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

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

semidetached 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

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

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

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

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Thursday 19th of October 2023

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Tuesday 8th of February 2022

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Sunday 30th of August 2020

I am looking forward a poster of different structures for my classroom. Can I order your poster?

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Monday 18th of May 2020

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POOP MEANS BUNT'S SUSU

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Tuesday 20th of August 2019

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