-constructed directly on the ground
-considerably raised from the ground.
-due to financial constraints, these structures become actually permanent dwelling place
– Basically a one room house with an attic for storage, it rather looks like an elevated pyramid-like structure supported on four wooden post, or tukod. A more thorough examination reveals an ingeniously engineered domicile that is able to withstand natural calamities like typhoons and even earthquakes. Built from indigenously found timbers, they are mortised, pegged and tied together without the use of nails or bolts.
-Used as storage for harvested rice and rice gods and sometimes as a grave
-Granary house is built near the rice fields
-The families from the upper class are the only ones with this type of structure.
Ifugao Native House 