Unit 101 Types and purpose Domestic buildings

What is a bungalow? Fill in the blank: A bungalow is a ________ house with no stairs.

• single-storey

• multi-storey

• underground

• floating

What is a dormer bungalow? Fill in the blank: A dormer bungalow is a single-storey house with stairs and ________ rooms in the roof space. Protruding windows called dormer windows give the building their name.

• habitable

• storage

• unfinished

• attic

What is a semi-detached house?

• A house that shares a single party wall with one other property.

• A house that adjoins another by sharing a garage party wall.

• A house that is completely detached from any other property.

• A house that shares walls with more than two properties.

What is a link detached house?

• A house that shares a single party wall with one other property.

• A house that adjoins another by sharing a garage party wall.

• A house that is completely detached from any other property.

• A house that shares walls with more than two properties.

What is a Detached house?

• A house that shares party walls with a house on either side.

• A house that is free-standing and shares no party walls with another building.

• A house that is attached to only one other house.

What is a Terrace house?

• A house that is free-standing and shares no party walls with another building.

• A house that shares party walls with a house on either side.

• A house that is attached to only one other house.

What is a chalet?

• A building with 11 storeys or more, normally containing single-storey flats.

• A wooden built house with overhanging eaves.

• A house made of bricks with a flat roof.

• An underground house.

What is a high rise?

• A wooden built house with overhanging eaves.

• A building with 11 storeys or more, normally containing single-storey flats.

• A house with a garden on the roof.

• A single-storey detached house.

Fill in the blank: Apartments are ___ .

• self-contained living accommodation, normally found in a small block or complex

• large public parks for recreation

• types of vehicles used for transport

• outdoor sports facilities

Fill in the blank: Conversions are ___

• when a building has been repurposed from its original use to become living accommodation, such as barns, warehouses, water mills, and windmills.

• the process of demolishing old buildings to make way for new ones.

• the act of painting and decorating a building's exterior.

• when a building is used for its original intended purpose only.