Acronyms
HOA
What is a Home Owners Association?
The name of his Dog
Who is Teddy?
known as Spanish colonial revival mostly in the southern part of the state.
What is Mediterranean style?
foundation, floors, walls, beams, columns, roof, stairs
What are the 6 main structural parts of a house?
Any staircase with open risers
What is a floating staircase?
FMV
What is Fair Market Value?
Favorite Drink
What is a negroni?
usually come with one story and feature steep rooflines, wood siding, multi-pane windows and hardwood floors common in suburban neighborhoods
What is Cape Cod style?
Recessed
Decorative
Pendant
Sconces
Track
What are lighting fixtures?
A linear flight of steps with no change in direction
What is a straight staircase?
E&O
What is Errors and omissions insurance?
compass, agency, etc
What are past brokerages?
the emphasis is on rectangular forms with no roof, open living spaces that allow natural light to come through easily and clean geometric lines. This is very common in metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles.
What is Modern Style?
What are counter top materials?
A staircase that has a 90-degree turn, either in the middle or at one end or the other
What is a Quarter turn or L-shaped staircase?
FSBO
What is For Sale By Owner?
the guy that lives across the hall
Who is Robert?
the complex ornamentation such as wood accents, large porches, asymmetrical shapes and multifaceted rooflines most common in Northern California in San Francisco, Santa Cruz or Monterey.
What is Victorian Style?
What is flooring material?
A staircase that involve at least two flights of steps facing 180 degrees from each other with a landing platform in between them.
What is a Switchback, U-Shaped or Scissor staircase?
HVAC
What is Heating Ventilating and Air-Conditioning?
The common clothing that doesn't wear on the daily that most others do
What are socks?
The emphasis of this style is on natural materials such as wood, stone and brick. That’s why such homes are characterized by low-pitched gabled roofs, large front porches and lots of interior woodwork. Can be found in areas such as Jefferson Park, Harvard Heights and Vermont Square in Los Angeles.
What is Craftsman Style?
What is a kitchen layout?
Predominantly found in foyers, this design utilizes two separate flights of steps that come together in the middle at a central landing
What is a Grand Staircase?