What do you call a house which has a yard outside?
What do you call a house that has a yard outside(an enclosed one with walls, though) and two or three rooms inside, and still it's not all that big and luxurious to call it a mansion?
I've searched for it and it seems that "villa" might be an option, however, it's a UK word and I want a US word. Moreover some image searching shows that villas usually have pools in their yards, while we only have a tiny garden with some young apricot and orange saplings and a single palm tree.
It might be just not as common in the English speaker's culture to live in such houses, nevertheless, I need to describe our house in some ways right away!
I also thought about "A large house" but our house is not really that big too. Any thoughts? Thank you in advance.
Edit:
Here's an image from the yard and the tiny garden:
Solution 1:
You are describing a courtyard house.
Wikipedia, though, warns, "Many houses that have courtyards are not courtyard houses of the type covered by this article." If the main rooms are around the courtyard it is a courtyard house, otherwise it is not.
Solution 2:
In the US you could call it many things. Without a picture it's hard to say. But there is nothing wrong with: large, luxurious, house.
Also, "villa", is not exclusive to Europe. We use the word here as well. Just an FYI.
Probably best would be to check this list here and see which fits your tastes and home type (if you really want something specific besides "home" or "house"):
House Types - Wikipedia
One name for a house smaller than traditional mansions, usually throughout suburbia in the US, is, "McMansion". However, be careful with that because it can carry a tone of derisiveness.
Common names for the type of architectures I've seen throughout Europe that we would also use in the US:
- Villa
- Bungalow
- Mediterranean style
- Cottage