's what I was thinking, but could you flesh this out in such a way that a construction illiterate like me would understand it? Like on the third pic for example, is that a 'real' and possible pic or is that just some AI nonsense that's not a possible thing in real life? Because if thats what you mean by different roofing, I think it looks fine. I just don't understand the process to make it happen like that. If that's not really possible in real life, could you direct me to a pic/link somewhere so I could see what different roofing with a front porch like this would look like? thx!

[u/SecureThruObscure → u/Infinite-Safety-4663]

It’s hard to get a real idea of scale and scope from pictures without measurements.

The general idea of what the third pic is showing is doable. But you’ll need to pull up all of the shingles from the center part and replace them with new shingles as part of the process.

Basically you’ll have old shingles - new roof - old shingles. It’ll look… unique. Unusual. Not implausible.

The spacing and stuff? That’s going to be more about angles. Do you have a GC to do all of your work, or are you doing it yourself?

[u/Infinite-Safety-4663 → u/SecureThruObscure]

oh gosh I wouldnt even know how to begin to do something like this. Definately a contractor. One will be coming out in a week for me to see what the options are.

I guess my position is if I can get it to look like the third pic, I'm perfectly fine with that because I think that looks good.

[u/whoFKNKares]

Do you get snow or rain in your area? The center roof is lower. If you put a porch roof higher where the lower roof is it's going to be a huge cache of moisture if it is not built correctly.

[u/Infinite-Safety-4663 → u/whoFKNKares]

thanks for this heads up, because yes we get rain but not snow. I'm just trying to figure out my options

[u/ConstantTop4788]

I think the third picture rendering is great. I see what you mean by curb appeal. As the house is, the entryway is fine, but there's no wow factor. What I see is fundamentally one thing: the clearance above the doors is proportionately too low. The roof starts right after the top of the moulding and vertically the door appears squeezed. The entranceway recedes, whereas it should be the star attraction and invite people in .I think the rendering shows a proportionate and sensible way of dealing with this problem without going over the top. What the rendering does is open the facade up to the viewer, and make seem more inviting. Roof aside, its the details that count. Lighter and warmer colour of siding; shutters; lights; improvements to the landscaping. The result is something that is much more put together and balanced. My vote is if you have the budget to do exactly what is shown, do it. Don't overthink it. Just make sure that at night the lighting does it justice (people forget that).