raised ranch
Half-sunken basement house
A raised ranch is a style of single-family house where the main living area sits one half-story above ground level, with the entrance at an intermediate level between floors.
You enter and immediately face stairs going up to the living space or down to a finished basement.
Popular in American suburbs from the 1960s through 1980s, the design maximizes usable square footage on smaller lots: They bought a raised ranch in the suburbs with a finished basement.
House with offset floors
- bi-levelHaving two tiers
- mid-centuryHalfway through a hundred
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- open-planLacking interior walls
entry · stairs · landing · layout · facade · roofline · gabled · siding
Legally possessing residential property
- single-familyFor one household only
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- mortgageSecured home loan
realtor · curb-appeal · driveway · garage · backyard · landscaping · fence · bedrooms
Portion of something larger
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- commuteRegular work travel
families · schools · lawns · sprinklers · sidewalks · quiet · affordable · postwar
split-level
House with offset floors
- bi-levelHaving two tiers
- mid-centuryHalfway through a hundred
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
open-plan · entry · stairs · landing · layout · facade · roofline · gabled · siding · deck
homeownership
Legally possessing residential property
- single-familyFor one household only
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- propertySomething owned or inherent
mortgage · realtor · curb-appeal · driveway · garage · backyard · landscaping · fence · bedrooms · den
subdivision
Portion of something larger
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- developmentProgress toward maturity
commute · families · schools · lawns · sprinklers · sidewalks · quiet · affordable · postwar · 1960s
- houseshouse, home, bungalow, colonial, farmhouse
- ranch homesrambler, single-story, single story, L-shape, U-shape
raised ranchVictorian
Of a prim era
colonial · Queen Anne · Tudor · craftsman · Cape Cod
raised ranchVictorian house
Ornate 1800s dwelling style
Colonial Revival · Queen Anne · Mediterranean villa · Georgian mansion · historic home
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