English Standard 1 - Types of Houses

A one-story house, cottage, or cabin. They generally small in terms of square footage, but it is not uncommon to see very large ones. They were originally designed to provide affordable, modern housing for the working class.

• Penthouse

• Mansion

• Bungalow

• Caravan/Trailer

A portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of Central Asia. The structure consists of an angled assembly or latticework of wood or bamboo for walls, a door frame, ribs, and a wheel possibly steam-bent.

• Yurt

• caravan/trailer

• bungalow

• cottage

An apartment or unit on the highest floor of an apartment building. Refers to a separate smaller 'house' that was constructed on the roof of an apartment building.

• Yurt

• Pentouse

• Palace

• cottage

A portable house towed behind a road vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a tent.

• Yurt

• Pentouse

• Cottage

• Caravan/Trailer

A shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over, attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope

• Tent

• yurt

• penthouse

• villa

A self-contained housing unit that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story

• Yurt

• Mansion

• Penthouse

• Apartment/Flat

A grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary.

• Villa

• Palace

• Mansion

• Cottage

A small dwelling of traditional build.

• Yurt

• Mansion

• Cottage

• Villa

Residences of above average size in the countryside.

• Yurt

• Penthouse

• Cottage

• Villa

A very large and usually expensive house

• Mansion

• Penthouse

• Cottage

• Palace