British and American Houses Are Very Different!!

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  • čas pƙidĂĄn 27. 03. 2024
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  • @Laurenade
    @Laurenade Pƙed 2 lety +346

    Lauren here! 🇬🇧 I literally searched for so long trying to find the name for dormer bungalow and finally remembered a couple of days ago😂😂😂 Also probably should have called basement a cellar but oh well 😂 hope you guys enjoyed our comparisons of houses in the U.K. 🇬🇧and the USA đŸ‡ș🇾

    • @johnalden5821
      @johnalden5821 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      I am from the East Coast of the U.S. We have those bungalows here -- the first house my wife and I owned was a bungalow with a dormered second floor. It was in an older, close-in suburb to a fairly big city. The house was built in 1947, as part of the housing boom for returning WWII GIs and their families.

    • @henri_ol
      @henri_ol Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Hi , Lauren , loved the video and your duo with Callie 💙

    • @nathanspeed9683
      @nathanspeed9683 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      It reminds me on the Friends tv show Emily's father doing wine cellar tours drunk the night of Ross and Emily's wedding in London haha!

    • @Laurenade
      @Laurenade Pƙed 2 lety +4

      @@nathanspeed9683 right!! Hahaha well it just depends on how old the house is and the style but usually people will use them as a wine cellar like in Friends, or they’re just creepy places that you don’t go down to😂

    • @carl_11
      @carl_11 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Oh , you watch Friends ? That's so cool , i love Friends 😂

  • @carl_11
    @carl_11 Pƙed 2 lety +87

    I loved this week learning english with Lauren 🇬🇧 and Callie đŸ‡ș🇾 , love you ladies

    • @johnandersonjjr
      @johnandersonjjr Pƙed rokem

      In my area of Canada a bungalow is I single story house and up till the late 70s it was “duplex” then suddenly it became “semi detached “

  • @johnandrez
    @johnandrez Pƙed rokem +9

    I'm from Canada in the Greater Toronto Area, and we use a mix of American and UK words. We use the word townhouses, as well as apartment instead of flats, and we also talk about going to the cottage during the summer or during the weekend. However, when it comes to homes, we say attached, detached, semi-detached.

    • @cheman579
      @cheman579 Pƙed měsĂ­cem +1

      Nice, so when I move to Toronto next year from England I won't have to learn new house terminology. Buzzing about that hahaha

  • @kellypat125
    @kellypat125 Pƙed rokem +35

    The hard part about a video like this is how varied American housing is across our vast landscape and some cities are much older than others.

  • @kimp1466
    @kimp1466 Pƙed rokem +25

    In the US, “attached houses” would be considered row houses or row housing and it’s not common except for in the older big cities, like NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia etc


  • @henri_ol
    @henri_ol Pƙed 2 lety +31

    Bungalow , i also think about the forest , jungle, woods and everything , during the retire seems like a good place to stay for a while , but as Lauren said it's usually older people

    • @user-gb1qs9sz3s
      @user-gb1qs9sz3s Pƙed 2 lety +8

      Bungalow comes from the word "Bangla", which is a traditional hut house in the Bengal region.

  • @msmkp01
    @msmkp01 Pƙed rokem +14

    actually in US a detached house is known as a 'single family home'. You dont use it much when trying to refer to homes but if you are trying to distinguish (e.g. if trying to buy/rent a home) you'd say single family home, townhome, condominium (apartment if renting). MOST young people in cities who own homes buy condos as everything else is too expensive, but i can see why Callie is thinking of retirees and condos, thanks to Florida.

  • @evelynporter6349
    @evelynporter6349 Pƙed rokem +4

    What she’s referring to townhouses we also call it row houses in the U.S. as in a row of houses.
    Condos are an owned upgraded apartment with perks like pool, spa, gym, playgrounds but the HOA fees for those perks are pricey.

  • @MsJojo1412
    @MsJojo1412 Pƙed rokem +6

    As a foreigner I've learnt a lot from this channel. I have always been confused with BRITISH/US english.

    • @jianxiongRaven
      @jianxiongRaven Pƙed rokem

      ikr especially searching vids. in yt im regards to them

  • @genegene2417
    @genegene2417 Pƙed rokem +2

    If you watch HGTV, you will find that bungalows are an architecture style of houses. Houses in bungalow style can actually be found in lots of places throughout the US. For example, in Chicago where I live, bungalows are very common.

  • @justinholt7738
    @justinholt7738 Pƙed 2 lety +19

    Brownstone houses is a common term in cities like New York and Boston. Also we say apartment complex a lot in the south. The bungalow house in the picture we call craftsman a lot in Tennessee. We also use terms like rancher or basement rancher and split level or two story.

  • @kimp1466
    @kimp1466 Pƙed rokem +3

    We also have semi-detached homes. But we call them duplexes because it’s one house, split down the middle. The left and right side are exact mirror images of each other. I’ve never heard of people splitting them up like flats. Only mirror image, left side/right side homes. We even have quadplexes, there there are 4 identical, mirrored homes, built into a square shape. The doors would be on the front, back, left and right sides.

  • @philipgallivan7681
    @philipgallivan7681 Pƙed rokem +7

    I had no idea how complicated our house names are here (in the UK). A semi-detached would just be a semi most of the time - in the midlands anyway. Great vid though, thank you :)

  • @ronniekoh2226
    @ronniekoh2226 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    In Malaysia we called it a detached house and semi detached house. Terrence house are the ones which is connected with one another to form a whole stretch of houses. We seldom use the term townhouse but that doesn’t mean it is not used. As for Bungalow it is more or less same with the UK but the we can have a bungalow with 2 to 3 floors.
    We also use the term flat for older building and definitely without a pool and balcony. Condo is refer to as houses on a building which comes with facilities like a pool, gym, sauna room, tennis court and etc. It depends on the condo. Different condos have different facilities.

    • @olablc531
      @olablc531 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      That's exactly how I imagined the difference between an apartment/flat and a condo. That whole "whether you own it or not" distinction just doesn't make sense to me. There's always someone who owns that space, and there can be people who rent it so... Is it an apartment AND a condo at the same time?

    • @ronniekoh2226
      @ronniekoh2226 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@olablc531 For is a condo is more like a luxurious house on a building whereas apartment is more like a medium cost house in a building and flats are low cost house in a building.

  • @taninhawk
    @taninhawk Pƙed rokem +6

    It surprises me that Callie is from Michigan but doesn't know what a bungalow is. We have a *ton* here. In Michigan, that is the general term for 1.5 story houses, and you can find them all over the state. I had to specifically tell my realtor that I didn't want a bungalow, cause there were so many in my price range, and I wanted a ranch (1 story house).

  • @duckduckgoismuchbetter
    @duckduckgoismuchbetter Pƙed 2 lety +4

    We have a lot of basements like that as well. Ones that are unfinished, or if somewhat finished, are nonetheless just nasty, because they haven't been kept up, and are moldy and maybe wet.
    We actually have massive numbers like that. But as housing gets more expensive, we're increasingly repairing and renovating them, so as to have extra space. Besides with the US being on average hotter than the UK, basements can be much easier to keep cool in the summer. Although, of course, you often still have to keep them dehumidified to keep the mold out.

  • @ryangray600
    @ryangray600 Pƙed rokem +2

    In the us it’s a “detached house” is generally referred to as a single family home

  • @bertshutler5973
    @bertshutler5973 Pƙed rokem

    semi-detached in Ontario too... a duplex is up and down... ground floor... 1st floor. Side by side is a semi-detatched

  • @genegene2417
    @genegene2417 Pƙed rokem +2

    For two houses sharing a wall in the middle, I also call it a duplex, and sometimes I call it a side-by-side duplex just to be more specific. This is because here in Chicago, we have a unique name for buildings with two apartments on two levels: we call them 2 flats. We also have 3 flats (3 stories), 4 flat (2 stories with 2 apartments on each floor), and 6 flats (3 stories with 2 apartments on each floor) in Chicago. I would guess the word "flat" might be borrowed from British English. But when we refer to individual units in these buildings, we still use "apartment". So you might hear a Chicagoan saying "I live in Apartment 2 in this 3 flat".

  • @jianxiongRaven
    @jianxiongRaven Pƙed rokem +2

    In *"Singapore"* we use
    3:45 *"Flats"* (Fairly same as UK) :
    Most people would be staying in these type as it's the norm and most affordable (Public Housing AKA *HDB Flats*)
    *(We do hear words like "apartment" but it's much more commonly used when refering to condominiums , like condo unit, condo apartment)*
    4:50 *"Condominium" Or Condo"* (Fairly similar to the USA's Definition) for us .
    It's the alternative for flats *(HDB Flats)* but it's much more expensive .
    Often rented to expat or people who are generally richer .
    As it's much less affordable , you do see an increase in the amount of rental units as compared to those in HDB , but at the same time HDB rental is cheaper) .
    Subjective to Price, Location , size of Apartment Complex *(In this case we do use this word to describe the area within the secured walls/fends...)* ...etc... , most Condos have their own security, pool and many facilities like a gym .
    * *Block* ? Of Course Yes
    *Block number* :
    Which block do you stay at ?
    For all Flats (Apartments) : HDB / Condo...*
    2:39 *"Detached House"* (Same as UK)
    But we also call it
    8:48 "Bungalow" *(which means something else over to them)*
    I guess if it has a pool then all the more we call it *"bungalow"* but most if not all detached has a mini pool or something so ya.
    5:37 *"Semi Detached House"* (Same as UK)
    *"Bungalow/Detached House"* being the most expensive housing , this would be the 2nd most expensive,
    We usually see them (Semi detached houses) together side by side with other detached houses , maybe some area with terrace houses but ya , definitely more common than detached but not alot overall .
    7:00 *"terrace house"* (same as UK)
    usually seen with the same kind in an area maybe with some semi detached houses, not too sure but from my observation.
    *I've seen 1or 2 but super rare(which looks like the townhouses mentioned) without any gate and parking area that's right infront on the busy road but those are super rare maybe even the only area.
    *"Fact"*
    so in sg , Detached house , Semi detached and terrace are considered landed property.
    landed property aren't that affordable so we dont see them often and it works for land scarce sg.
    detached houses are even rarer.
    the detached houses because it takes out more land , with those that have a much bigger area around the house are considered good class bungalow and only fking richest in Singapore get to stay there .
    3:03
    All landed houses has a gate infront followed by just a big space maybe for parking your car etc followed by the door.
    as mentioned earlier , we do have gates.
    *Dedicated Garage i dont think we have them , although that would be cool if i could afford it (definitely wont , cars are expensive here but publix transport is good 👍)

    • @alexverdigris9939
      @alexverdigris9939 Pƙed rokem +1

      I thought "condominium" referes to what the tenure agreement entails, and that's what defines it. Related terms in the UK would be: commongold, leasehold, freehold.

    • @jianxiongRaven
      @jianxiongRaven Pƙed rokem

      @@alexverdigris9939 ah i see , thats just how it works in Singapore .
      But it might also just be an actual meaning vs what its being referred to in most case.
      We do use words such as "freehold" "leasehold"

  • @dpw6900
    @dpw6900 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    We have a lot of bungalows in the US Typical housing style of the 50’s and 60’s

  • @Jasmine-ruth
    @Jasmine-ruth Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Even though no one asked here the Australian terms
    stand alone
    flat or a unit
    units or just more flats idk lol
    semi
    cabin
    so basically you can really just say anything bc our english is a blend of the both plus our own slang
    (if you use all American words you will be called out)

  • @noluck3861
    @noluck3861 Pƙed rokem +6

    In rural Bangladesh, the concept is often called Bangla Ghar ("Bengali Style House") and remains popular. The main construction material is corrugated steel sheets or red clay tiles, while past generations used wood, bamboo, and khar straw. This straw was used to form roofs, keeping the house cooler during hot summer days.

  • @alayaph
    @alayaph Pƙed rokem +3

    My husband (West Coast American) and I (Filipino but lived 10 years in Australia) got into a heated arguement of what an apartment is. What he calls an apartment, I call a townhouse - a vertical slice of a building thats maybe 2 stories tall and its front door is on the ground floor, and it shares its walls with its neighbours. What I consider an apartment is like what the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. flats are like in the show - a single floor in a building divvied up into its own living spaces.

    • @lucianaromulus1408
      @lucianaromulus1408 Pƙed rokem +3

      As an East Coast American i agree with you..not your husband lol

    • @cheman579
      @cheman579 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      Who in their right mind calls a terrace house an apartment, like it's very clear what Americans call apartments so the fact your American husband doesn't know what an apartment is is kind of concerning can't lie

  • @ShizuruNakatsu
    @ShizuruNakatsu Pƙed rokem

    My house here in Ireland is attached. Sandwiched between my two neighbours' houses. That's very normal, especially in towns and suburban areas. Detached houses would most likely be in the countryside, where there's more space between houses.

  • @dennisengelen2517
    @dennisengelen2517 Pƙed rokem

    In Belgium : Open buildings (literally translated) are houses, semi or half-open buildings are one building with 2 front doors and everything seperated. Then there's closed buildings which is a row of many different houses where there's no open space between them and finally there's apartments which in municipamities can be a giant half open building with 2 stories and 2 or 3 seperate houses in it or bigger buildings of a few stories and multiple rooms near eachother.

  • @waterjade4198
    @waterjade4198 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    I always find it interesting that Canada uses a mix of US and UK terms.

  • @andrejames9209
    @andrejames9209 Pƙed rokem +2

    If a bungalow is called that for having one floor that would be called a ranch style house in the US

  • @carl_11
    @carl_11 Pƙed 2 lety +21

    Depending of the area is better have a house or apartament / flat , like in big cities i think it's better have a apartament / flat to live in

  • @moonlitegram
    @moonlitegram Pƙed rokem

    5:18 I guess it depends on the region in the US, but my in my region, plenty of young families purchase and live in condos too. Its not just something old people live in. I guess in less densely populated states housing might be more popular all around. But my state is fairly densely populated, so land is at a premium and condos are extremely popular for young families or young unmarried people commuting into the city.

  • @katie8914
    @katie8914 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    omg don't even get me started on cottages being holiday homes and air bnbs.. as someone from Cornwall it's the bane of our lives, first homes not second homes!

    • @evilauntie5408
      @evilauntie5408 Pƙed rokem

      The only second home you own should be a tent or if you're rich a caravan

  • @bgsu5052
    @bgsu5052 Pƙed rokem

    Some of the UK I get, but I think it's because I'm a bit older than the US girl. Also, where I grew up just across Lake Erie from Windsor Ont. Then some words go out of fashion. But the bungalow, it's a style of house as in the arts and craft style ect.

  • @vineheart01
    @vineheart01 Pƙed rokem

    Basements in America is common when were not near the shore lines. Higher elevation cities usually have proper, full basements everywhere while places along the coasts have a crawl space to access the pipes and thats about it, often not even IN the ground as the house is raised up a bit.
    Ive been to the UK but ive only seen hotel rooms personally. Which feel exactly the same minus the TV channels and plug types lol. Going there for military reasons and not visitations means im not going in anyones home.
    Personally i have never heard bungalow used in the US but its one of those words im aware of but never actually use. Not sure what part of the US uses it but i know its used somewhere.

  • @joegracia3590
    @joegracia3590 Pƙed rokem

    In my state they're called guest houses behind or next to the main house!

  • @EthemD
    @EthemD Pƙed rokem +2

    i liked this episode, great guests! its a topic we don't usually talk about but just know about, so it was reaffirming and educational 😁

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Pƙed rokem

    We have townhouses as well in Canada in fact in the complex where my building is there are some townhouses in it as well

  • @garytube1000
    @garytube1000 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Most of Chicago houses are called bungolow
 bungolow is the house style for most single houses for USA..just different style such as prairie style where horizontallity is expressed..and style of the house photo shown is called kraftmanship houses


    • @DominickChirchirillo
      @DominickChirchirillo Pƙed 2 lety +1

      That's what I was gonna say. In Chicago and the bordering towns like Elmwood Park, Berwyn, Cicero, etc. have brick homes called bungalows. It's also common in that area to refer to an apartment building that has only 2 or 3 apartments in them as a two flat and a three flat. I grew up in a two flat.

  • @ameliaxxqueen5543
    @ameliaxxqueen5543 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    I'm from the UK and I would say semi-detached houses are really common and not many people I think don't have basements

    • @Katya__.
      @Katya__. Pƙed rokem +1

      really? I don't really ever see houses with basements but there are loads of semi-detached houses everywhere.

    • @theparanoidandroid3583
      @theparanoidandroid3583 Pƙed rokem +1

      Also a Brit here, I've never seen a house with a basement here in my life

  • @chachalawala
    @chachalawala Pƙed rokem +10

    An American, Floridian, Puerto Rican girl here... I’ve also heard townhomes referred to as “row houses” in the United States. And of “houses” refered to as “single-family homes.”

  • @jtopaz
    @jtopaz Pƙed 2 lety +17

    In the US (at least on the East coast in older cities), we’d call those “townhouses” row houses.

    • @countertony
      @countertony Pƙed 2 lety

      It's tricky in the UK - there are two types of thing called a 'townhouse', most of which are terraced (which generally maps very well to US "row houses"):
      The first is an older (typically 18th-century 'Georgian') row-house, found particularly in London and some other older city centres, likely with a refurbished basement that used to be a coal cellar, and often with steps up to the 'ground' floor entrance plus two or more floors above that. This is the sort of thing Lauren was talking about in the video, and they can cost millions of pounds in London. Sometimes these are divided up into flats by the owners and rented out, as there's a *lot* of money to be made in renting them out. These are almost always terraced (rowhouses).
      The second type is a three-storey house all at or above ground level, with the ground floor comprising a single-car garage, one or two other rooms (like a utility room and a cloakroom/washroom) and stairs up to the living area proper. These are seen in postwar 20th/21st-century developments outside city centres, and closer to the median house price though still more expensive.

  • @manuelwirtz4833
    @manuelwirtz4833 Pƙed rokem +1

    This was interesting.
    I never realized that our german housing is so similar to the UK. We have nearly the same words if you translate it.

  • @countertony
    @countertony Pƙed 2 lety +10

    There's one other major difference between the US and UK, which is mixed-use zoning. In town centres, a common style is to have one or two residential floors above a ground-floor commercial space, particularly if the commercial use is not part of a major chain. While this happens in some of the older US cities, particularly on the East Coast like Pittsburgh or New York, there are many states where mixed-use zoning is straight-up forbidden by law and has been since the mid-20th century for a variety of reasons - some good at the time they were implemented, some....ehhh, not so good.

    • @olajong2315
      @olajong2315 Pƙed rokem +1

      And that is the issue with the US housing.

    • @ShizuruNakatsu
      @ShizuruNakatsu Pƙed rokem

      That's very normal here in Ireland. My brother once had a flat above a kebab place.

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Pƙed rokem

    My house I grew up in in Canada was like a nice place to play in and such I actually used to live in my parents basement before moving to my apartment where I currently live

  • @Rcubed550
    @Rcubed550 Pƙed rokem

    We also call “town homes” row homes. Mostly in like Baltimore , Philly, etc

  • @BethC817
    @BethC817 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    I've heard bungalow a lot in the US in areas that have that specific Craftsman or Arts & Crafts architectural style. Usually on the smaller side, not mansions. Also sometimes just a really small house will be called a bungalow. Another case of the US being large and different words and styles being used! 🙂

    • @johnalden5821
      @johnalden5821 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Right, I think it's an older style in the U.S. I lived in a post-war bungalow built for the baby boom in 1947. I think they went out of style pretty soon after that. By the 1960s, they were all cape cods, ramblers, ranchers and split-levels -- typical Leave It to Beaver suburban houses.

  • @katieedison6440
    @katieedison6440 Pƙed rokem

    In San Francisco we have Flats and bungalows and craftsman’s, we also call Victorian houses Victorian’s

  • @sonyaberry9805
    @sonyaberry9805 Pƙed 2 lety

    In iowa & the midwest duplexes are still common

  • @matthewphelan9288
    @matthewphelan9288 Pƙed rokem

    My basement is used for the laundry room and the room beside the laundry room is for the holiday supplies (unfinished in both rooms) (i'm from the us)

  • @amandacone6336
    @amandacone6336 Pƙed rokem +1

    I live in the US. A bungalow, at least in Michigan, is a home with one room upstairs.

    • @taninhawk
      @taninhawk Pƙed rokem

      Yes, exactly what I was thinking. In Michigan, bungalows (1.5 story houses) are super common. A 1 story house would be a ranch.

  • @gwendee5070
    @gwendee5070 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Some people in the UK 🇬🇧 say apartment (usually applied to luxury, nice stylish place, it's usually rented), but we have adopted some USA saying. Flats are more for the working middle-class people. A penthouse is similar to a condo. For bungalows they are also commonly used for elderly people who are not mobile, some people live in the countryside; some bungalows are residential homes or nursing homes, and they Are huge inside. We usually say house, but if it describes a place of residence, we would say detached house etc.

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Pƙed rokem

    We have cottages in Canada as well

  • @jianxiongRaven
    @jianxiongRaven Pƙed rokem

    Thanks for these , now i can search CZcams vids in ease without getting the results that i definitely am confused by

  • @80sGamerLady
    @80sGamerLady Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Bungalows are popular also in the states. I don't think she knew that.

  • @I.am.SabinaYasmin
    @I.am.SabinaYasmin Pƙed 2 lety +20

    The term bungalow is derived from the word Bangla (meaning "Bengali") and used elliptically to mean "a house in the Bengal style."
    The British rules derived the idea of Bungalow from old big houses of Bengal (Bangladesh and West Bengal)...
    In Bengali, we call it àŠŹàŠŸàŠ‚àŠČো àŠ˜àŠ° (banglow ghĂŽr).

  • @RoxanneLavender
    @RoxanneLavender Pƙed 2 lety +2

    We also call basements 'cellars' here in the UK. I have a friend who hides in her cellar with her animals when it's fireworks season.

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Pƙed rokem

    In Canada we also have bungalows

  • @JennaGetsCreative
    @JennaGetsCreative Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I've always thought the term "flat" for what we in North America would call an apartment is a funny term because the buildings are most certainly not flat. They're so tall! The idea of a dwelling that's called a flat makes me think of a bungalow, one level. (I grew up in western Canada and we would say "rancher" for a single-floor detached home.)

    • @grahamsmith9541
      @grahamsmith9541 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      Each flat is a single story dwelling. They are just stacked on top of each other to form a block.

    • @theparanoidandroid3583
      @theparanoidandroid3583 Pƙed rokem

      I think maybe we call them flats because they tend to be on one level, i.e. flat, rather than having different storeys like most houses

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Pƙed rokem

    Some friends of my family sold their house in the city of Toronto and they now live in their cottage all year round now

  • @DerpyDudLikesToDraw
    @DerpyDudLikesToDraw Pƙed rokem +2

    Lauren: Nobody wants to go to the basement because it's like a scary place
    Me: Laughs while my bedroom is literally in a basement😅

  • @mycobacteriem2540
    @mycobacteriem2540 Pƙed 2 lety +17

    in the us the detached houses are also called single family homes. at least where i am where theres a mix of row houses and single homes that arent attached. townhouse isnt also very common where im at, theyre called rowhomes. when i think of townhouse i think of rich developers trying to gentrify older neighborhoods and make them sound more appealing

  • @posbe6786
    @posbe6786 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

    This video is really educational

  • @NovaWasher
    @NovaWasher Pƙed rokem

    I’m from New Zealand. We don’t have basements. We have attics but no one uses them we just keep all our stuff in the main part off our houses.

  • @RussLynch
    @RussLynch Pƙed rokem +1

    I (american) would say "bungalo" for any 1 story home as well! I've never heard of a dormer bungalow though...

    • @taninhawk
      @taninhawk Pƙed rokem

      Where I live in the US, a bungalow would be a 1.5 story house (basically, the upstairs is one room, sometimes there's a bathroom so it's like a master suite), and a 1 story house would be a ranch.

  • @Streunekater
    @Streunekater Pƙed rokem

    In Germany, the duplex is called "DoppelhaushĂ€lfte" ("double house half"). 😁

  • @Rob-bt7io
    @Rob-bt7io Pƙed rokem

    In German a house which is attached to another one is a Doppelhaus - like "dobble-house". If you live in one side of this "dobble-house" you literally live in a DoppelhaushÀlfte (in one half of the dobble-house).

  • @jenmatt1923
    @jenmatt1923 Pƙed rokem

    Bungalow in UK is a ranch in the US.

  • @jianxiongRaven
    @jianxiongRaven Pƙed rokem

    yo as a singaporean , interesting to see whatnind of houses there are and whats it being called.
    definitely a few similariteswith uk , and some words are being used for somerhing elset oo

  • @axemansjazz6670
    @axemansjazz6670 Pƙed rokem +3

    I live in the US and I work in the mortgage industry. In the States, another phrase for a detached home is a "single family home" or "single family residence". A duplex would be a multi-family home. We have apartments, which are a community of attached homes, typically in a building together, but can also be like a series of duplexes interconnected to one another. True apartments are rented, not owned. Then, we have condos which look almost the exact same as apartments, but you own from the walls inward. So, basically, you own the literal inside of the home. You do not own the exterior of the home and you do not own the lot it is on. You do not rent a condo unless you're renting from an individual that owns the condo themself. Then, to make it even more confusing, we have PUDs or "Planned Unit Developments". A PUD can be anything from a single family home to a condo, but there are additional fees involved (the PUD fees) and there are usually restrictions on what you can and cannot do with your home/land. It's kind of like a homeowners association, but a bit more formal, is the best way I can describe it. We have manufactured housing and mobile homes. Manufactured houses are homes that are assembled in a warehouse and then delivered to the parcel of land upon purchase. In other words, if you own land but you don't want to go through the headache of building a house, you can have a "manufactured" or "pre-fabricated" home built in a warehouse and then have it delivered to your land, where it is then affixed. Mobile homes are a bit different in that they have VIN#, much like our automobiles. The concept is essentially the same as a manufactured home, but a mobile home is, by design, assembled to be moved at any time. They have wheels, axles, and a hitch. However, many lenders, unless specifically in the market of lending on mobile homes, will not do so unless the mobile home is fixed to the land it is on. The wheels, axels, and hitch must be removed and a document called an "Affidavit of Affixation" must be completed. The laws vary by state and the practices vary by mortgagee. Bungalows, flattops, etc. are all just styles of homes. Bungalows are actually fairly common throughout the US. All age ranges live in condos. They're popular with retirees because the land is typically cared for by the community (because you don't own it). They're also popular with younger folks and divorcees because they tend to be more affordable than single family homes. Don't get me wrong, though. There are some expensive-ass condos out there. Some people just hate to mow, so they get a condo lol.

  • @MaiaKinty
    @MaiaKinty Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

    In Norway some people use their basements as a second living room😅

  • @TheObservationlounge
    @TheObservationlounge Pƙed rokem +3

    Sorry to tell you, Callie, but where I'm from (Mid Atlantic), realtors and buyers do call a 'free-standing' house a 'detached house'. In fact, a few of the terms in this video are interchangably found in property listings around here.
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    Also, Duplex/Semi-Detached are quite common around here, in the E/NE US. In fact, many places have a variety of house types (single, duplex, etc).
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    Thirdly, in the suburbs here, its not uncommon for younger families (in the upper middle class) to start having kids and living in condos.

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Pƙed rokem

    I have a condo and I’m hardly around anyone for the most part I only see my neighbours in the hallways or in the elevators (or lifts for my friends in the UK) or in the lobby

  • @rebbiakiva
    @rebbiakiva Pƙed 2 lety +1

    From Toronto 🇹🇩 here and we mostly use the terms that Lauren uses in the UK except for flat for which we use the American, apartment. We definitely have our detached, semi-detached, townhouses, bungalows, dormer bungalows, cottages, apartments and apartment blocks. We also use condo to denote a community of apartments or townhouses where each unit is privately owned but the common areas are jointly owned.

  • @alboyer6
    @alboyer6 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    I live in a condo association. Of duplexes here in the US. There are also townhouse condos. Condos aren't always apartment style.

    • @chuckwilliams6261
      @chuckwilliams6261 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Condominium is defined by the terms of ownership; the land and improvements are owned communally, the space within a unit is owned individually. They can be townhouses, apartments, anything.

    • @olablc531
      @olablc531 Pƙed 2 lety

      OK, so you are an expert :D I don't get this: how can you differentiate an apartment from a condo by whether it's owned or not? There's always _some_ owner of that space, isn't there? So one person's condo is another person's apartment simply because one person owns it and the other person rents it or...?

    • @chuckwilliams6261
      @chuckwilliams6261 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@olablc531 If you own the structure, and the land it rests on individually, it isn't a condo. Condo owners have title to the space inside their unit, the real estate and improvements to it are owned communally by all members of the association.

    • @olablc531
      @olablc531 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@chuckwilliams6261 Thanks! So non-condo apartment buildings are owned by one person/company? It's super confusing to me because where I live, most flats are condos by your standards and we just call them flats or apartments. There are even apart hotels in condo ownership type:D So you buy a flat where you're not allowed to live but surrender it for holiday rent and get a monthly salary. Rarely the whole building belongs to one person or company.

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Pƙed rokem

    In Canada a duplex is not quite the same as a semi-detached house I can’t explain it but in Canada the two are different

  • @tigerste
    @tigerste Pƙed 2 lety

    Lauren I think you were thinking of Maisonette! ;o)

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Pƙed rokem

    Yeah in Canada we also have condos (condos is short for condominiums) my current apartment is a condo in Canada we also have apartments and condos/condominiums we really don’t have flats in Canada the housing terms in Canada are very similar to the US but I know what flats are my dad is from the UK

  • @Jake5537t
    @Jake5537t Pƙed rokem

    Wait where do they film these videos? If they’re not in the UK or US

  • @jlpack62
    @jlpack62 Pƙed rokem

    Townhouses in a more traditionally urban American environment may also be called row houses or brownstones.

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Pƙed rokem

    In Canada we have detached houses and semi-detached houses the house I grew up in was detached my sister currently lives in a semi-detached house

  • @grettyspaghetti
    @grettyspaghetti Pƙed rokem +1

    Callie is from Michigan, so am i :D!

  • @mimi-gj8oj
    @mimi-gj8oj Pƙed 2 lety +1

    i would love see that but with spain because i think that we are very different from the other countries

  • @TheTXWolfPack
    @TheTXWolfPack Pƙed rokem

    I love Learning about uk houses! Silly question: where is this filmed if neither one has been to the other country?

  • @jeannettev5119
    @jeannettev5119 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    In downtown Baltimore we call the attached houses row homes. They’re a bit skinnier than town houses and have pretty narrow stairs.

  • @charles7003
    @charles7003 Pƙed rokem

    In the u.s we call detached houses “single family homes” and we definitely do say apartment blocks

  • @roargamer007
    @roargamer007 Pƙed 2 lety

    It's always good to see Lauren from the UK.

  • @danskrista
    @danskrista Pƙed rokem

    I'm pretty sure the apartment style townhouses Callie was referring to are called brownstones.

  • @AndyGarcia82
    @AndyGarcia82 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    We use detached and semi-detached in the US as well.

  • @alorachan
    @alorachan Pƙed rokem +1

    American here, specifically Texan. There's no basements here lol really rough stone is too close to the surface, basements typically require dynamite or are too close to the water table in some parts. The idea of a basement is so bizarre to me lol

    • @jo-annbelanger9623
      @jo-annbelanger9623 Pƙed rokem

      I've only ever lived in houses with basements or cellars. The idea of a house just being on a slab, nothing to anchor it to the ground makes me nervous. LOL (NH here - and almost everyone has water in the basement with a sump pump! LOL)

  • @JM-mi8qc
    @JM-mi8qc Pƙed 2 lety +6

    When you are buying a house in the US the term detached home is quite common to specify that it's not a duplex or triplex or other attached home but that's the only time it really comes up in conversation.
    There's a lot of times in these videos where the person maybe hasn't heard of everything in their own country, and I really think these videos would be better with at least 2 people from each country, especially the US, which is like 2500 miles across...

    • @CatalinaR529
      @CatalinaR529 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      But they are talking about everyday talk. Nobody would say that. They can't have a specialist and even then, not everyone knows about everything and that's ok

    • @JM-mi8qc
      @JM-mi8qc Pƙed 2 lety

      @@CatalinaR529 yep that's why I suggested multiple people...

    • @davidcosta2244
      @davidcosta2244 Pƙed 2 lety

      It's a 3000 miles across, actually.

    • @JM-mi8qc
      @JM-mi8qc Pƙed 2 lety

      @@davidcosta2244 shortest route is closer to 2300 miles, NY to LA is 2700 miles, longest route is closer to 3500miles, so it really varies, especially if you want to include alaska... Interesting "correction" o.O

    • @davidcosta2244
      @davidcosta2244 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@JM-mi8qc Averages are hard, just saying

  • @skunkymule6993
    @skunkymule6993 Pƙed rokem

    Hahaha i laughed so hard about the semi detached house! You think that i long? Try the german word for it!
    DoppelhaushÀlfte
    Which means the half of a double house 😂😂😂

  • @Kendall42971
    @Kendall42971 Pƙed rokem +5

    American here; 51 years old, and the American girl had me confused as hell. Maybe the younger generation nowadays call different styles of dwellings by different names than we used to.đŸ€”

    • @jo-annbelanger9623
      @jo-annbelanger9623 Pƙed rokem +1

      Yes! I thought it was just me! LOL

    • @Kendall42971
      @Kendall42971 Pƙed rokem

      @@jo-annbelanger9623 😂😂

    • @TracyII77
      @TracyII77 Pƙed rokem +3

      I think that she has never shopped for homes in the US or been with someone while they were shopping for homes. Almost all of the British definitions apply to the US, but if you don't know the specific architectural or legal term, you are going to say house or apartment or condo with only a vague understanding of the differences and no real understanding or acknowledgement of any other term.

    • @Kendall42971
      @Kendall42971 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@TracyII77 Sounds about right.🙂

    • @gmdhargreaves
      @gmdhargreaves Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

      From 🇬🇧, interesting you mentioned this

  • @tracy9895
    @tracy9895 Pƙed rokem

    Townhouses in the picture are actually very similar to the style in Boston

  • @mariadantzler2991
    @mariadantzler2991 Pƙed 2 lety

    Actually, a duplex is usually speaking of an apartment that has 2 levels (occupied by one household not multiple households). What was pictured would either be called a townhouse/rowhouse (connected on both sides) or a semi-detached (connected on one side) just like the English girl stated. If someone has a separate unit in the same building it is an apartment or condo depending on whether they own or not.

    • @olablc531
      @olablc531 Pƙed 2 lety

      So, someone's condo is someone else's apartment? Is that what it's about? That condo/apartment part is messy. I mean _someone_ always owns that flat, right?

    • @mariadantzler2991
      @mariadantzler2991 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@olablc531 Condo buildings are different than apartment buildings in the fact that everyone in the condo building owns their unit whereas in apartment buildings all the units are rented/leased. Condos have a home owners association that requires annual dues to cover costs such as maintenance (in some cases you have to provide your own maintenance) & upkeep... in apartments the costs are included in your monthly rent.

    • @olablc531
      @olablc531 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@mariadantzler2991 Thanks for the explanation. I think where I'm from, 95% of the apartments are in fact, condos. Except the fact that as a flat owner you own a tiny bit of land, proportional to the size of the flat. So who's the owner of the non-condo apartments?

    • @mariadantzler2991
      @mariadantzler2991 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@olablc531 regular apartment buildings can have single owners or partnerships or any kind of corporate ownership... typically speaking most apartment buildings are run under a management company that the owners of the building have hired (these mgmt company's will coordinate leasing, maintenance, landscaping, trash collection, etc). Condo buildings are typically identical to apartment buildings except that each unit/flat is owned by a single owner

  • @sailordave1000
    @sailordave1000 Pƙed rokem

    I’m 53 years old. My adult years homes were apartments, mobile home, and now a brick home. First apartment was an “efficiency”, one room with one bathroom. It didn’t have a kitchen. I cooked on a small portable electric burner, electric skillet, toaster oven, and microwave oven. Now live comfortably in a 1300 square feet home with my wife.

  • @stephenrowell9373
    @stephenrowell9373 Pƙed rokem

    Lauren is such a nice person , she is kind and friendly and polite to everyone .Callie seems very nice as well.

  • @lukmantantowi1455
    @lukmantantowi1455 Pƙed rokem

    That's cool

  • @chriswise4513
    @chriswise4513 Pƙed rokem

    I'm so surprised American's don't use the word Bungalow, I'm Canadian from Toronto and that's how you describe a house with only a basement and a main floor. I can't even think of another way to describe them. It's amazing the regional differences!

    • @rjcurrie61
      @rjcurrie61 Pƙed rokem

      I grew up in Eastern Ontario and bungalow was used to refer to a house that had one floor and a basement. They were common in 50s and 60s housing developments but I’m not sure I’ve seen many in newer developments.

    • @chriswise4513
      @chriswise4513 Pƙed rokem

      @@rjcurrie61 Oh sorry you're right, I meant to say it's a house with only a basement and a main floor. You're totally right! I've made the proper edits lol

  • @derryparke9123
    @derryparke9123 Pƙed rokem

    UK houses are mainly made with bricks too. A lot of American houses are wooden.

  • @nathanspeed9683
    @nathanspeed9683 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Lauren is the go to person to discuss real estate!

  • @harveythepooka
    @harveythepooka Pƙed 2 lety

    In the US we have something called an English basement. I wonder where the term came from since it seems like there aren't many basements in the UK, based on the comments. An English basement, is a basement with windows, so it's only half underground.

    • @sarahshelburne1542
      @sarahshelburne1542 Pƙed 2 lety

      I've lived in Oregon and Tennessee never heard of an English basement, we've called it a daylight basement.