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What is the difference between a flat and an apartment?
What is the difference between a flat and an apartment?
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Americans say 'apartment' when we would say 'flat'. .
It's misplaced snobbery and fashion in Britain to refer to a flat as an apartment. Truly rich or aristocratic British people still refer to their flat as a flat. Estate agents of class call them flats too, unless they are hoping to sell to Americans or other foreigners . Flat in American has a bad connotation and in other languages e.g French, the word apartment is readily understood (In French, for example, it is 'appartement')
It's misplaced snobbery and fashion in Britain to refer to a flat as an apartment. Truly rich or aristocratic British people still refer to their flat as a flat. Estate agents of class call them flats too, unless they are hoping to sell to Americans or other foreigners . Flat in American has a bad connotation and in other languages e.g French, the word apartment is readily understood (In French, for example, it is 'appartement')
As someone living in an "appartment ",my understanding is a flat has a communal entrance leading to internal personal entrances.
An appartment has its own private outside entrance. Nothing posh or snobbery about it at all.
Same applies to a Penthouse Flat / Appartment.....it just means a flat on the top floor.
DD
An appartment has its own private outside entrance. Nothing posh or snobbery about it at all.
Same applies to a Penthouse Flat / Appartment.....it just means a flat on the top floor.
DD
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