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Old 06-28-2009, 12:07 PM   #2
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Townhouse is the style of building, usually 2 or 3 stories, sometimes with a garage on the bottom level. Units are in a row and share side walls, but not the front/back. Also, nobody lives above or below anybody else.

Condos usually mean you own from the drywall in of your unit, and a shared portion of the entire structure/property.

I own what the builder called a "townhouse style condo". 1 block over, there are condos that are not townhouses, they are more like apartments where each owner has part of a single floor, and they live above or below someone else.

I assume it is possible to have a townhouse that is not also a condo, but I'm not sure how the property line works there if they are physically connected.
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