The earliest houses which were located in the area, were the one room homes, ground level or two-storey.  The first homes were built of mud brick, elongated and covered with straw or cane.  Many such homes did not have a fireplace, therefore they lit a fire in the center of the house and instead of a chimney they had an opening in the roof allowing the smoke to escape.  In the middle of the fire a cauldron was hung where they cooked.

In the 19th Century we see a definite development from the solitary, ground level house to a two=storey house which has acquired many of the characteristics found in later in large two-storey homes which are related to the general development of popular architecture.

At Agios Germanos a ground floor flat front house was located, which was made up of two independent areas each with its own entrance and fireplace.  The most prevalent type of home in the 19th Century is the two-storey two-room flat-front home with balcony.

In special cases, (Agios Germanos and Karyes) three room and four room flat faces houses with a balcony were found.  They were built at the end of the 19th Century, which along with the increase in rooms, have all morphological and building characteristics of the two-room flat-front homes with balcony

At the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century, the three-room flat-front home with a veranda appears, which is more symmetrical and more outward looking.  Its entrance is located under the veranda and leads to an enclosed central space where on each side, the cellar and the stable are located.  A wooden ladder leads to the first floor, to a central space between the two rooms.  When this space’s facade forms a veranda, it becomes part of a narrow veranda, whereas when it leads to an enclosed protruded area known as “sachnissi”, it forms a room or storage area.