I have an eyebrow up. On Cityline today Eric was answering a question on a house he called a '2 storey bungalow'. First time I have ever heard that one and I always thought 'bungalow' meant one storey. The house they showed looked like a typical 2 storey house to me.
Does anyone know what a 2 storey bungalow is?
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I did a search for definitions of bungalows and 2 storey bungalows and I am afraid I can't find anything that makes sense to me. Bungalows seem to definitely mean one floor but no explanations of why some houses are called 2 storey bungalows as they come with various roof lines, basements or not, raised or not, but they definitely have a second floor on them that exceed a bungalow and a half that was mentioned. With an image search there are plenty that show up but I wouldn't have called any of them bungalows so I am lost.
Apparently there can be some confusion as some hotels have detached little houses they call bungalows which can be any number of stories and it's the vacation aspect that makes it a 'bungalow'. That doesn't explain the version being taken to the burbs though.
Maybe I should pose the question on the Cityline site and see if Eric answers (Ramsin answers his questions which is nice).
Next thing I'll find out is there are high heeled flats.
When I lived in halifax, we lived in a 1 1/2 storey home and I could almost see that being called a 2 storey bungalow. (Kitchen, dining, living room, master bedroom, one other bedroom & bath on main floor and then family room and another bedroom on 2nd level-kind of a loft concept on 2nd level...I actually loved the design of the home.
(Now, it's 3 stories + basement...living rm, open concept kitchen/dining on main, 2 bedrooms, bath and Family room on 2nd and then master bedroom & bath takes up whole 3rd level. I don't mind all the stairs, but the dog is starting to struggle with them...oops-might be time for a new house :laugh:
(DH says any excuse for another new home...I think a dog that finds stairs difficult reasonable, right??)
You hear that term used in the UK often so maybe he from the UK :)
maybe he was referring to a "raised bungalow".....where the basement is a walk-out?....
that is strange.....never heard of that way....we live in a bungalow (everything on one floor, some have basements some dont.......then there is what is called a story and half.....bedrooms and possibley a bathroom upstairs and the ceilings are slanted (not sure of the other differences)......two story is the same as the story and half only no slanted ceilings......then your sidesplits, backsplits, and ranches....Lisaathome, we lived in a 3 story....walk in and you have your living room, dining area and kitchen....go upstairs and there was 2 bedrooms and bath.....come back down to main level and go downstairs and you had another two bedrooms and bath and head down another set of stairs and there was a basement with laundry, recroom area.
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janetc
I thought same as you DBD...
2-storey bungalow-never heard as being referred to that way before...
To me, there's (single storey) bungalow and 2 stories is just that-a (tradiional) 2 storey home.
Wonder what's the name for the kind of home I live in?? (It's a 3-storey):)