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