What is a cottage
This word appeared in the Russian vocabulary not so long ago; translated from English, cottage means a house with a plot in front of it.
Don't know the difference between a house and a cottage? In the traditional sense, a cottage is considered to be a low building, where the top floor is most often an attic. The layout of the lower level is carried out in such a way that there is room for two fairly spacious rooms, as a rule, they are allocated to the kitchen and living room.
On the second floor there are bedrooms. The owners usually allocate a basement for the boiler room and technical rooms, and the ground floor is given over to the garage. For some, however, it is more convenient to make a place for cars in the form of an extension next to the cottage, from where there is an additional entrance to the first floor (most often through the kitchen). There may be several bathrooms and toilet rooms in the house, on the first and second levels, respectively.
Don’t know what else distinguishes a house from a cottage? The next distinguishing feature is the mandatory presence in front of the house of a piece of land on which flower beds are planted or the simplest option is grass for the lawn. Cottages today can be found both outside the city and in the very heart of the metropolis.
House and cottage - what are the differences between these real estate objects
As already mentioned, a house differs from a cottage in many ways. Let's look at them so you understand what is what.
From a legal point of view
The main differences are as follows:
- Cottages are more of a country-type residential building. Basically, they live seasonally, for example in the summer. However, they also have permanent residence.
- The house always has a postal address. The cottage may or may not require a permit.
- When buying a house, you can use maternity capital, but in the case of a cottage, not always.
From a technical point of view
In technical terms, the differences are as follows:
- The maximum area of the house is 100 square meters. meters, and a cottage from 100 to 500 sq. meters.
- The house may not have all communications. The cottage, on the contrary, must have supply lines.
- The house can be located anywhere and should not be similar to neighboring buildings. The cottage is being built among similar structures.
- A country house must have a garden plot. Owners of private houses have the right to arrange their territory as they wish.
There is a misconception that cottages differ from houses only in decor. This is not true. Nowadays you can see buildings with expensive, beautiful decor everywhere.
When a real estate project is developed, it is called a home. Especially if it is a residential building.
It can be converted into a country house by increasing the dimensions and installing the missing communications. In construction there is no clear distinction between a country house and a cottage. To distinguish them, you need to rely on the parameters of the structure: how many rooms, area, material, location.
What is a cottage in its modern form?
Previously, all cottages were built of red brick or natural stone. The modern construction industry has come a long way, so now many buildings are built from modern materials such as foam concrete and aerated concrete. In Russia, some people also build cottages from wood.
Don't know the difference between a cottage and a country house? Over time, the lines between them are increasingly blurred, since there are practically no fundamental differences left. Except that they try to make the buildings where the family lives permanently more sophisticated in architecture, and the area in front of them is designed in accordance with modern landscape design. Cottages are now being built not only for year-round living, but also as a home for the summer.
Cottage
Cottage is a residential building with one or two floors (the second floor is attic). The cottage in its classic version has only two rooms - front and back. Intended for a family of several people.
ATTENTION! Most often, cottages are built within the boundaries of the village, and very rarely separately.
In a classic cottage, the bedroom is located on the second floor, and the living room and kitchen are on the first floor. There is also the concept of “Russian cottage”. This is a cottage-type building, larger than an English, classic cottage. It may have many rooms on several floors.
For the construction of a Russian cottage, various building materials are used, mainly brick, sometimes aerated concrete, as a lightweight and more economically advantageous material . As you can see, in general, the house and the cottage do not have many differences. For a more accurate determination, you need to study all the differences in detail.
Distinctive features of the cottage
So, in order to understand the difference between a house and a cottage, first of all you should pay attention to the footage of the living space. Typically, the size of a modern cottage building varies from 150 to 500 square meters; everything above this figure is usually called a mansion or estate.
The next characteristic feature of the cottage is the external design of the building. As mentioned above, such a building is distinguished by sophistication and a pronounced stylistic direction of all elements. This can be easily achieved, because all the required communications (water supply, electricity, gas, sewerage, alarm, Internet wiring and even video surveillance) are calculated in advance at the design stage and are most often located underground.
As a result of such planning, the architect will not have to worry about the fact that his design and author’s idea will be interfered with by an unexpectedly appearing gas pipe or wires, cables, etc. hanging on the walls. And the huge selection of finishing materials on the market allows you to achieve fantastic results when decorating the exterior of a cottage. Do you still have questions about the difference between a house and a cottage? Then let's move on.
The last characteristic feature, which we also mentioned earlier, is the landscaped area around the house. In most cases, this is the lawn in front of the cottage building. Its presence is also a huge freedom for a person who has a sense of beauty, besides, many owners will not mind surprising their neighbors and standing out from the general background.
Flower beds, flowerpots, lawns, various artificially created fountains and ponds, lighting of the local area and paths to the house - all these elements belong to landscape design and are needed to create special comfort and harmony with the exterior of the cottage.
Conventional differences between a house and a cottage
The main distinctive features of these buildings:
| Factors | Vacation home | Cottage |
| Purpose | Can only be used for seasonal residence (summer cottage). | This is a comfortable residential building for year-round use. |
| Construction Features | Can be designed and built in-house | They are often built according to ready-made standard designs, in which all the details are provided |
| Number of storeys | Rural houses and cottages are built on one floor, there is also an attic | Cottages can also be one-story, but, as a rule, these are 1.5–2-story buildings |
| Square | Up to 100 sq. m | 100 sq. m and more, residential buildings over 500 sq. m - these are mansions or estates |
| Availability of communications | Gas and water supply, as well as sewerage, are not always provided; sometimes “conveniences” are located on the street. | All communications are connected, so there is water, gas, electricity, and a functioning sewerage system |
| Exterior | The house may have a modest or even abandoned appearance | The cottage attracts attention with its original exterior facade and roof. |
| Availability and amenities of the site | The owners dispose of the local area at their own discretion | The area around the cottage is well-groomed; often it is not a garden or vegetable garden, but a neat front garden. |
| Location of neighboring buildings | A country house can stand far from other buildings and be different from them | Most often, the cottage is included in a number of similar buildings and is not fundamentally different from them |
What is a private house
We have figured out the differences between a conventional residential building and a modern building, now it’s time to find out how a cottage differs from a private house. Actually, a private house is called almost any property suitable for living by one or more people. If we talk about a country or rural house, then according to established standards, a house is considered to be any room, even a very small one, to which wires and pipes are connected, without utilities, or they are located on the street.
Classic and modern concept
In the classic English sense, a cottage is a property intended for a small family to live in. Most often, entire modern villages are built up with cottages; they have a standard layout and are connected to all utilities. This is the difference between a cottage and a house, which may not have a centralized water supply or sanitation. The second floors of cottages, as a rule, are equipped with an attic type. In some projects they may be completely absent. On the territory of one village, all cottages are built according to a standard design and have a standard finish.
In the modern Russian understanding, a cottage is a spacious property that has several rooms. The area of houses in most cases does not exceed 100 square meters, and for cottages it can reach 500 square meters. Larger private real estate is already classified as mansions.
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Differences between a townhouse and a country cottage
The real estate market today offers a huge number of different types of housing. Below we will look at how a house differs from a cottage and a townhouse, and what their features are.
Townhouses became available to Russians not so long ago; translated from English this means a house within the city. A townhouse is a large complex of low-rise residential buildings that are connected by side walls. Each of these houses is equipped with its own entrance and exit, a spacious garage and a small plot of land. According to the standard layout, a townhouse is very close to a cottage. On the first level there are large rooms for the kitchen and living room, and on the second there are bedrooms. There are usually restrooms on both floors.
So, the difference between a cottage and a house from a townhouse is that the latter consists of several residential sections, that is, it is a block structure where all residential buildings are connected to each other by one wall. While cottages and private houses are separate buildings.
Cottage. Basic moments
Since for many citizens such a definition as a private house is more familiar, regardless of what we are actually talking about, we should consider in more detail the term cottage. Its main feature is the external finishing made of natural materials, for example, stone or wood. Even though such real estate is usually not located within the city, you can find it there too, there is no prohibition for this.
Most owners prefer to have a permanent frame made of aerated concrete under the exterior finishing - durable and cheaper than brick. In addition, this material allows construction to be completed much faster. However, ordinary brick, wood, and foam blocks can also be used, as the owner wishes.
According to the internal layout, a cottage has two or one and a half floors; on the ground floor it has a living room, a kitchen, sanitary facilities and sometimes a boiler room, if it is not built separately. On the second floor there is one or more bedrooms. Additional extensions to the cottage are quite a common sight. These are all kinds of utility rooms, a garage. In essence, this is a country house that has all the amenities for permanent residence.
What does a cottage look like for 250 million tenge in Uralsk
This is how much the most expensive house in Uralsk costs, judging by ad sites, reports the correspondent of the portal “My CITY”.
House worth 230 million tenge
For this amount, the seller offers to purchase a comfortable brick house with a basement residential floor. The house was built in 2006 on the embankment of the Chagan River. The housing comes with a landscaped landscaped area with automatic irrigation, 20 acres of land with a brick gazebo, a fireplace and a two-level garage building. The house has two bedrooms with dressing rooms and bathrooms, a study, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a hall, a guest room, a utility room, a winter garden, a gas-heated bathhouse with its own bathroom and shower, and the ceiling height is three meters. According to the seller, the windows of the house are made of German double-glazed windows of European standard. The house is surrounded by wrought iron grilles and roller shutters.
House worth 250 million tenge
On another popular classifieds website krisha.kz, the most expensive real estate is offered for purchase for 250 million tenge. For this amount it will be possible to buy a three-story, 12-room house with an area of 490 square meters with a local area of 12 acres. The kitchen area is 49 square meters. The house is located on Khamzy Yesenzhanov Street. The house has a sauna with a swimming pool, a garage for several cars, a veranda, and a garden. In addition, European-quality repairs have been made, and the owner promises to leave the home with the furniture to the buyer.
A three-story cottage in one of the most prestigious areas of the city, Samal-1, is being sold for 250 million tenge, and the seller promises a good discount. The house was built in 2012 with four rooms, with European-quality renovation, video surveillance and 24-hour security.
According to the owner, the house was built according to the author's design. On the ground floor there is a kitchen-studio with a living room, a guest bedroom, a bathroom, and a warm swimming pool, which is closed by stained glass doors.
On the second floor there is a spacious bedroom with a dressing room and its own bathroom, the children's room is also equipped with its own bathroom, jacuzzi and toilet.
On the ground floor there are two saunas (Turkish and Finnish), a games room, a bathroom and utility rooms for storing things. According to the seller, “warm floors” are installed throughout the house.
The property comes with 10 acres of land, a heated garage for two cars, and a cozy veranda with a barbecue area. The entire area is completely landscaped, the house is decorated with expensive materials. The buyer will receive the house already furnished.
A three-story cottage with an area of 310 square meters will cost the buyer 180 million tenge. The house is located in the city center at the intersection of Taimanov Street and Eurasia Avenue.
The site is surrounded by a fence made of corrugated sheets, with forged metal gates. There is a garden around the house with fruit trees and shrubs, and flower beds.
On the site there is a garage, a summer kitchen, and underneath there is a basement for storing vegetables and fruits. Video surveillance is installed along the perimeter of the site.
The house has 10 rooms, several bathrooms, a gym, and a billiard room.
For 203 million tenge you can buy a six-room cottage in the city center. The housing area is 700 square meters and 20 acres of local area. The house is four-storey, renovated, sauna and swimming pool.
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What is a cottage? How is it different from home?
There are many different types of real estate - private houses, apartments, cottages, townhouses, penthouses and others.
Each of them has its own characteristics, disadvantages and advantages. We'll tell you what a cottage is, how it differs from a private house, what its pros and cons are. The word comes from the English cottage.
The term is suitable for defining an individual urban or rural residential building for permanent or temporary residence. Usually it is located on a separate plot with landscape design and has a height of up to 3 floors. Designed for single-family residence and can be located in a village outside the city or within the city limits.
You can live in the cottages all year round or rent them out - daily, monthly, or for a long period.
Interesting to know: cottages originally appeared in England. This was the name given to houses with a barn and a garden plot. In the USSR they became widespread in the 1920s. They were built in new factory villages. And back in the 19th century, near St. Petersburg, one of the first cottages was built entirely from English materials.
A cottage in Russia, like other types of real estate, has its own distinctive features:
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