A linked house is a type of house whereby the homes above ground appear to be

detached A single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling, single-family residence (SFR) or separate house is a free-standing residential building. It is defined in opposition to a multi-family residential dwelling. Definitions ...

, but they share a common wall in the basement or foundation. In terms of value, a linked house would be generally more expensive than a semi-detached house but less expensive than a truly detached house. The linked house style was popular in the 1970s and 1980s in the

Greater Toronto Area The Greater Toronto Area, commonly referred to as the GTA, includes the Toronto, City of Toronto and the regional municipality, regional municipalities of Regional Municipality of Durham, Durham, Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton, Regional ...

, where builders could "construct what looked like detached houses on lots which were designated for semi-detached models". A linked house, however, is not a

semi-detached A semi-detached house (often abbreviated to semi) is a single-family Duplex (building), duplex dwelling that shares one common party wall, wall with its neighbour. The name distinguishes this style of construction from detached houses, with no sh ...

house since no above-ground walls are shared. A subset of semi-detached house where a pair of homes share basement and garage walls are called ''linked semi-detached'' but these are not considered linked houses. Compared to neighboring pair of true

houses, a pair of linked homes will be extremely close together with a narrow unusable alley. However, this difference may not be necessarily noticeable unless measured or checking municipal zoning, and real-estate agents have often unscrupulously advertised a linked house as a detached house on the resale market. Today, builders will opt to build true detached homes because they can sell for much more than linked houses, enough to offset the savings of a common foundation in linked houses.http://www.northofthecityhomes.com/b/blog/whats-the-difference-between-a-linked-home-and-a-semi-detached-home.html

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