second homes
Weekend retreat houses
Second homes are properties owned in addition to one's primary residence, typically for vacation use or investment.
A beach house, mountain cabin, or city apartment kept for weekend getaways qualifies: They bought a second home in the Catskills.
The term sometimes carries connotations of wealth or privilege, and appears in debates about housing affordability when second-home ownership drives up local prices.
- chaletWooden mountain cottage
- timeshareJointly owned vacation property
- log cabinDwelling of stacked timbers
- home away from homeWelcoming place elsewhere
- pied-à-terreSecondary occasional residence
country house · retreat · weekend retreat · cottage · getaway · villa · beach house · waterfront property · bungalow · snowbird · empty nesters · summer house · lake house · bolt-hole · residence · property ladder · real estate investment · vacation rental
- affluent professionalsdoctors, lawyers, executives, consultants, architects
- WalesCardiff, Anglesey, Welsh, Snowdon, Welsh dragon
- UK Housingcouncil houses, Victorian terrace, council flats, council estates, terraced houses
- money pitsfixer-upper, fixer-uppers, boat, boats, yacht
- property taxestax rate, council tax, property tax, tax bill, tax rates
- UK Scandalsexpenses scandal, phone hacking, Partygate, sleaze, duck house
second homesprimary residence
Main place of habitation
principal residence · legal domicile · family home · home base · headquarters
second homeshomelessness
Lacking permanent residence
public housing · social housing · shelter · no fixed address · council housing
second homespermanent home
Lasting place of residence
ancestral home · hometown · hotels · roots · motels
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