Places - Buildings People Live In

Here are the principal definitions of each word with an example sentence using the target word in context.

apartment	living area within a building	My apartment building is on the fifth floor.
block	area between two streets in a city	He lives two blocks from here.
apartment block	large apartment building	They live in an apartment block on 56th street.
block of flats (British English)	apartment building	We live in that block of flats over there.
bungalow	small one story house	We rented a bungalow on the beach for our last summer vacation.
cottage	small house	They bought a quaint cottage in the English countryside.
flat (British English)	apartment	Jeffrey bought a marvelous little flat in the center of London
floor on the ground / first / top floor	story or level of a building	They have a marvelous view from their apartment on the top floor.
house	residential building	We've finally bought a new house for our family.
detached house (British English)	separate residential building	After twenty years, we were finally able to afford an detached house all our own.
semi-detached house (British English)	residence with two homes	Many people live in a semi-detached house in the suburbs and commute to work by train from the suburbs.
terraced house	a home on two levels	They build a terraced house on the hill.
story - ten / multi-story building (British English - storey)	floor or level of a building	They live in a fifteen story building.
duplex (American English)	residence with two homes	Many people live in a semi-detached house in the suburbs and commute to work by train from the suburbs.