Have you decided to move, but did you have time to inquire about the apartments on the market? What does semi-detached or detached apartment mean are not the questions you asked yourself? Well, these are necessary topics to address before any purchase or rental, precisely because they can influence your comfort level.
Fortunately, you can figure out what types of homes you are dealing with, right from the design phase ! And we can explain to you what each one means. All you have to do is read the following lines and you will surely thank us.
Types of housing
The types of homes are not only divided according to their size. Sure, you may be thinking about apartments, studios or houses, but things are a bit more complicated.
The important thing to consider when buying or renting a home is compartmentalization. Obviously, this is in addition to facilities or a certificate of energy performance . Let's go back to the compartmentalization and the way an apartment is designed. Before signing the contract for the sale and purchase of a property , find out if it is:
- to order;
- semi-detached;
- not recommended;
- circular;
- open space.
Believe us, if you have a large family, it would be good to run away from the wagon-type apartments, the ones in which the traffic will be made passing from one room to another, because "goodbye, privacy!". However, it is good to know that this type of compartmentalization of the house, wagon style, is widespread, but not so common in the case of apartments.
Before we continue and explain to you what each term refers to, we need to tell you a few words about comfort levels:
- increased comfort - surfaces usually larger than 37 sqm in the case of studios and 118 sqm in the case of apartments (with five rooms);
- comfort I– for apartments over 80 sqm (with four rooms) or at least 30 sqm in the case of a studio;
- comfort 2 –that is, an apartment of 60 sqm (three rooms) or around 23 sqm for a studio;
- Comfort level III, ie apartments with a small area, maximum 60 sqm (four rooms). It is common in the case of non-detached apartments.
In order to find out if the home suits you and your family, take into account both the type of compartmentation and the degree of comfort.
Detached apartment
So what does detached apartment mean? In short, the type of apartment through which the entrance is made from the hall, without having to move from one room to another. Thus, absolutely all rooms can be accessed from the same place, ie from the hallway. Definitely, this means that all rooms are separate, so absolutely all tenants enjoy privacy equally. Nobody bothers anyone.
Among the advantages, we mention the autonomy of each room from a caloric point of view, in addition to privacy. In addition, the rooms are not connected to each other. In the case of a detached apartment, even the kitchen is separated from the rest of the rooms, usually with a door, so you do not have to worry about the smell of food.
As a disadvantage we can also include caloric autonomy, if we consider the fact that the bills for heat and energy can be higher than in the case of other types of homes.
Semi-detached apartment
What does the semi-detached studio mean? What about the apartment? In short, a home in which at least one passage will be made from one room to another. It is most often found in three-room apartments, when you want to enter the second bedroom, through a living room. They can have two hallways, one leading to the living room and kitchen and one to the bathroom and bedroom.
It offers certain advantages if you have small children and you want to constantly supervise them, and they feel the need to always feel close to you, which is not very possible in the case of detached homes.
In addition, you can set the same temperature for multiple rooms. Then, semi-detached apartments or studios are cheaper, whether you are thinking of buying or renting them.
It is true, in the case of a semi-detached apartment, not everyone enjoys the same level of privacy, the person who passes through the room feeling the feeling of invaded space. Also, the degree of safety is lower in case of a fire, moving from one room to another making it difficult to evacuate.
Apartment not recommended
In case of non-detached apartment, the transition to each room will be made directly through the living room. You will use the lobby to reach the living room, and from there you can access the bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen. The rooms being chained, this type of subdivision is also known as the wagon type house.
It is recommended for very close-knit families or very close friends who agree that the intimate space should be somewhat intertwined with the common one. This type of apartment is also the cheapest in case of a purchase or rent, especially because the tenants will not benefit from privacy.
However, from the point of view of bills, non-detached apartments raise major problems, being by far the most difficult to heat or cool. If the kitchen is not even separate, you will have to deal with the smell of food!
Circular Apartment
The circular apartment is the one that combines semi-detached and detached houses. In other words, it has two hallways, the same as in the semi-detached apartment, but to get from the first hallway to the second, you have to go through either the kitchen or the living room and so you get the impression that you are in a circle.
It's true, you enjoy more space to move and you have a less common room layout. The kitchen is generally separate from the other rooms, so you don't have to deal with odors.
In the case of families with newborns, the large distance between the rooms can be a potential problem.
Open space apartment
You've probably heard of the open space apartment before; it is the one in which a partition wall was abandoned and thus two rooms were joined. Most often, this happens in the case of living rooms or kitchens, the two rooms turning into one.
This type of compartmentation is perfect to enlarge the space and give the impression of bigger and brighter. It is a perfect home if you have frequent guests and you do not want to be separated from them when you work in the kitchen. Clearly, in these conditions, the traffic between the rooms is also fluidized.
By combining the kitchen with the "safe" living room and spreading the smell of food throughout the house, so take this into account and you must buy a hood!
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