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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
And he was right to because you are wrong on this and you were passing on bad info. Duplex owners actually have fewer mechanisms (like noise restrictions) to live peacefully with their neighbors. He likes to bang on drums at 2:00am? Too bad. You want a brick one, he wants to paint the walls white? You end up with this:
Duplex owners typically have Party Wall Agreements - at least the newer ones. Older units might be out of luck.
Here's a great story about Duplexes gone wrong:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03...ur-neighbours/
Snoeshoe - Bottom line - in any sort of shared living, be it an apartment condo, or duplex, or townhouse - you're going to have to give up some of your freedoms in order to live in proximity with your neighbors. In exchange you will pay less up front and have the luxury of a "low maintenance" lifestyle. You need to weigh whether you want to accept these tradeoffs for paying less on the purchase price. While it may seem draconian - from my experience 75% of people are just fine to pass the maintenance decision over to someone else and just cut cheques as needed. |
Not seeing your point here. You actually just proved mine better than I could. You own half the building, paint it however you want.
A friend of mine owns a half, he just put stacco on it, the other half is siding. It was his choice to do that. I agree, not the best look, but he likes it.