Originally Posted by Tempest (Post 6653147)

Apologies if this has been answered before but I've had a search under Wiki for the terms I thought it would enter under and can't find this subject... so... on looking at MLS there are several categories of property listed and I'm having trouble understanding what they actually mean, judging by the results they are bringing up.

The categories are:

House - Normal residential detached

Row/Townhouse- row - like a terrace, townhouse - may be 3 levels and narrow

Duplex - two residences share a split house/Building

Triplex - three share a split house

Fourplex - four share a split house

Condominium - describes a type of ownership rather than a specific property, you own your part be it an apartment or a house but the common elements are in shared ownership.

Apartment - a flat

Recreational - a lake/river or holiday type cottage.


Garden Home - not a term we use in MB

Can someone please give me a hand and let me know either where to read the information or explain what each means and how they differ from each other?

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by Tempest (Post 6653147)

Garden Home

Originally Posted by Judy in Calgary (Post 6653255)

A single-storey townhouse / row house / terraced house. A garden home is in contrast to the majority of townhouses, which are double-storey.

In a multi-storey apartment building, you'll sometimes find a "garden unit" or "patio unit." This is a ground-level unit that opens out onto a patio or deck that is contiguous with the lawns / gardens that surround the building.

If you see reference to a balcony, it is on one of the higher levels of the building.
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Originally Posted by Ben W Bell (Post 6653277)

Ah, we'd call that a bungalow.

Originally Posted by MB-Realtor (Post 6653224)

Stewart

Originally Posted by Tempest (Post 6654034)

Fab thanks everyone... I just have a quick couple of q's ...
re duplex's... is that kind of like a semi detatched here or is it more like a maisonette where in is physically one building but can be slit so you either get upstairs or downstairs type thing?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Ben W Bell (Post 6653277)

Ah, we'd call that a bungalow.

Originally Posted by Ben W Bell (Post 6655130)

I'm not 100% certain that we make a distinction in the UK as to whether it is detached or not. I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by Tempest (Post 6653147)

Triplex
Fourplex

Originally Posted by MB-Realtor (Post 6654992)

Semi-Detached are normally called "Side-by-Sides" here or simply "attached".

To me a duplex is a normal house that has been converted to accommodate two homes, or sometimes (more rarely here) built that way.