House, Apartment, Condo, or Townhouse? Picking Your Home Type
The listing flow asks what kind of home you have. Here is what each choice means, what to pick when you are torn, and where your answer shows up.
The itsFurnished Team·
This is a one-tap question: what kind of home is it? House, Apartment, Condo, Townhouse, Guesthouse, or Other.
It asks about the building, not about how much of it a guest gets. That is a separate question. So if you rent out one bedroom in your house, the answer here is still House.
The choices
- House: a standalone home on its own lot that does not share walls with a neighbor.
- Apartment: a unit inside a larger building with other units, usually with a shared entrance, hallway, or stairwell.
- Condo: like an apartment inside, but the unit is individually owned rather than part of one rented building.
- Townhouse: a home that shares a wall with the home next door and has its own front door.
- Guesthouse: a separate, smaller home on the same property as another home. Casitas, ADUs, in-law suites, garage apartments, and backyard cottages all count.
- Other: anything that does not fit, like a loft, a tiny home, or a converted barn. Your photos and description do the explaining.
Close calls, settled
- Condo or apartment? Go by ownership. An individually owned unit is a Condo. A unit in a building that rents its units is an Apartment.
- Townhouse or house? Go by walls. A shared wall with a neighbor means Townhouse.
- Guesthouse or apartment? Go by the lot. A separate structure sharing a property with a main home is a Guesthouse.
- Duplex? Townhouse if the two halves sit side by side with their own doors, House if it lives like one home.
- Still torn? Pick the closest one. Guests can filter search by home type, so a named type is easier to find than Other.
What your answer changes
Together with what guests will have, it becomes the short description of your home on its listing page and search card, like an entire apartment or a room in a house. It also decides which home type filters you match.
It does not affect your rent, fees, or stay length.
Changing it later
You can change it anytime, before or after you publish, from the rooms and beds part of your listing.
Related
- Entire place or private room?: how much of the home a guest gets
- The full guide to listing your home
Common questions
- What is the difference between a condo and an apartment when listing a home?
- Ownership. A condo is a unit that is individually owned; an apartment is a unit in a building that rents its units. From inside, guests experience them much the same way.
- Is a townhouse a house?
- Not for this question. If your home shares a wall with the home next door and has its own front door, pick Townhouse. A standalone home on its own lot is a House.
- What counts as a guesthouse?
- A separate, smaller home on the same property as another home. Casitas, ADUs, in-law suites, garage apartments, and backyard cottages all count.
- What should I pick if I only rent out one room?
- The type of the whole building, such as House. A separate question is where you say guests get a private room.
- What if my home does not match any of the choices?
- Pick Other and let your photos and description tell guests the rest. If one of the named types is close, it is usually the better pick, because guests filter by them.
- Can I change my home type after publishing?
- Yes. You can change it anytime from the rooms and beds part of your listing.
- Does my home type affect my rent or fees?
- No. It only shapes how your home is described and which home type filters it matches.