Patent ID: 6698147
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
An apartment, condominium building or townhouse construction comprising,a hallway area for providing access into or from the building, a pair of units each defining a self-contained living space spaced forwardly from the hallway area, a first one of said units being spaced vertically directly above the second other said unit, said first and second units being laterally defined by a pair of most preferably parallel vertically extending sidewalls, and further including an interior central dividing wall interposed between and most preferably parallel to said sidewalls, a first planar horizontal slab spanning between said sidewalls and defining an upper ceiling of said first unit, a second planar horizontal slab spaced about 2.5 storeys vertically beneath said first slab, said second slab spanning between said sidewalls and defining a lower floor of said second unit, each of said units further including a forwardmost principal living area defined laterally by a first one of said sidewalls and said dividing wall, and a forwardmost secondary living area defined laterally by the dividing wall and the second other one of said sidewalls, the principal living area of the first unit being spaced vertically directly above the forwardmost secondary living area of the second unit and separated therefrom by a horizontally extending principal area floor surface spanning between said dividing wall and said first sidewall, said principal area floor surface being located approximately one regular storey above said second slab and approximately 1.5 storeys below said first slab, the forwardmost secondary living area of the first unit being spaced directly above and separated from the primary living area of the second unit by a horizontally extending secondary floor surface spaced approximately one regular storey below said first slab and approximately 1.5 storeys above said second slab.