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Wouldn't separated, mini houses be better in that case?

• noja 10y ago
  How would separate houses be better? More to maintain.
  • lostlogin 10y ago
    I'd take more maintanence for simple lines of ownership any day. A line in the ground with everything on one side being mine. As far as I can tell, appartment body corps can be a political nightmare and contractors charge a lot for work. Is this because New Zealand hasn't got a long history of apartments or is it difficult everywhere?
    • noja 10y ago
      Even when you're sixty years old?
      • daurnimator 10y ago
        This style of living is probably most popular with the elderly in my area (inner-east melbourne)
      • mason240 10y ago
        Especially when I'm 60, because then I will be at the very end of making mortgage payments AND I will out right own a house.
      • deleted 10y ago
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      • lostlogin 10y ago
        It's easy to say when a lot less than that, but hell yes.
• TulliusCicero 10y ago
  Better in what sense? Miniature houses are fine but are simply different in a lot of ways compared to apartments. They offer more privacy and space at the expense of, well, expense: apartments are unit-for-unit cheaper to build and cheaper to provide infrastructure for.
• gte525u 10y ago
  Isn't that, in essence, a trailer park?
  • daurnimator 10y ago
    I think the parent poster meant what we call a "Villa Unit". A small 1-2 bedroom house: fit 3-8 on a block. They built a lot of them in the 70s. See e.g. http://www.realestate.com.au/property-villa-vic-camberwell-124976646 http://www.realestate.com.au/property-villa-vic-camberwell-1...
    • mason240 10y ago
      Also called ramblers.