Multi-family residential

A multiple dwelling ( abbreviated MFH ), multi-family residential building, is a residential building that is designed for multiple families or users or tenants. It is therefore in contrast to the single-family home (with or without granny flat ).

The individual apartments of a multi -family residential buildings are usually distributed on several floors. Larger multi-family homes are being counted so far for apartment buildings. Even with a group of terraced houses, which are not considered as blocks of flats, it can be a multi-family house.

A multi-family residential building and the associated land can be divided into Germany and Austria under the Condominium Act under different owners.

City ​​Villa

Today, modern, mostly detached multi-family homes are also touted as a town house, especially if they are in expensive residential areas and offer upscale amenities. Examples of the use of the term has been around since the International Building Exhibition 1984 in Berlin, where it is " no 'real' villas, but subsidized housing projects ." Consistently referred to the architectural critic Falk Jaeger these mansions as " rogue construction task ".

Multi-family homes in the German building stock

About 31 percent of the living space in Germany is provided by multi-family homes. They offer so after the family house, the second-largest living space. The buildings make it about 38 percent of the housing units. The units are therefore distinguished in comparison to the average home size in Germany by rather lower apartment sizes from. Many of the buildings were built in the years 1958-1968 and 1995-2001.