Also called a department, the use of one or another denomination depends on the Spanish-speaking regions in which it is located, it is a house, which can be small, medium or large, that integrates a building in which there are other similar houses.
It is regularly defined as a small house, with one or two rooms or rooms, kitchen and bathroom, designed to inhabit a person or a family and that is found with others of similar characteristics on the same floor, which form a building.
The construction of an apartment building was born looking for an economic solution, which is carried out through a common use of horizontal and vertical circulation areas, as well as water, sewage, gas and electricity installations and in many cases heating, Internet, cable.
In recent years, common spaces have been added for the inhabitants of these homes within the building such as a swimming pool, gym, meeting room or parties, among other proposals. Its purpose is that, because there is a reduced place to live, it can be expanded in activities that allow the psychic, physical and relational well-being of individuals. Since these spaces facilitate communication between neighbors.
From an urban point of view, this type of housing allows an economy of space, since many apartments are built on the same plot where a house can be arranged.
Typically, apartments consist of a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room or dining room, one or two bedrooms, and a balcony that is the main connection to the outside.
Anyway, it must be said that there are also apartments that have better amenities, more rooms and other areas that only bring comfort and luxury to the home, such as a laundry room, a service unit, which is the area where it is usually found.
The main difference that apartments present with respect to other types of houses is the surface they occupy, generally much smaller than a house.
Apartment buildings, in most cases, offer an economical solution, since they allow the common use of vertical and horizontal zones, that is, for example, a land in a large city where there is a significant demand for housing will be much better it used as a destination for an apartment building that house, as vertical construction, up, allow you to make several apartments in which more than one family can live, something that would not happen in the case in that field is decide to build only one house.
On the other hand, the economic benefit of an apartment building is also reported to other areas, such as water, drainage and electric light installations and the obtaining of services and common elements: boilers, incinerators, garages, laundries, terraces, space for game for children, gyms, among others.
