Apartment vs. Flat Two forms of residential facilities are becoming very popular around the world: apartments and flats. Different estate agents have their own definitions. Basically apartment and flat is the same. But what is the ​difference between a flat and an apartment​? Apartment is another name for a flat, especially in America and Canada. Apartment: the name for usual homes in USA, Canada, Hong Kong, etc. Flat- This is just how 'apartment' is said in the U.K, is a term mostly used in Europe to signify an apartment. There is no physical difference between an apartment and a flat, they both could look like each other. A flat is the British English equivalent of the word apartment. A flat is a single-family suite of rooms including a kitchen and at least one bathroom situated in a building with multiple such suites, a flat is generally a rental property.
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