Apartments and Houses

Apartments and Houses - Place to live - Housing -  Photo Dictionary

A. House
1. window
2. shutter
3. (front) door
4. (front) porch

B. Duplex
5. (front) yard
6. walkway
7. screen door



C. Ranch house
8. gutter
9. drainpipe
10. fence
11. driveway
12. roof
13. mailbox
14. garage
15. chimney
16. satellite dish
17. TV antenna



D. Front door
18. knocker
19. doorbell
20. intercom
21. doorknob

E. townhouse

F. Apartment building
22. fire escape
23. balcony

Apartments

THE APARTMENT BUILDING

Looking for an Apartment
1 apartment ads/ classified ads, 2 apartment listings
3 vacancy sign
Signing a Lease
4 tenant, 5 landlord
6 lease, 7 security deposit
Moving In
8 moving truck/ moving van, 9 neighbor
10 building manager, 11 doorman
12 key, 13 lock
14 first floor, 15 second floor
16 third floor, 17 fourth floor, 18 roof
19 fire escape, 20 parking garage, 21 balcony
22 courtyard, 23 parking lot
24 parking space, 25 swimming pool
26 whirlpool, 27 trash bin, 28 air conditioner


Lobby
29 intercom/speaker, 30 buzzer, 31 mailbox
32 elevator, 33 stairway
Doorway
34 peephole, 35 (door) chain,36 dead-bolt lock
37 smoke detector
Hallway
38 fire exit/ emergency stairway, 39 fire alarm
40 sprinkler system, 41 superintendent, 42 garbage chute/ trash chute
Basement
43 storage room, 44 storage locker
45 laundry room, 46 security gate



1. first floor, 2. second floor, 3. third floor, 4. fourth floor
5. roof garden, 6.. playground, 7. fire escape



8. intercom/ speaker
9. security system
10. doorman
11. vacancy sign
12. manager / superintendent



Laundry Room



Recreation Room



13. security gate
14. storage locker
15. parking space


16. swimming pool
17. balcony
18. courtyard



19. air conditioner
20. trash bin
21. alley



22. neighbor
23. fire exit
24. trash chute
25. smoke detector
26. stairway



27. peephole
28. door chain
29. dead- bolt lock
30. doorknob
31. key


32. landlord    33. tenant

34. elevator
35. stairs
36. mailboxes

TYPES OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

1 apartment building, 2 house, 3 duplex/two-family house
4 townhouse/townhome, 5 condominium/condo, 6 dormitory/dorm
7 mobile home, 8 nursing home, 9 shelter
10 farm, 11 ranch,
12 houseboat
13 the city
14 the suburbs
15 the country
16 a town/village



houseboat, castle, igloo
lighthouse, cottage, villa, detached house


wigwam, tent, camper van, cave
semi-detached house, terraced houses,
block of flats: basement, ground floor, 1st floor,, 2nd floor, 3rd floor,
(Apartments)
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1. apartment (building)


2. (single-family) house


3. duplex/ two-family house


4. townhouse/ townhome


5. condominium/ codo


6. dormitory/ dorm


7. mobile home/ trailer


8. farmhouse


9. cabin


10. nursing home

11. shelter


12. houseboat