A residential building that is divided into two self-contained separate apartment units.
In North America, a duplex house is a dwelling having apartments with separate entrances for two households. This includes two-story houses having a complete apartment on each floor and also side-by-side apartments on a single lot that share a common wall.[1] By contrast, a building comprising two attached units on two distinct properties is typically considered semi-detached or twin homes but sometimes also duplex.
The term “duplex” can’t be extended to three-unit and four-unit buildings, as they would be referred to with specific terms such as triplex and fourplex or quadplex/quadruplex.[2] Because of the flexibility of the term, the line between an apartment building and a duplex is somewhat blurred, with apartment buildings tending to be bigger, while duplexes are usually the size of a normal house.
British English usage refers simply to the number of levels within an apartment unit with duplex indicating two storeys (traditionally this was referred to as a maisonette) and triplex for three. A semi-detached house would never be referred to as ‘duplex’.
1132 CHERRY AVENUE, LONG BEACH, CA 90806
Market Valuation: $
Appraisal Date: 12/10/2006
2-UNIT DUPLEX
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 2 (1 full, 2 Three-quarter)
Living Area: 1,808 sq. ft.
Lot Size: 6,520 sq. ft.
Built: 1920
COMMENTS:
PURPOSE: Refinance
