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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. An apartment, or flat, is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. Such a building may be called an apartment building, especially if it consists of many apartments for rent. Apartments may be owned by an owner/occupier or rented by tenants. The term apartment is favored in North America, whereas the term flat is commonly, but not exclusively, used in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and most Commonwealth countries. 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. Tenement law refers to the feudal basis of permanent property such as land or rents. May be found combined as in "Messuage or Tenement" to encompass all the land, buildings and other assets of a property. 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. 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. Some buildings can be characterized as mixed use buildings, meaning part of the building is for commercial, business, or office use, usually on the first floor or first couple floors, and there are one or more apartments in the rest of the building, usually on the upper floors. 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 Apartment manager goes inside apartment several times when I am away. How normal is this? Q. I've been living in my apartment complex for about 1 year now and the apartment manager seems to make an excuse to go inside the place while I'm at work at least once every two months. He has gone in for such reasons as: Checking water pressure, need to paint balcony even though it was newly painted, need to show to prospective renters of similar apartments, need to show to prospective mortgagers. Is this normal or excessive? I feel a little infringed upon. Asked by Eno - Wed Apr 15 00:45:14 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. Your rights are clearly being infringed - the apartment manager generally doesn't have a right to go into your apartment without notice, except in case of an obvious emergency (fire, water leak, etc.) The apartment manager should be giving you at least 24 hours notice before entering your apartment. I'd check your state and local laws - here in California, we have very strong renter's rights, detailed at < >. I'd search for "renter's rights" for your state and city - and then have a discussion with your apartment manager. I'd ask for 48 hours notice before they enter your apartment. Answered by Kevin - Wed Apr 15 01:13:29 2009 Can people get into an apartment if they have bad credit? Q. My husband and I have previous divorces which has left our credit scores pretty poor, and next year we are planning on moving into an apartment. I called one apartment complex and they said they go to a website called "on sight". And its just a pass or fail from there. Is there someone out there that works at an apartment mangmnt office and can let me know. We don't want to waste our money on application fees, if we are just going to be ultimately told no, as app fees can be up to 60.00 a person for every apartment complex we are interested in. I forgot to add that I did ask one apartment complex if we wold be asked to pay more in deposit, and they said no, its either pass or fail...of course that was just one apartment complex though. Asked by SAL H - Tue May 15 10:14:25 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Well lets see. My dad has rented condos and homes for 30 years and has never checked a credit score. When I got my first apartment they never checked my credit score. The larget the complex the more likely they are to check and base a decsion your credit. Mainly because they have set guidelines they have to follow. Even if they do check you credit and it comes out bad, normally they will just make you put down a larger security deposit, or come up with a couple months rent off the bat. And if for some reason they reject you still from there, just try someone else. There are thousands of desperate landlords out there just waiting for tenents. Just like lenders, some landlords are more robotic and go by a pass/fail system. And some are… [cont.] Answered by iceman - Tue May 15 10:25:36 2007 How do apartment complexes look at your credit when approving you for an apartment?
Q. When you are trying to lease an apartment, what are the main things they are looking for on your credit history in order for an approval? Are they interested in all of your credit card bills and other payments or are they mainly concerned with your rental history and bankruptcy background? Asked by Shannon B - Tue Sep 25 10:20:17 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. the primary thing they want to see, is on time payments...not a bunch of late charges... Answered by DennistheMenace - Tue Sep 25 15:40:15 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "apartment"
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