Home Styles in Real Estate Ads The Meaning

Whether youre buying or selling, reading real estate ads can be confusing. Heres a primer on the styles mentioned in the ads.

Home Styles

Whats the difference between a Tudor and Colonial style? What about a Colonial and Dutch Colonial? Read on to find out.

Colonial, Georgian, or Federal style

Terms used when talking about a two (could be 3 or two and one half) story house that is very symmetrical. The front door is in the center of the house. There are an equal number of windows on each side. There is an upstairs window over each downstairs window and over the front door. There are usually exterior shutters at the windows. (Note: The houses which inspired this very traditional style were built in the early days of our country and are seen mostly in the East.)

Tudor style

A style of home that borrows from merry old England. It typically has exposed heavy dark beams. Some of the beams are perpendicular, some horizontal, and some at a forty five degree angle. The exterior walls are usually stucco between the beams. The lower story is usually of brick or stone. The upper story often has sections that are cantilevered out over the lower...