"Designs" for Category 1-Residential Profile sheet (approx. 100k download)

One-Story Home

A dwelling built low to the ground with habitable rooms on only one level (excluding the basement, if present). The inside floor and the outdoor ground levels should be similar.

Two-Story Home

A dwelling with habitable rooms on two similarly sized floors (excluding the basement).

Three+ Story Home

A dwelling with habitable rooms on 3 or more floors (excluding the basement). Properties that are technically only 2½ stories should be entered as 3+ Story dwellings in the MLS.

One and a Half-Story Home

Dwellings that have habitable rooms on two floors (excluding the basement, if present). The upper floor is usually smaller in square feet.

Split Level Home

A dwelling with habitable rooms on at least two but usually three or more levels (excluding basement). The floor levels are separated from each other by less than a full story.

Bi-level Home

A dwelling with habitable rooms on two levels. The level of the main entrance is between the upper and lower levels (sometimes referred to as a split foyer entrance).

Raised Ranch Home

A dwelling with habitable rooms on two levels. Differs from a Bi-Level because the main entrance opens directly to the upper level.

Lo-Rise Building

A multiple unit building of four stories or fewer.

Hi-Rise Building

A multiple unit building of five stories or greater.

Other Home (Design)

Dwellings that do not conform to any of the above designs such as A-Frames, Converted Barns, Domes and below ground structures.