Detached (Free Standing)
Any house that is completely separated from its neighbours
• Detached Ranch
Single story house, usually with garage and basement
• Detached Frontsplit
Multilevel house that appears as a two story house in front and a bungalow in the back. It is the opposite of a backsplit and is a rare configuration
• Detached Sidesplit
Multilevel house where the different levels are visible from the front elevation
• Detached Backsplit
Multilevel house that appears as a bungalow from the front elevation
• Detached Link-Detached
Adjacent detached properties which do not have a party wall, but which are linked by the garage(s) and so forming a single frontage
• Detached Prefab
A house where the main structure is prefabricated
• Detached Bungalow
Single story house (not including optional basement)
Rowhouse (USA) also called "townhouse"; also called "terraced home"
3 or more houses in a row sharing a "party" wall with its adjacent neighbour. In New York, "Brownstones" are rowhouses. Rowhouses are typically multiple stories. If land is expensive enough to sacrifice the privacy of detached homes, it also justifies multiple stories
Terraced House
Since the late 18th century is a style of housing where identical individual houses are conjoined into rows - a line of houses which abut directly on to each other built with shared party walls between dwellings whose uniform fronts and uniform height created an ensemble that was more stylish than a "rowhouse"
Townhouse
also called rowhouse (US). In the UK, a townhouse is a house which is often three stories tall with a garage on the ground floor it is usually terraced
Stacked Townhouse
Units are stacked on each other; units may be multilevel; all units have direct access from the outside
Sears House
Owner-built "kit" houses sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. through its catalog division from 1906 -1940
Mews Property
A Mews is an urban stable-block that has been converted into residential properties. The houses are converted into ground floor garages with a small flat above which used to house the ostler
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