Comments on: Can you sell your flat, which is rented from somebody?

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:51:52 +0000

English is very confusing. Many people refer to an “apartment” as something that is not a house. That’s where it could be confusing. Clarification is needed but not provided in this case.

By: Landlord 91335

Landlord 91335 — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:54:02 +0000

In some areas..New York, for one, they call condominiums “apartments” or “flats” and they buy and sell them as Single Family Residences. They actually own them….its just a name confusion. We are accustomed to calling privately owned apartments “condominiums”…people in other regions are using different names for the same thing.

By: 3595

3595 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:42:11 +0000

You can buy apartments, although somebody else still owns the whole building. I -think- it’s called leasehold, where you own it for a certain number of years.