What are the different types of houses in french?

Answer 1

In the biggest towns - often expensive - town houses are rather expensive and are often divided into flats. In these towns the average dwelling is an apartment flat in an housing project.

In smallest towns or in the outskirts of the cities there is a transition towards individual housing. The typical French house has a garage and a garden, the size of which depends on the cost of the land in the area. The rooms are organized as in other western countries (kitchen, living-room, often parent's bedroom at ground level, children's bedrooms and playroom upstairs).

In the villages and by the countryside the gardens and houses tend to become bigger.

An average house for a family of four ranges from 100 to 140 sq meters. This is the largest average square area per house in the European union, but still one-third smaller than the average US home.

The houses are often built of concrete blocks, covered by a grouting but you can find regional variations like bricks in Northern regions.

Answer 2

Un cottage (A cottage)

Une maison (A house)

Un appartement (A flat)

Une caravane (A caravan)

Une ferme (A farm)

Une villa (A villa)

Un hotel (A hotel)

Une tente (A tent)

Answer 3

Inside the cities, generally flats organised in condominiums.

Outside, individual houses are called "pavillons"

Answer 4

There is no typical French house; each region has its own style; a house in Upper Normandy is quite different from one in the Alps.