HBG

It's a Piso.

lynnxa

well in that case I'm in an apartment

lynnxa

the ones in my block are 2nd floor with a bedroom stuck on top - so they are duplexes, although I suppose the bedroom is an ático

Fredbargate

I live in a chalet.

But it's not a wooden hut near a beach

paintermujer

Ours is known as a chalet.

It looks more like a normal but attractive house.Brick built in the 80s with cavity wall insulation and no leaks.

Veleta

I live in an adosado or unifamiliar. If I'm speak to my British family I just say "house".

JnK

Part of an old farmhouse... not sure what to call it, semi detached ???

jackytoo

Some Brits call their campo home a Cortijo, they probably picked it up from an Agent

Some friends bought a weekend home in Yorkshire, they call it an ex-weavers cottage. It is just a plain terrace house

bealerDSB

Or Condo....
DSB.

Fred James

Your escritura should describe the house.

We have a detached house in the Campo which the locals would call a "chalet".

On the escritura it is a "Vivienda unifamiliar aislada" which I would translate as a detached house for one family.

Estate agents call it whatever sounds the most expensive/desirable.

We just call it "home".

bealerDSB

I'd call it " Far too much Maintenance for my liking "
DSB.

bealerDSB

Weaver-never believed them
DSB.

fionamw

Actually it was prompted by your earlier post, I didn't want to hijack but have always found Spanish property descriptions slightly hard to get to grips with so here we are...
Strangely, my house should be called Las Molinas, or Casa Las Molinas (don't ask me why it's feminino, I've asked to no avail) however - Correos deciding we all have to have buzones notwithstanding - it isn't the only one called that; bizarrely all the (newish) houses within about 300m are also described as Las Molinas ..... So what's an adosado? Terrace? Semi? End of terrace? & did someone say 170sqm was too BIG to call it a cortijo? I'd have thought the other way round... we're about 230 & didn't think it was really big enough to be thought of as a cortijo!
anyone else heard of Lugares, or are they peculiar to around Malaga?
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Bealer DSB - yup. With this rain I'm beginning to wonder

cricketman

I can only think that "Las Molinas" is the area where your house resides. And this has probably shortered over time from a longer name such as "Las Aguas Molinas".

I think the thread has mentioned most of the types of houses, but here they are for your reference:
Piso/Apartamento = flat
Adosado = terrace/townhouse
Semi-adosado = semi-detached
Chalet/Casa = a detached house or villa
Cortijo/Granja/Casa de campo = a country house
Ático = a top floor flat
Duplex = A flat or house on 2 levels

"Lugar" just means a place. Dont know what other meaning it has regards to property.

Madridboy

Atticos were originaly for the conserje as they were once thought to be a lesser appartment but as said, they go for huge amounts now and are very desirable.

I live in a piso.