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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. An apartment is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. Apartments may be owned (by an owner/occupier) or rented (by tenants). A common alternative term for apartment is flat. The term apartment is favored in North America, whereas the term flat is commonly, but not exclusively, used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth nations. In Malaysian English, flat often denotes a housing block of lesser quality meant for lower-income groups, while apartment is more generic and may also include luxury condominiums. In the US, some apartment-dwellers own their own apartments, either as co-ops, in which the residents own shares of a corporation that owns the building or development; or in condominiums, whose residents own their apartments and share ownership of the public spaces. Most apartments are in buildings designed for the purpose, but large older houses are sometimes divided into apartments. The word apartment connotes a residential unit or section in a building. In some locations, particularly the United States, the word denotes a rental unit owned by the building owner, and is not typically used for a condominium. In the UK, some flat owners own a share in the company that owns the freehold of the building. This is commonly known as a "share of freehold" flat. The freehold company has the right to collect annual ground rents from each of the flat owners in the building. The freeholder can also develop or sell the building, subject to the usual planning and restrictions that might apply. Apartment Complex in Daegu, South Korea.In some countries the word unit is a more general term referring to both apartments and rental business suites. The word is generally used only in the context of a specific building. E.g., "This building has three units" or "I'm going to rent a unit in this building", but not "I'm going to rent a unit somewhere." In Australia a unit refers to flats, apartments or even semi detached houses. When there is no tenant occupying an apartment, the apartment owner or landlord is said to have a vacancy. For apartment landlords, each vacancy represents a loss of income from rent-paying tenants for the time the apartment is vacant (i.e., unoccupied). Landlords' objectives are often to minimize the vacancy rate for their units. The owner of the apartment, typically when transferring possession to the occupant, gives him/her the key to the apartment entrance and any other keys needed, such as a common key to the building or any other common areas and a mailbox key. When the occupant(s) move out, these keys are typically returned to the owner. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How does the heater in my apartment work? Q. I live in a big apartment building that's probably 25 years old. The building has free water and free heat to all the residents. The heater runs along the floor on one wall in the living room, bedroom, and bathroom. I know that there is water running through the heaters because sometimes I can hear it. Also, the people down the hall turned the knobs on the heater & hot water sprayed out. (Our lease agreements say that we're not suppose to touch the knobs and they were evicted.) Our apartments are toasty warm and very dry. I assumed the apartments were steam heated. But, the lady next door said that it can't be steam heat because the apartments wouldn't be so dry. Also, if I change the temp on the thermostat, the temp in my apartment… [cont.] Asked by skyblue - Sun Nov 5 16:21:34 2006 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments A. If you want to get warm why not try setting a fire in the house? Answered by Double J - Jonni Jigolo - Sun Nov 5 16:34:17 2006 How much on average does Apartment Utilities cost ? Q. I'm planning on living in an apartment in a small town around a university. I know there are many key factors that will make the cost vary. I'm planning on living in a 2 bedroom apartment with 2 other people. How much on average will it cost strictly utilities? . . . And what are the normal utilities that are included in the cost of an apartment ? Asked by Maddie - Tue Mar 31 13:59:46 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. ordinairly there are no utilities included in an apartment, look to pay about 400 a month for those since your college friends wil leach off you. maybe a room mate will help, or try roomates .com to become one Answered by dakota97slowpar - Tue Mar 31 14:11:17 2009 Who gets the apartment if the Realtor has a bunch of applications?
Q. Im apartment hunting in NYC. How does a real estate agent or landlord decide who gets the apartment if theres a ton of applications in? Is it the person with the best credit/records/history or is it the first one to put the application in? Sorta confused. Thanks! Asked by ivegotquestions - Fri Aug 15 10:12:52 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. legally they have to take the first qualified applicant - otherwise it can look like discrimination. Answered by Wildcat - Fri Aug 15 12:44:20 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "apartment"
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