What is duplex? Going beyond the mere concept of a place to stay, Duplex apartment is considered a place that satisfies all customers' needs for a classy, modern and comfortable place to live. CEat for Duplex emerging as a symbol of luxury, brings a different living experience, place modern architecture blends with a sophisticated living space. Let's go together S-House learn about Duplex apartment What is that? What is the difference between a duplex apartment and similar types of housing that are easily confused such as penthouses, 2-story houses, sky villas? This article will help you have an overview of duplex and its differences compared to other types of housing.
What is a Duplex Apartment? Distinguishing between Duplex and Penthouse Apartment
What is a duplex apartment?
What is duplex? Duplex apartment is a type of duplex apartment, designed to connect 2 floors (usually 2 consecutive floors in the same high-rise apartment building), creating an expanded, luxurious and highly aesthetic living space. Duplex apartments often have larger areas. Duplex apartment interior design Luxurious, high-class interior, much more spacious space than conventional apartments, allowing residents to have more living space and diverse functions, located in a beautiful location with full outstanding amenities. Therefore, owners of Duplex apartments are often people from the upper class, businessmen, celebrities, high-income earners...
Duplex apartments belong to the high-end housing segment in Vietnam
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Characteristics of Duplex apartments
When talking about duplex apartments, it is impossible not to mention the typical double-storey architecture of this type. The concept of duplex here means that this apartment will have a ground floor and a first floor, between the two floors there will be an empty space "connected" to each other like a large skylight and is usually designed in the living room area.
+ About area: Normally, Duplex apartments have a height of 4-6 m, creating an airy and luxurious living space. The area is usually from 100–300 m², flexibly arranged with many function rooms.
+ About location: Most Duplex apartments are in large projects, located near the city center, near the sea, near rivers and lakes and ensure convenient transportation. With a prime location, the view from Duplex will cover the entire surrounding landscape, bringing a worth-living experience to customers.
+ About design: Duplex has a unique multi-storey design, suitable for spacious and comfortable living needs for large families. Most Duplex apartments make the most of the open space with tempered glass to maximize the view of the outside space and optimize the natural light source entering the house.
+ Regarding security issues: As a type of high-end housing, security is always a top priority and strictly guaranteed. There is a security camera system throughout the hallways and elevators, and an elevator card swiping system by floor to limit risks surrounding building security.
+ About price: Compared to a Penthouse apartment, a Duplex has a lower price, compared to a regular Duplex apartment, the price is much higher. In fact, the price of a Duplex apartment will be several times higher than a regular apartment. The price factor will depend on many related factors such as area, project segment, surrounding amenities, location and vision...
With these advantages, Duplex apartments are increasingly attracting great attention from the high-end real estate market.
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Advantages of Duplex apartments
Duplex apartment Outstanding with classy multi-floor design, spacious area and airy high ceilings. Classified as the most expensive housing.
Unique Duplex apartment architectural design
Duplex apartment Possessing unlimited panoramic views from high floors, allowing owners to enjoy the city scene from all angles. Outstanding with a unique atrium design, a "renovation" that meets the modern needs of users.
Luxurious, high-end interior
The interior design of the duplex apartment is carefully invested, showing the class and personality of the owner. The design style often tends toward modernity and luxury with high-quality materials. When duplex apartment interior design, homeowners can arrange more spaces to fully utilize the area such as massage room, reading room, bar room... depending on the homeowner's preferences.
Gym amenities are integrated to increase comfort
Duplex apartment has a large area
Duplex stands out with spacious and airy space, similar to a penthouse or sky villa. A duplex apartment, in addition to having a floor plan, must also be large to be considered a duplex. Ceiling heights of 5–6 m, large glass door systems and open-floor designs help optimize natural light, creating a modern and classy living space.
Take advantage of natural light:
Taking advantage of natural light is an issue that many homeowners are concerned about, no matter what type of apartment you own. Designed with many tempered glass surfaces and large windows, Duplex apartments make the most of natural light, creating a fresh and airy living space. Solutions such as curtains are integrated to ensure privacy and adjust lighting when necessary.
Modern living environment
Projects with Duplex apartments are often high-end projects with synchronous and modern utility systems. The combination of high-class internal amenities and luxurious interiors inside the apartment creates a perfect living environment for residents.
The special feature of Duplex apartments also lies in the elite residential community. A classy living environment attracts successful professionals and businessmen, creating a civilized and classy community. Community clubs are designed separately, creating classy exchange spaces. All of these factors contribute to creating an ideal living space, worthy of the owner's class.
Disadvantages
Because of their large area and many amenities, duplex apartments often have higher prices than regular apartments. Upkeep and maintenance of a duplex apartment will also be more expensive. If you intend to rent to others and live in a Duplex apartment, it will be quite inconvenient to separate living space when having to share living areas.
The difference between Duplex apartments and other types of housing
What is the difference between a Duplex apartment and a Penthouse apartment?
Duplex apartment is one of the types of real estate available Limited quantity at high-end projects. Although they have many similarities in common, Duplex apartments and Penthouse apartments still have clear differences, which are:
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Similarities
- Has a large area
- Located on a high floor in an apartment tower or high-rise building
- Has luxurious and classy architecture and interior
- Has a beautiful view
- Has extremely high value and is usually only suitable for the rich
- These two types do not have separate entrances like Sky Villa.
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PENTHOUSE |
| Duplex apartments are located on the high floors of buildings and apartments but are not the highest |
Penthouse is located on the top floor of an apartment building project. But it will be located below Sky Villa |
| Duplex can be arranged on any floor of the building with a typical design of 2 connected floors |
Penthouse always occupies a unique position on the top floor and can be designed with one or more floors depending on the project concept. |
| Duplex usually has an area of 100-300m2 with a 5-6m high ceiling design |
Penthouses have an area of 200-500 square meters or more and are often favored with a separate garden space. |
| Duplex often uses the same building amenities |
Penthouses enjoy many unique privileges such as private elevators, private swimming pools and sky gardens, creating a different class for the owner. |
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There is no outside space (balcony) like Penthouse
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Penthouse apartment has outside space
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The value of Duplex apartments is about 20-30% higher than regular apartments.
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Penthouses always hold the most premium position with prices that can be 2-3 times higher than regular apartments, truly reflecting the unique value of the product. |
Duplex and Penthouse
What is the difference between duplex apartments and penthouse villas?
Houses with 2 or more floors with atriums are increasingly popular. So does this count as a duplex? We temporarily analyze as follows:
Duplex is the term for an apartment in an apartment building, designed to connect 2 floors by internal stairs inside the same building block. Duplex apartments follow the standard apartment design with a specifically limited area. Duplex floors do not have their own land red books, belong to the apartment and are located in the apartment building. Therefore, if the project is a separate townhouse or separate villa, even if it has a duplex, it will not be called a Duplex.
Duplex in townhouse type
In fact, atrium (also known as “void” or “double-height space”) is a design technique that creates space between floors, making the higher space more airy. Get better natural light. Creates a spacious and luxurious feeling. The design of double floors in townhouses, villas, and garden houses is very popular today, especially in the living room, lobby, or stairs in the middle of the house. But this is just a design element, it does not change the legal type of the house.
Multi-storey villa
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Reasons why Duplex apartments are increasingly popular
CEat for Duplex is growing strongly due to many factors. First, people's living standards are increasing; The upper class owns many apartments at the same time and wants a comfortable and modern living space. Therefore, duplex apartments are also appearing more and more.
Regarding profit potential, Duplex apartments have many notable advantages. The scarcity of this type - usually only accounting for 5-10% of the total number of apartments in a project - helps maintain value and the ability to increase prices over time. Statistics show that the price increase rate of Duplex apartments is often 15-20% higher than regular apartments in the same project after 2-3 years.
In addition, many foreigners residing in Vietnam want to own a duplex apartment with high-end amenities and see duplex apartments as a type of investment. With the advantage of being located right in a large building, duplex apartments are often built in prime locations, near shopping centers, convenience stores, restaurants, schools and other internal amenities that have both area and utility advantages. This is also one of the reasons why duplex is increasingly popular.
How much does it cost to complete a Duplex apartment?
Besides learning about what duplex is, apartment interior construction costs This is also something that many customers refer to. The cost of completing a duplex apartment will depend on many factors such as whether there is rough renovation or not, finishing materials, area, design and available utilities in the apartment. However, with a large area and many amenities, the cost of completing a duplex apartment will be higher than that of regular apartments.
To design duplex apartment To maximize functionality, architects often consider making effective use of space on 2 floors to fully arrange different functional areas such as living room, bedroom or office, dining room and kitchen, etc. Therefore, considering the design budget and interior space arrangement for a duplex apartment is very important to ensure convenience and comfort for the homeowner.
Normally, a Duplex apartment will cost between 12 million - 80 million/m². Sometimes there will be many newly designed and completed apartments that will cost up to 100 million/m2. In summary, the budget you have to spend will range from a minimum of 10 - 20 billion, even more for a Duplex apartment.
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Some beautiful Duplex apartment designs at S-House
S-House would like to introduce to homeowners beautiful duplex apartment models with new and impressive designs, diverse in number of bedrooms as well as design style so that homeowners can refer to and have more unique ideas for their home!
Duplex apartment interior design in minimalist style
Duplex apartment 800m2 designed to serve as both a residence and an ideal resort for three-generation families. With a total area of more than 800m², this apartment not only meets daily living needs but also provides space for maximum relaxation and enjoyment for all members.
External scene The apartment is cared for in harmony between nature and modern amenities. The spacious garden is designed with a naturally shaped swimming pool. BBesides, the outdoor dining area with a modern BBQ grill, large dining table, and flexible roof system is the perfect place to organize cozy family parties.
The outdoor dining area with a modern BBQ grill organizes cozy family parties
The entertainment area specifically for children helps children have space to be creative and have fun
Interior Minimalist style duplex apartment Focus on simplicity, modernity and optimization of living space. Main tones such as white, gray, and beige are used, combined with warm natural wood and black metal to create subtle accents. The entire space uses premium materials such as natural stone, large tempered glass, and metal, bringing luxurious beauty and long-lasting durability.
The sofa set, kitchen island and dining table are all chosen in a minimalist style but still ensure comfort.
Taking advantage of the spacious and airy terrain, the duplex apartment is designed in an open, multi-story style, with large glass doors to let in natural light, creating a feeling of airiness and seamless connection between areas.
In addition to common living areas, the apartment also focuses on privacy with bedrooms designed specifically for each generation. Each bedroom has a simple but modern style. Master bedrooms are designed with spacious, comfortable and modern space. Smart design combined with natural light helps the space become luxurious and airy, bringing a classy living experience to the family.
An entertainment room or quiet reading corner is also arranged with built-in bookshelves, comfortable reading chairs, or a movie screen for relaxing family evenings.
The entire space is optimized by using smart wall cabinets and multi-functional furniture, helping to make the most of the area and keeping the apartment tidy. Flexible interior arrangement ensures the apartment can easily change functions when necessary.
This duplex apartment is a perfect combination of minimalist, modern style and scientific space arrangement, bringing an ideal living experience for the entire three-generation family.
Interior design of duplex apartment in European country style
Characterized by decorative details and delicate molding patterns, the interior has a classic look but is streamlined to fit the apartment space. High-quality materials such as wood and marble add elegance. Lighting is emphasized with impressive chandeliers. The design still ensures modern functionality, harmoniously combining classic beauty and contemporary convenience.
Apartment living room interior design in neoclassical style combined with country (country)
The open design connects the spaces to make the apartment more airy
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The interior space of the duplex apartment combines neoclassical style with French country style
Hopefully through this article of S-House will help you understand better What is a duplex apartment? as duplex apartment interior design trends and profitable investment potential from this type of housing.
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