A Patio home is an American housing type. It is also called a cluster home. These houses are found in the suburban areas and the house was seen as a cluster. It is a unit of several houses attached to each other, typically with shared walls between them. The exterior maintenance and landscaping are provided with association fee.
The building will be a condo if the building owner does not own the land; it will be sold in fee simple. Targeted buyers are mainly those who do not want to be worried by external maintenance typically associated with home ownership because many people live in the patio home for part of the year.
There is no a legal definition of a patio home, and some houses called patio homes may instead be marketed as townhouses, garden homes, twin homes, or carriage homes. Most taxing authorities do not have a separate categorization for patio homes.
The term was first seen in print in the mid-1970s. In a more general term it may refer to a home with a prominent patio, such as some customary Mediterranean-style homes.
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