Everyone’s idea of a dream home is as different as each of us are. That’s why there is a different style house for everyone. What is your favorite?

A-frame - a style of house with steeply angled sides that meet at the top in the shape of the letter A.

Bungalow - is traditionally small, only one story, thatched and had a wide veranda.

Cabin - is small in size, feature a gable roof, and tend to be simple in design

Cape Cod - is traditionally characterized by a low, broad frame building, generally a story and a half high, with a steep, perfectly pitched roof with end gables and a large central chimney.

Chalet - also known as a Swiss chalet is a wooden dwelling with a sloping roof and widely overhanging eaves, common in Switzerland and other Alpine regions.

Colonial - is more or less flat, symmetrical facade with double-hung, shuttered windows with dominant divided Dutch doors and central chimneys.

Contemporary - has eye catching features as asymmetrical design, unusual angles, flat roofs with varied or multi-level rooflines, boldly articulated windows, silo-like towers, little ornamentation and vertical siding.

Cottage - the exterior, commonly features half-hip roofs, shingles or stucco siding.

Farmhouse - has a porch that stretches along the front of the home and may wrap around to the side or rear with a steeply pitched roof typically runs along the length of the home and is sometimes accented by dormers and gables.

Federation - homes have front verandas with decorative timber features, tiling on the patio floor and entry paths.

Garrison - typically two stories with the second-story overhanging in the front.

Log Home - also known as Log Cabin is a combinations of natural wood, stone and glass creating a timeless and rustic charm with the advantage of their thermal mass heat retention, which makes them an excellent insulator against the cold weather.

McMansion - is large like a mansion, but is in-expensively built, often built in neighborhoods all at the same time with, no difference between individual structures.

Modular or Mobile Home - built in factories, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where they will be occupied.

New England - often incorporates dormer windows for an even warmer touch and tend to have dominant rooflines that extend down to the first floor ceiling level.

Prairie - are usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands, integration with the landscape, solid construction, craftsmanship, and discipline in the use of ornament.

Ranch - makes great starter homes, owing to their cost-effective construction with more than rectangular floor plans - noted for its long, low to the ground profile that offer little exterior ornamentation, with basic exterior framing.

Saltbox - is a wooden frame house with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back.

Split-Level - is a style of house in which the floor level of one part of the house is about half way between a floor and its ceiling of the other part of the house that creates three floor levels of interior space.

Stick Built style - a translation of the balloon framing used in New Englander houses in the era by alluding to them through plain trim boards, soffits, aprons and other decorative features, while eliminating overtly ornate features such as rounded towers and gingerbread trim.

Victorian - often three stories high with asymmetrical massing, “gingerbread” ornamentation, fishscale shingles, turrets and/or towers at the corners, oval glass in the front door, elaborate and intricately decorated porches, and varieties of patterns and sometimes quite vibrant colors.