what is the difference between living in a house and living in an apartment?

Question

I'm trying to write a comparison essay about these two topics.

Answer 1

Apartments are small, with usually no backyard, sometimes a balcony, 1-2 bedroom , in a highrise building or an 'apartment block' with no garage, everything compact , for example the laundery in a cubboard, usually in citys, and built up areas with not much space. Apartments usually share common walls with neighbours.

Houses are much bigger with backyards, clothes lines, perhaps a pool or whatever, multiple bedrooms, studys, garage.
Houses are separted from neighbours.

Both can be permanent.

Answer 2

When you rent an apartment, each month you pay to live there and that is all. You pay to live there. At the end of your lease you can be denied a new one, the owner could sell the building to someone that doesn't take care of it. At any rate, you are not given any choices are say in how the property looks or what things can be changed.
When you own a home, each month you pay your payment and it becomes closer to being yours without a hitch. You can change the paint in or out, you can make a driveway or you can build a garage. You can fence it in or you can put in a new lawn. You can do all these things because it is your own.
What you didn't specify is whether you meant own a home vs renting an apartment or did you mean renting an apartment or renting a house. If you meant the latter, then the difference would be that in an apartment you have neighbors in a much closer proximity than if you lived in a house. Go for the house. You can find house payments that are cheaper than a months rent. Consider it an investment in yourself. good luck

Answer 3

More privacy in a house. With apartments, I found I always had to watch how loud the TV, etc., was. When we rented a house and there were people living in the basement apartment, the downstairs neighbors constantly complained about the noise my kids made, even when all they were doing was walking through the house. My husband and I bought our own home and even though it needs a lot of work, at least we'll have something to show for our money when we're done. To me, paying rent is just throwing money out the window. Plus we get to do the house over the way we want to. Not like an apartment where you are limited by what the landlord will allow.

Answer 4

In my house: I make my own rules. I can have a dog without asking anybody. Nobody gets my parking space. I have to fix stuff if it breaks cause I am now the landlord. I can paint any color I want. I have to keep the yards up. I have to pay property taxes. One day I will own it. My neighbors have been here for years. I have plenty of room and can build more.
In an apartment: If something breaks someone else will fix it for free. I can only paint the walls white. I only have 1 or 2 parking spaces. Someone else cuts the grass. I will never own it. I don't have to pay property tax. My neighbors change almost yearly. This is all the room I will have.

Answer 5

We lived in several apartments in the US and overseas. Now we own a home and actually have a place to call home that our kids can grow up in.

The biggest difference is being able to do whatever you want to the home and the surroundings.

I would say a house is like planting a tree. You can grow it in a pot and move it to a new pot, but it can only grow so much in any given pot. However if you plant that tree outside in the sun and rain it will grow and reach its potential.

You can grow in a house and every aspect of it can be yours. In an apartment you can only do so much.

Answer 6

There is something to be said for both. In an apartment, you don't have the maintenance responsibility, taxes, insurance. But you also don't get to make changes to your place, have privacy or the pride in ownership that you get from owning a house. When you are buying a house, you are making an investment, if you rent you are adding to someone else's investment.

Answer 7

Apartment is not so private as house. In apt. you can sometimes hear the neighbors arguing. ( or making up ) House has yardwork involved, apt. does not. In apt. you may have the landlord living in the same building. A house you don't. If Pets are important it is harder to find apt than a house that allows them .

Answer 8

I live in house and I think it is better cause in apartment u must respect the rules like no loud music,no screaming,and things like that and in tha house u can do whatever u want,u dont have to care about somebody else RESPECT :)

Answer 9

A house obviously has just optimally one family living in it while an apartment has many families individuals living clustered next to each other.

Answer 10

The biggest difference is that you can't play really loud music in an apartment as easily. Apartments often have stairs, or may need a lift(elevator) to get to your floor.