Houses (8)
I believe the answer is:
cottages
'houses' is the definition.
(cottage is a kind of house)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for cottages that I've seen before include "Small single-storeyed dwellings" , "Country dwellings" , "Small house in village or countryside" , "Small single-storeyed houses" , "Get a cost, oddly, for the small houses" .)