Beach house

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For the indie/dream-pop band, see Beach House. For day-use beach houses in Australia and Britain, see beach hut.

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A beach house in Surfside Beach, Texas, United States

A beach house in Praia dos Lagos, Bahia, Brazil

A beach house is a house on or near a beach,^[1] generally used as a vacation or second home for people who commute to the house on weekends or during vacation periods.

Beach houses are often associated with beach gardens with a special planting and a particular type of leisure use. One of the most famous twentieth century beach gardens was constructed by Derek Jarman at Dungeness, England. It celebrated local materials, native plants and the openness of the site. Other beach gardens have tried to create an isolated microclimate. Swimming pools are popular in beach gardens.

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