Information & Importance of Homes

Houses are fascinating for some people; others just look at them as a roof and shelter from the weather. Each house can be unique and intriguing with its exterior paint colors, or the type of trim used, maybe it is the roofline for that house or the curving chimney on that house. Each house is or was someone’s home at one point and as different as people are, so too are their homes. Some might not see beauty in a new home, but they have a form and style that is unique to their era. Some people will only view a house as a place to sleep and have a roof over their head while others will take the house directly to heart and make it a place of love, laughter, and living life with family. How much a house will take on the personality of the owner and vice versa is called the partnership compromise between the person and the house. This is essentially the blending of all the good parts of both owner and house that just looks inviting from the street and seems to overflow with happiness. On the opposite end of this spectrum are people who mainly use houses as a place to sleep and clean up after a hard day on the job and view houses as static beings, destined to stay the same way they were when purchased. Whatever the viewpoint of the occupant, what is interesting is how almost all houses can be categorized according to their physical location as well as characteristics. Today, houses will fall into three main groups: urban or city, suburban, and rural.

Urban-type homes are usually much older than their suburban counterparts, are very narrow and tall, very close to neighbors, very small (if any) property or backyard, and can be on busy streets. Due to the urban location of these homes, there usually is a lot of background noise just d...

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... nothing at all. Houses can be homes or they can be just wood, bricks, cement, and furnishings; the difference lies in the significance placed by the occupants on the building itself.

Shelters have always existed, burrows for animals and ranging from caves to huts to houses for humans. The way in which a shelter ceases to be just a wall and roofs used to block out the weather and cold is when the person living there attaches special meaning to that shelter. Today, we call these places houses or homes and the old proverb still rings true that “Home is where the heart is.” In the housing industry houses are called “bricks and sticks”, thankfully most houses turn into homes with laughter and singing and memories, and it does not seem to matter where the home is located, be it in the city, suburb or rural areas these homes all can offer much more than pure shelter.