a kind of house?

Kind of'

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are commonly used to describe things, people, feelings, similarities.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

A "special kind of house" ?

A 'kind of house' sounds more like 'something that resembles a house but isn't exactly a house'. Somehow it even has some pejorative meaning.

I would think the expression to be used here is something like 'a one-of-its-kind house'... Meaning a 'special house', so pretty much the same as what PieAnne has proposed... But I'm not sure about the '-' dashes in there...

FYI,

be one of a kind
to be very unusual and special:
He's one of a kind, he really is. (Cambridge)

be two of a kind
If two people are two of a kind, they are very similar:
"Patrick and Glyn got on really well, didn't they?" "Yes, well they're two of a kind." (Cambridge)

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So, the answer probably is "the house is one of a

Hello M2L

If you had a very special house, with many customized features, you might conceivably use the phrase like this:

"This house is one of a kind."

But it sounds a little odd to me; I'd only use it of a person ('he's one of a kind', etc).

You might say the house was a 'one-off' or 'unique'.

MrP

"One-off" must be British - I don't think I've ever heard it. I wouldn't hesitate to call a house "one-of-a-kind."

Maybe I'm imagining the oddness.

It may look entirely different tomorrow...

MrP

A phrase you hear a lot in the Uk for this sort of property is 'Architect designed' (makes me wonder who designs the normal houses, just a builder with a bit of string perhaps?)