House Designs

Federation House:

• The house is made to create shade but still have air flow through the house hence all the bay windows on the outside.
• Always two stories or higher.
• Mostly built in foreign countries mainly Austrailia

Manor House:

• Usually surrounded by a moat.
• Has two sets of enclosing walls and a drawbridge.
• Has an open ceiling up to the roof trusses.

Georgian style Home:

• Generally a 1-2 story box style, 2 rooms deep.
• Panel front door centered with rectangular windows above it.
• 9 to 12 pane windows on the main floor.

Bi-level House:

• The floor level of the house is half way in between the floor and the ceiling of the other part of the house.
• Typically right right when you walk in you have to either go up or down stairs to get to the top or bottom level.
• Usually the basement level includes the garage and is level with the driveway.

Log Home:

• House made of logs.
• Made from logs that have been milled into conventional lumber.
• It also could be hand crafted which means that the logs were just ppeled and had nothing else done to them.

Mansion:

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  Home usually over 8,000 sq. ft.
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  Many mansions have a conservatory greenhouse.
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  Contains more than one building for the home.

Queen Anne Style Homes:

• An older style from the late 1800's.
• The English style usually has a courtyard surounded by the home.
• The American style most of the time has a wraparound front pourch.

Ranch House:

• Mostly one level/story homes.
• Longer overhang on roof.
• With it being one story they are usually longer.

A-Frame House:

• The house as a whole is shaped like an A.
• The beginning of the roof starts at or near the foundation of the home.
• The ceiling is open to the top rafters.

                     

 Bay and Gable House:

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  Large bay window that usually covers more thatn half of the house.
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  Usually a red brick color.
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  Most comonly seen in two and a half stories tall.