House Styles, Classifications for Searching and Posting

Traditional

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Most common style in the USA. Mix of simple designs. May include symmetrically spaced windows.May be a Colonial , Georgian, Cape Cod saltbox, or some ranches.

Traditional

Traditional

Transitional

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combine elements of both traditional and modern home styles.

Transitionale

Trinity

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Three to Four stories with one room per story with a shared staircase. Some might have the kitchen is in the basement. Common to older Philadelphia.

Trinity

Tudor

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Tudor Revivals are modern day interpretations of Medieval cottages. Ah there is a difference between Tudor homes and Medieval houses. Tudor constructions indicates a period of history where people began to feel safer, thus the buildings were not as well fortified. This meant the windows and doors were facing the public instead of the court yard. Typically Tudor Hmes wil have decorative half-timbers exposed, Decorative woodwork and some brick-work, steeply pitched roofs, large chimneys, cross gables, and narrow windows

Tudor

Unit/Flat

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From the LawInsider: "APARTMENT/FLAT/UNIT means a space in the project intended and/or capable of being independently and exclusively occupied, having one or more direct exit to a common area "

Unit/Flat

Victorian

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Queen Victoria reigned Britain from 1837 to 1901. The style of houses took hold in the USA within the 19th century. The United States version has two to three stories, thus allowing for large families. Typically made from stone, wood, and brick. igh ceilings, carved woodwork, archways, chandeliers. fireplace. Subtypes or sub from those years: Gothic Revival Style, Folk Victorian Style, Shingle Style, Queen Anne Style (this is the style that most people expect), Second Empire Style ...

Victorian

Villa

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"In post-Roman times a villa referred to a a large, detached, and luxurious home. self-sufficient, usually fortified. Currently: Villas are built to house a single family. ... "villa" is often applied to vacation rental properties. The term Villas has been applied to single family units, that has a association controlling. Sometimes in a gated community.

Villa

Story Book

This is not a type that is a MLS Classification Style, I include a listing of architectural styles on other pages

architectural styles