HOUSING TYPOLOGIES

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is a free-standing residential building.

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single-detached dwelling

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means that the building is usually occupied by just one household or family and consists of just one dwelling unit or suite.

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Single-family

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means that the building does not share walls with other houses.

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Detached

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is a wooden house constructed entirely or largely on-site; that is, built on the site which it is intended to occupy upon its completion rather than in a factory or similar facility.

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stick-built home

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Type of Zoning Classification where it is a low density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly by single-family, single detached dwellings.

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R-1

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Type of Zoning Classification where it is a medium density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise single attached, duplex, or multi-level building/structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings

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R-2

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Type of Zoning Classification where it is a high density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise or medium-rise residential buildings

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R-3

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Type of Zoning Classification where it is a very high density residential use or occupancy, and properties in this zone is for exclusive use as multiple family dwelling

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R-5

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A single-attached dwelling containing three or more separate living units in such a way that they abut each other at the sides (as in a row), separated from each other by party walls

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Rowhouse

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projects undertaken by the government for the underprivileged and homeless citizens

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Socialized Housing

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is a type of house that has two residential units stacked or joined with one another. It can be in a vertical format or a side-by-side style.

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duplex house

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A duplex house, which is built on the ground floor of an apartment

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Ground Duplex House

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This type of Duplex house is the most readily found duplex house design. In this, two floors are built vertically, one over the other.

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Standard Duplex House

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This state-of-the-art modern duplex house design includes spacious balconies on the upper floor. The area of this duplex house is generally smaller than other duplex house designs.

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Low-rise Duplex

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is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story.

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Apartment, flat, or unit

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The smallest self-contained apartments

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Studio

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“a multiple-unit low-rise dwelling having considerable lawn or garden space.“

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Garden apartment

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“a basement or ground-floor flat with a view of and access to a garden or lawn”, although its citations acknowledge that the reference to a garden may be illusory.

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Garden Flat

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Generally on the lowest (below ground) floor of a building.

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Basement apartment

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A unit in the attic of a building and usually converted from domestic servants’ quarters.

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Garret apartment

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part of a house is converted for the ostensible use of the owner’s family member, the self-contained dwelling may be known as an “in-law apartment”, “annexe”, or “granny flat“.

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Secondary suite

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The structure of the apartments included centrally located anteroom with a combined function of the dining room and one or more salon areas.

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Salon apartment

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It differs from a flat in having, usually, more than one floor, with a staircase internal to the dwelling leading from the entrance floor to the upper (or, in some cases, lower) other floor.

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Maisonette

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An industrial, warehouse, or commercial space converted to an apartment is commonly called a loft, although some modern lofts are built by design.

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Loft apartment

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An apartment located on the top floor of a high-rise apartment building

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Penthouse

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is a room with a shared kitchen and bath. A typical arrangement is a cluster of five or so room-apartments with a common kitchen and bathroom and separate front doors, occupying a floor in a pre-Revolutionary mansion.

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Communal apartment

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is any size space for residential living which includes regular maid and cleaning services provided by the rental agent.

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Serviced apartment

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type of terraced housing

is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residence (normally in London) of someone whose main or largest residence was a country house.

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townhouse

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is a large property complex comprised of individual units, and each unit is owned separately.

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condominium

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is a home unit constructed primarily or entirely off-site at factories prior to being moved to a piece of property where it is set.

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Manufactured housing

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is a prefabricated structure, built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to site (either by being towed or on a trailer). Used as permanent homes, or for holiday or temporary accommodation

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Mobile House

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A residential conversion changes a building from its current use (commercial, industrial, institutional, single-family residential) into a new or different type of residential use.

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Converted-use Property

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is a legal entity, usually a cooperative or a corporation, which owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings. It operates under the cooperative legal framework that usually exists at the regional or national level.

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Cooperative Housing