What does maison atypique mean in a French real estate advertisement?
As a native English speaker when I first saw the French real estate term ‘atypique’ I thought it must be ‘a typical’ average type of home. However, when a French real estate advertisement says ‘atypique’ there maybe something unique and different about the home compared to other homes in its area or style. The term means ‘not typical’. Perhaps, you will have to go through one bedroom to get to another. Perhaps, you will have a beautiful luxury bathroom but you have to climb a stairs to get to this roof top paradise. Or perhaps not.
I currently live in a French village home and I see the floor plan as traditional and enchanting. And yet, the original advertisement said ‘atypic’ and if I had not visited it because I thought the home must have a strange floor plan I would have missed out on the opportunity to live in a home with a wonderful inner courtyard and a roof top sunroom that is accessed via the second floor mezzanine.
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