Question

I have a database where I store houses. Each house can have multiple facilities, and each facility can have multiple values.

Let’s say I want to store the type of a house (apartment, villa, studio, etc..). What I’m thinking is to have a property_type table for the house types and a facilities table where I’ll save the home_id and the property_type_id.

Is my thinking correct? Is there a better way?

Answer 1

This is kind of what I picture. I’m a bit confused about your definition of facility however. I see facility as being like a gym, fitness center, or covered parking, etc.

 Property table
 | property_id | property_type_id
    111               001
    112               002


 Property type table
 | property_type_id | description
   001              |    house
   002              |   apartment
   003              |    villa


 Facility
 | facility_id      | description       |   property_id
 |    999           |  community bathroom |   111
 |    998           |  community kitchen |    111
 |    997           |  fitness center   |     112
 |    996           |  covered parking  |     111
 |    995           |  covered parking  |     112

 Tenant/Owner table
 | owner_id         |  property_id
 |   888            |   111
 |   887            |   112