When you enter the front door you need to decide whether to go upstairs or downstairs.
Front door split level house.
The entry is on a middle floor between two floors.
The split level has two or three short sets of stairs and three or four levels.
The front door opens directly into the living room.
The layout was quirky even by split level standards as the house appears to be a ranch but is actually divided horizontally front to back.
You will go up a short set of stairs to another level.
If you have a split level house with a too flat entry that often makes people wonder where is the front door you may want to do a remodeling project to fix the problem.
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Then usually there is another set of short stairs to the bedroom level.
While the design of split level homes can vary some split in the front others split in the back a good number will feature a set of exterior stairs leading to the front door instead of a level.
This is not a split level.
Split levels are when you enter the front door to an actual living area.
Below that may be a small crawl space.