Oregon Just Voted to Legalize Duplexes on Almost Every City Lot

Re:Oregon Just Voted to Legalize Duplexes on Almost Every Ci... by CalRobert on Monday July 01, 2019 @06:43AM (#20324081)

Two end of terrace houses next to each other. If you want a standard "semi-detached" house in the US it's normally called a townhouse (or similar).

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Re:Oregon Just Voted to Legalize Duplexes on Almost Every Ci... by souprock on Monday July 01, 2019 @07:08PM (#20330621)

To be a duplex, it needs to be 2 homes on one property that are touching. It is expected that the wall would be shared and that the two homes would be mirror images of each other. There exist houses that touch each other but are on separate lots; these are not duplexes.

A townhouse is 2-story and it touches another one. It could be a duplex, but it might be on a separate lot or it might be part of a group of more than 2.

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Re:Oregon Just Voted to Legalize Duplexes on Almost Every Ci... by CalRobert on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @05:48AM (#20333591)

I wasn't aware of the lot distinction. I believe we agree otherwise, though.

In the UK, Ireland, etc. a "terraced" house is essentially what we'd call a townhouse - they can be in groups of 2, 3, 20, etc.

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