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.
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.
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.
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).
Typically a flat surface, similar to a floor, but usually constructed outdoors, on the ground level but often elevated from the ground, and usually connected to the home.
An outdoor space generally used for dining or recreation that often adjoins a residence on the ground level (is not elevated) and is typically paved, with either concrete or stone slabs.
A structure attached to a building, forming a covered entrance to a home. A porch may also be enclosed by a screen, latticework, broad windows, or other light frame walls extending from the main structure.
A bungalow usually consists of one and a half stories with most of the living spaces on the ground floor, low-pitched roof and horizontal shape, living room at the center of the home and connecting rooms without hallways.
Characteristics include a steep roof with side gables, a small roof overhang and 1 or 1½ stories. They are also typically made of wood and covered in wide clapboard or shingles and have a symmetrical appearance with a door in the center.
A small building usually near a large residence or part of an estate, used for keeping coaches, carriages, or other vehicles. Many old carriage houses are used for secondary suites, guest houses, automobile garages, offices and workshops.
Homes that usually consist of a symmetrical façade, rectangular in shape, 2 to 3 stories. They also have, brick or wood siding, a gable roof, pillars and columns and have multi-pane, double-hung windows with shutters.
Many contemporary homes have an odd, irregular shape, lack of ornamentation, tall, over-sized windows, have an open floor plan and use natural materials such as cedar or stone.
Characteristics include stone or brick construction, Dutch doors (upper and lower halves can be opened independently), matching chimneys on each side and wide, slightly flared eaves.
Usually feature large, wrap-around porches and a gabled roof. Additionally, the interior of a farm house has a large family area as well as a formal dining area and a cluster of bedrooms.
Can be distinguished by their distinctive hipped roofs and flared eaves. Other characteristics include brick, stone or stucco siding, dormers, multi-paned windows, and arched doorways.
Some Normandy homes feature a small, round tower topped by a cone-shaped roof and may resemble miniature castles with arched doorways set in imposing towers.
Single story homes with a low pitched roof, rectangular, L-shaped or U-shaped design, large windows and usually have an emphasis on openness (few interior walls).
Typically have decorative half-timbering on the exterior of the home, a steeply pitched roof, prominent cross gables, tall, narrow windows and small window panes.
A row or twin home with a living room as the ground floor front room and the dining room and kitchen arranged side by side to each other at the back of the ground floor.
A row or twin home with ground floor rooms running sequentially from the front to the back of the house and without a hallway. To get from the front room to the back room requires walking through the middle room(s).
A mobile home measuring twenty feet or more wide and are 90 feet in length, and are towed to their site in two separate units, which are then joined together on-site.
The master bedroom is located on the main level, and depending on the design, will share floor space with the kitchen, a family room, and at least one bathroom. Additionally, the other bedrooms are typically found on the lower level of the home.
A factory-assembled residence consisting of one or more modules, in which a chassis and wheels are an integral part of the structure, and can be readied for occupancy without removing the chassis and/or wheels.