Mansyon and Apart

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     Hello!
     I will tell you about mansyon and apart in Japanese.
     Both mansyon and apart in Japanese are apartments in English. Then, what is the difference between mansyon and apart in Japanese? Is there a definition of the defference between mansyon and apart in Japanese? Few people know this, so I look into the difference between mansyon and apart in Japanese in detail.
     In conclusion, the clear definition between mansyon and apart in Japanese do not exist, so if a real estate agent thinks a building as mansyon, the building is mansyon, and if a real estate agent thinks a building as apart, the building is apart. In short, different real estate agents have different ideas of what the difference between mansyon and apart in Japanese are. However, generally speaking, a quasi-fireproof and low-rise property of wooden frame and lightweight steel frame is called apart, and fireproof multifamily housing of steel-reinforced concrete and reinforced concrete is called mansyon.

     I summarized the each feature of mansyon and apart in Japanese.

■What is mansyon in Japanese?
・Fireproof structure of reinforced concrete and steel-reinforced concrete
・Being able to build high-rise housing
・High sound insulation
・High-grade sense
・Rents of the expense of mansyon are higher than that of apart because it cost more money to built mansyon than apart.
・Administrative costs of mansyon are higher than that of apart because in many cases mansyon is equipped with elevators and a caretaker is in mansyon.

■What is apart in Japanese?
・Semi-fireproof structure of wooden frame or lightweight steel frame
・Most of apart in Japanese are two-storied building.
・it is impossible to build high-rise building because its structure is weak.
・Rents of the expense of apart are cheaper than that of mansyon because it cost less money to built apart than mansyon.
・Administrative costs of apart are cheaper than that of mansyon because in many cases apart is equipped with no elevator and a caretaker is not in apart.


      Then, in the above, what is the biggest difference between mansyon and apart when you live every day?  It is "how you hear the sound". It is apart that it is easy to hear the sound of neighbor and the upper and lower floors. Even if apart have structure of lightweight steel frame, walls and floors are the same as wooden, so perhaps it is easy to hear the sounds. Compared to apart, mansyon has tough structure, so mansyon has high sound insulation. But even if mansyon has thick walls, mansyon sometimes do not have concrete walls. Why then, please be careful. When thinking about the above, mansyon is clearly better than apart. However, apart also has advantages. One of them is the price. Moreover, in case of mansyon, concrete contain the moisture, so it is easy to condense, and mansyon tend to accumulate the moisture because of the height of the confidentiality. But in case of apart, apart has moderate breathable, so you do not worry about the moisture of building itself.

     In short, mansyon and apart in Japanese have each of advantages and disadvantages. I want to be useful for you when you select mansyon or apart.