Apartment


 
 
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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Tenant: Tenant may refer to:...


Apartment related Images and Photos (experimental)

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

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