An example is a colonial, circa 1830, with original floors and a separate cottage.

A separate cottage is $250 and up.

There are a bar, a billiards room, a media center and another half bathroom in a separate 875-square-foot cottage.

There are a three-car garage and a separate one-bedroom cottage, both of which also need work.

The small guest rooms are romantic, with canopied four-posters; the most private is in a separate cottage.

A separate cottage is $270 to $300.

It now comprises a large house with the westernmost portion a separate cottage; the whole building privately owned.

Later a separate cottage was built for housekeeping.

The two-bay, 1-story west wing was a separate cottage and attached to the main dwelling in 1835.

At the higher end is a 14-room 1912 Mediterranean with a pool and a separate cottage, listed at $1.1 million.