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mstislavl ([personal profile] mstislavl) wrote2004-03-15 08:04 pm

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I've developed a crazy idea to buy a flat in NCL. I have enough money for a deposit and there are banks that provide mortgage to people on work permits - Halifax, for example. As soon as I bring nIcholas over, I wouldn't be able to rent a room and flat's rent is comparable with a mortgage. So why waste the money?

In Britain,

[identity profile] farraige.livejournal.com 2004-03-15 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
townhouses and terraced houses are two different things, although the basic notion of having neighbours to your right and left, but not on top + own front door and garden(s) is applicable to both. a townhouse in the British sense of the word is a three-storied affair with a garage on the ground floor and a utility room/kitchen at the back, whereas an ordinary terrace lacks those niceties.