Type of Home
Apartment:
A room or suite of rooms designed as a residence and generally located in a building occupied by more than one household.
Townhouse:
A townhouse is a two-level unit with the bedrooms on the second floor, usually found in multi-unit buildings.
Duplex:
A duplex usually consists of two-units in side-by-side properties that share one common wall. Also, duplexes can be a single family house with two apartments, one upstairs and one downstairs.
Condo:
Condos are individually owned units within a complex and the exterior grounds are maintained by the condominium association. Condos can be very similar to residing in an apartment.
Studio:
A studio is an apartment with a living/bedroom space, a kitchen, and a bathroom.
Loft:
A dwelling unit typically within or above a renovated commercial building or warehouse, usually with exposed beams or brick and features up-scale finishes.
Efficiency:
This unit is similar to a studio, but smaller in size. Efficiencies do not have full kitchens, but come with a microwave and a dorm-sized fridge.
