What is a Chalet?

lincroft1710

Chalet, or chalet bungalow or dormer bungalow are terms to describe 2 storey dwellings which have normal perpendicular walls to the height of the ground floor ceiling, but sloping upper walls usually tile clad often with dormer windows providing natural light to the upper floor rooms. They are less practical than normal 2 storey dwellings, but looked attractive and were probably cheaper to build. Although the wall construction is more usually brick or block or even stone, timber walled ones do exist.


Having lived in one for over 20 years my advice would be to buy a normal 2 storey dwelling if possible

seven-day-weekend

Jumblebumble said:

Slithery said:

Why does it matter to you what the EA calls it?

It's the exact same property no matter what the person that's employed to sell it says...

Exactly right
These houses are known as per the advert as Metropolitan Chalets
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/39979796/the-glenvillage-way-pinner-ha5-5ax-waidev8com
They have a  large bathroom and 2 double  and one single bedrooms upstairs
They are normal block/brick constructions
They are not bungalows by any stretch of the imagination
There are no roof lights
A huge  advantage is that they are not given planning permission to be extended  that is visible from the front so the roads this there are in look pretty much as they were designed in the 30s and are unspoiled
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5785094,-0.3781742,3a,75y,23.17h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1se5g_zO1ju3emmCO09qML0w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I would call that a dormer bungalow.  I would call this a chalet  :  https://cdn2.hometogo.net/medium/v1/ed3/561/8ccda4d80a0f132fe8d4bc1c2e.jpg

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@seven-day-weekend , in my area those are the kind of property being sold as a chalet, and or a lodge, they are located on a park homes site and are very, very, popular.

Has the OP been back to acknowledge the answers they're getting ?

peterhjohnson

lincroft1710 said:

Chalet, or chalet bungalow or dormer bungalow are terms to describe 2 storey dwellings which have normal perpendicular walls to the height of the ground floor ceiling, but sloping upper walls usually tile clad often with dormer windows providing natural light to the upper floor rooms. They are less practical than normal 2 storey dwellings, but looked attractive and were probably cheaper to build. Although the wall construction is more usually brick or block or even stone, timber walled ones do exist.


Having lived in one for over 20 years my advice would be to buy a normal 2 storey dwelling if possible

I believe that the upstairs rooms tend be hot in summer and cold in winter

zagubov

Very common in Central Scotland. Bungalows with an upstairs with smaller floorspace and dormer windows rather than skylights. 
Might be due to local regulations on proportions of bungalows to two-storey dwellings.

Mardle

This is what I think of as a chalet https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/110767871#/?channel=RES_BUY

Doozergirl

Mardle said:

This is what I think of as a chalet https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/110767871#/?channel=RES_BUY

Me too, but picture 9 is really disconcerting.  Why would you do that? 

Jumblebumble

seven-day-weekend said:

Jumblebumble said:

Slithery said:

Why does it matter to you what the EA calls it?

It's the exact same property no matter what the person that's employed to sell it says...

Exactly right
These houses are known as per the advert as Metropolitan Chalets
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/39979796/the-glenvillage-way-pinner-ha5-5ax-waidev8com
They have a  large bathroom and 2 double  and one single bedrooms upstairs
They are normal block/brick constructions
They are not bungalows by any stretch of the imagination
There are no roof lights
A huge  advantage is that they are not given planning permission to be extended  that is visible from the front so the roads this there are in look pretty much as they were designed in the 30s and are unspoiled
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5785094,-0.3781742,3a,75y,23.17h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1se5g_zO1ju3emmCO09qML0w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I would call that a dormer bungalow.  I would call this a chalet  :  https://cdn2.hometogo.net/medium/v1/ed3/561/8ccda4d80a0f132fe8d4bc1c2e.jpg

We will have to agree to disagree
I would never think a bungalow would as built would have no bedrooms or bathroom downstairs and exactly the same internal layout as every other 1930s semi in the area

lincroft1710

peterhjohnson said:

lincroft1710 said:

Chalet, or chalet bungalow or dormer bungalow are terms to describe 2 storey dwellings which have normal perpendicular walls to the height of the ground floor ceiling, but sloping upper walls usually tile clad often with dormer windows providing natural light to the upper floor rooms. They are less practical than normal 2 storey dwellings, but looked attractive and were probably cheaper to build. Although the wall construction is more usually brick or block or even stone, timber walled ones do exist.


Having lived in one for over 20 years my advice would be to buy a normal 2 storey dwelling if possible

I believe that the upstairs rooms tend be hot in summer and cold in winter

The upstairs rooms in my house are not particularly hot in summer, but perhaps a little colder in winter than the ground floor rooms

gingercordial

We viewed but did not buy this one, which is actually called "Dormers" (and does not have a number in addition to a name, there is no "gap" for it in the street's numbering) but was described to us by the EA as a chalet.  

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/82874894#/?channel=RES_BUY

Really odd place - the second bedroom was a sort of mezzanine over the garage, and yes the floorplan is accurate in that bedroom 3 is only accessible via the toilet.  We assumed before viewing that it must be a mistake!

It was too much of a renovation project for us but also on reflection would have been disappointed with the lack of loft space and stories of bedrooms in the roof being too hot or cold (both reasons why we aren't considering a loft conversion of the semi we ended up buying nearby).  Whoever bought it has done masses of work but did have a big two-storey extension and modification to the roof refused by planning.