Due to the geographical structure of the houses in the Eastern Black Sea Region, they are generally located on the slopes, scattered, often in groups of a few houses within the family, and sometimes at a distance of one or two kilometers from each other. The exterior facades of the houses, which were built using the filling-eye technique between wood, were emphasized in terms of decoration and architecture. The houses are generally built on two floors above the basement, in accordance with the slope of the slopes. The basement was used as a barn. Generally, the stables have entrances from both sides of the house.
Eastern Black Sea houses differ from the houses in other parts of our country. While the most important place in the Turkish house is the room, it is the soup kitchen in the Black Sea house. Aşhane is the kitchen section in today’s sense. Aşhane is the place where daily life takes place in these houses. In this place, which can be accessed from two side entrances, there is an arched hearth that spans the kitchen from one end to the other. In the region, the arch of the hearth is said to be the curtain in the soup kitchen. It is made of stone and is in the form of a low arch. The cabinets and shelves are decorated with a great skillful wood carving technique.
Hayat is in the center of the house and faces the hillside, so it is open to the view. There is a row of windows in front of it and a wooden ottoman behind it. There are rooms to the right and left of the life. Most of these rooms have a Bursa arched fireplace and a bathroom. This feature is the same in Rize region houses.
Regardless of the building system and external wall fillings, climatic conditions are an important factor in the roof establishment of Rize buildings. The eaves are kept as wide as possible to protect the walls from rain. With the ventilation in the attic, rot caused by moisture is prevented. While the roof was covered with wooden boards (hartama) separated by an ax in the past, Turkish style tiles were used in the coastal areas in the later period.