Multi-Unit House Plans. How To Have Your Small Neighbourhood With Family and Friends

Multi-unit house plans are individual residences on a shared plot, set according to a pattern that allows a very economical use of the land. Each unit has its own building area and they all share a yard or porch. This structure is ideal for several families who wish to live together and share an outside space. Here are some multi-unit house plans and the advantages and disadvantages of these structures.

Each unit comprises all the necessary indoor spaces of a home.

Here is another model, with more common walls and individual porches.

Multi-unit house plans. Advantages

• Multi-unit house plans are a type of connected houses that make great use of a smaller plot
• Each home is easier and faster to build
• They can be one-story or two-story homes, depending on the available surface and the residents’ needs
• Outdoor space can be enhanced with rooftop terraces
• They can include garages or a more practical common parking space can be arranged for
• Services such as internet, cable and so on are more easily provided

Multi-unit house plans. Disadvantages

• Privacy issues may arise, if proper insulation isn’t done, because these homes share a number of walls
• Being differently orientated and sharing walls, these homes may have rooms that are nor properly illuminated and ventilated

Credits: behance.net/ Anca Lucia Costache, architect.com/ Alexandra Andrei, spatiulconstruit.ro