Lesson Types of Families 1

5. Condominium/Condo
A condominium is a style of an apartment which is individually owned. Normally by the person living there, although you can rent from the condo owner.
Each condo owner is allowed to buy and sell their own condo and own a small percentage rights to the land and common areas, like the gym or tennis court.
This is different from an apartment where the entire building is owned by one person or company.
6. Cottage
Cottages are small old-fashioned houses often found in the countryside. England style cottages are world famous for their signature look. They are often made of stone or brick with a straw or thatched roof.
7. Dormitory/dorm
Dormitories are similar to apartments and common on college and university campuses. Here they are used by students who want to live close to school.
Dormitories are large buildings with many individual rooms called dorm rooms. People often share rooms with other people and share bathroom and kitchens with many other dorm rooms.
8. Duplex
A duplex is a kind of house where two homes are built under one roof. It is similar to a semi-detached house because duplexes are attached to another person’s house on one side but not on both sides.
Some duplexes used to be one house but were split into two homes.
9. Farmhouse
A farm house is what it sounds like. A house on a farm. Farm houses are one story low built houses.
They are traditionally built far away from the city, on large areas of land used for farming or raising animals.
10. Flat
A flat is the British English version of an apartment. See apartment for more details.

11. Hotel
A hotel is a place where you pay to sleep for a short period of time when you’re on holiday or traveling for work.
A hotel has many rooms which have their own bedroom and bathroom. Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott are all famous hotels seen around the world.
12. Houseboat
A houseboat is a type of floating building where people live. As the name suggests, they’re part house, part boat.
There are different kinds of houseboat. Some look like a boat that has room to sleep.
Whereas others are square shaped and simply look like floating houses.
13. Hut
A hut is a very simple one story house, often built with cheap materials or natural materials like mud.
These kinds of homes have been used for thousands of years by our ancestors.
They’re still seen today in poor places and regions which have not changed their ways in many generations.
14. Igloo
Igloos are buildings made out of ice and snow. They have a recognizable round dome like shape.
Igloos keep the people inside them warm by using the people’s body heat to warm the air inside the ice building.