Objective 2.01: Critique housing options

Multi-family Housing

Single-family Housing

1. Penthouse apartment

2. Garden apartment

3. Efficiency apartment

4. Cooperatives5. Condominiums

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Located on the top floor of a building

Great viewsOften have access to roof top gardens and pools

Usually the most expensive.

Penthouse

Penthouse

Penthouse

Ground floor Can cost less Often able to walk straight out into a garden or onto a lawn.

Garden Apartments

Garden Apartments

Garden Apartments

The smallest of the apartments Usually everything is in one room with a small bath and kitchen

If rooms are divided it is usually by a screen, curtain, or a step

Often in large cities where square footage is at a premium price.

Efficiency

Efficiency

Efficiency

Efficiency

You buy stock in the corporation that owns the buildingFor a larger apartment you buy more stockCorporation responsible for upkeep and taxesYou vote on who you want your neighbors to be.

You own your own separate unitShare the common areas with neighborsYou pay the taxes and upkeep of your unitThe “look” of the outside is determined by a management company.

1. Attached, Townhouse and Duplex

2. Freestanding, Custom Built3. Freestanding, Owner-Built4. Freestanding, Factory Built:

Modular5. Freestanding, Factory Built:

Manufactured/mobile

A home that is attached to adjacent housesCombines the best amenities of a single-family home and a condominiumOwnership usually includes the townhouse and the land that it is on.

Single-family homes allow the owners to have more privacy

Families can have a yard and do not have people living above or below them.

A home that is designed by an architect and built by a contractor to meet the needs of an individual family

The home is unique The home is more costly than

other homesOften take longer to build.

The building of the home is supervised by the owner

Owners need knowledge of building and lots of personal time and energy

The owner can but does not necessarily do their own work.

Freestanding single family homes are often called “stick

built” homes.

Single-Family Houses

Single-Family Houses

Single-Family Houses

Built in sections in a factoryPut together on a foundation like a

puzzle, on property owned by the homeowners

Benefits include: Does not get rained on during

construction Less waste in the building process Less expensive.

Modular

Modular

Modular

Homes that are completely built in a factory and moved on wheels to a piece of land that is rented (mobile home park) or owned

Can be moved to another locationCan be single wide or double wide.

Manufactured/Mobile Homes

Manufactured/Mobile Homes

Manufactured/Mobile Homes

Manufactured/Mobile Homes

Create a graphic organizer that compares the similarities and differences of each housing option.

MULTIFAMILY HOUSING

1. Penthouse apartment

2. Garden apartment

3. Efficiency apartment

4. Cooperative5. Condominium

SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING

1. Attached, Townhouse2. Freestanding, Custom

Built3. Freestanding, Owner-Built4. Freestanding, Factory

Built: Modular5. Freestanding, Factory

Built: Manufactured/mobile