What is independent housing?

Answer 1

Independent housing referred to single-family single-family houses, including the more economical "small single-family houses" and relatively luxurious single-family houses. Its greatest advantage was that it had a private sky and land, and the quality of living was relatively high. Generally, every room had good lighting, natural ventilation, and could basically isolate external interference. There were usually large or small supporting gardens around them, and the community had a larger central green space, which was a better environment.

There were also some limitations to independent housing. For example, the distance between residents was large, making it difficult to form a close neighborhood relationship. The layout of the buildings was scattered, and the transportation distance between each household and the supporting facilities was large. The residents could only rely on car transportation. Moreover, independent houses were high-end products in the residential area. The area was generally no less than 200 square meters. The total price was high, and the purchase required strong economic strength.

In terms of usage, there were two trends: one was to use it as a family's daily residence, which was generally close to the city and convenient for transportation; the other was to use it as a weekend villa, which was the "2" in the "5+2" model (living in a city apartment from Monday to Friday and spending two days in a suburban villa on weekends).