Multifamily housing

Penthouse apartment

Garden apartment

Efficiency apartment

CooperativeCondominium

Single-family housing Attached

Townhouse Freestanding Site Built

Custom Built Owner-Built

Freestanding Factory Built Modular Manufactured/mobile

Objective 2.01: Critique housing options

Multi-family Housing

Single-family Housing

1. Penthouse apartment

2. Garden apartment

3. Efficiency apartment

4. Cooperatives5. Condominium

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Located on the top floor of a building.

Great views.Often 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

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

Own your own apartment by buying stockFor a larger apartment you buy more stockYou vote on who you want your neighbors to be

You own your own separate unitShare the common areas with neighborsThe “look” of the outside is determined by a management company

Attached1. Townhouse

Freestanding Site Built2. Custom Built3. Owner-Built

Freestanding Factory Built4. Modular5. Manufactured/mobile

A home that is attached to adjacent houses. Combines the best amenities of a single-family home and a condominium. Ownership 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.

Can you think of any other benefits of living in a single-family home?

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

ModularManufactured/mobile

Built in sections Put 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

Using a sheet of paper, list all of the multi-family housing options on 1 side and all of the single-family options on the second side.

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

Use construction paper to create a poster that contains your graphic organizer and information.

Multi-family Housing

Single Family Housing

IN THIS CIRCLE TELL WHAT IS

COMMON ABOUT ALL TYPES OF MULTI-FAMILY

HOUSING

IN THIS INTERSECTION

TELL WHAT SINGLE AND

MULTI HAVE IN COMMON

IN THIS CIRCLE TELL WHAT IS

COMMON ABOUT ALL TYPES OF

SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING