home

home

1. types of house

   • terraced house
   • detached house
   • semi-detached house
   • cottage

2. apartment building / block of flats

   • penthouse
   • loft (apartment)
   • basement flat
   • bedsit
   • garden flat
   • ground floor flat
   • studio flat
   • high-rise building / skyscraper

3. care home / retirement home

4. sheltered housing

5. dormitory / student halls (of residence)

6. types of area / neighborhood / district

   • in a residential area
   • downtown / in the centre of town
   • ways to describe an area / neighbourhood / district
     • rough
     • friendly
     • family-friendly
     • quiet
     • safe
     • dangerous
     • rich / wealthy / well-off / affluent
     • exclusive
     • rural
     • poor / deprived / run-down
     • urban
     • a slum (area)
   • in the suburbs
   • in the outskirts

7. types of luxury home

   • mansion
   • palace
   • castle / chateau
   • country estate
   • stately home

8. other living situations

   • campus
   • boarding house
   • shanty town

9. commune

10. tent

11. rented room

12. caravan / mobile home

13. houseboat / narrowboat

14. children's home / orphanage

    • foster home

15. holiday home

    • second home
      • dacha

16. parts of a house

    • living room
    • dining room
    • kitchen
    • bathroom
    • toilet
    • cellar / basement
    • attic / loft
    • garden
    • bedroom
    • study / home office
    • playroom / nursery
    • balcony
    • roof

17. types of housing development

    • apartment complex
    • gated community
    • council estate (UK) / housing project (US)
    • housing estate
    • new-build
    • converted building
    • newly-renovated building

18. (e.g. army) barracks