Luxury Look A large "show-off" home, the external appearance and verdant setting of which will convey a sense of wealth and status. The interior is luxuriously appointed, providing everything from attractive bedroom suites to special-activity areas, including ample space for entertaining. Luxury look homes are often "monumental" in style, embracing Tudor, Georgian or Greek Revival design - and may be set in professionally landscaped, park-like grounds. There are, of course, Luxury Look condominiums as well, which feature similarly luxurious space and amenities, including beautiful grounds.
		Big Outlook A bright, airy Contemporary-style home that features an open-concept floorplan with a major focus on windowed views. Whether the home is large or small, two-story or single-level, it is certain to boast glass walls - or very large windows - that "bring the outdoors in" and look out from its major rooms to interesting garden or woodland views, or to spectacular panoramas of water/mountains or city lights. Similarly, high-rise condominiums with vivid views are choice homes for those enthralled by Big Outlooks.
		Traditional Lovers Whether a cottage or a mansion, if it is an updated or new version of Victorian, Colonial, Tudor or Spanish design, it suggests another, gentler age. The formality of a center hall and the separate dining and living rooms are offset by the comforts of family - or keeping - rooms that provide a sense of warmth and security. Traditional homes will usually offer the warmth of at least one fireplace, perhaps several, and many will allow the summer delights of old-fashioned porches or wrap-around verandahs, and the winter comfort of a sunroom or solarium.
		Gathering Place Its exterior may be posh or plain, but, whatever its style, this home's bywords are comfort and hospitality. The interior is sure to be light and airy, casual and open, welcoming kids, kith and kin, and friends. A big, open, dine-in kitchen, large living room, perhaps a formal dining room, and a family room with fireplace help to cater to crowds and family. The Gathering Place home is also likely to have an outdoor grill, a generous patio, and perhaps a swimming pool, a poolhouse or cabana, and possibly a tennis court available to guests and family.
		Cozy Nest The ideal home for "shut-out-the-world" folks, the Cozy Nest may be a smaller home or cottage in a quiet neighborhood, or a larger townhome or condominium, or yet a rustic retreat on an acreage - but its chief virtue is that it offers a warm, enclosed feeling, a sense of privacy, and provides a true refuge from the world. The Cozy Nest interior may be simple, or full of luxury amenities, computer equipment and art objects - whatever its owner wishes to make of it.
		Sensibly Simple A smaller home without special frills, but containing all the basic conveniences at an affordable price. The Sensibly Simple home may well be a fix-up home or a nicely-kept home in a settled neighborhood, or perhaps a home sited on a small acreage. The ideal "start-up" home, it offers newlyweds and other individuals who want home ownership advantages the opportunity to "own your own" without excessive costs.
		Hidden Treasures Typically, a recently-built, two-story home, its exterior reveals little to the street save for a gabled roofline, a 3-car garage, and perhaps a high Palladin window above its foyer. All attention beyond a small landscaped front yard is devoted to the home's interior and its back garden, featuring decks or patios. The interior provides the latest in gourmet kitchens, up-to-the-minute baths and spacious master suites. And, of course, ideal Hidden Treasure homes are also found in condominiums and townhomes which present nothing of themselves to the street, but may contain delightful amenities and objets d'art set in well-designed space.