what is difference between penthouse and duplex apartment?
Answers:
a penthouse is on the top floor of an apartment building
a duplex (2) or triplex (3)is what looks like a house but actually is 2 or 3 separate units with a common stair well and front door
a semi-detached is 2 separate homes side by side, with a common wall
Other answers:
A duplex the apartments are two that are side by side. Penthouse: the suite is at the top floor of a highrise building.
A duplex the apartments are two that are side by side. Penthouse: the suite is at the top floor of a highrise building.
A penthouse is on the top floor. A duplex just means to apts. connected
A penthouse apartment is the apartment on the last floor of a high rise building (usually). It's usually bigger than the apartment below. A duplex kind of looks like a house, but are really two "apartments" that are connected, side by side, to each other.