Detached or semi-detached?

[NJ Valuator]

I am appraising in a PUD where the units are only connected to each other by their decks; there are no common walls. Thoughts on whether you would classify as detached or semi-detached?

 

[glenn walker]

Detached all the way. Attached means attached common wall not a gate or what your calling a deck.

 

[NJ Valuator]

I am appraising in a PUD where the units are only connected to each other by their decks; there are no common walls. Thoughts on whether you would classify as detached or semi-detached?

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there is a deck below the gate but either way... thanks for the feedback.

 

[Mark K]

Semi-detached, kinda like semi-pregnant, semi-dead, or one of my favorites...semi-contiguous.

 

[J Grant]

AI Overview


No, a home attached to a neighboring home only by a deck is generally considered semi-detached or semi-attached, not fully detached. While a deck might connect the two structures, the key defining feature of a detached home is the lack of any shared wall. Since a deck is not a structural wall, the homes are still considered semi-detached.

Here's why:

• Detached:
  A detached home stands completely alone, with no shared walls or structures with any other building.
  
  
• Semi-detached:
  Semi-detached homes share one common wall with their neighbor. In some cases, the homes might be connected by more than just a wall, but the defining characteristic is the shared wall.
  
  
• Attached:
  Attached homes share multiple walls with neighboring units, like townhouses or row houses.
  
  
• Decks are not structural:
  A deck is an addition, not a structural component that defines the building's separation. Therefore, even if a deck connects two homes, the lack of a shared wall means they are not fully detached.

 

[J Grant]

I don't know —it's a tough one, but I would say semi-detached. Though they do not share a common wall, they do share the attachment of a deck ( and are attached by the fence ). Is the deck on a concrete pad? ( the pad might extend under a home ) Is the deck on its pad serving to reinforce each dwelling? I doubt you could remove it like a normal deck.

Probably got a zoning variance to build it this way to get the narrow lots approved -

 

[Dublin ohio]

there is a deck below the gate but either way... thanks for the feedback.

Who owns the area between the units?

 

[Tom D]

So a fence makes a detached semi-detached. Some of you better retire. How about if there was a concrete walkway between them. Thanks goodness some of you don't live where every house has a fence around it.

 

[J Grant]

So a fence makes a detached semi-detached. Some of you better retire. How about if there was a concrete walkway between them. Thanks goodness some of you don't live where every house has a fence around it.

a SFR with a house around it is not the same thing and neither is a house with a concdee walkway betwtee n them.

The photo shows houses attached on one side of by a deck and a fence. I am going my opinion - idk if there is a definitive answer. AI weighed in on my interpretation, fwiw ( see post 5).
However, the appraiser calls it a document with the photos and explain.

 

[ZZGAMAZZ]

Semi-detached, kinda like semi-pregnant, semi-dead, or one of my favorites...semi-contiguous.

.... girl I know too well asked me whether the hernia i disclosed to her was contagious, contiguously !!!!!!! [She also recently advised me that she never heard of Cheech N Chong, and if that ain't a generational disconnect, what is????]