Housing Options Housing I: Objective 2.01
Today there are many housing choices Multifamily Apartments Cooperative Condominium Townhouse Single-Family
Types of Apartments Penthouse Garden Efficiency
Penthouse Usually the most expensive. Located on the top floors of a building. Great views. Often have access to roof top gardens and pools. Think of the sayings like: Working my way to the top, It’s lonely at the top, and Climbing my way up.
Penthouse
Penthouse
Penthouse
Penthouse
Garden Apartments Ground floor. Can cost less. Benefit of often being able to walk straight out into a garden or lawn.
Garden Apartments
Garden Apartments
Garden Apartments
Garden Apartments
Efficiency The smallest of the apartments. Usually everything is in one room with an extremely small bath and kitchen. If rooms are divided it is usually only by a screen, curtain, or a step. Often in large cities where square footage is at a premium price.
Efficiency
Efficiency
Cooperative Cooperative is similar to an apartment but the owner buys “stock” in the building and has a specific unit to live in. The dwellers of a cooperative are owners of a building and work together to maintain the building.
Condominium A condominium is a form of home ownership in which individual units of a larger complex are sold, not rented. These units may be renovated
Townhouse A townhouse is a dwelling that seems to combine the best amenities of a single-family home and a condominium. A townhouse is a home that is attached to adjacent houses. Typically, ownership of the townhouse comes with ownership of the land that its on.
Townhouse
Townhouse
Single-Family Houses Single-family homes allow the owners to have more privacy. They can have a yard and do not have people living above or below them. Can you think of any other benefits of living in a single-family home.
Single-Family Houses
Single-Family Houses
Single-Family Houses
Custom Built Home A home that is designed by an architect and built by a contractor to meet the needs of an individual family. With a custom built home, the home is unique and there are seldom two that are alike. These homes are more costly than other homes and often take longer to build.
Owner-Built Home The building is supervised by the owner. Owner built homes require knowledge and lots of personal time and energy. The owner can but does not necessarily do their own work, but hires the individual team of workers
Factory-Built or Site-Built Modular Manufactured/mobile Site built is a home that is built on the land where it will stand
Modular Homes Homes that are built in sections and the put together in segments or cubes like a puzzle. Benefits include: The structure does not get rained on during construction. The company builds the same plan more often so waste is less Less expensive Have different building codes than houses They are moved onto a foundation on your own land
Factory-Built
Factory-Built
Factory-Built
Stick-Built
Stick-Built
Manufactured/Mobile Homes Homes that are completely built in a factory and moved on wheels to a piece of land that is rented (mobile home park) or owned. They can be moved to another location Can be single wide or double wide
Manufactured/Mobile Homes
Manufactured/Mobile Homes
Manufactured/Mobile Homes
Manufactured/Mobile Homes
Remember A site-built home is a “stick-built” home, constructed on the lot (land) using some factory-built components such as precut items and kits. Custom-built home is designed by an architect and built by a contractor to meet the needs of an individual family.