Whats a maisonette?

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I have noticed recently on social media many people see maisonette/flats/bedsits/studio flats differently to other people.

For me a maisonette is a property that has an upstairs and down stairs but there's the same above or below you.

A flat is a property that's all on one level

A studio flat is where you have a separate kitchen and bathroom but your living room and bedroom is in one .

A bedsit is a room . That may had a small kitchenette within the room. Shared bathroom and possibly kitchen

I have seen people calling a studio flat a 1 bedroom flat . Or a maisonette without stairs . Its bugging me 🤣

No i was just using it as an example there's the ones with comuneral entrance with own front door as well . I have just always thoughts of flats are all on one level regardless of the front door

And maisonette are like flats but over 2 levels regardless of where the front door is.

Doesn’t the duplex bit also count so it is a two storey or split level?

as I said where I am that it what maisonettes are and we have two types one where the stairs are internal and one where the stairs are external

Yes that's probably the best way to think of the difference between the two. Are you looking to move from a flat to a maisonette?

Sorry - I misread your statement..

(Watching Who wants to be a Millionaire at the same time)

I would call the one in the photo a flat because it has its own entrance door to the outside but not to the street.

A maisonette doesn't need to have more than one floor, just a direct entrance from the street.

No im not moving it was just i have seen confusions with types of property on social media and it was bugging me 😅

Now that's a good definition.

I agree with this.

I'm masonite does not have to be on two levels. That's the duplex.

No a maisonnette does not have to be on two levels. That's a duplex.

And Masonette must have its own front door on the outside.

Yes what's a duplex? often mentioned on Selling Sunset and the like.

Also what's condo / condominium

Do realise I could google all of this

I’d also call those flats. But then I’d call those covered walkways a communal space, so they don’t have completely separate entrances, which fits the description of a flat

Yes it does seem to be confusing. And it seems things are quite different between England and Scotland, and I think someone has just mentioned "condo" and that's getting into America etc now 🤣

What about the difference between a flat and an apartment?

Which side of the North Atlantic the property is on.

About £100k 🤣