semi-detached
Sharing one wall
Semi-detached describes a house that shares one wall with a neighboring house but stands separate on the other side.
Common in British residential areas, these paired homes offer more privacy than row houses while sharing construction costs.
They bought a semi-detached in the suburbs.
British speakers often shorten it to semi: a three-bedroom semi.
Sharing a border
- next-doorImmediately beside one's home
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- soundproofingPreventing noise transmission
- privacyFreedom from observation
overlooking · fence · hedge · disputes · coexistence · proximity · consideration · nuisance
Sharing a border
- side-by-sidePositioned next to another
- drivewayPrivate residential road
- porchCovered entryway structure
- hallwayInterior connecting passage
staircase · extension · foundations · guttering · facade · frontage · boundary
Divided dwelling, shared walls
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
- semiLarge freight truck
- maisonetteMulti-floor dwelling unit
- terracedArranged in successive levels
bungalow · cottage · villa · freehold · leasehold · residential
Property and grounds
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
- neighbourhoodResidential area nearby
homeowner · mortgage · conveyancing · chain · viewings · surveys
Fourth decade, twentieth century
- interwarBetween major conflicts
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- post-warAfter military conflict ends
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
pebble-dash · mock-Tudor · privet · conservatory · double-glazing · carpeted
adjoining
Sharing a border
- next-doorImmediately beside one's home
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- soundproofingPreventing noise transmission
privacy · overlooking · fence · hedge · disputes · coexistence · proximity · consideration · nuisance · insulation
adjoining
Sharing a border
- side-by-sidePositioned next to another
- drivewayPrivate residential road
- porchCovered entryway structure
hallway · staircase · extension · foundations · guttering · facade · frontage · boundary
duplex
Divided dwelling, shared walls
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
- semiLarge freight truck
- maisonetteMulti-floor dwelling unit
terraced · bungalow · cottage · villa · freehold · leasehold · residential
estate
Property and grounds
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- cul-de-sacStreet closed at end
neighbourhood · homeowner · mortgage · conveyancing · chain · viewings · surveys
1930s
Fourth decade, twentieth century
- interwarBetween major conflicts
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- post-warAfter military conflict ends
council · pebble-dash · mock-Tudor · privet · conservatory · double-glazing · carpeted
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- housing marketstarter home, first home, fixer-upper, condo, flat
- British Architecturemanor house, terraced house, terraced houses, Tudor style, Victorian style
- houseshouse, home, bungalow, ranch, colonial
- housing typesranch house, split-level, Cape Cod, bungalow, apartment complex
semi-detacheddetached
Apart or uninvolved
freestanding · terraced · row house · mid-terrace · standalone