According to Danny (2010), types of house can also be basically classified into type A, type B, type C and type D housing depending on the sanitary conveniences and the necessary requirement it process with regard to housing authority.
Specifications
- Bungalow: The word bungalow comes from the Indian word “Bangle were thatched roof cottages that had low roof and porches build around the bungalow homes have two level but the second floor covers less surface area than the ground floor. There are three types of bungalows according to Treena chrochet, president of a Boston based interior design firm. These are craftsman, prairie and mission style bungalow. Bungalow possess low-pitched roofs with wide and overhanging caves.
- Duplex: A duplex is defined as dwelling having apartment with separates entrances from two families. It includes two-storey houses having a complete apartments on a single lot that share a common wall. A duplex can also be extended to three-unit and four-unit building using a specific terms such as triplex and four plex or quadplex. In urban development, a duplex housing is a building containing only two dwelling with one dwelling place over the other in whole or in part with individual and separate access to each dwelling. Duplex houses can be detached or semidetached.
- Multi-storey building: This is also known as high rise building, they are building that have more than one storey, that is it has different stories equipped with elevators, tall Avenue lined with high-rise apartment buildings. It is also an addition that extends a main building. It was a rise of more than three storey and contain two or more separate dwellings. A storey building does not include an underground basement or a space within a building which is only intended to accommodate vehicles.
- Single-storey building: these are buildings that has only one storey. The one storey building is extremely convenient since parking is very close to the unit and has no stairs. In single storey building, there is no one above or below and it has extensive sound proofing.
Good housing
Decent housing should be seen as a place for growth and foundation for the fulfillment of life objective and on that provides for good physical and mental health and personal well-being (Ambrose, 2004).
A dwelling is more than a physical structure, bringing with it elements of security, Community and dwelling (Smith, 2008).
National Housing Federation NHF (1999), sees good housing as a hub for family life that provide comfortable space, respond positively to other buildings around and contribute to a characters of a place. A good housing encompasses more than just the four walls of a room and roof over ones head. But essential for normal healthy living, security and protection from weather.
Poor housing
Provision of poor exacerbates mental health illness of those housed in it. According to National Housing Federation (1999), looked at poor housing as a dwelling that are cold and damp, overcrowded or badly design and built. In other hand, it can be described in term of individual premises, in relations to the physical conditions and at a community level, employment and social support networks. Residents in both individual and community level who are unable to fully utilize or access the experience the stress and anxiety, since they will not have the ability or facilities to alter their circumstances. Likewise, a person who lives in poor housing, especially if they are forced to share facilities such as kitchens and bathrooms with non family members, will have little privacy and little opportunity to seek true refuge and sanctuary. Poor housing as an immediate environment stressor therefore plays a central role in the psychological well-being of residents both at an individual and community level.
According to Newham (2007), the standard of housing in an area is usually the reflection of the health in such area, studies has shown that negative aspect of built environment tends to interacts with and magnify health disparities compounding already distressing condition (Hood, 2005). Poor housing does more harm than good to the inhabitants. Those who lives in poor housing are at a greater risk of developing chronic disease and premature health (Hilary, 2009).
References
Danny, F. (2010). Social impact of poor housing. New York: Ecote.
Hood, E. (2005). Dwelling disparities. Lagos: Canton Publishers.
Newham, P. (2007). Housing standards in rural settlements of Uganda Pretoria: Queens Publishers.
