Basic House Types

Single Story House - All of the habitable rooms on one floor.  Very often called a     Ranch type house.

One and One Half Story House--

A house that has all of it’s habitable rooms on one floor but because of it’s high pitched roof it provides the opportunity to expand the roof ( dormer) to create a second floor room.  This type of house if often called a Cap Cod.

Two Story House-

A two story house has the kitchen and living areas on the main floor and the bedrooms on the second floor.  Very often called a Colonial because this style was used a great deal in American Colonial times.