In the days before lifts elevators this was the least prestigious position in a building.
Garret vs attic.
Older homes used to have quite spacious attics.
Middle english from old french garite watchtower from garir to defend of germanic origin.
An attic may also be called a sky parlor or a garret.
Sometimes an attic will be finished have dry wall flooring and paint but usually not.
It also has the best look and feel when it comes to ergonomics.
A garret is a part of the sloped roof of a building.
An attic is the space between the roof and the finished space that people live in.
A loft could be the entire floor of a building such as a warehouse which would provide a lot of living space.
A room or set of rooms immediately under the roof of a building.
It is where the roof peaks.
See wer in indo european roots american heritage dictionary of the english language fifth edition.
The space will be irregularly shaped the ceiling will slope with the roof.
Depending on the size an attic may or may not provide enough room in which to live.
In the days before elevators this was the least prestigious position in a building at the very top of the stairs.
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As nouns the difference between garret and attic is that garret is an attic or semi finished room just beneath the roof of a house while attic is the space often unfinished and with sloped walls directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building generally used for storage or habitation.
An attic sometimes referred to as a loft is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building.
A garret is a habitable attic a living space at the top of a house or larger residential building often small dismal and cramped with sloping ceilings.
In my experience a garret usually is much smaller and therefore less likely to be a living space.
A garret is a habitable attic or small and often dismal or cramped living space at the top of a house or larger residential building.