Is my house ranch? (property, bedrooms, garage, houses)

[notghinsaw]

So I live in a house where I take two steps and get on the main level, however, I have walk out basement and my garage is under the living room. I need to take 10 stairs to get to the basement/garage, or I can walk out through the front door and walk to the garage as my yard slopes back.

I don't have stairs landing when I enter the house and I enter directly to main level.

So do I live in a ranch, raised ranch, split level?

[Diana Holbrook]

A picture would help, but it sounds like a split level. Raised ranch isn't used a lot here, but I think that works also.


A ranch is all one level.

[HudsonCoNJ]

It’s blue cheese

[Okey Dokie]

In the midwest, this would be a raised ranch, assuming there is not an additional story ABOVE the living room level. The garage being on the basement level is what makes it “raised.”

[notghinsaw]

Interesting. The only thing above my living room is attic.

So what is the name of a house which has stairs up/down as you enter it? Split level?

And ranch, I assume, is a house with garage on the main level even though it has a basement which is below grade?

Here's an example of a house they call raised ranch: https://www.redfin.com/CT/Milford/4-...operty-history

It has stairs up/down as you enter. It also has second bathroom below grade, while my has only two steps to enter and everything, other than garage and laundry/furnace is on the main level. By that definition my house doesn't seem to be raised ranch.

[adjusterjack]

Originally Posted by notghinsaw

So I live in a house where I take two steps and get on the main level, however, I have walk out basement and my garage is under the living room. I need to take 10 stairs to get to the basement/garage, or I can walk out through the front door and walk to the garage as my yard slopes back.

I don't have stairs landing when I enter the house and I enter directly to main level.

So do I live in a ranch, raised ranch, split level?

According to Wikipedia, all three are synonymous.

Scroll down to Split Level

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_house_types

[skimbro000]

I have a 1959 raised ranch. My house is almost exactly how you describe. Garage to daylight basement. Walk up 12 steps to main floor which is all one level. I live in VA.

[MikeJaquish]

There are no "official" designations, so everyone is right!

Me:
Ranch:
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Heritage Pines, Cary NC by Mike Jaquish, on Flickr
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Northclift, Raleigh NC by Mike Jaquish, on Flickr
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Split Level:
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Triangle Forest, Cary NC 5 by Mike Jaquish, on Flickr
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5034 Hollyridge Drive 097 by Mike Jaquish, on Flickr
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Bi-Level, Raised Ranch, Split Entry all fit this house design. Call it what you will in your local area.:
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Raleigh, NC, Meredith Woods 019 by Mike Jaquish, on Flickr
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Raleigh, NC, Meredith Woods 012 by Mike Jaquish, on Flickr
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Pirates Cove, Cary, NC (21) by Mike Jaquish, on Flickr

[Hollytree]

I think of a raised ranch as having a full floor of living spaces below and the main living areas LR, DR, KIT etc up the front stairs.

The OP's house sounds more like a spilt level if most all the living spaces are only a couple steps up to the front door.

[reed303]

OP's house sounds to me like a ranch on a sloped lot. The slope just allowed the garage to be under the house with a walk out basement. There are no "living/bedrooms" except on the main level.

Most houses have at least 1 or 2 steps to get in the front door, depending how high the basement sticks up.