- published: 06 Feb 2016
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An apartment (in American English) or flat (in British English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building. Such a building may be called an apartment building, apartment house (in American English), block of flats, tower block, high-rise or, occasionally mansion block (in British English), especially if it consists of many apartments for rent. Apartments may be owned by an owner/occupier by leasehold tenure or rented by tenants (two types of housing tenure).
The term apartment is favored in North America (although flat is used in the case of a unit which is part of a house containing two or three units, typically one to a floor), whereas the term flat is commonly, but not exclusively, used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Singapore, Hong Kong and most Commonwealth nations.
In Malaysian English, flat often denotes a housing block of lesser quality meant for lower-income groups, while apartment is more generic and may also include luxury condominiums.
I've got a new apartment baby,
And it protects me from the lonely whistling streets,
And I've got a new apartment baby,
The interior colour is red,
And my only friend is my stereo receiver,
Playing my favourite song all night long,
I've got a new apartment baby,
Interior colour of red,
And I see a new appointment maybe,
Advertised for me,
And I've got a new singer and I've got a new song x2
And I wistle along,
All night long,
Is she coming?
I've got a new apartment baby,
And it protects me from the whistling streets,
And I got a new singer and I got a new song,
I did not advertise a singer, I did not advertise this song,
But I whistle along,
Is she coming?