Red tiled roof

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Look at all those houses with red tile roofs.

Look at all those houses with red-tiled roofs.

I'm not sure how to write this.
 
Use the second one with the compound adjective hyphenated.
 
Use the second one with the compound adjective hyphenated.


Thanks. One more thing, which I forgot to ask in the OP. If I mention those houses again later in the text, can I say red-roofed houses for the sake of variety? Does it sound natural?
 
Thanks. One more thing, which I forgot to ask in the OP. If I mention those houses again later in the text, can I say red-roofed houses for the sake of variety? Does it sound natural?

Yes.
 
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