[Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/9/8 Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at earthlink.net>:
> 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?


It is a own case (duplex), there are also triplex (but they are rare
and might be considered a special case). I'm not familiar with the
housing typology in the US but I'd expect terraced houses to exist as
well, e.g. in San Francisco.

cheers,
Martin