When it comes to buying a place and making that exciting next step in your life, there’s a lot to consider before making a final decision. 

Sacramento homes come in all shapes and sizes to suit every possible need. But which particular style suits your needs best, and how can you tell the difference? Below are some of the more common styles of real estate you can expect to find in Sacramento. 

Bungalows

Bungalow-style homes are extremely common across the state of California and are predominantly known for their large front porches, thick pillar-like columns, and lack of an upper story (bungalows are 1 to 1 and a half stories at most). 

They’re a cozy style of home with influences that lie in old-school Californian America. Ideal for small families, retirees, or single occupants. 

Tudor homes 

Inspired by English architecture, Tudor homes gained a huge deal of popularity throughout the 1920s and 1930s in America. Features of Tudor homes include small windows, low doors, and uneven roofs that are built from solid brick or stone. 

While they were made in tribute to the whimsical romance of classic English novels and daydream-like visions of the countryside, they are extremely dependable homes

that you’ll still find scattered across the Golden State. 

Victorian style 

Sacramento’s older neighborhoods still have a great deal of breathtaking architecture from the Victorian era, and they’re still proven to be a popular style of home to this day. 

The combination of the Industrial Revolution production output and a keen eye for detail saw Victorian houses provide people with a solid and stylish living option. 

Prarie style

While America was distracted by the lure of European home stylings, an innovative new design was being created that provided wide windows, large open space floor plans, and low horizontal lines to American homemakers. 

This ‘Prarie style’ soon gained more traction, and become synonymous with the wide-open spaces and possibilities of the American Dream. There are a number of these homes still available to Sacramento residents to this day in some of the city’s more historical areas. 

Minimalist style 

After the Great Depression, many homes were designed and created out of pure necessity. This meant that style wasn’t much of a priority and that simplicity was key to the perfect home of that era. 

Over the decades, it’s fascinating to see the minimalistic style evolve and adapt to more modern housing designs, but when it comes to these homes (which tend to usually be 2 bedrooms homes with one bathroom), there’s an abundance of options in Sacramento. 

Colonial revival style homes

In your search for a new home, you’ll inevitably see the kinds of houses that are square, contain a great deal of shutter dressing, a very large front door, and a sharp-peaked roof. 

And there’s a reason why you’ll see so many across the United States. These places are known as Colonial homes, and they are one of the oldest dependable home styles in America.