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Luxury Single Family Homes

A single-family home (known as a detached house in the UK) is a free-standing residential building, generally found in less dense urban areas, the suburbs of cities, the exurban region, and rural areas. Most single-family homes are built on lots larger than the structure itself, adding an area surrounding the house, which is commonly called a yard in American English or a garden in the British variety. Garages can also be found on most lots. In older homes, they are typically detached, standing as a separate building, either near a driveway or facing an alley in urban areas. Newer homes in North America favor attached garages, often facing the street, as most recent developments do not include alleys.

Literally only members of a single family live in this type of house, yet in the wider sense it refers to a single party of people. The counterparts to single-family homes are apartment complexes, condominiums, duplexes, or terrace houses where several families live in the same structure.

Large, inner city neighborhoods are so densely populated that there is generally not room for houses devoted to just a single family. Yet the outer districts of larger cities are usually transitional areas with equal shares of smaller apartment buildings and single-family homes.

Excerpt of "Single-family home." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 13 Jun 2006, 22:45 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 15 Jun 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Single-family_home&oldid=58475932