Common Kinds of Apartments for Rent in Rockford IL
When scouring apartments for rent inRockford IL for a new rental, you’ll encounter a whole new vocabulary of Illinois
apartment types. Many of these apartment types are specific to Rockford
rentals.
The names can be confusing and
misleading so here are some examples of apartment types:
Convertible
Not as sexy as convertible car, a
convertible apartment is a typical form of Rockford rental apartments. Often
convertible apartments are set up as a 1-bedroom or 2-bedroom but offer a space
large enough to be walled off to create an additional bedroom using a temporary
wall or partition. Convertible apartments are also known as flex-apartments.
Studio
A studio apartment is the simplest of
apartments for rent in Rockford IL types, featuring a single room with a full
bathroom and a pullman kitchen. The kitchen is most often contiguous with the
sleeping and living area. If you are lucky, you may be able to score a studio
that has a has an alcove for dressing or dining.
Convertible Studio
Essentially a studio on steroids, a
convertible studio offers a floor plan large enough that renters can use a
temporary wall to create a separate space for sleeping.
Alcove Studio
An alcove studio is a one-room studio
with an alcove (often L-shaped) that can be used as a sleeping area. Typically,
the alcove measures no more than 100 square feet and is located off of the
living space. It’s sometimes referred to as a half room. Depending on its size
and location, it could be walled off to create a sleeping alcove or a dining
alcove.
Loft
A loft apartment is typically a large
open floor plan apartment. Most often found in buildings that have been
converted from commercial to residential, loft apartments feature high ceilings
and windows and industrial aesthetic. If you are lucky, you’ll find one with
exposed brick walls and exposed beams. Soho, Tribeca and Williamsburg are known
for their historic loft apartments.
Duplex or Triplex Apartments
Duplexes and triplexes are the crème de
la crème of apartments for rent in Rockford IL, offering two or three levels of
living space, respectively. The levels may be unique in that the second or
third level is for sleeping only, or they may feature actual floors with
bathrooms on each level.
Garden Apartment
As the name suggests, a garden apartment
offers direct access to a building’s back garden. If you have one of these,
you’ll have lots of visitors in the summer. Typically, garden apartments are
found on the ground floor of townhouses, brownstones or small multi-family
apartment buildings. Since they are located on the ground floor, sometimes
you’ll encounter a garden apartment that is really a semi-subterranean
apartment. Because the apartment is partially below ground, windows will be higher
up on the walls. Before visiting the apartment, verify what is meant by garden
apartment.
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