Confusion reigns too often when Buyers are trying to figure out house styles. What’s a Colonial? What’s a Dutch Colonial? A Cape has one bedroom on the first floor and two upstairs, right? Umm, no.
Here, then is the first in a series of posts to help sort the properly defined house from the poorly-listed house. With this information, you should be able to look at a house and rattle off the style of construction like a pro. Too, you can use your newfound knowledge to separate the “wheat from the chaff,” as far as real estate agents and listings are concerned. A good agent lists the house correctly.
I am writing this today after a conversation with my wife, The Realtor about house listings in the Mastic Beach area. Seems the builders and their cohorts (the local real estate agents) are building houses and calling them, “Victorians.”
Lorraine was confused. So was I. It’s not just a “Victorian.” There are different styles of Victorian house.
I ran through my bookmarks and sent her the link to this site Topeka Historic Homes. There are excellent descriptions and photographs of different housing styles. It’s a great place to start as you explore housing styles of construction.