House Styles

Modern home styles of today

There are many types of home designs.�Here are three popular types of home designs.

What type of floor plan design do you prefer?

Ranch style home

• Ranch style homes are one-story houses with an open and casual layout.
• The ranch homes are built on a concrete slab, though some have a basement or crawl space.

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Ranch style home floor plan example

• Ranch style homes are popular due to having the house on one level.
• This type of home usually takes up more land due to only having one level.

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Colonial style home example

• Colonial style homes or some may say a two-story house is also a very common term.
• These kind of homes may go by various names but are mainly a house that has two levels above ground.

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Colonial (two story) floor plan example

• In this type of home the bedrooms are found on the upper level, while the functional rooms are designed for the main level of the home.

Split level home

• A split-level home is a style of house in which the floor levels are staggered. There are typically two short sets of stairs, one running upward to a bedroom level, and one going downward toward a basement area. 

Split-level home

• From the interior you can see how the stairs are split with landings to separate the floor levels.

Split-level home with a first floor Master

• Some may also call a home with a first floor Master suite a Split-level home as well.

GUIDED PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT

• Students are to identify the advantages of each home design ranch, colonial, and split level.
• Students are to name a home style that they would prefer on a house and why.
• Deliverables: submit typed answers to Instructor via email or schoology.

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