What's a maisonette??

[jams18]

After looking through some property sites, I found a lot of descriptions for houses etc, such as maisonette, detached villa, clusters, terraced.  Some of them i have a vague idea what they are, but thought i would ask the people who actually know.
If any of you live in the above mentioned and  could give me your personal opinions, would be most appreciated.

[Horsesh*t]

It's an apartment wanting to be a mansion or a VW buggy wanting to be an A8 Audi sedan.  

[BoardManager]

A maisonette is simply a two-storey apartment. Usually ranging in size from about 1400 sqft (really small) to a gorgeous 3500 sqft.

Bungalows are free-standing detached houses, usually with a garden (or tiny strips of grass) around the house. Again, sizes differ, from the smallest (minimum plots) of about 4000sqft to 6000sqft (majority of them are in this manageable size), to 11000 - 15000 sqft and beyond.

Semi-detached houses have one wall in common with the neighbour. While terraced houses are like the traditional townhouses found in the west.

All the above landed housing types do not have any facilities unless they are the bigger bungalows with one's own swimming pool. Smaller bungalows and some semi-detached houses try to squeeze in a 'pool'.

Cluster houses are usually terraced houses with common shared facilities like a pool.

Hope above broad definitions help. If you need more assistance, please email and we will respond.

[jams18]

Many thanks Board Manager for the info.

As for you horsesh*t, it didn't surprise me with your comments.  Maybe one day you actually might be helpful to someone, until then.......................

[sensayuma]

Hey Jams - where's yours??!!

[FREEMASON]

Maisonette?  A young female aspiring to join the Freemasons which is a gentleman's club.  She will have to disguise herself (dress up) as a man and try to get into the Lodge as a new member.

[Rosie]

BM

What's the difference between a maisonette and a duplex?

(and no, I don't have a witty answer for this)

[Fat Bob]

Is a maisonette a two storey appartment in a complex of somesort, whilst a duplex would be a two-storey bungalow/semi?

Just guessing, BM, am I right? Or am I a complete fool? Or both?

[Loops]

the descriptions can sometimes be confusing - over in the UK we were looking at houses a few years back, and we kept seeing descriptions of Q type houses and T type houses, so I asked the agent what it meant and he didn't know!!!

[spore housing 101]

maisonette (as BM defined( -
an apt with an upper level.
a term coined for HDB apts with 2 flrs and a little attached garden or solarium.

duplex? (my guess)
aka semi d - two houses sharing an adjoining wall or

2 narrow houses stuck as one with two  individual faces (front/back) and two seperate entrances.

[BoardManager]

Duplex : when one has been duped into taking a maisonette at a high price!  

Seriously, they are the same. Duplex is a term more commonly used in the west.