Semi Attached or Semi Detached

[Tim The Enchanter]

I never figured out wtf is semi detached. If it shares a wall with the next place over, I call that attached.
Don't think I have ever checked that box.

Semi detached sounds like a thing you don't want to hear from the eye doctor about your retina.

 

[Mike Ault]

I never figured out wtf is semi detached. If it shares a wall with the next place over, I call that attached.
Don't think I have ever checked that box.

Semi detached sounds like a thing you don't want to hear from the eye doctor about your retina.

Think of a row of townhouses – the end unit is an example of a semi detached structure because it is attached on one side but has a yard on the opposite side.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

Think of a row of townhouses – the end unit is an example of a semi detached structure because it is attached on one side but has a yard on the opposite side.

Or a concrete walkway.
I call those attached.

 

[Mike Ault]

Or a concrete walkway.
I call those attached.

Here is a link to illustrate the concept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-detached

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

Here is a link to illustrate the concept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-detached

Hmm. OK. In the UK, Oz, and Canada, and they also call them duplexes.
I can run with duplex, even if the units are detached.

 

[Mike Ault]

Just make sure if it is attached to another structure on one side you indicate "semi-detached" and if it is attached to another structure on both sides then you indicate "attached" – then you you will get a forum "okey-dokey". Otherwise you have officially descended into "Fernandoism" and it's a good thing we caught it early. Sometimes these lending appraisals end up in litigation & minor housekeeping errors like that can cumulatively discredit you on the stand.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

Going on 30 years and nobody has busted me on that nothingburger yet.
And, it was Fernando mania.

 

[Mike Ault]

Obviously it's not a major concern in your market. I run into semi-detached structures all the time and I am careful to denote them properly. Just one less thing to worry about in the middle of the night.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

Yep. All RE is local.

Now watch out for that beast under your bed, in your closet, in your head!

 

[sputnam]

Semi-detached is an end unit. Of course, end units are attached. Personally, I think that terminology has the potential to be misleading.