Some houses in some buildings are houses and some are apartments. What is the difference between an apartment and a house?

Accommodation is a kind of collective housing, which is called unit building or residential building in Chinese mainland and unit building in Hong Kong and Macao. Refers to the living form with complete living facilities, but it only accounts for a part of the building. Generally divided into residential apartments and serviced apartments, serviced apartments mainly exist in various formats, such as serviced apartments, entrepreneurial apartments, youth apartments, white-collar apartments, youth SOHO and so on.

The difference between an apartment and a house

Different service life: apartments and houses have different service life. Generally speaking, the service life of a house is 70 years and that of an apartment is 50 years. But apartments also have a service life of 70 years.

The difference between apartment and residence II

Cost difference: the cost of apartments and houses is different. Some apartments are for commercial purposes, and the water and electricity costs of these apartments belong to commercial water and electricity costs, which are more expensive than pure houses. However, some apartments are still the cost of civil water and electricity, which depends on how the developer projects, as well as local policies, regulations or notices. According to different urban areas, the relevant policies may be slightly different.

The difference between apartment and residence three

The difference of property management: the planned land for business apartments is public facilities, the eaves of buildings are controlled according to public building standards, balconies are not allowed outside buildings, and the planned spacing is implemented according to public building standards. The apartment is internally provided with corresponding supporting service facilities such as property management rooms in accordance with relevant regulations.

The difference between apartment and residence four

Architectural design differences: commercial apartments are implemented according to public building design standards, and non-residential technical specifications are implemented for project completion acceptance. Outdoor air conditioning in residential apartments shall not be exposed, and domestic air conditioning shall be installed in mixed apartments.