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Huh, I seem to have different vocabulary for these things. I would call a fully detached house on a tiny section a townhouse. I'd call what you have pictured terraced housing.
I have no idea where I got these words from.
Technically speaking I think a townhouse is anything in a complex on shared land. But in NZ real estate terminology the not joined up ones tend to just be called "cross-lease" houses, whereas the joined up/terracey ones are called "townhouses".
Hence I used scare quotes and included a picture, cos I know it's not universal!
I think most people refer to anything that's denser than single family homes but not as dense a apartments as townhouses.
I think cross lease is a different thing and refers to how the land is divided legally? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Definitely, if I remember right it was always cheaper to set up a cross lease than to subdivide a section, so most of the old freestanding infill falls into that category.
Yeah also slightly denser older places like granny flats. Causes a lot of headaches down the line when shared structures need maintenance and one of the owners is a slumlord, especially with the increase in heavy rain in recent years and neglected drainage.
Yeah the maintenance agreements can be a nightmare.
Also I heard a bizarre story about a cross lease neighbours at war type situation where there were no legally defined outdoor areas so these guys were hanging out on the other people's deck all the time to annoy them.