COMMON HOUSE TYPES IN NIGERIA

Just like it is the American dream, owning your own home is also a dream for many Nigerians. Choosing the perfect home involves figuring out the ideal style for your family and making sure it fits your daily needs.

What are the types of house in Nigeria?

In this article, we would be looking up different kind of houses built in Nigeria today (pictures included).

Bungalow

Bungalow, from the Hindi word “bangla”, meaning “belonging to Bengal”, was used to described detached cottages built for early European settlers in India.

A bungalow is a style of house or cottage that is typically either a single story or has a second, half or partial story, that is built into a sloped roof. Bungalows are typically small in terms of size and square footage and often are distinguished by the presence of dormer windows and verandas. The living area of bungalow homes often features built-in cabinetry and is typically flanked by two or three bedrooms.

It’s very popular because it generally comes with more space. In turn, those bigger plots mean more space between properties and so more privacy. Large gardens are also usually a feature of bungalows.

Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word is derived through Old French from the Latin word mansio “dwelling”.

Calling a home a mansion indicates a level of grandeur, style and quality — far above the normal in a given area. This correlates with the housing patterns of the rich and wealthy.

Real estate agents consider mansions to be houses that have a minimum of 8,000 square feet of floor space. Mansions are quite subjective by definition but experts believe that a true mansion must be owned by an iconic and extremely wealthy person.

A mansion is expected to have entertainment facilities, dedicated leisure space, lavish grounds as well as outstanding building materials and finishes.

Terrace house

A terrace, terrace house, townhouse or row house: is a single-family home that is usually set over two or three floors. A terrace house sits side-by-side with other terraces (joined together) — forming a tight row down a road or block or the inside of a gated estate.

A dwelling in a row of houses which were built together where each has one or two inner common walls. In a terrace of three or more, the houses at the end are called end-of-terrace.

Detached house

Also known as s stand-alone house is a free-standing residential building. It is sometimes referred to as a single-family home, as opposed to a multi-family residential dwelling. They are usually spread over two or more floors and feature their own private gates: leading onto a private compound. Detached homes are perceived as more private than semis and that pushes up their selling price.

Semi-detached house

A semi-detached house is a single-family duplex dwelling house that shares one common wall with the next house. The name distinguishes this style of house from detached houses, with no shared walls, and terraced houses, with a shared wall on both sides.

This style differentiates it from terraced houses (with shared walls on both sides), and detached houses (with no shared walls). You can find single storey semidetached homes (bungalows) and semis that are spread over two floors. A semi-detached house is one of two identical houses built as one but left to right and then right to left; joined down the middle by a party wall. This is a very thick wall so that noises do not carry from the interior of one house to its counterpart.

Apartment

Apartment building or block of flats — a building with multiple apartments. There can be multiple apartments on each floor and there are often multiple floors. Apartment buildings can range in many sizes, some with only a few apartments, other with hundreds of apartments on many floors, or any size in between. There are often inside hallways and inside entrances to each apartment, but outside entrances to each apartment are also possible. An apartment building can be owned by one party and each of the apartments rented to tenants or each of the apartments can be owned as a condominium by separate parties.

Penthouse

An apartment or unit on the highest floor of an apartment building, condominium, or hotel. Penthouses are typically differentiated from other apartments by luxury features. The term ‘penthouse’ originally referred, and sometimes still does refer, to a separate smaller ‘house’ that was constructed on the roof of an apartment building.

Penthouses are often the most expensive forms of housing in a given market. These types of houses are the largest, the most exclusive and offer the best views in a given apartment building. As such, penthouses are synonymous with a luxury lifestyle.

Duplex

A duplex is a multi-family home that has two units in one building — regardless of how those homes are arranged. Units can be side-by-side or stacked on top of each other.

Duplex buildings also have two separate entrances for each unit. This means each tenant has their own entrance. An example of a duplex is a house with two doors side-by-side that enter into different living spaces in one home, one upstairs and one downstairs. These two separate units are typically similar in size.

Mud Houses

Mud houses are still prevalent in many rural areas in Nigeria where such homeowners use mud, palm fronds, raffia matting, straw and wood to build their houses. For the roof of the house, you can use straw and mats that are made from raffia palm leaves.

Conclusively, Whether you are looking to build your own home or acquire one that is being built (or has already been built): it is important to know which type of home will fit your requirements. With this article, we have gone over some of the most popular types of houses in Nigeria today.

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