o Two storey. Semi-detached House. Terraced Housing

o Two storey

There are a kitchen, a living-room and a toilet on the ground floor and bedrooms and a bathroom on the 1^st floor.

Semi-detached House

A semi-detached house is a pair of housing units that shares one common wall. The two houses are built to mirror each other. Interestingly enough this type of housing is called a duplex in other parts of the world. This type of housing became popular in the UK and Ireland in the 1920s to the 1930s. This type of housing became popular to middle-income families who preferred this type to the terrace houses. Presently the semi-detached is still the most popular type of housing in England. One advantage of living in a semi-detached house is that there is still a level of privacy even if one wall is shared by the two houses. A glaring disadvantage is that the upkeep of your side of the property still falls solely on you. Another disadvantage is that you cannot just plan extensive renovations and extensions as you have to consider your twin house.

Terraced Housing

Terraced housing is also known as row housing or townhomes. The origin of this type of dwelling was in the 17thcentury in Europe. It looks like a row of identical looking houses that share side walls. The end units of this row of housing are called end terrace and are far larger than the units in between the said two end units.

Terrace housing used to be only associated with the working class for this type of housing was cheap, small and had very little privacy. The Great Fire of London brought about the building of terraced housing. Terrace housing, dependent on its location and design, was either for the working class or the wealthy class. As time went by, terrace housing evolved and became known as townhomes or townhouses which were more associated with wealthy people buying properties in less affluent communities.

One of the major advantages of terrace housing is that it is relatively cheaper than a semi-detached built in the same location. One great disadvantage is that there is typically no yard or garden that comes with a unit. As two walls are shared, there is less privacy too. However in today's terrace housing, most are enclosed in an area complete with gates and guards to check entries and exits to the compound. This makes a current middle class or high class terrace housing (townhome) very much secured.

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