Jace   10 #25 Posted March 6, 2014 Went to view an "Apartment" a While back, Can you guess what it was??  A Large Bedsit! I asked the question over the phone before I went to view.  "I'ts not a bedsit is it?"  Nope, Definitely not a Bedsit, It's an Apartment.  About face, Walk Away...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Isabelle   10 #26 Posted March 6, 2014 Went to view an "Apartment" a While back, Can you guess what it was?? A Large Bedsit! I asked the question over the phone before I went to view.  "I'ts not a bedsit is it?"  Nope, Definitely not a Bedsit, It's an Apartment.  About face, Walk Away......  You have to laugh at the artistic license estate agents use. I lived in a flat recently where there was just room in the bedroom for a double bed and wardrobe, with little other floor space, yet they are describing it as a 'large double room'. I'd hate to see what they class as a small double! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
L00b   441 #27 Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) There is no difference. It's just a pity they still seem to be looked down by most in the UK, as a viable (even enviable!) long-term residential option, and developed without much artistical/architectural license. Kind of a chicken-and-egg situation.  That was the view from the flat I grew up in. I'd have been quite happy continuing to live in such a flat, rather than a house (here or elsewhere), tbh.  Plenty of comparable flats-with-view pretty much throughout the Continent, and in many places for less than a fraction of what a 2up-2down costs in the UK. Edited March 6, 2014 by L00b Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GLASGOWOODS   10 #28 Posted March 6, 2014 There is no difference. It's just a pity they still seem to be looked down by most in the UK, as a viable (even enviable!) long-term residential option, and developed without much artistical/architectural license. Kind of a chicken-and-egg situation. That was the view from the flat I grew up in. I'd have been quite happy continuing to live in such a flat, rather than a house (here or elsewhere), tbh.  Plenty of comparable flats-with-view pretty much throughout the Continent, and in many places for less than a fraction of what a 2up-2down costs in the UK.  Haha!  Just clicked on your link,but, the holiday lodge (with hot-tub:P)I'm staying at in South West Scotland,has denied me access,saying the "material is deemed inappropriate":huh:  You wasn't reared in a brothel eh Loob? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
L00b   441 #29 Posted March 6, 2014 Might it be your own browser history? Or someone else's connected to your network?  Here's the link in long-hand:  http://p0.storage.canalblog.com/05/98/58458/89658318_p.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
anarchist   10 #30 Posted March 6, 2014 Whats the difference between a flat and an apartment?  A car can't get an apartment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GLASGOWOODS   10 #31 Posted March 6, 2014 Might it be your own browser history? Or someone else's connected to your network?  Here's the link in long-hand:  http://p0.storage.canalblog.com/05/98/58458/89658318_p.jpg  It's the holiday parks Wi-Fi.  It states the content (holiday swimwear apparel) unfit for viewing.  Oh well! Will look tomorro when I get home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Autumn1 Â Â 10 #32 Posted March 6, 2014 An apartment is usually on the coast a flat is inland Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jim Hardie   527 #33 Posted March 6, 2014 Yeah but council tenants couldn't spell maisonette, so they changed it to flat which is less difficult. I think they're pushing for a change to make the official term pad, to make it easier still.  You could be on to something there. The NHS have the same mindset. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mr Clowning   10 #34 Posted March 6, 2014 I have never had an apartment tyre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
watchcoll   10 #35 Posted March 7, 2014 I thought the americans called theirs "condos"? I used to live in one of these new built city centre complexes. Mine was always a flat. My friend a few doors' down was in an apartment. The only thing different was the colour of the paint on the walls! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B Â Â 1,409 #36 Posted March 7, 2014 What is a duplex? Keep seeing this in property ads, no idea what it means. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...