Type of house built by a French girl in East End district (8)
I believe the answer is:
bungalow
'type of house' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a french girl in east end district' is the wordplay.
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'girl' becomes 'gal' (synonyms).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'east end district' becomes 'bow' (area of East London).
'un'+'gal'='ungal'
'ungal' placed into 'bow' is 'BUNGALOW'.
'built by' is the link.
(Other definitions for bungalow that I've seen before include "A blowgun (anag.)" , "One-storeyed home" , "One-storeyed building" , "Low building" , "One-storey building" .)