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Condominiums
Condominiums

What is a condo? A condo (short for “condominium”) is a private residence owned by an individual or family in a building or community with multiple units. Although condos are usually part of a larger building, "detached condominiums" also exist.

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Detached House
Detached House

A detached house is a stand-alone residential structure that does not share outside walls with another house or building. Also called a separate house or a single-detached dwelling, a detached house is typically the most desirable single-family unit.

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Duplex/Triplex
Duplex/Triplex

A triplex only refers to an apartment. A 2 bedroom triplex is a 2 bedroom apartment on three floors. A triplex apartment can be in a townhouse or in a high rise. It is for 1 family.

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In Sum
In Sum

Sun Communities is located on the Little Manatee River, so it's beautiful to come and relax and have a meal, and a cocktail. We have a great group of people working there, and work well with each other. My only disappointment, is management doesn't understand the bar end of business, so it's a bit frustrating.

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Semi-Detached House
Semi-Detached House

A semi-detached house (often abbreviated to semi) is a single family dwelling house built as one of a pair that share one common wall. Often, each house's layout is a mirror image of the other.

Townhouse
Townhouse

What is a townhouse? It seems like a simple enough question, but many people confuse this type of home with other categories of housing.

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Type 1: Fire-Resistive
Type 1: Fire-Resistive

Type 3: Ordinary Type 3 buildings can be of either new or old construction, and they have non-combustible walls and a wood roof. Older construction buildings may consist of unreinforced masonry and have a conventionally framed roof, while newer buildings will have lightweight roof systems supported by reinforced masonry or tilt slab.

Type 2: Non-Combustible
Type 2: Non-Combustible

TYPE II – This type of building has steel or concrete walls, floors, and structural framework similar to type I construction; however, the roof covering material is combustible. The roof covering of a type II building can be a layer of asphalt waterproofing, with a combustible felt paper covering. Another layer of asphalt may be mopped over the felt paper.

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Type 3: Ordinary
Type 3: Ordinary

Techniques used to construct these buildings vary greatly from one part of the country to another because of the building materials used. Older Type 3 buildings still in use today were built using local materials easily accessible to the builders. Ordinary construction buildings have a long history of difficult fires.

Type 4: Heavy Timber
Type 4: Heavy Timber

Michael L. Smith discusses the construction features of heavy timber ... Home Home Heavy Timber ... The insurance companies pushed for a type of ...

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Type 5: Wood-Framed
Type 5: Wood-Framed

TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION TYPE I – This concrete and steel structure, ... TYPE V – Wood-frame construction is the most combustible of the five building types. The interior framing and exterior walls may be wood. A wood-frame building is the only one of the five types of construction that has combustible exterior walls. This is the typical single-family home construction method. These buildings ...

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