House Styles: List of 28 Different Types of Houses Around the World!

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House Styles! In this lesson, you will learn a list of different types of houses with ESL pictures and example sentences to expand your vocabulary.

House Styles

List of Types of Houses

• Single-family detached home
• Semi-detached
• Mansion
• Villa
• Tree house
• Igloo
• Apartment
• Bungalow
• Caravan
• Castle
• Condominium
• Cottage
• Dormitory
• Duplex
• Farmhouse
• Hotel
• Houseboat
• Hut
• Lighthouse
• Log cabin
• Manor
• Motel
• Palace
• Shack
• Skyscraper
• Tent
• Stilt house
• Poop house

House Styles with Examples

• Semi-detached

A semi–detached house is a single family dwelling house that shares one common wall with the next house.

• Mansion

The mansion had an atmosphere of genteel elegance and decay.

• Villa

We sold the business and bought a villa in Spain with the proceeds.

• Tree house

The tree house was taken down. I know all about keeping the faith and not sneaking.

• Igloo

May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart.

• Apartment

here’s a nine – storey apartment building next to the bank.

• Bungalow

A bungalow does not have an upstairs.

• Caravan

With a caravan, you can stop at your own convenience; you’re not dependent on hotels.

• Castle

The castle was enlarged considerably in the fifteenth century.

• Condominium

They rent out their condominium to skiers during the winter.

• Cottage

The very compactness of the cottage made it all the more snug and appealing.

• Dormitory

The students have barricaded themselves into their dormitory building.

• Duplex

She knew a couple of friends elsewhere who lived together under the pretense of sharing an apartment or duplex.

• Farmhouse

The farmhouse is remote from any other buildings.

• Hotel

The hotel has a special offer of five nights for the price of three.

• Houseboat

I think you really live in a houseboat with the seasons more than up the hill.

• Hut

He lived in a small, tumbledown hut.

• Lighthouse

A lighthouse was flashing in the distance.

• Log cabin

They lived in a little log cabin in the mountains.

• Manor

The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.

• Motel

There’s a motel a mile or so down the road .

• Palace

When built, the palace and its grounds were more extensive than the city itself.

• Shack

They lived in a one-room shack.

• Skyscraper

From the top of the skyscraper the cars below us looked like insects.

• Tent

Outside the tent I could hear the constant drone of insects.

• Poop house

Do they live in a poop house?

Types of Houses | Infographic