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Re: What is a unit
Originally Posted by 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. They are called villas not units. |
Re: What is a unit
Originally Posted by 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. |
Re: What is a unit
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Thats it Nicky - a villa! Its single storey, as you said, townhouses are generally 2 storey.
Bacon, its a shame that education didnt furnish you with any manners:o |
Re: What is a unit
Originally Posted by Siren
They are called villas not units.
They are called units here in Victoria.... :p :D |
Re: What is a unit
Originally Posted by Bix
Looks very nice Hels.
I suppose the other 3 will be empty soon. :p Our lease isnt far off running out, saw a house next to yours we quite fancy moving into......Spare a cuppa sugar, Gov? :D |
Re: What is a unit
I lived in one of those "villa's" in NSW for a while, the address was "Unit 8" etc etc. :)
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Re: What is a unit
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
I lived in one of those "villa's" in NSW for a while, the address was "Unit 8" etc etc. :)
They are strata-titled, just like an apartment block so only have the one street number. Addresses look the same as apartments do - eg 1/99 Happy Street, 2/99 Happy Street, 3/99 Happy St, 4/99 Happy Street. We lived in the Rockdale council area briefly and Rockdale council were very fond of villas - hence there were loads of them. Some areas have none at all - depends on local council regulations. I think nowadays developers are more likely to build townhouses - where once they would have built villas - as you can squeeze another couple onto a quarter-acre block, plus give them an extra bedroom and bathroom on the upper floor. Most of them have a 1970's look about them. The ones we lived in had three 2-br villas in a row (all behind each other), with the fourth across the back of the block. The back one was bigger than the other three (had 3-bedrooms). And the people who lived there thought they were a cut above us, because of it! Here's a typical one- not disimilar to the one we lived in: here |
Re: What is a unit
Originally Posted by Hels
Our lease isnt far off running out, saw a house next to yours we quite fancy moving into......Spare a cuppa sugar, Gov? :D
Your bath will be ready m'lady :D |
Re: What is a unit
Originally Posted by nickyc
And so did I!
The ones we lived in had three 2-br villas in a row (all behind each other), with the fourth across the back of the block. The back one was bigger than the other three (had 3-bedrooms). And the people who lived there thought they were a cut above us, because of it! Here's a typical one- not disimilar to the one we lived in: here |
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