Talk:Duplex (building)

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Thank you for saying the line is blurred. Would you believe it, that helps clear up years of confusion :) Nastajus 21:19, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maisonette?

Especially in dense areas like Manhattan, a duplex apartment refers to a single dwelling unit spread over two floors connected by an indoor staircase. Similarly, a triplex apartment refers to an apartment spread out over three floors. These properties can be quite expensive, and include the most expensive property in Manhattan as of 2006 (according to Forbes Magazine), a triplex atop The Pierre Hotel.

That sounds like what, in the page on "house types", was called a "maisonette" and it's the use for duplex employed in Spanish-speaking countries as far as I know.

[edit] merge with semi-detached

As a look in some dictionaries shows([1],[2],[3], "duplex" is a synonym for a semi-detached house in certain English-speaking countries, but it is also used to refer to apartments. The comment about Boston in semi-detached is apparently a joke/vandalism. --Espoo 14:20, 22 September 2007 (UTC)