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List of house types

Residential dwellings can be built in a large variety of configurations. This summarizes some of them:

Bungalow[?] - a single story house
Sidesplit - a multilevel house where the different levels are visible from the front elevation
Backsplit[?] - a multilevel house that appears as a bungalow from the front elevation
2 storey and more
Townhouse[?] - also called "rowhouse". In New York, "Brownstones" are townhouses
Semi-detached[?] - a 2 unit townhouse, often called a "Duplex"
Stacked townhouse[?] - units are stacked on each other; units may be multilevel; all units have direct access from the outside

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