"Nick" writes:

hi, folks.
what is the difference between single family home and town house?
When I do some research for housing, and the websites always ask me
what type of house I want to search,like single family home, town
house, house. What is the difference?

A single family, detached home is what most folks thing of as a house.

A townhouse is a form of attached housing, which means you're gonna
have neighbors whose townhomes are part of the same structure. Common
wall, common roof, etc, and typically connotes multiple levels within
it, and typically is also a condominium, with a condominium
association collcting fees to cover the expense of maintaining the
exterior structure of the unit.

A "condo" is a vague term, for what it's worth. It can only be
trusted to mean that there's some sort of condo association fee to pay
for for shared upkeep. In chicago, a condo conotes an apartment
style single floor unit that you canpurchase a deed too, while
technically most townhomes around here are also technically condos.

At least that's the only explanation I've heard that made sense. :-)

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Todd H.
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