A vast range of residential types of buildings, as well as various modes of ownership, have been constructed to meet the different needs of people and families. Your personal tastes and requirements, as well as your credit status and income level, are key considerations to consider when considering how to effectively balance all of these various characteristics.
Detached Single Family Home – This structure has no walls with any other construction and is set on its own lot, with yard space to the front, side, and back. These residences can range in size from a little one-story cottage to a large mansion.
Semi-detached house -This construction has two independent residences, one for each family. The homes are often configured such that they share a common wall in the centre of the structure. This is known as a “side-by-side” duplex in some circumstances.
Duplex – This is also two independent houses that are joined side by side in some situations when built as semi-detached property. In most circumstances, a duplex consists of one apartment on the main level and another independent dwelling unit above it. Many duplexes are strata titled and hence subject to the Strata Property Act’s requirements.
Townhouse – A townhouse is a comparable unit that is one of a linear group to a semi-detached dwelling, which is nearly always side-by-side. Except for the end apartments, all units share common walls, and each unit has its own separate entrance from the outside. The yard space is gated off in some circumstances, while it is typical in others. In Canada, the term “townhouse” is more commonly used than the related “terrace house.”
Carriage or Link Home – These are essentially townhouses that do not have common walls and are instead “connected” by “carriage” carports or garages. These residences have the impression of modest, detached single-family homes rather than the shoulder-to-shoulder linearity of townhouses due to their architectural design.
Apartment or Condo – The distinction between the words apartment and condominium is hazy, although it normally refers to a single home in a group of multiple units that are stacked vertically and accessible by a shared corridor. An apartment or condo building can range in height from three to more than fifty stories. Condominium refers to a sort of private ownership of a specific sector of a multiple unit structure and may thus be used to many other architectural styles outside typical flats.
Modular Home – A modular home is a residential unit that is built at a specialized factory and then supplied in at least two parts to the owner’s property. These normally have an equivalent split sub-frame, but there are several variations.
Manufactured Home – This phrase has replaced the earlier term “mobile home,” and it refers to a residential unit that is trailered to a specified site and put up on a prepared lot area or “pad,” which is generally rented rather than owned. Manufactured houses are frequently separated lengthwise and reunited at the final site.
