townhouse
Narrow urban home
A townhouse is a narrow, multi-story dwelling that shares walls with adjacent units, typically in a row of similar structures.
The term originally described an urban residence maintained by wealthy families who also owned country estates.
In modern real estate, townhouse usually means a unit in a planned development with shared walls but separate entrances: They bought a three-bedroom townhouse in the suburbs.
Also spelled as two words: town house.
Adjoined urban dwelling unit
- duplexDivided dwelling, shared walls
- triplexThree-dwelling residential building
- semidetachedSharing a single wall
- adjoiningSharing a border
party wall · terrace · quadruplex · multiunit · back-to-back · neighbors · shared wall
Sandstone-faced urban dwelling
- rowhouseAdjoined urban dwelling unit
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- stoopSmall entry porch
- bay windowOutward-curving window alcove
brickwork · Georgian · Victorian · cornice · lintel · pediment · portico · eaves
Material closing gaps
- high-densityClosely packed together
- inner-cityCentral part of metropolis
- multistoryHaving several floors
- verticalAt right angles groundward
narrow · compact · walkable · mixed-use · gentrification · block · streetscape · alley
Inherited cultural legacy
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- colonialOf occupied territories
antebellum · Victorian · Georgian · period · conservation · vintage · classic · registered
rowhouse
Adjoined urban dwelling unit
- duplexDivided dwelling, shared walls
- triplexThree-dwelling residential building
- semidetachedSharing a single wall
adjoining · party wall · terrace · quadruplex · multiunit · back-to-back · neighbors · shared wall
brownstone
Sandstone-faced urban dwelling
bay window · brickwork · Georgian · Victorian · cornice · lintel · pediment · portico · eaves · mansard
infill
Material closing gaps
- high-densityClosely packed together
- inner-cityCentral part of metropolis
- multistoryHaving several floors
vertical · narrow · compact · walkable · mixed-use · gentrification · block · streetscape · alley · courtyard
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
colonial · antebellum · Victorian · Georgian · period · conservation · vintage · classic · registered · brownstone
condominium
Owned unit, shared grounds
- HOAResidential community organization
- associationGroup with shared aim
- feesCosts for services
deed · equity · mortgage · co-op · freehold · leasehold · assessment · covenant · title · maintenance
- housingapartments, home, houses, homes, apartment
- American Architecturecolonial, Craftsman, bungalow, Cape Cod, Victorian
- housing marketstarter home, first home, fixer-upper, condo, flat
- real estatehome, apartment, property, sale, rent
- American housesranch, bungalow, colonial, Cape Cod, farmhouse
- historic dwellingslonghouse, log cabin, farmhouse, cottage, mud hut
townhousedetached house
Residence sharing no walls
single-family home · villa · bungalow · cottage · ranch house
townhouseflat
Lacking vertical variation
apartment · condo · condominium · studio apartment · high-rise apartment
townhousecountry estate
Large rural landholding residence
rural homestead · farmstead · mansion · manor · ranch