[Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

[Simon Biber]

On Wed, 8 September, 2010 1:47:22 PM, John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com> 
wrote:

> The problem with mixing ownership terms with building structure terms is that 
>you can't generally distinguish ownership by appearance, short of there being 
>signs stating the fact, or making inquiries.  I have heard of cases where some 
>units in a multi-household structure would be owned by the residents, while 
>other units would be available for lease, or even rented out month-by-month.

That is the usual case for units in Australia. Most apartment buildings are 
divided into  separate property for each apartment. The owner of each apartment 
pays  fees to a body corporate, which administers and maintains the building  
structure, common areas and surrounding land. Each owner may live in or  rent 
out his/her apartment and does not require anyone's permission to  do so. So 
there's usually a mix of both.