On 12/30/2020 10:35 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:56:02 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 12/30/2020 8:18 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you also live in a ranch house?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Naw, it's termed a 'bungalow' or 'cottage.' Depends on which real-estate company
>>>>>> you look at. To me, it's just home.
>>>>> I always hear "ranch" in American house hunting and house flipping
>>>>> programs on an Australian lifestyle channel.
>>>>
>>>> Ranch is a one story, rectangular floorplan.
>>>
>>> Yes. They also use a word for a house with more stories. I forgot
>>> what. Victorian maybe... no, I don't think so.
>>>
>>
>> Most are just called two story but there are many styles. Colonial,
>> Victorian. Georgian, etc.
>>
>> If it is two family it would be a duplex.
>>
>> Many types here 'https://www.homestratosphere.com/types-of-houses/
>
> Maybe it's colonial what I keep hearing as opposed to ranch. My wife
> says craftsman.
>

Craftsman is a smallish one story.

The term "Craftsman" comes from the name of a popular magazine published
by the furniture designer Gustav Stickley from 1901 through 1916. ...
Bungalows, which could be built without an excess of materials or
effort, suited the Arts and Crafts movement and were designed with the
working class in mind.

The most common characteristics of a Craftsman style house include: A
covered front porch. Tapered columns that support the roof and are
typically more sturdy at the bottom, becoming smaller at the top. Deep
overhanging roof eaves.

Stickley also designed furniture, usually made from thick oak parts for
arms and designed for comfort.