Apartment

An apartment (or flat) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. Apartments may be owned (by an owner-occupier) or rented (by tenants).

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Some apartment-dwellers own their apartments, either as co-ops, in which the residents own shares of a corporation that owns the building or development; or in condominiums, whose residents own their apartments and share ownership of the public spaces. Most apartments are in buildings designed for the purpose, but large older houses are sometimes divided into apartments.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

In some parts of the world, the word apartment is used generally to refer to a new purpose-built self-contained residential unit in a building, whereas the word flat means a converted self-contained unit in an older building.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

When part of a house is converted for the ostensible use of a landlord's family member, the unit may be known as an in-law apartment or granny flat, though these (sometimes illegally) created units are often occupied by ordinary renters rather than family members.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Staying in privately owned apartments rather than in a hotel is quickly becoming popular with travellers.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Housing: Housing may refer to:...

Owner: redirect ownership...

Tenant: Tenant may refer to:...

Apartment related Images and Photos (experimental)

Apartment Zero	Apartment Block Windows	Apartment Zero 1988	Apartment Zero 1988
Apartment Building at Dusk Sweden	The Apartment 1960	Apartment Pope's Salon Louis Xiii Grand Salon Table	The Apartment Spanish Movie Poster 1960
Apartment for Peggy William Holden 1948	Apartment of the King and the Emperor's Gallery Bal.	Apartment Block with Provision for Rocket Take-Off on the Roof	Red Lanterns and Apartment Blocks