Seymour Clufley

Hi all!

I'm trying to think of a word or phrase that I'm pretty sure exists. What is the name for a Barratt's housing development? I mean, do you just call it a "housing development"? Because I think that sounds a bit too working-class, and so do "housing estate" and "scheme". Is there another word for this? I'm looking for a noun that refers to your average, bog-standard middle-class housing colony, usually a bit outside the perimeter of a town, thus lacking the proximity to action of what is called "suburbia". Something quite divorced from urban activity.

Please help. It's been bothering me for weeks.

Oh, I'm also looking for a name for the front or entrance of a restaurant. I'm writing a screenplay and the camera pans to the "front" of the restaurant to show that somebody is about to come in from outside. There is a better word for it, isn't there?

MetalDog

I think you're stuck with 'housing development'. Barrats themselves simply call them 'developments' which might sound a bit more to your liking. I would think these things are more middle class - or lower middle class - than working class. Estate is working class, when combined with the word 'council' it becomes working to lower class, don't you reckon?
It's possible the different classes have a different view on what belongs where. Strange system.

If you want it outside suburbia, you might get away with 'rural development' or the poncier sounding and probably entirely fictional 'parkland development'.

You might be able to use 'frontage' for the restaurant. Not sure.

I used to live in Chertsey Court when I was a kid. Small world, neh?

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Rebecca

I'm not famillar with Barrat's but would "subdivision" work?

mammamaia

in the states they are called 'housing tracts'... but, if your book/story is for the uk/commonwealth market, i guess that won't help...

the front of a restaurant?... as in, under a canopy with a doorman on duty?... or just the front door?... don't worry about a 'word' for your scene, just describe it clearly/concisely, so we know what we're going to see on the screen... if it matters to the plot, that is... if it doesn't, don't worry about it and just say 'sidewalk outside restaurant' or whatever...

love and hugs, maia

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