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A townhouse can be freehold or condo, and the two are managed very differently. Which one you own decides who maintains the roof and what the fee should be. The declaration answers it, so that is the first document read on a townhouse file.
Which one do you own
A freehold townhouse is a house that shares walls. Roof, heating, plumbing and the small yard all sit with the owner, and it is managed exactly as a detached house is.
A condo townhouse looks identical from the street and works like a condo suite. A corporation maintains the exterior and common elements, funded by a monthly contribution the owner already pays.
The title decides the fee, because the fee follows coordination load. Confirming which one it is takes minutes and is the first thing checked, alongside the fee schedule being set.
Taking on a townhouse
Freehold or condo, because everything from the fee to the repair path follows from it.
Condo townhouses carry a declaration; freehold ones may still sit under a shared maintenance agreement.
Photographed inside and out, including shared walls, fencing and whatever yard exists.
Seasonal work where it is the owner responsibility, nothing where the corporation carries it.
The shared-wall question
Shared walls transmit noise, and noise is the most common townhouse complaint. It is worth addressing in the lease rather than discovering it three months in when two tenants have stopped speaking.
Water travels too. A leak in a neighbouring unit can reach yours, and on a freehold row there is no corporation to coordinate the repair between owners. The maintenance path is different in each case.
Fencing, shared drives and boundary maintenance sit in the same category. All of it is recorded at the move-in inspection so a later dispute has a starting point, and any resulting work appears on the statement at cost.
Other property types
The fee follows the coordination load.
Townhouses, answered
The questions that follow from the title type.
Freehold townhouse with a shared fence dispute they settled with the neighbour directly. I only heard about it in the monthly note.
The condo townhouse rules on parking and exterior changes were explained to the tenant at signing. No complaints from the corporation.
They priced the townhouse against actual townhouse comparables, not detached homes. The number was right and it leased fast.
Snow clearing and lawn care are in the lease and they check it is happening. The corporation has never had to write to me.
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Title type confirmed first, because a freehold row and a condo townhouse are two different jobs at two different rates.
Title checked first · Rules read · Typical ranges, not quotes