Apartment category: Stalin type
Stalin type is one of the apartment complex types built in Latvia, i.e a category of Latvian residential property. It has been built starting from 1945 and up until 1960. In the capital city of Riga it can be found in all neighbourhoods. It is typically built from bricks.
Residential complexes of this type typically have 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 floors. The height of each floor is 3 to 3.5m. Stalin type buildings usually have only recessed balconies (i.e. loggias), but not regular ones. As for additional infrastructure, they do not have elevators, and do not have garbage chutes.
Stalin type residential complexes have apartments consisting of 2 or 3 rooms. Below you will find a general summary of total apartment areas depending on the number of rooms. Please note, that this is just an estimation based on typical standard layout, and each individual case may vary.
| Number of rooms | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Apartment area | 44m2 | 63m2 |
Advantages and disadvantages
While the advantages and disadvantages of each property is highly dependent on each person‘s point of view, there is also a number of more objective pros and cons that are determined by physical aspects of a real estate. Thus, for example, the quality of materials influences thermal insulation and soundproofing, the high quality of which are important for the majority of Latvian property owners.
The advantages of Stalin type are:
- high ceilings
- easy to change layout
- good thermal insulation and soundproofing
- big rooms
The disadvantages of Stalin type are:
- usually more expensive than other types
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