What's a studio

[nq:1]Some rental ads list their house/room type as studio. How is it different from an apartment?[/nq]
In England, a studio is often a single room, but with its own door onto the stairs. My wife lives in a slightly more elaborate studio during the week. It is one large room plus a separate bathroom and small kitchen.
[nq:1]Then what is classified as a townhouse?[/nq]
There has been a

[nq:1]Some rental ads list their house/room type as studio. How is it different from an apartment? Then what is classified as a townhouse?[/nq]
Merriam-Webster Online:
"Main Entry: studio apartment
Function: noun
Date: 1903
a small apartment consisting typically of a main room, kitchenette, and bathroom "
This seems to agree with docrobin's understanding.

Using "st

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[nq:1]Then what is classified as a townhouse?[/nq]
A multi-level dwelling, occasionally as a duplex. The ones I've seen have no driveway, no garage, no back yard, etc. that you find in a typical house. They are also usually part of a community, sort of like apartment communities or gated complexes.

[nq:1]Some rental ads list their house/room type as studio. How is it different from an apartment?[/nq]
A studio is a type of appartment that doesn't have a bedroom separated from the rest of the living area. It will be one room, with part of it set up as a small kitchen, and with the only internal doors being to a bathroom and (probably) a closet or two.
[nq:1]Then what is classified as a

[nq:2]Some rental ads list their house/room type as studio. How is it different from an apartment?[/nq]
[nq:1]A studio is a type of appartment that doesn't have a bedroom separated from the rest of the living area. ... as a small kitchen, and with the only internal doors being to a bathroom and (probably) a closet or two.[/nq]
Incidentally, in your home town of Chicag* (The Second City), t

[nq:1]On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, it was written:[/nq]
[nq:2]Then what is classified as a townhouse?[/nq]
[nq:1]A multi-level dwelling, occasionally as a duplex. The ones I've seen have no driveway, no garage, no back yard, etc. that you find in a typical house. They are also usually part of a community, sort of like apartment communities or gated complexes.[/nq]
My duplex has a driveway, gara

[nq:1]On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, it was written:[/nq]
[nq:2]Then what is classified as a townhouse?[/nq]
[nq:1]A multi-level dwelling, occasionally as a duplex.[/nq]
Let's not forget that "duplex" has a different meaning in the New York metroplex (Largest Metroplex in America) (or at least in part of it).
[nq:1]The ones I've seen have no driveway, no garage, no back yard, etc. that you fi

[nq:1]Incidentally, in your home town of Chicag* (The Second City), there's a category in between "studio" and "one-bedroom" called "convertible". ... it? Before I moved to Chicag* I only knew "convertible" as a type of car and a type of sofa-thing.[/nq]
Well, on a page of "NYC Neighborhood & Real Estate Definitions", I find
convertible 2 - A one-bedroom with a windowed alcove large enough

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, it was written:
[nq:1]Some rental ads list their house/room type as studio. How is it different from an apartment?[/nq]
A studio (short for "studio apartment") is, in this context, a type of apartment. Generally, it is characterized by the absence of any bedroom separate from the main room of the apartment. By contrast, a "one-bedroom apartment" will have some sort of s

[nq:1]Some rental ads list their house/room type as studio. How is it different from an apartment? Then what is classified as a townhouse?[/nq]
"Studio apartment" or just "studio" indicates that there is not a separate room that serves as a bedroom: sleeping and living quarters, as well as whatever cooking and dining facilities you get, are all in one room.
"Townhouse" is more variable, bu