Encoding for the categorical features

'What is the Overall material and finish quality?'

'What is the Quality of the basement finished area?'

'Where are the physical locations within Ames city limits?'

'Where is the location of the Garage?'

'What is the condition of the sale?'

'Does the house have walkout or garden-level basement walls?'

OverallQual: Rates the overall material and finish of the house

   10     Very Excellent
   9      Excellent
   8      Very Good
   7      Good
   6      Above Average
   5      Average
   4      Below Average
   3      Fair
   2      Poor
   1      Very Poor

BsmtFinType1: Rating of basement finished area

(These will be encoded with 1 to 7 in the slider of the APP)

   GLQ    Good Living Quarters
   ALQ    Average Living Quarters
   BLQ    Below Average Living Quarters      
   Rec    Average Rec Room
   LwQ    Low Quality
   Unf    Unfinshed
   NA     No Basement

Neighborhood: Physical locations within Ames city limits

(These will be encoded with 1 to 25 in the slider of the APP)

   Blmngtn	Bloomington Heights
   Blueste	Bluestem
   BrDale	       Briardale
   BrkSide	Brookside
   ClearCr	Clear Creek
   CollgCr	College Creek
   Crawfor	Crawford
   Edwards	Edwards
   Gilbert	Gilbert
   IDOTRR	       Iowa DOT and Rail Road
   MeadowV	Meadow Village
   Mitchel	Mitchell
   Names	       North Ames
   NoRidge	Northridge
   NPkVill	Northpark Villa
   NridgHt	Northridge Heights
   NWAmes	       Northwest Ames
   OldTown	Old Town
   SWISU	       South & West of Iowa State University
   Sawyer	       Sawyer
   SawyerW	Sawyer West
   Somerst	Somerset
   StoneBr	Stone Brook
   Timber	       Timberland
   Veenker	Veenker

GarageType: Garage location

(These will be encoded with 1 to 7 in the slider of the APP)

   2Types        More than one type of garage
   Attchd        Attached to home
   Basment       Basement Garage
   BuiltIn       Built-In (Garage part of house - typically has room above garage)
   CarPort       Car Port
   Detchd        Detached from home
   NA            No Garage

SaleCondition: Condition of sale

(These will be encoded with 1 to 6 in the slider of the APP)

   Normal Normal Sale
   Abnorml       Abnormal Sale -  trade, foreclosure, short sale
   AdjLand       Adjoining Land Purchase
   Alloca Allocation - two linked properties with separate deeds, typically condo with a garage unit 
   Family Sale between family members
   Partial       Home was not completed when last assessed (associated with New Homes)

BsmtExposure: Refers to walkout or garden level walls

(These will be encoded with 1 to 5 in the slider of the APP)

   Gd     Good Exposure
   Av     Average Exposure (split levels or foyers typically score average or above)   
   Mn     Mimimum Exposure
   No     No Exposure
   NA     No Basement