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Ikram UddinUnit 10 Assignment 1
Types and styles of buildings
Housing Type Name Style that it uses and Description of that type
comments on how it looks. housing and key features of
Include photo that type that make it
recognisable. Any other
hidden feature
Detached house A detached house is on its Its recognisable because it
own so there’s no connecting doesn’t share any off the
house to it and I would say walls with another building
it’s more spacious as it which is good as you won’t
normally has more space really hear many noises from
around it the neighbours
Semi- detached A semi-detached house is a Most of the time a semi-
single-family duplex dwelling detached house is built in
having one common wall pairs and it normally mirrors
with the next house. each other.
Terraced A row of houses that should These houses are mostly just
normally share both sides of made with brick and block
the wall with a neighbour. work and most of the houses
are tight as there’s no drive
way and the cars are parked
on the road Infront of the
house.
End terrace (typically with These houses are at the end These houses are normally
extra garden/space) of terraced houses and are colder than the rest of the
normally a bit bigger. terraced houses as it’s the
end house and the exterior
walls are thin
Flat or apartment A flat is a single-family home It is normally shared spaces
with a set of rooms on one But parking can be an issue
floor, generally within a as its normally 1 per
larger structure with several household.
, Ikram Uddin
such homes.
Duplex/maisonette The owner of a duplex It is a building divides into 2
building may or may not live apartments.
in one of the two flats. The
duplex's owner rents out one Normally 2 storey and is a set
or both units to tenants. of rooms for living in.
Cottage and cottage style These houses are normally in Usually like a bungalow
the country sides. So 1 floor and is mostly
found in a village or rural
location and it is often more
than 100 years old.
Mansion Mansions are big and have Are usually big with lots of
lots of space in the garden rooms and storeys
and driveaway.
Manor house multi- Similar to mansions but most
level of the manor houses have a
farm house attached to it
where a farmer lives
expensive
larger windows show wealth
usually have gardeners
Prefabricated home after They offer a huge flexibility
the when being built as it only
war takes a couple of days to be
they installed
were
built quickly and temporary
foe people whose houses got
destroyed in WW2
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