Duplex Survey

March 1, 2016 City of Orlando Survey Data

• Survey open from January 20 to March 1, 2016 • 384 responses • 83% of respondents live in one of Orlando’s two-family neighborhoods • Most responses came from people living in Colonialtown North, Eola Heights or College Park Front-to-Back Duplexes

• One unit is behind the other • 1 out of 3 examples is well-liked • May look more like a single family home • If the units lack architectural detail and variety, they may not be well-liked, even if the garages are not the dominant feature Site 7

• Front-to-back duplex • One driveway • Garage in the rear • Second unit is smaller, with a side entrance Site 15

• Front-to-back duplex • Lack of architectural interest Site 8

• Front-to-back duplex • Shared driveway • Parking in the rear Side-by-side duplexes with front facing garages • One unit is next to the other • Most common building type for new development. • Only 2 out of 7 examples are well liked. Those two examples are the same building elevation in a different location. • Garage becomes the dominant feature. • Difficult to add architectural interest.

Site 1

• Side-by-side duplex • Lots of landscaping Site 19

• Side-by-side duplex • Same elevation as site 1, but different context • Two driveways Site 14

• Side-by-side duplex with adjacent garage Site 12

• Side-by-side duplex with adjacent garage Site 4

• Side-by-side duplex • Two driveways Site 3

• Side-by-side duplex with adjacent garage Site 18

• Side-by-side duplex • No garages Side-by-side Duplexes with garages in the rear • 2 out of 3 examples are well liked • Provides an opportunity to highlight the building’s architecture • Units can be a mirror image, or each look unique • May need an extra-wide lot to fit two units plus the driveway Site 17

• Side-by-side duplex • One driveway • Garage in the rear • Each unit is different • Oversized lot Site 10

• Side-by-side duplex • One driveway • Garage in the rear Site 11

• 4 units • Shared driveway • Lack of architectural interest • Repeated units with little differentiation Corner Lot Duplexes

• 1 out of 3 examples are well liked • It is difficult to hide bulk and mass on a corner lot

Site 16

• Corner duplex • Both units under a single unified roofline Site 5

• Corner lot duplex • Two driveways • Units are connected only by a 1- story garage Site 6

• Duplex units on a corner lot • Connected by a garage only Corner Lot Tandems

• 1 out of 2 examples are well-liked • Potential for the same concern with corner duplexes: mass could be overwhelming • Two units can blend in to the neighborhood, but this doesn’t work as well if they are too similar to each other Site 20

• 4 units • Tandem (yellow and green) • Side-by-side duplex (navy blue) Site 13

• Tandem units on a corner lot • Lack of architectural interest Court Homes

• Two pairs of duplexes or tandems with a shared driveway • No longer allowed for interior lots • Both examples are well-liked, despite being older units • Garages are not visible from the street • Four separate units means the scale is similar to nearby homes Site 9

• 4 units • Tandem court homes with shared driveway Site 2

• 4 units • Tandem court homes with shared driveway Conclusions

• Level of architectural detail stands out as the most important indicator • Front-loaded side-by-side units are difficult to design well, and most are not liked • Duplexes on corner lots are also not well liked • Court home tandems, side-by-side duplexes with a rear facing garage, or a unit that looks like a single family home are most well liked