Types of Properties

Apartment - Flat, Condo, Studio

A room or group of related rooms used as a dwelling, amongst similar groups in a building have a common building entrance but individual dwelling entrances.

Bungalow

A one-storey house, cottage or cabin. Usually detached

Farmhouse

A traditional dwelling housing farm animals and crops on the ground level and the farmer and his family on the first floor. Typically, Maltese farmhouses are set around an open courtyard and are over 100 years old. They will include many traditional features such as: mill rooms, arched stoned ceilings, niches, mangers, fresh water wells and flagstone floors. Farmhouses are built with limestone blocks of approx 10 inches high and 19 inches long. The walls are traditionally very thick (about 1 metre) and the apertures small – thus keeping the buildings cool in the summer and protected in the winter. The roofs are made of limestone slabs supported by wooded beams.
Many farmhouses have been converted, refurbished or restored.

Houses of Character

A House of Character is similar to a Farmhouse but was not used to house animals.

Maisonette

A self-contained apartment within a larger building with its own external entrance.

Penthouse

An apartment or dwelling situated on the roof of a dwelling, usually set back from the outer walls, a specially designed apartment on the top of a building or a residence on the top floor of a building with a terrace.

Superior / Seafront Apartment

Apartment in an exclusive block or seafront with excellent views.

Terraced House

A non-detached house (usually in a row) with a back garden or terrace.

Town House

A house in a town occupied entirely by one family, usually luxurious and joined by common sidewalls. A town house is two or more storeys and may have an underground garage.

Villa

A large luxurious house either semi-detached or detached with substantial outside area. Usually with a good sized garage.

Commercial

• Retail outlets
• Catering establishments
• Offices
• Hotels
• Business Premises
• Garages
• Showrooms
• Warehouses
• Industrial