Editing Semi-detached (section)

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A '''semi-detached''' house (often abbreviated to '''semi''') is a single-family [[Duplex (building)|duplex]] dwelling that shares one common [[party wall|wall]] with its neighbour. The name distinguishes this style of construction from [[detached house]]s, with no shared walls, and [[terraced house]]s, with a shared wall on both sides. Often, semi-detached houses are built in pairs in which each house's layout is a mirror image of the other's.  
[[File:ParkwayHousesSeacroft.jpg|thumb|right|300px| 1950s [[council house|council]] built semi-detached [[prefabs in the United Kingdom#Pre-cast Reinforced Concrete|PRC houses]] in [[Seacroft]], [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]] ]]

Semi-detached houses are the most common property type in the United Kingdom (UK). They accounted for 32% of UK housing transactions and 32% of the English housing stock in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationwide.co.uk/mediacentre/PDF/specialfeature2.pdf|title=Special Feature 2: Semi-Detached Properties|last=Anon|work=Nationwide: House prices|publisher=Nationwide|access-date=12 July 2010}}</ref> Between 1945 and 1964, 41% of all properties built were semis. After 1980, the proportion of semis built fell to 15%.<ref>''The Guardian'' Wednesday 20 January 2010, Patrick Collinson, "50 years on: homes are more expensive but loos are indoors" London p.17</ref>