Split Foyer style
A home entered by a foyer with a
half flight of stairs up to the upper level (where the living spaces
and one or more bedrooms are usually located) and a half flight of
stairs to the lower level (typically housing the family room and
additional bedrooms).
Tri-Level style
A home with three levels. It is
typically entered on the middle level and has half flights of stairs
to the highest and lowest levels. The living room, dining room, and
kitchen are usually on the middle level. The bedrooms are usually on
the highest level. The lowest level may be unfinished or have family
room, laundry, and perhaps a garage located there.
Contemporary style
These vary greatly, but none looks
as if it could have been built prior to 1900. Some are almost
entirely of glass. Some are almost entirely under ground. Roofs can
be gable (slants down on each side of a ridge line creating
triangles of space at each end), shed (slants in one direction only
from high on one side to low on the other), flat, or sod (grass
covered) for that matter.
Often several roof styles are incorporated
in one home. Energy saving or indoor-outdoor connectedness tend to
be designing motives. Simplicity, straight lines, and open spaces
are hallmarks. Decks, patios, and terraces are frequently featured
and are often constructed of the same materials used indoors.
Victorian style
This style is based on houses built
during Queen Victoria's reign and for a while afterwards. They are
usually at least two stories tall and maybe more. They are
embellished with a variety of things including porches, turrets,
towers with conical roofs, pediments with fanciful shapes over doors
and windows, windows to the floor with perhaps only one sheet of
glass per sash. And do think gingerbread or wood fashioned into
intricate shapes for gable ends, places where porch posts reach the
ceiling, at stair landings, and so on. Modern builders usually pare
this style down because of the expense, but even the most recently
built examples can be rather fanciful.
Home Styles Summary
When looking at homes, you'll find
particular styles appeal to you. Once you identify the styles, you
can narrow your search for the perfect home.
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