Whats the difference between a flat and an apartment?

[Super Hans 10]

A flat cannot exist on a slope.

[salsafan 10]

A flat cannot exist on a slope.

 

TEN house points !

 

 

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/flat#flat-2

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/apartment

 

Well, the Oxford dictionary clarifies that then.

"Apartment" came from Italian apparently.

[tasha_78_1 10]

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/apartment

[Mister M 1,625]

You don't hear the word 'maisonette' anymore. The council used to use the word to refer to their flats as maisonettes

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Every residential property is by definition either:

a. a house [inc. mansion, bungalow, townhouse,, cottage, etc.]; or

b. a flat [inc. apartment, maisonette, duplex, "loft", etc.]

 

So there's no difference between a flat and an apartment.

[JFKvsNixon 11]

You don't hear the word 'maisonette' anymore. The council used to use the word to refer to their flats as maisonettes

 

I'd always understood a maisonette to be a two floor flat.

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

I'd always understood a maisonette to be a two floor flat.

Yes, it is.

The law treats houses and flats quite differently, esp. re leaseholders' rights.

[Super Hans 10]

You don't hear the word 'maisonette' anymore. The council used to use the word to refer to their flats as maisonettes

 

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.

[Mister M 1,625]

I'd always understood a maisonette to be a two floor flat.

 

Ah okay, you're probably right.

 

My mate used to to live just off Exeter Drive at the bottom of Ecclesall Road, and although he lived in a one bedroom flat - healways used to refer to it as a maisonette

[Bruno 10]

A flat also means a deflated tyre.

[perplexed 10]

A maisonette is essentially a house stuck on top of, or below another house. There's lots on Low Edges.

[mjw47 10]

About £25,000.

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, someone had to do it. I'll get me coat.