raised ranch
(US) A two-storey house in which a finished basement serves as an additional floor, and which has a flight of steps to the main living floor (unlike a split-level house).
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(US) A two-storey house in which a finished basement serves as an additional floor, and which has a flight of steps to the main living floor (unlike a split-level house).
“Backwards on its lot means I walk in the front entrance on what should be the second floor of the back of a raised ranch and my walkout basement door should be the main entrance if it was built to speck. my flat "ranch front" is in back.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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