Interior Design Housing

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Condominiums advantages

1. Advantages of home ownership with the convenience of apartment living

Mobile home advantages

1. Economic-low cost and little upkeep 2. Parks may have great facilities and services 3. Movable

Cooperatives (co-ops) disadvantages

1. Everyone must abide by the wishes of total group

Custom home advantages

1. Everything is built to personal specifications

Manufactured house disadvantages

1. Limited selection 2. May need special equipment to install 3. Shipping large modules can be expensive

Manufactured house advantages

1. Lower costs 2. Reduced time for buildings 3. Can select different options

Custom home disadvantages

1. May be a complicated process - need to have a lot of patience 2. Expenses may increase more than budgeted for orignally

Tract house advantages

1. Models allows you to see what you're going to get 2. Planned community 3. Costs less than customs

Rental disadvantages

1. Money spent on it is not applied towards ownership. You have no property to show for your payments

Condominiums disadvantages

1. Monthly assessments are expensive, can be as much as a mortgage payment

Tract house disadvantages

1. Offers little individuality 2. Lots are generally of a minimum size 3. You don't know if the developer will be successful with the development

Cooperatives (co-ops) advantages

1. Owners have voice in how it is run and who their neighbors are 2. Advantage of home ownership with the convenience of apartment living

Mobile home disadvantages

1. Price deprecates rapidly 2. It may be considered 2nd class housing 3. Location may be limited to certain areas 4. Once you're in a location, it's not too mobile 5. High cost for moving and highway restrictions 6. Moving, taxing, and zoning regulations

Rentals advantages

1. Require less initial expense and less upkeep 2. Offer a variety of lifestyle choices 3. Readily available 4. Unlimited choices as far as styles, size, price, facilities etc.

Rough Draft

A first drawing or sketch of something. Can be done in pencil. Usually requires re-doing and correcting or refining for the final product

Elevation

A flat scale drawing of the front, rear, or side of a building from the floor level up to the ceiling

Linear Measurement

A measurement of a (one) "straight line"

Architect

A person or group of people who design and draw building plans for the construction of houses, commercial buildings (like schools) and bridges etc. They also can supervise the construction of the buildings and discuss important construction details with the builder. There is also "Landscape" ones that design gardens, fountains and outside areas that surround buildings.

Building Contractor

A person who supplies the materials to builds a house (and other structures) for a specified amount of money. Note: The design plans are still done by an architect

Floor Plan

A scale drawing of the location, size and position of the rooms, halls, door etc., one floor at a time. It usually includes all permanent fixtures like sinks, toilets, shower, stove, dishwater, refrigerator, kitchen cabinets, closets, doors, air conditioning units and heating units, water tanks, electrical panels etc.

Increments

An amount added to a thing to increase it. The best example would be the lines on a ruler. They're marked in these; the next lines is greater than the line before.

Cubic Foot

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Width

Distance across a thing. This measurement can be the same measurement as length if there are four sides to it. It is then referred to as a "square" where all sides are of equal length

Location

Specific placement of your home, urban, suburban, rural, large scale or small scale

Square foot

Sq Ft

Length

The longest way a thing can be measured. What a thing measures from end to end

Scale

The size of a plan, map, drawing or model compared to what it represents

Door Jamb

The vertical and horizontal pieces of wood that the actual door is attached to. It also can be called a door post.

Ruler, Yardstick or Tape Measure

These are instruments commonly used to measure lengths

Portico

a large porch usually with a pediment-ed roof supported by classical columns or pillars

Height

a measurement from top to bottom or how far up a thing goes

Stucco

a mixture of cement, sand and limestone applied to exterior walls as a covering

Rafter

a roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall. In most houses, they are visible only from the attic

Hipped roof

a roof with slpes on all four sides the hips are the lines formed when the slopes meet at the corner

Gambrel Roof

a roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch. Typically seen on Dutch Colonials

Bay Window

a set of two or more windows that pert rude out of the wall. The window is moved away from thew all to provide more light and wider views.

Turret

a small tower often at the corner of a building. It is a smaller structure while a tower begins at ground level. Queen Anne houses

Columns or Pillars

a support or structure system as well as a decorative system

Paladin Window

a three part window featuring a large arched center and flanking rectangular side light. Typically in living/family room or foyer.

Pediment

a triangular crown used over door windows or porches. Associated with classical style homes

Casement Window

a window that opens by swinging inward or outward much like a door. They are vertical in shape and are often grouped in bands.

Fanlight

an arched window above the door

Costs

crucial factor for everyone, construction expenses continue to rise, repairs, taxes, insurance, reduces the variety of choices

Availibility

desirable housing in a given area is often limited, growth and population shifts, housing is sometimes in short supply, apartments, condos and houses have been built to accommodate the rising demand for housing

Taste

fitting, harmonious, beautiful, changes person to person and time to time

Shed roof

has one pitch or angle to it

Gingerbread

ornate detailing and decoration. Found on Queen Annes

Shingles

protective coating on roof

Classical

refers to the architecture and design ideas of ancient Rome and greece

Six over Six

refers to traditional double hung window

Lifestyle

related to the values, social status and activities of household members, affects type of house they want to live in

Asymmetrical

the face of the house is not the same on both sides

Symmetrical Facade

the face of the house is the same on both sides

Facade

the front or face of the building

Eaves

the portion of the roof that projects beyond the wall

Dormer

the setting for a vertical window in the roof, it is called a gable one if it has its own gable or a shed one if it has a flat roof. They are found on the second story.

Gable

the triangular section of a wall formed by the end of a pointed roof

Clapboard

this is also known as weatherboard or siding, it is long, narrow boards overlapped to cover the outer walls. Typically seen on Colonials.

Climate

varies from warm to cool and from dry and humid, housing design changes to accommodate conditions.