Australian real estate classification is more complex, the following is a very detailed introduction. But with the progress of the times, the change of people's preference for housing, classification has become more and more simplified, many types have been merged. In any case, it is best to have a comprehensive understanding of all types of Australian properties.
1、Unit
It refers to the number of families in a yard. The house can be one or three floors, usually without elevators, sharing the front yard and backyard.
2、House
Translated into villas at home. Generally refers to a yard, a house, a family. The house can be one or two floors. Spacious is the biggest feature of House. In the domestic mention of villa, is associated with luxury. Australia's land is owned for sale. Apart from Canberra's 1999 property right, most of the other areas are permanent property rights, and land resources assets that can be left to future generations are more valuable than the 70-year-old land use right in the country. More value-preserving and value-added.
3、Townhouse
Because adjacent Townhouse share a wall, one next to the other, it is also called townhouse in China. In fact, in Australia's Townhouse the biggest feature is that they are two floors, the first floor is generally kitchen, bathroom, etc., and the second floor is generally bedroom. There is usually a small garden. Generally speaking, the total area and area of Townhouse is smaller than that of House.
4、Apartment
Apartment is the name of American and Australian English, in British English called Flat, is the same meaning. Apartment is a common apartment or apartment in China, usually more than three floors, each building has one or more units, each unit has one hallway. According to Australian regulations, elevators must be installed on or above the third floor. Apartment is usually equipped with a residential swimming pool and gymnasium. Most of the Apartment's apartment doors have anti-theft facilities that require card entry. Apartment is usually located in convenient areas of transportation, but the general management costs are relatively expensive, but are very popular with some investors. Because this kind of room is very easy to rent out. The difference between Apartment and Unit is that Apartment usually has higher floors, better public facilities, and can be seen as an upgraded version of Unit..
5、Studio
Studio, called a room, similar to the hotel room, the kitchen and living room and bedroom is one, there is a separate bathroom. Domestic also known as hotel apartment.
6、Villa
The new one-storey shared-wall independent residential complex, with more than three to dozens of dwellings built on each piece of land, each with a floor area of 150 to 300 square meters, is of the same nature as Townhouse;
7、Duplex
Two new public-wall independent housing estates are built on the same piece of land, each with a floor area of 200 to 500 square meters and independent property rights. It is called a conjoined villa at home.
8、Semihouse
Even two 1-story single-family houses joined together, can be understood as a single-story Duplex, is also a single-story conjoined villas. Only one shared wall, (Common wall).
9、Granny Flat
The Chinese often call it "grandma's house", which is a single-story house built on House's open space, usually a 60-square-meter 2-bedroom house. When making a home loan, Granny Flat cannot borrow alone because it belongs to the same title as House and generally can only be borrowed with House.
10、Terrace
This interpretation is more complicated, very similar to Townhouse, but very closely related, covers a very small area, has both one floor and two-storey houses, generally can be seen in the old town. Terrace and Unit are mainly different in the nature of the property rights. Terrace is the Torrens title (individual ownership of property rights, self-responsible property management, do not pay property fees), and Town House Strata title (sub-contract property rights, property sharing, property management by professional companies, owners need to pay property fees).
