Household Size and the Housing Stock

Re:Household Size and the Housing Stock by seanmcdirmid on Saturday April 20, 2024 @02:16PM (#40099495)

I would say 25% of the townhomes here in Ballard are row homes that share walls, the rest are townhomes with footpath sized spacing between them. It isn’t a matter of heat here in Seattle, heat pumps are efficient and insulation between homes is pretty good.

Besides cost savings, you can fit more in if you don’t have those foot paths between, but the market isn’t into it.

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Re:Household Size and the Housing Stock by OJFord on Saturday April 20, 2024 @05:22PM (#40101125)

Sorry, 'heat' was a typo for 'hear' - air gap not to hear the neighbours, I wasn't worrying about cheap neighbours sapping up your heat, ha. (Although anecdotally, that can be huge for mid-storey flat/apartments, not completely stupid.)

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Re:Household Size and the Housing Stock by seanmcdirmid on Saturday April 20, 2024 @05:56PM (#40101359)

In Southern China, flats built as early as just 10 years ago lack indoor heating and reasonable insulation. So even if you want to heat your apartment with a space heater, you aren’t going to get very far. The coldest 5C I ever experienced.

Noise is an issue. In particular the one I really wanted to buy overlooking the Ballard locks, we suspected that the unit next to us was a party airBnB.

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