Traditional ranch style homes are single-story houses commonly built with an open-concept layout. Ranch home designs often feature long, low-pitch rooflines and large windows along the front of the house.

Cape style homes are traditionally single story homes with a low and broad rectangular profile, a pitched, side-gabled roof. In later years, dormers or second stories were often added to Cape Cod homes.

Traditional style homes with two full levels, one on top of the other. Georgian style, Colonial style, and Greek Revival house designs all have two-stories and offer a stately, refined look that can't be ignored on any suburban street.

A chalet is a type of house or cottage made of wood with a heavy, gentle sloping roof and wide edges set at right angles in the front.