baconmaster

Apologies for a stupid question ?

What define a unit being a unit, rather than some other type of property, looking at realestate.com.au and find it all confusing. There some nice places though, 4 bedroom house with a pool £135k, that really winds up my workmates here in the UK !!! ha ha ha

desperate2go

Isnt it just a flat? and where are you looking that a 4 bed with pool only costs that. Do tell.

baconmaster

don't think so, some look a bit bungalowesque

ProofReader

A 'unit' is basically a newer name for the brick 'flats' built in the last 30 or so years. Often considered nicer than many described as just a 'flat'. A 'flat' here is usually older and may be part of a house; often the beaut old wooden places are divided up into 'flats'. A 'unit' is generally a brick built building of (usually) 6 or more individual 'apartments'. Flats and units are most commonly single level accommodation (for each individual one) with a block of units usually being two or more storeys high, so you might have a unit on the ground floor, the first floor, second floor, etc.

Then there are townhouse complexes, where the residences are usually more of a terraced style in a modern way, often with bedrooms/bathroom upstairs and living rooms downstairs, so more than one level to the individual accommodation.

All of the above are 'strata titled' and have 'common' areas, eg gardens, swimming pool, etc, which are available to all residents in the complex. For the maintenance of this, you pay a levy.

Hope I've made some sense here?! If not, ask away!

melbournehelp

Just to confuse matters, a unit can also be a person

ie " that's a nice little unit "

Hels

Units generally are detached small bungalows of generally 1-3 bedrooms. They can be on a block with any from 2 units upwards. They can often be joined by their garages and generally come with a small courtyard garden. We are living in one now and for the 2 of us its perfect. We have 2 bedrooms, Kitchen, Laundry, Bathroom with shower and full sized bath, seperate loo, good sized lounge....

Depending what you want, they can be a good option if you dont have enough for a full sized house. They also make good investments as they are highly rentable.

Hels

MrsDagboy

Hels, different states must have different ideas, to me what you described would be a townhouse or possibly a duplex if it were only 2.

In Qld a unit definintely means a modern type of flat (see PRs definition, she says it better than me!). Although by the sounds of what the OP is saying, he may be looking at Vic property .

Pollyana

C'mon, c'mon, where is it??!!!

Hels

http://britishexpats.com/photopost/s...cat=500&page=1

http://britishexpats.com/photopost/s...cat=500&page=1

Here are some pictures of the Units we live in. We have 4 in our block.

desperate2go

Thats what I asked Polly but hes being very tight lipped with his property info

Pollyana

Rotten git isn't he! I wanna see photos! Can't buy a place but I can still dream!

Bix

Looks very nice Hels.
I suppose the other 3 will be empty soon.

Bix

Alice Springs anyone ?

MrsDagboy

Looks perfect for the sort of thing you need Hels .

135K GBP is around A$350 isnt it? Thats not that cheap, I would have thought.

NickyC

In NSW, those things are called 'villas'. You usually get 4 of them built on an original quarter-acre block. Some council areas have loads of them - developers pulled down the original house and built 4 small ones in their place.

A 'town-house' is a double-storey modern terrace, whereas a 'terrace' is an old double-storey house (usually, like you see in Paddington, complete with lacework).

Here, a unit (full name 'home-unit'!) is nothing more than a purpose-built apartment or flat.