Type of Housing
townhouse is a type of row
house that describes a residence of two or more floors
adjoining residences are sometimes built with a
common wall or their common lot line with the remainder of each lot being the patio or backyard area.
patio home is a single family residence on an
individual lot that is generally much smaller than a standard residential lot
patio homes are popular because they are
less crowded than townhouses and condominiums and may have only one shared wall and no neighbors above or below.
many manufacture homes are attached to a permanent foundation
manufactured home is built in a factory after june 15, 1976 that conforms to the US Manufactures Home Construction and Safety Standards.
many manufactured homes are placed in
mobile home parks that have activity centers, convenience stores, laundromats, exercise rooms, swimming pools and other things to make them attractive to homeowners
which homes are faster to build
modern modular homes
townhouse describes a residence with
one, two or more stories and has common walls with one or more similar residences
Housing includes
detached, semi-detached and attached homes
the end units of the row house have
side yards
most single family homes are constructed on the building site and are called
stick-built homes.
wideness of the row house lots are
20-25 feet
homes are placed ___ feet from one lot line and __ feet from the other
3 feet from one lot line and 7 feet from the other.
fourplex is a semi-detached home having
4 units. all four units share a wrap-around, common yard.
patio lots can be built on lots of 4500 square feet
4500 square feet even min 3000 feet
min lot in a many suburban and urban areas is
6000 square feet
row house design originated in
England
what are not normally part of row houses?
amenities associated with later townhouse developments: wide garages, walkaways, recreational areas and swimming pools
if residence is on the side lot line, it has only
backyard or patio area
houseboat
barge designed and equipped for use as a dwelling.
zero lot line home
building positioned directly on the side lot line so that there is in effect no side yard setback.
triplex
building with three dwelling units that share party walls.
row house usually built in
city areas where land is at a premiem
Detached home include
conventional single-fmail residences, patio homes, manufactures houses in mobile home parks and alternative dwellings, such as houseboats in marinas.
single family homes are ideal for
families, especially those with children.
a boat that has eating, sleeping and sanitary facilities can qualify as
first or second home under IRS rules, so taxpayers can deduct mortgage interest paid on the loan used to buy the boat.
SFR is a
freestanding residential structure
each unit in a triplex has a
front entry and a back door leading to a backyard
each half of the duplex has a
front, rear and side yard.
Patio home AKA
garden home
SFR is built on its
own lot with an attached garage. Exterior appearance can be contemporary, colonial, tudor, victorian or georgian.
each unit in a row house has a
read door and yard
attached homes include
row houses, town houses and condo units
duplex
semi-detached home with two units sharing a aprtyw all
tow houses
several houses attached to each other with shared walls between units
the most common detached home is the
single family residence SFR
Definition of house does not include
tents, minivans RV or homes
modular homes and panelized homes have components manufactures in a factory that are transported to
the site and installed.
Row house is physically similar to a
townhouse, except that a row house generally has its garage in a tandem arrangement on the ground or basement level.
when ______ ____ homes can be indistinguishable from
traditional stick-built homes
a group of houseboats is called
village or floating community
