Is renting a Townhome and Renting a Apartment the same thing?

SexyEyez89: Is renting a Townhome and Renting a Apartment the same thing?
I have currently seen a good deal for a 3 bdrm Townhome, But me and my husband (and 2 small children) only know about renting an apartment, Is renting an apartment and renting an townhouse the same thing? Will i still be able to stick with a 1 year lease? Will the Landlord still be responsible for building matience (lawn care, and garbage removal?) what are the differences between the two? Oh and we are only 21 and 23 yrs old, if that makes a difference.

Answers and Views:

Answer by kemperk
excellent questions:

a town-home and apt are built differently but some apts have undergone upgrades and have
been converted to town-home complexes. YOU want to make sure yours did not go through
one of those. An apt complex usually has one single or 2 or 3 massive buildings with
huge numbers of apt units within Often upstairs and downstairs units.

A town-home is built with superior materials, has nicer grounds, has an HOA [home owners
assn] and the like.

OFten a clue for TH vs apts is the number of units per group. a TH often will have
2 to 4 per “complex.”

Get hold of the associations’ minutes and see if the assn was created months or years
after the complex was built.

Also, a condo and TH are cousins–the only dif being the legals–one owns the
air, one owns the land. Stupid dif.

Answer by Reena
The difference between Apartment and Townhouse is a building style.
Townhouses are at least 2 stories high. You have a second floor upstairs and apartment is on one level only.

That is the only difference. Whether or not a landlord includes all of the things you are concerned about has nothing to do with the unit being an apartment or a town house. (town home).

Those things change from landlord to landlord. Some may include everything from a gardener to garbage pickup and some landlords expect you to take care or pay for all of those things yourself.
Some want you to sign a lease and some are month to month only.

As long as you are at least 18… age does not matter. What matters is your credit history and your income.