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Houses for rent in Cleveland colonial

A colonial is a two-story house style with a symmetrical front facade, commonly built across Greater Cleveland from the 1930s through the 1960s. Colonial-style rental houses tend to run larger, usually 3 or 4 bedrooms, and generally rent from about $1,000 to $1,800 a month, with the exact style and layout always confirmed on the specific listing.

What is a colonial-style house?

A colonial is a two-story house style with a boxy, symmetrical front facade — typically a centered front door flanked evenly by windows — that was built widely across American cities and their surrounding areas from the 1930s through the 1960s. Greater Cleveland's mid-20th-century housing growth included many homes built in this style, alongside earlier bungalows and later ranch-style construction.

As with any style-based search, "colonial" describes a house's shape and era, not a guarantee on any specific listing. Layout, bedroom count, and exact age should always be confirmed directly with the leasing team for the address you're interested in.

What renters usually notice about a colonial layout

Because colonials are built up rather than out, they tend to offer more bedrooms on the second floor with living space, kitchen, and sometimes a half-bath on the ground floor. Many were built with a basement below for utilities and storage, which is standard for houses of that era in the Cleveland area. Exact room counts and finishes vary from house to house, so it's worth asking about specifics on any listing you're considering.

A larger, two-story footprint can also mean more yard space around the house, since colonial-era construction in the Cleveland area often left room on the lot for a side or back yard rather than building out toward the property line. That extra outdoor space, like everything else about a specific address, should be confirmed directly with the leasing team rather than assumed from the style alone.

We manage 90-plus rental homes across Greater Cleveland — a mix of single-family houses, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes, including some larger two-story homes — and every one accepts Housing Choice Vouchers and is HUD-inspection-ready. Book a free showing to see a specific home's layout before you apply.

Typical rent for a colonial-style house in Cleveland

Because colonial-style homes tend to have more bedrooms than a typical bungalow or ranch, they generally sit toward the higher end of the house-rental range. Here's a general guide, based on our current portfolio (roughly $700–$1,800/mo citywide) alongside Zumper's citywide median asking-rent report dated July 4, 2026.

Where colonial-era housing shows up around Cleveland

Mid-20th-century colonial-style construction is common across many Cleveland-area neighborhoods that grew during that building boom. Our current inventory is concentrated on the East and Southeast Side — Slavic Village (44105), Collinwood (44110), Glenville (44108), Fairfax/Central (44104), Hough (44103), and Buckeye-Shaker (44120) — with additional homes on the West Side around Cudell/Detroit-Shoreway (44102) and Old Brooklyn (44109). Browse the full range on our Cleveland houses for rent pillar page, or compare against a bungalow-style rental if a single-story layout fits your household better.

Section 8 vouchers and colonial rental houses

Style aside, every home we manage — colonial or otherwise — accepts Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and is HUD-inspection-ready. Ohio has no statewide law requiring landlords to accept vouchers, and the City of Cleveland does not currently have its own source-of-income protection ordinance, though nearby suburbs like Cleveland Heights and South Euclid do. See our full Section 8 housing guide for what that means for a larger family's search.

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