[Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

[Alan Mintz]

At 2010-09-07 20:28, John F. Eldredge wrote:
>Other arrangements are common as well, such as duplexes (buildings holding 
>two households); the same property owner owns both halves of the building, 
>and the land underneath both; he or she may live in one half and rent out 
>the other half, or may rent out both halves.

Yup. You'd think I'd have not missed that one, having grown up in a duplex. :)

It seems, really, that this is a special case of a house, since people do 
the same with their houses (rent out part). Or maybe it's an apartment 
building (with only two units). My limited experience is that they are 
built more like houses/townhomes. I wouldn't be averse to adding 
housing_type=duplex for these. Are there tri-, quad-, etc. plexes?

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Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.net>