Abandoned derelict detached house awaiting renovation on Ocean Drive, Rosslare, Ireland

New build houses new development in County Cork, Ireland. EU funds led to 'Celtic tiger' investment in the Republic

A pair of semi-detached houses from the inter-war years in Herne Hill, London SE24, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Housing in coastal town of Teignmouth, Devon, UK

Housing in coastal town of Teignmouth, Devon, UK

Spring flower bed in front of expensive detached houses in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A new house in Echuca,Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Bedroom around 1955 of a semi-detached house built in 1455, Franconian Open Air Museum, Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Old Frankish half timbered house with a detached house for baking by the roadside, Beerbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, detached houses, one-family houses, Erikastrasse construction area, Hamm, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Semi-detached house on a lake, Markt Schwaben, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, detached houses, one-family houses, Erikastrasse construction area, Hamm, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Aerial, settlement of detached houses, Ostbuederich, Werl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe