Townhouses - what is it?

It seems that everyone already knows the townhouses. What is it, is not a secret for anyone, and some details from the history of the development of this type of buildings are told in thousands of articles. We will not rewrite how this line of construction was born, but we will talk about the most important: pros and cons. And, we will stop not only on buildings, but also we will consider a settlement of townhouses from within.

To begin with it is necessary to specify such a small detail,as a kind of buildings. For Englishmen or Americans, this term has a unique definition - a house in the city (literal translation). Townhouses for living in Russia are not only buildings facing the wall in the city, saving expensive land, but also banal cottages for two, three or four families with separate entrance / entrance and access to the barbecue area in the nearby village. Subtlety of buildings is a matter of choice. In any case, this direction is very actively developing and the reason is banal - demand.

Pros of living in houses like townhouses. What is this and how do you justify your hopes?

(Forgive me for this free reference to the term, but it combines all the improvisations on a given topic.)

1. You do not have overhead neighbors who can flood, start singing, dancing or moving furniture at midnight.
2. Most houses are equipped with fixed heating systems, hot water supply, etc., which greatly reduces the amount of check for utility bills.
3. The barbecue area is a definite plus.
4. For the cost of an average three-room apartment you can get a spacious two-three-story mansion with a garage and several parking spaces.
5. Well-arranged area in front of the house.
6. Proximity to nature (most often near the townhouses there is a forest or a park).
7. Free planning.

Cons living in such houses as townhouses. What it is and how hopes are deceived

one. Due to the fact that the buildings are most often occupied by small private developers, whose possibilities are severely limited, the development of infrastructure remains outside the framework of the construction budget. As a result, you get comfortable housing in the "settlements" without shops, pharmacies, kindergartens and schools. If you are not burdened with family, then the question is not very relevant, although how much will the ambulance go to you? And if there are children in the family, then one of the parents will have to leave work to accompany the child to school, to sports clubs or ballet classes to a nearby town. You can hire a governess, nanny or driver, which, you see, greatly increases the costs.

2 The next minus can also be attributed to the previous item, but still we will single it out into a separate item. The direction is relatively new and its development is weak. We do not in any way slander on the excellent developers, offering their clients and the subsequent maintenance of the entire complex (village). The price of housing in them is much higher, naturally, the conditions are better. We are talking about the average market of this kind of real estate, namely, buildings for those who have changed a three-room apartment for a three-story cottage with a piece of land. As a result, residents of banal apartments are gathering around, who will gladly put their rubbish or pile of rubble at the gate. Scandals, insults and threats are becoming the norm.

In the end, I would like to say that everyone can find outRussian townhouses: what it is and whether it is comfortable to live in them. Worth trying to make a conclusion. Maybe it is for you that a beautiful house is being built, where you will be happy.