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Linked house

 
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A linked house is a type of home whereby the homes above ground appear to be detached, but they share a common wall in the basement or foundation.

In Malaysia, This type of house is also known as terrace house. Linked house is a row of houses of similar fontage width and length. The house are attached and sharing a common party wall. The number of units and length of each row is controlled by the Uniform Building By Law standards which is about 200ft or about 8-12 units in a row. This linkhouses are traditionally built by the Chinese community in the 1900s in various part of Malacca and Penang.

This style was popular in the 1970s and 1980s in the Greater Toronto Area.

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