131,413
seems clear enough... so what do you call a Raised Ranch with 3 levels?... and nice tan by the way :)
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Dave Halpern
Louisville, KY
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
544,114
Lots of confusion around that.
Apparently, a raised ranch is a house that you have to go up a bunch of exterior front stairs and you enter the second floor. To get to the lower level, which may be partially below grade, you go down a full staircase just like in a regular ranch.
A split entry style home sometimes called a bi-level, has a bunch of exterior front stairs and has a small entry foyer with an immediate set of stairs to go half a story up to the living room/kitchen/bedroom area, or go half a story down to the lower level which is typically partially below grade.
Either way, you're going up and down stairs a lot. You save money because you don't have to join a gym or buy a stairmaster.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Kevin J. May
Hobe Sound, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Pete Xavier
Pacific Palisades, CA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
4,738,362
The explanation may be regional...we don't have those terms in my areas. Raised foundation or slab are the common descriptions.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
16,880
People use them interchangeably. I like your visual though, that's how I think of them
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,153,799
It's about 5 steps up or 5 steps down give or take a few.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
5,487,128
Unless you're on the lake, we don't have a lot of raised ranches here in Charlotte proper - and the split entries either but, we do have split levels (aka tri-levels).
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Kevin J. May
Hobe Sound, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
8,151,265
This is good information to share with prospective home buyers.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
536,992
You learn something new every day.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
5,312,494
I don't really know... in my market we do not have what you referred to as a raised ranch. And our split entry are probably what we call split foyer.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
5,275,798
We don't have these styles of homes in Austin but I remember growing up we did..nice explanation because they are different.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,713,581
Interesting question. In Oklahoma a ranch style is considered a single story home. We live in one on a 100 foot wide lot. The typical construction had load bearing walls all on the outside ones.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
2,708,028
I think we call that a tri-level house.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
5,774,100
Barbara,
Not ones we normally see in our area of California. We owned a ranch house in Los Angeles with a raised foundation for easy access to plumbing, etc. A
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
2,848,509
Merry Christmass Barbara Todaro who knows the answer. I agree with her
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,538,464
The one on the left would be a MUCH harder sell out here. We also don't have basements, so the one on the right would enter on the main floor. Beyond that, couldn't tell you the difference.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
564,544
Thank you Barbara!
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
2,230,207
1,466,257
Barbara Todaro In my area they are called a Split Foyer. I haven't seen the term Raised Ranch used here.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
5,483,845
Thanks for the clarification. More familiar with the split entry!
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,870,453
Placement of the stairs - RR you have to decide what you're gonna do right away, either up or down. Splits here have a larger foyer where only the famrm is 6 stairs down.
In our area the #1 picture is called a raised ranch, I don't even know what the hell #2 is.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
3,074,389
Interesting
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,101,059
In my area, a ranch home wouldn't be more than one story or level. But veddy eeenteresting! 😉
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
213,318
raised ranch has 2 levels and almost no storage!
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
4,434,227
Thank you.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
6,687,332
Thanks for the lesson.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,231,853
Erie area has both styles, but I prefer typical ranch with a full basement or two-story with basement.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
3,986,473
Split entry homes are the biggest seller in my area. Cost is one of the reasons.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
5,167,153
I sorta remember that from my days back in New England. Those styles are very rare in my area.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
3,988,138
We call the raised ranch a reverse basement and the split foyer style has the front door entering a foyer area between the two floors.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
3,430,182
Raisin bread and ranch dressing? Sorry ... it's been a long day. Up at 4am and it is now approaching 9pm. Another one tomorrow. I get loopy.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
1,525,616
I once lived in a split entry home. The first floor was a daylight basement with rather short windows that were at ground level. The lot had a very gradual slope toward the rear yard.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
684,752
I see both in Wisconsin ... everyone has a preference!
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
2,184,389
Thank you for the explanation, we mostly have one story homes and the two or three story ones are called just that!
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
922,414
In my experience, the raised ranch is typically the one on the left...
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
3,416,372
We do seem to have alot of split entries and a fair share of raised ranches here in NH too Barbara Todaro
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
5,199,702
602,025
I hate split entry. I don''t like walking in the door and being faced with a decision!
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
2,818,727
We have a lot of both of those here. I'm really not crazy about those. First, the entry is usually cold - both physically and emotionally (it's just not welcoming). Second, many of those homes have asbestos on bottom floor level.
We grew up in a split level...but the entry is different...you walk into main level (which has hardwood and kitchen, so warm/inviting. then you can go up 1/2 level to bedrooms and down 1/2 to den (and then basement below). I see a lot of this type in my area as well.
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA