What's the difference between an apartment and an ordinary house?

The difference between apartments and ordinary houses is: different property rights, different land properties and different water and electricity charging standards.

1, water and electricity charges are different: the house belongs to civil residence, and water and electricity charges are charged according to civil water and electricity standards; The apartment belongs to commercial housing, and the utilities are charged according to the commercial water and electricity standards.

2. Different land properties: The land properties of apartment buildings are usually commercial land, educational land or comprehensive land, while ordinary houses can only be built on residential land.

3. Different tenure of property rights: The tenure of land use for apartments is generally 40 to 50 years, and that for ordinary houses is generally 70 years.

Matters needing attention

1. Pay attention to the property right of the house: when buying a house, you can determine the property right nature of the house by looking at the land use certificate of the house.

2. Choose brand developers: Try to choose brand developers because they are more powerful and secure than other small and medium-sized developers.

3. Choose a superior location: choose a location with mature business circle and convenient transportation, which is not only convenient for renting a house, but also has a large appreciation space.