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A party wall (occasionally parti-wall or parting wall, shared wall, also known as common wall or as a demising wall) is a wall shared by two adjoining properties. [1] Typically, the builder lays the wall along a property line dividing two terraced houses , so that one half of the wall's thickness lies on each side.
A shared fence, on the other hand, can be a little trickier to determine, Gunn said. “It’s important to get your property surveyed; this will help determine exactly where the fence lies.
Mother-in-law apartment: small apartment either at the back, in the basement, or on an upper level subdivision of the main house, usually with a separate entrance (also known as a "Granny flat" in the UK, Australia New Zealand and South Africa). If it is a separate structure from the main house, it is called a 'granny cottage' or a 'doddy house'.
In commercial real estate in the US, a building's loss factor is the percentage of the building's area shared by tenants or space that are dedicated to the common areas of a building used to calculate the difference between the net (usable) and gross (billable) areas.
Permeable pavement is commonly used on roads, paths and parking lots subject to light vehicular traffic, such as cycle-paths, service or emergency access lanes, road and airport shoulders, and residential sidewalks and driveways.
A diagram of a battle axe block as seen from above. Lot 1 is a regular plot of land while Lot 2 is the corresponding battle axe block located behind it. In real estate, a battle axe block, hammerhead block, [1] hatchet block or flagpole block [2] is a block of land situated behind another, with access to the street through a narrow driveway shared by both properties. [3]
"Shared use paths" or "multi-use paths" are available for use by both pedestrians and bicyclists. [8] "Walkway" is a more comprehensive term that includes stairs, ramps, passageways, and related structures that facilitate the use of a path as well as the sidewalk. [9]
Breezeways connecting two buildings of the Main Street Complex in Voorhees, New Jersey. A breezeway is an architectural feature similar to a hallway that allows the passage of a breeze between structures to accommodate high winds, allow aeration, or provide aesthetic design variation.