luxury homes
High-end real estate
Luxury homes are high-end residential properties distinguished by premium features, prime locations, and prices well above the local market average.
The threshold varies by region—a luxury home in Manhattan differs vastly from one in rural areas.
Common markers include expansive square footage, high-quality materials, designer finishes, and amenities like pools, home theaters, or wine cellars: They toured luxury homes in the hills above the city.
Real estate marketing uses the term liberally, sometimes for properties that are merely expensive rather than exceptional.
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- wine cellarUnderground room for bottles
- smart homeDwelling with integrated automation
- gated communitiesEnclosed neighborhoods with controlled access
- private schoolsTuition-charging educational institutions
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- Wealthy Neighborhoodsgated community, mansion, estate, country club, manicured lawns
- luxury estatesmansions, estates, country estates, historic mansions
luxury homeshovels
Squalid, cramped dwellings
shacks · low-income housing · substandard housing · tenements · slums
luxury homesslums
Impoverished, crowded districts
ghettos · housing projects · section 8 housing · subsidized housing · shanties
luxury homeshomelessness
Lacking permanent residence
shantytowns · makeshift shelters · cardboard boxes · shanties · tin shacks