Ps- in some areas of USA you legally can't call a room a bedroom unless there is a built in closet regardless of size. This was to keep the house description uniform & avoid a boarding house effect.

@emma70707

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you usually have to have a closet and an egress window under most (pretty sure it's most and not just some having worked in housing renovations in the East Coast and lived in numerous states in the West and Midwest) building codes. As a landlord, you can actually provide a wardrobe, typically, but otherwise it's a "den".

@NithinJune

10 ай бұрын

what is boarding house effect

@meomy29

Ай бұрын

@@NithinJuneA boarding house is a place where, instead of a single family house or an apartment building, a bunch of single rooms are rented out.

The reason you don't see brick houses or thatched roofs in southern California, is because two of our four "seasons" are earthquakes and brushfires. Our other two seasons are floods and riots.

@tori_whatsherface

3 жыл бұрын

Arguably, riots equate to all those disasters.

@margm4

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like in Australia, though we don’t have the riots!

@nathanlewis5682

3 жыл бұрын

@@margm4 the Kalgoorlie Mines riot Broome riot Crunulla riot

@margm4

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanlewis5682 Fair enough, but not the norm you’d have to admit

@nathanlewis5682

3 жыл бұрын

@@margm4 But the people here in USA enjoy rioting like it's a hobby, but they prefer to have an excuse even though they know very well it's bullsh*t. The media here also overinflates a crisis situation to stoke unrest, hoping it will spark up more.

"I need a ceiling fan in every room." -- The American South

@franny5295

3 жыл бұрын

And anybody that's grown up in the American south and moved elsewhere.

@marisameznarich6011

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@jenyj89

3 жыл бұрын

I live in SC and don’t have a ceiling fan in my kitchen or guest room over the garage (low ceiling). Gotta have them going!!!!

@regsun7947

3 жыл бұрын

Northwestern-ish desert dweller here with ceiling fans in most rooms--they run all summer and help the air from the AC move around better.

@carolinewilder2769

3 жыл бұрын

Even in the kitchen...especially in the kitchen.

I would add that in America, row houses are also referred to as "townhomes" or "townhouses". A very fun, entertaining and enlightening video. Thanks and cheers!

@Nyx773

Жыл бұрын

Usually townhomes are part of a homeowners association. Whereas row houses are not.

@Lorlac

11 ай бұрын

@@Nyx773 I live in a townhouse neighborhood in Virginia and three is not HOA here.

@karengintovt8695

9 ай бұрын

Having lived in the DC area for 45 years, there is a very distinct difference between townhouses and row houses. Modern townhouses cropped up in the suburbs during the 1980s when mortgage interest rates were sky high and there was a need for more affordable housing. These homes were usually 2-3 stories, with basements, and made from wood and siding, as opposed to brick. Each unit within a block of townhouses could be very distinct from an adjoining unit, such as having a ground entry vs. a second floor entry (having to climb lots of stairs), or different window styles and siding color. Units might also not be even with even other; that is, some stick out and some would be recessed. So within a row, two houses might stick out while the one in the middle is recessed. In the city, townhomes were usually brick, again 2-3 stories, but most basements were “English” basements that were usually separate living quarters for a renter or other tenet. Within a block, the units would all be the same style, such as same type of entry, even with each other (no stick out vs. recessed), and the same exterior features, like either a flat front appearance or curved where the living room and upstairs bedroom would be. These would be much older homes and quite expensive in the more fashionable parts of town. Row houses, on the other hand, could be equally as old, but were always in the outskirts of town or in older suburban neighborhoods and considered low income housing. They too, were usually brick, mostly just 2 stories, and usually with a large covered porch. They were all the same-kind of like making a foot-long Italian sandwich and then cutting it into even pieces. You could tell the width of the unit from where pillars separated one porch from the next. But basically, townhomes were upper- to middle-class, while row houses were decidedly low-income.

In the southern US, air conditioning is considered life support.

@HBC423

4 жыл бұрын

People die from the heat down here.. it's pretty necessary

@Fixing2snap

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a necessity here in the south!!!

@twatquat3322

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, with the high humidity and 90° to 100°+ heat from May through September, the heat really is dangerous without adequate air conditioning 😓

@s.leayoung5456

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know what I'd do without my life support. From May until Nov. I long to live in a place where there is no need for air conditioning. I never complain about the Winter anymore bc I'm so miserable with all the heat and humidity now days that I actually cherish the cold days after all they won't be here for long.

@surfingtothestars

4 жыл бұрын

Here in Alaska the only thing that is “life support” is central heating or a fireplace. Hardly anyone has AC here.

I'm British, and my American mother in law bought a kettle that she keeps in the cupboard for when I visit, it's so sweet !

@terrybyrd3738

3 жыл бұрын

I have a kettle in my cupboard (boilerpot in my cabinet) that hasn't been used for years!

@lornaphillips8501

3 жыл бұрын

I’m born and raised in the US and I have a electric tea kettle, Love it for heating up water for tea, hot cocoa 😋

@bipedalbob

3 жыл бұрын

@@lornaphillips8501 I like my microwave for that. But it seems like hot drinks made with a microwave cool faster.

@stefan-anamericaninrussiaa6683

3 жыл бұрын

Does it include a tea cozy? ;-)

@rachelandrewes8425

3 жыл бұрын

@@stefan-anamericaninrussiaa6683 Unfortunately it does not!

My daughter used to watch peppa pig & other UK shows when she was little... she developed a UK vocabulary here in the United States, she’d wonder why she would get strange looks when telling people where we went “on holiday” telling peoples to put their stuff in the “boot.” It was adorable.

@audraphillips448

3 жыл бұрын

That is so cute!😊

@adamsaintgermain6622

3 жыл бұрын

lol that daddy pig *snort*

@Author.Noelle.Alexandria

3 жыл бұрын

My daughter was hooked on I Love Lucy and Green Acres, and the looks she'd get for saying "Oh for corn's sake."

@lisamedla

3 жыл бұрын

What do you call a boot up there?

@RefractedStarlight

3 жыл бұрын

US-based - I was an early/way above grade level reader and got hooked on the Redwall series at age 5. Cue confusion when I told my older cousin that I'd fancy a piece of cake and she told me I had a big vocabulary. (it was just a normal phrase to me and I didn't see how it was unusual!)

You forgot mobile homes, which we often call "trailers," even though we fix them in place so they no longer move.

@suicidesitter6527

3 жыл бұрын

They are called caravans across the pond.

@susanbissell6319

3 жыл бұрын

I live in an older mobile home in a senior citizen community. I like new ones now, they look like a ranch house or a one-story house. You wouldn't know it was a mobile home.

@Ycekhold

3 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, the name for those trailers originally had nothing to do with mobility. That's because the M was capitalized--as in, they originated in the town of Mobile, Alabama.

@bryanrobsonssocks6366

2 жыл бұрын

@@suicidesitter6527 Only if they have wheels else we refer to them as static homes

@evilbob840

2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the movie "The Last Starfighter." The protagonist was describing where he lived to his alien co-pilot -- something along the lines of, "it's like a cave, but above ground. With wheels. Only, it doesn't move."

Texas sees your British summers, and raises you 100 degrees.

@ellieandrew2121

3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah.

@mloftin6472

3 жыл бұрын

No kidding.

@reesaserik3759

3 жыл бұрын

And I wonder if Britain has the same high humidity we have in Southeast Texas, over the summer. Take a very wet towel, drape it over your face and breath. That is how breathing feels during the summer. Literally walking from your front door, down the driveway to the mail box at the road and back to the front door, you are dripping with sweat.

@keithrose6931

3 жыл бұрын

@Delta Fox Are you sure she's an actual a woman ?

@whynotagain3639

3 жыл бұрын

@Delta Fox what are you on about, the UK is constantly humid. You're the one not familiar with British weather. You must have lived somewhere far up north and decided that the South of England, has the same weather as the north. We have very high humidity, we're an island surrounded by sea..How do you not know this? Where the hell did you live, the outer Hebrides? You do know how clouds are created right? Humidity! Lol In the south east of England including London we get at least 2-4 weeks of 90F a year and always get at least one or two days at 100F, that with 85% + humidity is absolutely unbearable. I bought a portable air con unit for this year's few days at 100F +, as working from home in lockdown in any heat above 75F is really hard when we're used to air con offices.

In Arizona a home without a cooling system is legally not habitable.

@rickydavis1051

4 жыл бұрын

Same here in central CA

@SistrWmn20

4 жыл бұрын

We had a swamp cooler in the 90's. I wonder when they changed the law.

@PrezVeto

4 жыл бұрын

@@SistrWmn20 wouldn't a swamp cooler qualify as a cooling system?

@ah5721

4 жыл бұрын

That's because in Arizona gets to 122F !

@philipem1000

4 жыл бұрын

@@SistrWmn20 A swamp cooler does qualify as a cooling system.

Interesting. I’ve only known “Row” houses to be called Townhouses.

@lunatune3714

3 жыл бұрын

Row houses is an American term but usually reserved for true row houses built decades ago. They are usually seen in Eastern cities of the US...

@samanthab3292

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, and I've lived in a few.

@ezraoberheim1081

3 жыл бұрын

Rowhomes are the ones that all look the same, it's sort of like a sub type of townhouse. Those are usually lined up in developments. Townhouses can just be whatever in terms of design, they're just attached to the neighbor.

@renroxhrd

3 жыл бұрын

Row houses are like a bunch connected. Town houses are only 2 or 3 connected

@HDTomo

3 жыл бұрын

@@renroxhrd it's called semi-detached housing

Farm houses with a wrap-around porch is the BEST

@wallacem41atgmail

3 жыл бұрын

Retired architect, here: What you are calling a "wrap-around-around porch" is correctly a "veranda."

@theropesofrenovation9352

3 жыл бұрын

@@wallacem41atgmail True but it will always be a wrap-a-round to me!

@codiefitz3876

3 жыл бұрын

@@wallacem41atgmail “Some of my finest hours have been spent sitting on my back veranda...”

It took me a minute to figure out what you meant by "mesh fences". We call them chain link

@suzbone

3 жыл бұрын

And/or hurricane fencing

@keira9107

3 жыл бұрын

Weirdo

@suecrosby481

3 жыл бұрын

Aka cyclone or hurricane

@staceykersting705

3 жыл бұрын

@@suecrosby481 Usually cyclone, I think.

@jyotimagic

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, me too, and I grew up in the UK!

"In the UK, 100 miles is a long way. In the US, 100 years is a long time."

@kk6aw

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Wiebe ....when I visit my in-laws it is a one way distance of 556 miles,I leave a 4am and arrive at 2:30 pm plus minus due to traffic. Look on google maps, Auberry Calif 35 miles North east of Fresno via Bakersfield east to Barstow SE to Yucca valley south to Brawley / hwy 8 east to Yuma AZ. Most Across Mojave Desert, pronounced Mo ha vey. Btw that is plus minus 80 mph, if you go fast enough to outrun the heat in the summer

@juliamartin4141

4 жыл бұрын

Please! Stop posting this on every one of his videos!

@Leon-wz1js

4 жыл бұрын

@@chazbaz4519 Wedgenut Tanker was referring to how long it takes to go a set distance, which relates to population density and thereby is relative to Dan Wiebe's comment, although only one sided. Presumably, Wedgenut Tanker probably assumes in England where it's smaller, you move about quicker.

@faithrada

4 жыл бұрын

My teenager came back from a trip 'across the pond' and kept telling us... Americans don't know what OLD is! Quite True.

@tonyahancock9863

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, on of the most fascinating things to me about England and well pretty much the rest of the world is that you have buildings older than our country. I grew up in a house that was built pre-Civil War and was well over a hundred years old when I was growing up in the 80's and 90's. It about blew my twelve year old mind when my British aunt refered to it as a newer home upon first seeing it. Now my a British friends look at me like I'm some sort of crazy person when I mention driving 400 and some odd miles to visit my son and to go to the beach. The really get surprised when I tell them I live on the Virginia/North Carolina state line and I've only driven from the western end of North Carolina to the eastern end on coast about 50 miles from Wilmington.

Having the washer and dryer separately is practical. I can have a load of colors in the dryer while I have a load of whites in the washer.

@duouk2000

Жыл бұрын

Definitely and its the preferred way to do it here in the UK as well (my parents have both). You'd only buy a combi if space was at a premium like in my kitchen.

@Nyx773

Жыл бұрын

I used to have a combo and it was basically worthless. The drying took 3 hours for a load of towels. Whereas hanging them on a drying rack in front of a box fan on high took less than half that time.

@findingmybliss5713

6 ай бұрын

I tend to just put my clothes into the one cycle on low temp wash and they come out fine

@GE1463

22 күн бұрын

Yeah the US doesnt use those for a reason. They are unreliable, dont work as well, and are a pain to work on

@GE1463

22 күн бұрын

Most of the US also uses Top loaders. Mainly because the agitator cleans really well.

I'm Canadian and we have igloos up here and we are part of the common wealth . That deserves a special mention eh .

@johnmcgrath6192

2 жыл бұрын

You can't really be a Canadian. Candaians would be too polite to pipe with a grievance.

@brendah.6366

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Poutine Day!!! 👍💖

2 жыл бұрын

*Commonwealth (IINM)

@zachafellar

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t be telling Americans we have igloos…their dumb enough to believe it.

That washer dryer combo deal would drive me nuts. I am drying one load while washing another. Saves time.

@jpw6893

4 жыл бұрын

It can be quicker though. You pop your clothes in before work and they are washed and dried when you get home. Doesn't require the need to be there to take clothes from one machine into the other. Having said that I prefer to hang clothes out to dry when I have the opportunity.

@jorgejefferson8251

4 жыл бұрын

@@jpw6893 Does not help me, when i do a wash day, it is clothes(whites and colors separately), and towels. That is three loads, four if i do bed sheets.

@jpw6893

4 жыл бұрын

@@jorgejefferson8251 more fool you. It's not the 60's lol. I pop colours in with everything, modern technology eh.

@jorgejefferson8251

4 жыл бұрын

@@jpw6893 To each their own, which is why i said "does not help ME"

@timothyjones3410

4 жыл бұрын

Does he have a whole separate video on the differences in refrigerators? It's a big topic. American fridges are the size of wardrobes and British fridges fit under the counter like dishwashers.

As far as air conditioning goes. Try living in the south when it's 115 degrees with 90% humidity.

@KonFess

4 жыл бұрын

I do.

@seecanon5840

4 жыл бұрын

I live in Texas US. No basements because it's too wet. AC a must. When it's hot outside, a heat advisory, you sweat when you move even in the AC and changing clothes because you moved. I love it here. I like other places, even visited some but, I like it here.

@seecanon5840

4 жыл бұрын

KonFess ........where do you live? There are southern states where you don't need AC.

@rogixd

4 жыл бұрын

I live in tx and here ac is a must. I have central ac but since my second floor doesnt get as cold as my first floor so i also have a window unit. So i guess im spoil because there are days when i have a central ac, windows ac and even a fan going at the same time. I like to sleep cold.

@Darcy783

4 жыл бұрын

I live in SC, originally from MD--definitely need AC in both states, though for a LOT more of the year in SC!

As a kiwi living in Colorado but who has also lived in England (i.e., a bit of everything), the strangest thing I noticed about houses in England was that you could be in the middle of nowhere, and the houses were still semi-detached, you were sharing a wall with neighbours, regardless of your isolation

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

Жыл бұрын

It's a matter of space. And in the UK that really matters ! Such semis are cottages.

@GregCocks_kiwi

Жыл бұрын

@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 space in the middle of nowhere? (As indicated) That is, there is literally not another house for miles, and that you are sharing a wall with another family

@teddy-3765

Жыл бұрын

@@GregCocks_kiwi Usually becuase the developer bought the the plot of land to build on and it's more profitable to have two houses to sell than one and just builting one structure instead of two separate ones is the cheaper option.

Watching from my mid-century ranch house. Air conditioning a must in the southern United States!

@TheFalconerNZ

3 жыл бұрын

Global warming is expanding the areas around the world where air con is needed, when l grew up the summers were bearable and an open window would do, the winters are cold and an open fire would do. Now summers are getting unbearably hot even with open windows and due to air pollution open fires and even most enclosed fires are becoming banned so in comes air con.

@janicejettsitter2097

3 жыл бұрын

Because without air conditioning, we would have mold.

@TheFalconerNZ

3 жыл бұрын

@@janicejettsitter2097 yeah have the same problem

@heyokaempath5802

3 жыл бұрын

Southwestern Ohio too!!!

@lauragwillim1055

3 жыл бұрын

I love mid century ranch houses!

You didn’t mention that in America, the first floor is the ground floor, and in Britain it’s the floor above! I constantly have to remind myself of this when looking at listings in the UK. (Another big one is that a flat is let out instead of rented)

@crazywoollady9325

4 жыл бұрын

I've lived in the UK for 7 years and that still throws me off lol

@aodhganmerrimac

4 жыл бұрын

Don't they also address house differently? Both sides of the street aren't odd/even running the same way?

@crazywoollady9325

4 жыл бұрын

@@aodhganmerrimac I don't pay a ton of attention to street address numbers honestly, but in the neighborhoods I've lived in so far the numbering system works basically the same as in the US. Odd on one side, even on the other side, increasing as you go along the road. So, across the street from 30 you'll have 31 and 33. The big difference is that the numbers are generally lower. Not every single street starts with number 1, but lots do. Especially in London. That's actually part of the reason the US generally has such high numbers for addresses. When the first settler towns were being built and house numbers were needed the colonizers felt that having higher house numbers was equal to higher status... because in England higher house numbers generally equate to being at the end of a very long road, which historically is where the bosses, factory owners, etc. lived. (Further away from the muck and grime that used to be in the middle of town.) Of course, that has changed over time and now some of the most desirable places are at addresses with low numbers (looking at you 10 Downing Street lol) It's extremely rare to have 4+ digit addresses here. One of the bigger issues with trying to find a particular address when you're not familiar with the area is that street signs can be dang near anywhere and there doesn't seem to be any rules about how often a street needs to be labelled. It's not at every corner/intersection here the way it is in the US. Sometimes street signs will be right on the side of a building, sometimes they'll be attached to a pole on the corner, sometimes they'll be overhead, sometimes they'll be painted on the pavement. I can't figure out any rhyme or reason for why street signs are put where they are lol

@OnLifeandLove

4 жыл бұрын

In Austria the first floor is the one above too. So confusing

@philipem1000

4 жыл бұрын

@@crazywoollady9325 San Francisco is that way, every street starts out fresh and many of the streets are pretty short and not at right angles either -- hills you know -- so the address doesn't give you any idea of the real location. I grew up in Tucson which is absolutely on a grid with major streets 1 mile apart and everything pretty much is is readily locatable (until you get into the foothills anyway) and streets and roads are E-W and Avenues run N-S making it easy to know where the intersection of 6th St and 5th Avenue is as distinct from 5th St and 6th Avenue. Except for downtown, "the Old Pueblo", the city was founded in the 1700's and the roads are not too straight nor wide in that area.

I’m not sure if “row house” is regional. In South Florida I’ve always heard it called “townhouse.”

@SherriLyle80s

4 жыл бұрын

I have called it both. Townhome for me is a little more wider but a rowhouse is taller, narrower and sometimes has more floors. I have lived in FL now since '07 but grew up near DC. Suburban areas outside of DC were townhomes and DC were rowhomes (million dollar 3 or 4 floors). My great grandpa had a home in DC. I'm sure if I tried to find it now, it would be crazy expensive.

@jamess1787

4 жыл бұрын

In your north hat 🇨🇦 we also call them "townhouses"

@upnorth1807

4 жыл бұрын

Ive grew up calling it a townhouse or "twin home" same concept though.

@brianstone6463

4 жыл бұрын

Townhouses are what we called them in South Dakota, and in Washington state where I currently live. I think I've only heard "row houses" in the east, and especially in connection with New York City.

@oxenforde

4 жыл бұрын

I always assumed that townhouse were condominiums, owned. Row houses were rented, apartments

Being a car nerd, I've noticed a lot of homes in Britain don't have garages and if they do, they're pretty small. In the US, a normal suburban type house will typically have a 2 car garage which may or may not actually house cars, it's often instead used for hoarding crap. My 1,500sf house has a super deep 3 bay garage which is pretty much unfathomable for the Brits

@mrspurrfectcat

2 жыл бұрын

Don't really have the space for garages here. And a lot of houses were built before most families owned a car.

@emmef7970

2 жыл бұрын

A few more ways garages are used- pool tables and ping pong tables, man caves, workout rooms and the doomsday preppers love them for hoarding food and supplies. But their hoarding is generally extremely organized. 😀

@Cakalank

2 жыл бұрын

I always envy the housing spaces of US. You guys always have big garages and backyards. In Asia, it is considered super luxurious to have big backyard and a garage and even the spaces between houses are so small, some even fused with another house.

@TinyScorpion44

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cakalank It's common in the US to have homes close together side by side, for example both of my neighbors are about 15ft away. Yard size depends on the house though usually the newer the home, the smaller the yard. Personally, I'd be happy with no yard at all, it's more work than it's worth!

@megalocerus1573

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrspurrfectcat The houses of the 50s and 60s don't tend to have more than one bay. There was a time when families didn't have two cars. Newer houses have two, and in California, they seem to have garages for storage because they don't have basements. No one puts the car in them like they do in New England.

Two story houses joined together in a line in the US are actually called townhouses, at least in the places I've lived. I actually thought "row house" was a British term. But in the US, "terraces" occur in hilly areas, when back yards and flower beds are "terraced" into a series of flat stair-step sections instead of being sloped. We have gardens here, but it's specifically the part of the yard where we have our flower beds or vegetables growing, distinct from a lawn or patio area--all of which would be contained within an entire back or front yard.

@clarebebbington9984

3 жыл бұрын

Row house is a term that is used in east coast colonial cities like Philadelphia and Baltimore

@carowells1607

3 жыл бұрын

True but American cities used to utilize the term ‘terraced houses’ too..There are still a few standing. In Manhattan, laGrange Terrace (aka Colonade Row’) is still standing for the most part. Rhinelander Gardens.is another. Older NYC townhouses also include what’s known as an English basement, but Brits seem not to have ever heard that term in the UK. It just means it’s partially above ground.

@JamesThompson-ol3eu

3 жыл бұрын

@@clarebebbington9984 Yes - from many years of reading National Geographics and Smithsonian magazine. This Texas has never seen such in this state.

@axellajohannesson447

3 жыл бұрын

@@clarebebbington9984 And in Queens, NY, where there are heaps of them!

@leoniemarks4594

2 жыл бұрын

We used to live in a townhouse. That's the term for a run of 6-8 (usually) 3-storey houses. There are two other types of housing which haven't been covered yet: maisonettes, which are basically a 2-storey house sitting on top of a 1-storey, or (in our area) 2 x 2-storey houses sitting on top of each other in a terrace; and 'link detached' which are basically detached houses which are actually separated from the next by a garage. We technically live in a link detached house - next door's garage is the other side of our lounge/dining room wall but upstairs is an outside wall, and sometimes when our neighbour is clanging around inside his garage we can hear it through the lounge wall. Our garage is on the other side of our house and is bordered by a side alleyway to our back garden. Our house also partially wraps around this garage so we have a separate utility room behind it.

Im an Aussie and was surprised watching shows in the uk and seeing no fly screens on the windows. You need fly screens, otherwise you get flies everywhere

@lodragan

4 жыл бұрын

We call those screens "window screens" here in the US.

@kaldo_kaldo

4 жыл бұрын

@@lodragan I've never heard anyone specify, in my area we just call them "screens".

@brianloper6669

4 жыл бұрын

They need them in Costa Rica too but you rarely find them

@corvus1970

4 жыл бұрын

@NotJo Born and raised in WV, and you have way more than 3 kinds of flies. Yeah, I know you're partly kidding, but if you're breaking species down into general more-annoying "types", you also have fruit-flies, and biting midges, AKA no-see-ums, which may not pester you too much unless you live pretty far up a holler (hollow) somewhere.

@BillyBob_McSanchez

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianloper6669 I agree, but instead they added bars to prevent burglars

Our houses are bigger to make room for all the junk we never use.

@peterdurnien9084

4 жыл бұрын

I put some stuff out for a garage sale, while my friend in Atlanta worked. I could not, believe how much junk there was in the basement that she had kept. Get shot of it as soon as you can.

@sovereignspirit7640

4 жыл бұрын

David LaFerney That goes for big fridges too I guesss. All sorts of things can be forgotten in the rear of them

@kathleenm6347

4 жыл бұрын

Most people we know not only have a huge fridge/freezer in the house but they have a second one in the garage! We don't as we're better organized than most Americans.

@ryanfox2599

4 жыл бұрын

@@kathleenm6347 the one in the garage is typically for beer and extra freezer space especially for those of us that harvest wild game. :)

@bob707builder8

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. Our houses are bigger because England is very small. The whole country is the size of Louisiana. Just think of 55 million people in that state.

Craftsman houses and their history is fascinating. They’re popular all around. I was started when visiting England and got told off for using my hair dryer in the bathroom. We have ground fault circuit interrupters to prevent shock. It’s a very cheap and easy electronic addition.

I can't believe you didn't mention the loo or lavatory as compared to the bathroom.

@Jen.K

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and where is the toilet located? I've lived all over the place, and it seems to me that in both the US and the UK, the toilet is part of the bathroom. But here in Australia, we often have our toilets in tiny little rooms of their own. So when Americans visit and ask to use the bathroom, it can cause some confusion.

@treetopjones737

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jen.K They feel awkward about asking, so bathroom became a polite word meaning needing the toilet. Public ones we say restroom, though we aren't taking a nap in there.

@joannegaughan6132

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget W.C.!!!😆😅🤣😂

@rubymermaid7005

2 жыл бұрын

And in Canada, our equivalent of restroom is washroom.

@eattherich9215

2 жыл бұрын

​@@treetopjones737: language needs to be clear. There is an apocryphal tale of a snobbish old dowager who sent a young American guest to a room without a lavatory when she had asked to use the "bathroom".

I’m from Tennessee and have never heard “Row” houses. That’s a “townhouse” here. Entertaining video & I love your voice! Update I have learned so much from my simple comment. Thank y’all. ✌️❤️

@lilkajira141

4 жыл бұрын

Same here in Alabama. It is "Townhouse" here as well.

@SpoobSnack

4 жыл бұрын

From Washington state and it's also known as Townhouse here too. I've never heard the term row house before

@MzShonuff123

4 жыл бұрын

They call them row houses in NYC and here in Chicago

@philipem1000

4 жыл бұрын

And in some places, notably Arizona they might be called "patio homes" because the patio...oh you get the idea.

@mariabardo9340

4 жыл бұрын

In Philadelphia is called row houses.

American here. I don't refer to "row houses" as that, but a " townhouse".

@susiessoapstuff1459

4 жыл бұрын

I'm southern, and we call those townhouses also. I'm thinking maybe Chicago/east coast calls it row houses.

@SandBoxJohn

4 жыл бұрын

From my prospective row houses, townhouse is more the era and location they were they are built. Row houses, first half of the last century, prominently near the urban core of large incorporated cities. Townhouse, second quarter of the last century to present, close in suburbs of large metropolitan areas and or randomly placed suburban high density housing developments. Townhouse is a euphemism to describe a row houses without the gritty urban rundown connotation.

@andrewgardner9615

4 жыл бұрын

Town houses in UK usually 3 storey terraced.

@writerinfact1768

4 жыл бұрын

As with many other aspects of a "massive" country, what almost anything is called depends on where it's being named. All part of the fun of "moving house" to someplace else. Which, if one may point out the obvious, is nearly always impossible, given foundations and that generous American square footage. It's the people and the stuff that go elsewhere, not the house itself. Unless, of course, one's housing is mobile on purpose. ;-)

@ruthgoebel723

4 жыл бұрын

spacedout Row houses is the old na,e for townhouses today. I guess it sounds more swanky? Certainly costs more.

I noticed that the British don't laugh at their own jokes even when they're hilariously funny, while Americans always laugh at their own jokes, especially when they're not funny.

@ednagil81

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@fancysfolly554

3 жыл бұрын

NotRllyJoey but aren’t jokes supposed to be funny?

@fancysfolly554

3 жыл бұрын

NotRllyJoey why did u think that? Are u From America?

@fancysfolly554

3 жыл бұрын

NotRllyJoey well where in the world is completely free and independent.? That’s not even logical. We are ok over here in the USA...in spite of the last 4 years. In spite of the pandemic, in spite of all the rioting and things in some areas literally running amuck. When it came down to it we voted..we got a different guy in...hopefully the next four years will be better. I think we r all involved in a huge world wide change ..I think all the turmoil and the sickness ..are the death cry’s of an old way Hopefully we will eventually be on a higher level. We are evolving...if we don’t we will die away. That’s my theory. You will get no argument from me that my country is perfect. But I think we are still in the running. I hope we can get back on track to a better place. Now tell me about your country.

@keira9107

3 жыл бұрын

It’s cos a lot of our humour is witty, sarcastic or ironic humour or just taking the piss and if you laugh at it yourself it ruins the effect whereas Americans just make shit jokes

When I watch any tv shows that take place in England, I am always surprised by how small the living rooms are.

@mrspurrfectcat

2 жыл бұрын

Mines a living room diner. Separate kitchen. Would of made sense to eat in the kitchen not the living room. But my kitchens too small.

@johnmcgrath6192

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you are watching young people living in NYC. Oh wait, friends, jobless people living in a spacious NYC apartment.

@duouk2000

Жыл бұрын

@@mrspurrfectcat Same here, wish I had a separate dining room but it feels like an optional extra these days.

@rwilson7197

11 ай бұрын

Yes. I like watching the Dabl network renovations in England - tiny rooms, all!!

Lol, when my British hubbie first visited me in the states, upon discovering my garbage disposal asked 'how do you know when it's hungry?'

@robertcroft8241

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Manchester England. Every three houses I have lived in (And my Mothers 1971 house) Have Garbage Disposers. Also Target in USA sells electric kettles.

@sandrapenrod7927

3 жыл бұрын

Show him an episode of the "Flintstones" to answer that one.

@judywright4241

3 жыл бұрын

---Did you tell him the disposal eats when y’all do??

@joniemoreman5258

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@MrGoatflakes

3 жыл бұрын

Flintstones joke ha

Having a separate washer and dryer allows one to start another wash load while the first load is drying.

@jpw6893

4 жыл бұрын

But a combo allows you to put a load in and go to work or shopping and when you get home it's washed and dried.

@snopure

4 жыл бұрын

@@jpw6893 And then when the one machine is broken, you can neither wash nor dry your load...

@jpw6893

4 жыл бұрын

@@snopure not true actually, you can still use it.

@OhJodi69

4 жыл бұрын

@@jpw6893 How do you use a broken machine????

@jpw6893

4 жыл бұрын

@@OhJodi69 if the wash bit breaks you can still use the dryer and vice versa.

The advantage of separate washer driers is that you can do multiple loads easier. While one load is drying, another is being washed.

@teddy-3765

Жыл бұрын

{laugh!} dryers take space that many don't have and they eat electricity so are expensive to run. We line dry in the summer and hang the laundry in front of the radiators around the house in cold weather.

The word "flat" is definitely used in some parts of the US, but only for specific types of apartments. It's used in cases where you have a two or three story house, possibly including a basement, where each level is a separate apartment. Each apartment is referred to a flat. But it only seems to be used with those apartments take up the entire floor (not counting the stairways going between floors). If there multiple apartments per floor, then they are not referred to as flats.

@Nyx773

Жыл бұрын

Not quite so in Chicago. The term flat is used to describe the whole building, but not the individual units. The units are referred to as apartments. Whereas the number of units in a building is part of the description as in: 2-flat, 3-flat, 6-flat, 12-flat. Used in a sentence: "There is an apartment for rent in that owner-occupied 3-flat building"

Here in NY, terraced houses are called Brownstones no matter the exterior's color or actual masonry (brick, limestone, or wood shingle, all called Brownstones)

@TNJSRP

4 жыл бұрын

@The Armchair Spaceman** Your last 2 sentences sum up the lives of African Americans.

We punish ourselves in the summer. 😂😂😂 Doesn’t mention that their summer lasts about a month. Southern US, it’s summer for closer to 9 months.

@dsatt57

4 жыл бұрын

holly c you mist be closer to the gulf. Where I am, summer is hot from May (not this year)/June through first part of October. At most, 5 months.

@hollyc4624

4 жыл бұрын

dsatt57 haha. Yes. Closer to the gulf. Makes it hot but tolerable in the shade now but it will last into November often. That’s the end of Hurricane season.

@CourtlandMiller1994

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Even cold winters have random hot days down here

@philipem1000

4 жыл бұрын

Having lived in Arizona most of my life and moving to San Francisco, I was surprised to find no air conditioning. Then I learned that a "hot day" in SF was one where I turned off the furnace and opened the window. BTW a home in Arizona without a cooling system is legally not inhabitable.

@SkyxoxStar

4 жыл бұрын

Summer in FL is 50 weeks out of the year 🤣

I'm from Texas and currently live in Washington State. The houses from these two states vary greatly too. Most of the Tx houses are made with brick while most of the Wa State houses are made with wood. Also alleys were a very common thing in my home town in Tx but not so much where I live now in Wa. Streets in Tx also tended to be words names where in my area of Wa they're numbers though a handful may have actual names as well for some reason. Also you should see the houses in Leavenworth, Wa! VERY Germanesque style!

@trouble97018

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Seattle so I happen to know the reason for the wood vs brick. Firstly, when the settlers arrived in what is now Washington, it was covered in mile after miles of old growth fir. Second, Washington State (at least the Western part of it, is in a subduction zone.) Earthquake country. Brick construction historically doesn't do all that well in moderate to severe quakes. Brick construction handles hurricanes just fine.

@A2D4

Жыл бұрын

I’m from Wa State and also lived in Texas. Am very familiar with Leavenworth, too. 👍🏻 Your comparisons are spot on. I’m in the mid west now and still miss Wa. tho I left in 1976! There is a definite flavor in those two states but not so much where I am now. Also lived in Calif for 30+ yrs. You see a little of everything there! I think it’s wonderful to have such diversity within one country. It’s been a real education for me.

Yes, our house in Texas was 4000 square feet, for two people. Here in Colorado our house is 2,600 square feet and we now feel crowded. A friend from Scotland that came to stay with us for a few months thought our 1,400 square foot house in Michigan was huge. Avoid condos, much harder to resell than single family residence.

We also have huge refrigerators, where in Britain they tend to shop more often and have smaller fridges.

@delraydad7516

4 жыл бұрын

Tbh it was down to the size of the houses and people as to why they had smaller refrigerators. Now almost everyone has a big American style refrigerator.

@annie4005

4 жыл бұрын

this is flat out incorrect. in Britain we have proper fridges lol

@delraydad7516

4 жыл бұрын

@@annie4005 now they do

@marielouise9126

4 жыл бұрын

I have an American style fridge freezer in my kitchen, it even gives you water and ice 😜

@paahcoccioli

3 жыл бұрын

While some people have disagreed about the fridge size (I own a normal, bog-standard white fridge freezer) I do agree with you on the fact that people in the UK tend to spread their shopping more. Generally the big shop would be a weekly shop and then you'd run to the shops to buy milk, bread or anything else you might have run out every couple of days. In America I have the feeling they tend to stock more, especially on non perishables. That's especially true in places where natural disaster risk is greater, obviously.

American Architects: How big do you want this house? American Homeowner: Yes.

@jaimejouelapiano

4 жыл бұрын

Priscilla Emerald I just bought an old colonial that was built in 1858- it used to be 7br home, it’s now been converted to a two-family and both of the apartments are over 1400 feet. There are LOADS of houses in New England (and the US in general) like this, it’s not just a new-built thing!

@tanyakristeen

4 жыл бұрын

Not all Americans live in houses. Unfortunately we manufacture all too many Trailer homes, which in the event of any number of disasters we have here in america they tend to be totally destroyed.

@MzShonuff123

4 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, we’re going through this tiny house movement at the same time Marie Kondo is a thing, so I wonder how much longer that’ll be a thing. Add in the fact millennials can’t afford large houses like many of their parents and are now buying what Boomers used to call “starter” homes and the effects Coronavirus is likely to have on the economy and I bet we see a reversal in this belief all houses need to be huge.

@XenusMama

4 жыл бұрын

jaimejouelapiano exactly!! Ours is huge!

@genli5603

4 жыл бұрын

@@tanyakristeen trailer homes are built to high standards now and are secured to meet wind and earthquake requirements now. If a trailer home gets wiped out, so would any other.

I'm Canadian and I remember being very surprised to learn that Europeans didn't have closets (i.e. a small room off a bedroom or hallway that was used to store things) but instead used wardrobes (i.e. movable pieces of furniture that had doors which could be closed). A teacher once explained that practice to us saying that in Europe, closets would get counted as separate rooms and thus be subject to additional taxes so people used wardrobes instead to reduce the amount of tax they had to pay. In Canada - and I think the US - taxation isn't connected to the number of rooms so there's no reason to avoid closets.

Thank you, Laurence. Interesting and entertaining at the same time ... per usual! Good work!!!

I am an American now living in Wales. One distinct difference I've noticed between British and American houses are the roof tiles. They are permanent in Britain. In America they frequently use shingles that last ten, thirty, even forty years depending on how much you want to spend.

@HollyCranfan

4 жыл бұрын

I think it’s the American way for job security for roofers . Dumb as my roof was done wrong. Needs a redo

@SwanseaTitanFan

4 жыл бұрын

I’m in Cardiff and my house will soon be in need of new slate tiles, at the moment they are 80 years old. I might change them in another 10 years or so.

@user-jy3zl2vp4b

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I heard once that in the US we use light-weight individual shingles because of tornadoes and hurricanes...if they go flying it is just a few individual ones that go (not the entire roof) and they are light so not as lethal.

@PrezVeto

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-jy3zl2vp4b they're also less dangerous in an earthquake

@Victorianification

3 жыл бұрын

Wales is the home of slate, my house is roofed in Welsh slate. Its well over 100 years old and they are as good as ever.

When I visited a friend in England, I noticed they have the smallest refrigerators, like under the counter fridge, and they keep some of their food in cabinets!

@teddy-3765

3 жыл бұрын

We tend to boggle at the enormous size of American fridges. Our large combination fridge-freezers are smaller than most American stand-alone fridges. Brits also find the concept of top-loading washing machines very antiquated (my parents had an old-fashioned top-loading washer in the 50's, I think). A front loader can be installed under the counter (next to the fridge, even) out of the way.

@LibraryBooksPages

3 жыл бұрын

@@teddy-3765 Yep, but in the US, our washing appliances aren't located in the kitchen or the occasional bathroom. They have their own room. To iron, steam, and random laundry tasks. You would be looked at funny if you put the washer or dryer in the kitchen.

@marieravening927

3 жыл бұрын

@@LibraryBooksPages It's the same as the US in Australia regarding the laundry.

@kaylilland7545

3 жыл бұрын

Clothes Washer/dryer is in MY kitchen in San Diego CA.

@regsun7947

3 жыл бұрын

@Therese A. Judith Izzo-Davis I've lived in houses with them in different places including in the kitchen, the current one being in the room beside the kitchen but not accessible from said kitchen. My favorite was the laundry room accessible from the kitchen.

I spent a couple of months in Bahamas, and a couple of months in Philadelphia and loved it in both places. Ceiling fans are a boon, because you can sleep comfortably under one, even in the Bahamas, whereas air conditioning can give you neck/shoulder ache. I loved Pennsylvania and NY State, with their miles of neatly kept grass shoulders by the roads. The Cape Cod style houses are everywhere, and they've all got neat gardens, sorry yards, which are huge compared to ours here in UK. I love the driving - turn right on red, first one at a stop sign first one to go, and stopping all traffic when a school bus is displaying its STOP sign. Huge supermarkets, and huge malls - my girlfriend wanted to move in to KOP. I could go on, and I was only there for a short time.

Another house style in America is the Split Level home. A split-level house is a multiple-story home where the levels of living space are connected by a short set of stairs. Split-level homes are typically divided into three different levels with a living room and a kitchen on the main floor, bedrooms and bathrooms on the upper floor, and the den or garage in the basement. Growing up my friend lived in a Split Level home. The lower level was occupied by his grandparents who had a bedroom, bathroom, and a "great room" containing a small sitting area, small kitchen, and dining area all in one room.

I had a German friend tell me, when she moved here, that Americans live in castles because the houses are so big. She was referring to the European style homes built in the South in the 80s and 90s!

@twatquat3322

4 жыл бұрын

😂Also called McMansions !!

@moonlily1

4 жыл бұрын

My German friend told me that German houses don't have porches which led to her misunderstanding of the song "Summer of 69" by Bryan Adams in which she assumed he must be saying "standing on your mother's Porsche" because she never heard of a porch.

@timdowney6721

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of Americans are “house poor,” too. The cost of purchase and ownership strains many family budgets. Just as car companies’ marketing convinced Americans in the 1950s to center life on the auto, builders and real estate interests have the “need” for ever-bigger houses.

@waycoolscootaloo

4 жыл бұрын

@@timdowney6721 Yeah. But keep in mind it's even worse in the UK right now with this issue. UK homes are very expensive. An average American home equivalent in the UK, could easily go for a $1million US, due to the size of them and the size of their yards. Lot's of Brits are very used to the roommate culture to split rent.

@jessicaely2521

4 жыл бұрын

@@waycoolscootaloo it's the same for some parts of the US. In some parts of Florida, a small 2 bedroom house goes for 3 million. The only reason for it is because the land is valuable. I sold my house in Florida for 4 million 15 years ago. It was 1800 sq foot (167 sq meter) house. The reason behind it was the land is expensive. Close to my house in Florida, they sold 20 acres (80,937 sq meters) for 400 million. New York City can be super expensive. Chicago can be super expensive. It just depends where you live.

In South Florida a/c is a must not a luxury. The humidity and heat are a miserable combination.

@KayleeCee

4 жыл бұрын

I live in the midwest and I think I'd probably croak without my central air in the summer. I can't imagine going without it somewhere like south Florida.

@orangew3988

4 жыл бұрын

Real question, how did people survive the summer 30/50 years ago?

@spocksvulcanbrain

4 жыл бұрын

Which begs the question....WHY????

@sgupta4

4 жыл бұрын

@@orangew3988, passive cooling methods, maybe. Good question. I'd be interested in hearing other answers. Windows could have been bigger to better catch the breezes. I've seen old homes with areas called sleeping porches.

@philipem1000

4 жыл бұрын

In Arizona a home without a cooling system is legally not inhabitable. You can't rent out a place without cooling. In old days and parts of the state they did have sleeping porches -- and homes built of foot thick adobe for a reason. Some homes would be dug half a story down to get cooler and wide windows yes but none facing south... The state was quite low in population until just after WWII when they invented or popularized the evaporative cooler (called "swamp boxes" informally) which allowed homes to be cooled inexpensively. Can't use them in places without low humidity though. They are mostly replaced by A/C in some areas where as in Phoenix you would not even consider anything but A/C since swamp boxes just can't lower the blistering temps enough. If it's 100 outside a swamp box will give you 75 inside, but if it's 115 you'll be 90 inside. Oh we have a lot of ceiling fans.

Row houses are also sometimes called townhouses. Row house tends to have a "city" connotation, think Baltimore, or Philadelphia. Whereas townhouses are mostly in suburban environments. These terms are technically interchangeable, however marketing people, real-estate agents, will use "Townhouse" because it is seen as being more desirable.

@MrSloika

2 жыл бұрын

In NYC I've always referred to them as 'row-house', unless they are a rowhouse made of brown sandstone in which case we call them brownstones.

The stand alone electric kettle is the best thing ever. I have converted most of my family to them and now I am spreading the word to friends too!

@christineparker3241

3 жыл бұрын

I love having a electric kettle there are the best.

@samanthab3292

3 жыл бұрын

I've been debating getting one, is it faster than a stove top one??

@staceykersting705

3 жыл бұрын

@@samanthab3292 Oh, hell yeah! Instant hot water...takes less than a minute to boil, I'd guess.

@RefractedStarlight

3 жыл бұрын

I think I was introduced to them by a friend in college and was an instant convert. A few years later, I convinced my parents to get one as well. Tea is possible within 5 minutes at all hours of the day or night! I would not want to live without one!

@lilybean9585

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that they aren’t common in America boggles my mind, they are so dam useful

Nobody I know says "Grid Power" but we do say "Power Grid"

@bob19611000

4 жыл бұрын

That was the only thing I was wondering. I do a lot of electronics and have DIY some house electrical work; I've always referred it as "mains" not grid. To me the grid refers to the entire network outside the house.

@jasperjones6857

4 жыл бұрын

I see in instructions "plug into the mains." But in the US it would be "plug into the outlet."

@philipem1000

4 жыл бұрын

And the mains box in Britain would be the breaker box or fuse box in the US.

@PrezVeto

4 жыл бұрын

Someone with solar panels or a generator might well say "grid power" to distinguish.

@hayleybartek8643

4 жыл бұрын

Grid power = power that comes from the power grid. Power grid = the thing that produces grid power.

He didn’t mention anything about having a freezer or second fridge in the garage. I have a second fridge out there where the fridge portion keeps my beer and pop icy cold (and extra space for food during gatherings) and the freezer portion is filled with veggies.grown in my large 1.4 acre American yard upon which my 2,400 sq ft rambling wood cape cod sits

@timlocke8588

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. The famous 'beer fridge' and one of Americas great contributions to human well being.

@mloftin6472

3 жыл бұрын

A beer fridge in the garage has been a life goal of mine for years. I don't know what pop is, but I will be putting lots of Coke and beer in my future fridge.

@sl2115

3 жыл бұрын

M Loftin pop = coke

@mloftin6472

3 жыл бұрын

@@sl2115 I know. I was just kidding. I am a Southerner, so we of course say Coke generically.

@reesaserik3759

3 жыл бұрын

@@mloftin6472 I live in Southeast Texas, but my people are Cajun from Southwest Louisiana. My family always referred to soft drinks as soda pop. So that was my habit. Once I married, and started eating out with my husband (eating out was something my people never did) I totally confused the waiters when I requested soda pop. My husband would have to interject with 'she wants a coke.' Now, several years later, I say coke. I also had to learn to stop calling every one Sha (Cajun and Creole slang, derived from the French "cher". A term of affection meaning darling, dear, or sweetheart.) Took me a while for that one. But my husband says that when I am home in Texas I am a Texan; but as soon as the car crosses the state line into Louisiana, I immediately revert back to my inner Cajun, accent and all. I call myself a Texajun.

When I lived in the UK, it took six months to get used to the direction of the light switches. Up is off and down is on. When I returned home, I was so lost!

@dustinclouse6888

2 жыл бұрын

Really? I've lived in the US my whole life, but I spent 15 days in England when I was younger and I dont remember the light switches being backwards! That's interesting.

@leoniemarks4594

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustinclouse6888 They're not! Some rooms have more than one light switch - a hallway/landing for example so you can turn the light on from the top or the bottom of the stairs, and 2 of our 3 downstairs rooms also have a switch near each door, so often you're flicking the switch up for on or down for off, depending on which switch was used last time. Our kitchen has 3 separate light switches - yeah, really! But up is off and down is on - unless your electrics have been installed/changed by an idiot electrician! But I've stayed in lots of places in Florida, and all the switches are the same - up for off and down for on.

You forgot the Voltage and circuit differences.

@gblakev

3 жыл бұрын

@@missprimproper1022 Or a water closet - WC

When I was 17, in the late 60’s, my parents informed my sister & me that we would be moving from our roomy house & yard in Nebraska to an apartment in San Francisco for our dad’s new position. When they picked us up from the airport, we were driving to the City, & I noticed all the houses “stuck together” & commented “this must be the not-so-nice part of town”. My parents howled with laughter that I will always remember! I had a lot to learn! 😂

@dimesonhiseyes9134

4 жыл бұрын

To me that sounds like a nightmare.

@soco13466

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you've left SF by now. I'd hate to live amongst the woke elitists and the feces contaminated streets, along with the homeless thousands. Might as well be a third world environment.

@steelergrl8169

4 жыл бұрын

soco13466 I was coming to say the same thing.

@christinefortner7725

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, I’ve been back in the wide open spaces & huge sky country of Nebraska for many years now. The City was breathtaking when I was there & I have to say I’m relieved my parents aren’t here to see what has become of it, they loved it so. 😞

@bookmouse2719

4 жыл бұрын

@@soco13466 SF use to be a really beautiful city.....it's such a shame.

I'm English. I detest separate taps. You can't wash your hands properly: you either have to suffer washing your hands in cold water, or scalding them. In every property I've lived in, I've made a priority of ripping out any sinks with separate taps and installing a mixer tap instead.

@MagentaOtterTravels

4 жыл бұрын

Chriseurosong I could not agree more!! Glad to hear a Brit admit how silly separate taps are! If you see the tour of my flat in Cheltenham, you’ll note that this American gal ensured she got only mixer taps 😉

@MagentaOtterTravels

4 жыл бұрын

What Not To Do At a Stoplight do you mean separate handles for hot and cold, or actually two faucets! I think two different faucets for hot and cold is uncommon in the US. Even in bathrooms. Although I just watched video that Jimmy Fallon recorded in his home, and his bathroom did have two faucets for hot and cold! LOL

@ACDBunnie

4 жыл бұрын

I'm American and we have separate taps. I'd say separate taps and one tap for both hot and cold are about equally common. The sinks in my family's current home are all separate tap, but the house we lived in before had some single taps. My university's restrooms have some separate taps, some single taps, and some automatic/motion sensor taps.

@ACDBunnie

4 жыл бұрын

@@MagentaOtterTravels I though when they said tap they meant handle, not faucet. I didn't imagine any sink would have two faucets and would be surprised if Britain's sinks had more than one faucet.

@MagentaOtterTravels

4 жыл бұрын

Attie Davis They actually have two faucets... you get to choose whether you want your hands to be freezing cold or scalding hot when you wash your hands. It’s not my favorite...

In all my 65 years I have never been able to figure out what semi-detached meant. Thank you for clearing that up. PS love you, love your wife, love your channel.

I’ve never heard them called “row” houses, we call them townhomes.

@TK-vv6to

3 жыл бұрын

They call them row in NYC.

@neressamorrison8492

3 жыл бұрын

In DC do have row houses. My daughter lived in DC for three years.

@WillBravoNotEvil

3 жыл бұрын

It's regional.

@RabbitReturn

3 жыл бұрын

It is regional and also historical. If you go to an old historical neighborhood like Pullman in Chicago, they refer to them as row houses because that's what they were called in the period when they were built.

@casssmith2610

3 жыл бұрын

I lived in the Historic District of Savannah for 8 years. For a couple of years in a Georgian Rowhouse built in 1853. I called him George. Then in a Victorian Rowhouse built in 1890, I called Vic. Both were called Row houses except you add the style in describing it. SAV was founded in 1733 by a Brit and it’s definitely a European type city. The Historic District. I miss it deeply.

Row House is a term heard in Baltimore and Boston areas. Usually we call such houses joined together on both sides as Town Houses.

@KAJKAJ-vg7nj

4 жыл бұрын

Have a few guns in the U.K. too I do beleive.

@BlazingLizard09

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Baltimore area and I've only ever heard townhouse. I've never heard row house

@Neyajay

4 жыл бұрын

BlazingLizard09 same. From Connecticut and have never heard the term rowhouse

@Angl0sax0nknight

4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for him to say it. But he said duplex. But also Row which I’ve never heard.

@retrogurlie

4 жыл бұрын

Washington DC rowhouses. I typically associate a rowhouse with larger East coast cities: Boston, Baltimore, NYC, DC and Philly.

I love your channel. I’m American and my husbands Welsh. I swear every conversation you’ve had with your wife, we have had with each other. And the funny thing is, I’m in my sixties and he is late 70s. Couples haven’t changed as much as you think despite today’s technology

I watch a lot of British mysteries, like Midsomer Murders. I'm fascinated by the fact that that many British homes are on different levels, you step inside the door, then step up or step down. Is there a reason floors aren't level? Also, door knobs in England are usually higher than in American homes. I always wondered if it was to keep young children from reaching the door knob and running outside. Anyone have the answers?

Things that got me when I moved to the UK.... 1. Size of rooms - tiny 2. Size of fridge - tiny (mine fit under the counter). When I tried to look for a proper fridge they were all labelled "American style" 3. Size of washing machine - tiny (took almost 1 day to wash/ dry a load). Back in the Americas our machines hold twice the load and I can do all my loads, wash and dry in an afternoon rather than a week 4. Washing machine in the kitchen, rather than having a laundry room. 5. Older style buildings with separate hot and cold water, so imagine trying to wash up in the winter.

Raise your hand if you are an American living in America and own an electric kettle!

@skmarrama

4 жыл бұрын

I do! It was such a clever thing I discovered with my British friends that I had to have one here.

@lamwen03

4 жыл бұрын

Coffee Pot count?

@selkirk57

4 жыл бұрын

We have always had electric kettles.

@ambissing

4 жыл бұрын

🙋‍♀️ but in fairness I lived in England for 3 years and just got too used to my electric kettle that I bought one as soon as I returned

@maxinelove510

4 жыл бұрын

Can’t live without my kettle and punjana tea.

In Canada we call the sink’s garbage disposal a “garburator”. Just a little factoid for the day.

@ecampbell5837

4 жыл бұрын

Yes we do! I didn’t know it had any other name. 🇨🇦

@ceramic.ants.

4 жыл бұрын

But why.

@mustwereallydothis

4 жыл бұрын

@@ceramic.ants. we call it that because it is the branded name of the first garbage disposal unit... or perhaps it's just the most common one. The same way we adopted names like dumpster, kleenex, Rubbermaid bins... and now use them for any items of that kind, regardless of brand.

@ceramic.ants.

4 жыл бұрын

@Tara Wright Well that makes sense when explained. Thanks!

@chantellsenekal2641

4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't even exist in South Africa 😂

It is a newer thing in the UK to say 'move house'. As recently as the '70s, people said that they were 'shifting house'. This is still the preferred way to describe a move in many Commonwealth countries.

@leoniemarks4594

2 жыл бұрын

Really? We 'moved' 14 months ago. We didn't 'move house'. This house was built in 2000 so is coming up 22 years old. It was purchased 'off plan' by my husband's retired parents and inherited by us 18 months ago. My daughter is genuinely the third generation 'Marks' to live in this house lol.

I watch a lot of BBC, and the tiny doorways and high doorknobs always make me go huh.

I would love a letterbox on my door because then I wouldn't have to leave my house to get the mail.

@teddy-3765

3 жыл бұрын

That's the general idea. In England we find it very strange that Americans have to go to the end of their garden to get their mail, while in England we just have to pick it up from the floor inside the front door.

@teleriferchnyfain

3 жыл бұрын

There are American houses with letterboxes

@lornaphillips8501

3 жыл бұрын

Your mail is probably safer too, going into a slot in a locked door.

@onespiceybbw

3 жыл бұрын

Around here a lot of the houses (built around 1960, but it's also found in older houses) have a mail slot through the house wall next to the front door. Unfortunately kids would do things like pour water through them and throw burning debris into them, and so a lot of people sealed them up.

@teleriferchnyfain

3 жыл бұрын

@@onespiceybbw That's so sad :(

It's very possible to buy combined washer - dryers in the US, as well as electric tea kettles.

@thanksfernuthin

4 жыл бұрын

It's America. You can basically buy anything that exists!

@tankblack6758

4 жыл бұрын

yes we can buy the combined appliance, but choose quality over space.

@k11keeper

4 жыл бұрын

sure you can buy them but I lived in the UK and basically every single house has a plug in kettle and a combo washer dryer. Those are not that common here

@JuniorFan08

4 жыл бұрын

The first automatic washing machine my mother had was a combination washer/dryer from Sears - a Kenmore. This was in the late 1950's. Prior to that, mom used a wringer washer. Unfortunately, the combo washer/dryer back then was not a good washer or a good dryer and after just a couple years - when we moved to a new house - it was replaced with a conventional washer and a conventional dryer.

@bland9876

4 жыл бұрын

never seen one at lows

I like how you talk about the differences without being condescending to us Americans. Usually Europeans make fun of how everything is bigger and more convenient here, until they try it - and like it. I firmly believe that the way things are open and convenient and well organized here is one of the reasons Americans are friendly and positive more than other nations - they can afford it, they don't have to fight for their existence constantly.

@lorainisrael

3 жыл бұрын

While it’s true that Americans are very friendly people, it is so not true to say that they don’t have to fight for their existence. I’ve lived in the U.S. and U.K. (for 5 years in each) and Americans are way more obsessed with making a career, earning money and getting successful, and doing all of that with lots of struggling and overcoming obstacles and fighting the hardships of their lives. Brits on average are way more chill, not fighting anything or anyone. So while Americans are a wealthy nation, their souls are restless, never satisfied with what they have, craving more and more.

@JanetSmith900

2 жыл бұрын

@@lorainisrael I read a comment by someone from England about Americans working there and how incredibly competitive we are. It was actually a relief to hear that viewpoint. I appreciate that Americans are willing to work hard and want to achieve, etc., but it’s really stressful to do that for decades in a career.

@lorainisrael

2 жыл бұрын

@@JanetSmith900 true, fortunately these days there is a growing demand for the work life balance all around the world. May we all achieve happiness rather than pure wealth.

@ajgerbi

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you just surrounded yourself with the wrong people in America then because that is just not true for most Americans lol.

@ms_cartographer

2 жыл бұрын

Most of us Americans just want to survive without having to work two jobs.

Two more differences I've picked up from watching British TV shows and movies: (1) In the UK, the washer/dryer seems to be found mostly in the kitchen, whereas in the US it may be found almost anywhere else in the house; and (2) what you call a "lounge," we call a "living room."

@RadCenter

2 жыл бұрын

Also, a "duplex" is called a "twin" or a "double" where I live, in eastern Pennsylvania.

@maryseman7019

Жыл бұрын

I would love to have my washer and dryer in the kitchen. No more stairs, carrying a full laundry basket!

@mdcampbell7360

Жыл бұрын

Yes, when we visited Scotland the two flats & the cottage that we rented all had the washer/dryer in the kitchen. All three homes that we've owned here in the US have had the laundry rooms adjacent to the kitchen, though.

@robertabarnhart6240

Жыл бұрын

The house I live in has the washer/dryer in the garage. My sister's house has the w/d in a utility room on the second floor, not far away from the master bedroom.

The county I live in requires air conditioning in all housing. We routinely have days over 105° in the summer and the health department doesn't want anyone--especially the elderly, those with infants, or those with other health conditions--succumbing to heat stroke.

I have had many guests from Europe. One thing that strikes me is a difference in habits. Here in the States we generally leave the bathroom door open if we are not in it. This lets all know it is available for anyone to use. All my European guests close the door when they leave. I have no idea if someone is using the bathroom, and I should not disturb them.

@estelasteele1173

4 жыл бұрын

American living in Britain here. In our British home, the bathroom doors open out into the hall way, so we have to close them in order to move about. I don't know if all their bathrooms are constructed this way, but ours is. And thus, a habit is born.

@DannyB-cs9vx

4 жыл бұрын

@@estelasteele1173 It could be because our houses tend to be larger, our bathrooms are also larger and the doors open into the bathroom.

@dianawest3976

4 жыл бұрын

I live in the US, and the upstairs bathroom doors are left open, but the powder room door, off the front hall is always left closed!

@janani1826

4 жыл бұрын

What abt smell tho and I feel like it's unhygienic to leave it open Also our bathroom is right by the front door so if u leave it all the way open it is annoying when u open the front door

@janani1826

4 жыл бұрын

@@DannyB-cs9vx yeah our downstairs toilet opens out and upstairs bathroom opens in

I love your channel. Just discovered it today and giggled all the way through. Thank you! I’m sharing this.

Not having light switches or outlets in the bathroom was probably the biggest thing I noticed. But the biggest difference I noticed was that most houses built in the US have forced air heating. Many also have central air conditioning or at least window units. I think we stayed in one house with AC? Our summers are so brutal now, it could potentially be dangerous to not have one room with AC?

This is so interesting. I’m an Aussie and as such, we basically get some terms from Britain and some from the US.

@JoanneOP

4 жыл бұрын

Tara Broncano I’m Canadian, and we use British terms, and US terms, with a good dose of French terms and a bit of Indigenous language terms! And you Aussies have your own variations on the language. Where else on earth would you “throw some roo on the barbie”? I love it!

@klyvemurray

4 жыл бұрын

@@JoanneOP Aussie here...Fun fact: Most people I know or have asked, don't/won't eat roo meat...Not me though! I love 'roo...lean, tasty and high in iron & protein.... "what's that, Skipp??" tsk...tsk...tsk!!

@sovereignspirit7640

4 жыл бұрын

Cj Murray Just what everyone needed to know! Whoever eats kangaroos should go on the barbie themselves

@carolevonaarberg472

4 жыл бұрын

@@sovereignspirit7640 Rubbish, there are LOTs of roos ...they are marsupial venison. If Aussies ate roos instead of hooded animals like cattle and sheep, the land would not be desertified.

@axellajohannesson447

3 жыл бұрын

@@carolevonaarberg472 We're the only country that I know of which eats its national symbol.

My grandparents have an original Colonial style house with a part of it being completely field stone up to the roof. It was used as a field hospital during a small skirmish during the Revolutionary War. Also, old houses tend not to have closets as they were considered a room and therefore taxed by the British since a household tax was dictated by how many rooms it had.

@bookmouse2719

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have a ghost?

I was surprised to find that the power in the house isn’t split into 110 (with a few random 220 outlets for major appliances) so the UK outlets get 220 which makes an electric kettle a good way to heat water quickly. Also, with 220, a switch on the outlet seems reasonable. You did mention that the plugs were larger but if compared to the US 220 plugs on a dryer or range, they’re probably a bit smaller.

I just found your channel and love it!! My ancestors are from the UK and I have always wanted to know more about it. I really enjoyed the comparisons on this video and your humor! 🙂

"I'm joking, this is a professional studio. Don't question me". love it.

Re: electric kettles - its also worth pointing out that in the UK we built a power station just to supply enough power for electric kettles (specifically to meet the surge in demand during half time in major sporting events, the end of episodes of Doctor Who, etc). And not only that, but we also built it inside a mountain to contain an overload if said demand is too high.

@ILive2Rescue

4 жыл бұрын

Lord of Uzkulak lol, what? That doesn’t make sense. Just because you build a “power station” doesn’t mean the house itself is going to get more power in it, unless you do a service upgrade in each house. (Which still doesn’t make sense that you’d build an power station to “supply enough power” for an appliance which doesn’t take much power to begin with, even if every household uses it at the same time.)

@lordofuzkulak8308

4 жыл бұрын

ILive2Rescue you do realise that existing power stations don’t magically provide enough power to meet demands as that demand fluctuates. Prior to building the station, the Nation Grid wouldn’t be able to meet the demand required by a sudden surge in usage, thats why said power station was built (it can go from 0 to 1800 megawatts in ~16secs). And kettles use between 1000 and 3000W which is hardly insubstantial as far as household appliances go (the demand in the aforementioned situations is upwards of 2800 megawatts).

@autumn5852

4 жыл бұрын

Lord of Uzkulak ... or to meet the demands of a double episode of Coronation Street 😆

@ILive2Rescue

4 жыл бұрын

Lord of Uzkulak Source?

@StringerNews1

4 жыл бұрын

@@lordofuzkulak8308 I know exactly what you're talking about. We have "peaker plants" here in the US mainly to service air conditioning use that spikes when people return home from work in the summertime. In Chicago we would even have our 70 year old feeder lines catch fire from the load. Here's a short video that documents the UK demand situation: kzread.info/dash/bejne/paB4o9iep7rMoqQ.html

You host a great show! You're very entertaining, while humorously giving us knowledge. Bravo!

This was fun! I'm watching from my bed in my mobile home. But I used to live in a large split-level house for 26 years. In a suburban subdivision of Atlanta, GA. And I grew up in a ranch house, which was also a duplex in the southern USA. I have also lived in a couple of townhouses, which is what we called a row house.

"The United States is absolutely massive and needs to be stopped!" Hahaha! 😂😂😂

@LlyleHunter

4 жыл бұрын

We sort of did once we reached the other side with a few Island exceptions.

@brianb8060

4 жыл бұрын

@@LlyleHunter And we did downsize for 4 years in the 1860's.

@josempulido2266

4 жыл бұрын

HA HA HA! I found that to be funny.

@twatquat3322

4 жыл бұрын

😀😂😀

@cavlizzy

4 жыл бұрын

A little info I copy/pasted: A few fun facts: Texas would be the 39th largest country in the world (out of 197) if it were its own country. You could fit all of the UK inside Texas 2.8 times. Even more amazingly, you could fit TEN European countries inside Texas at once, with room to spare.

Am I the only one entertained by the fact that he refers to chain link fences as "mesh" fences? :)

@VolcanoEarth

4 жыл бұрын

LoL you're not alone there. Mesh is what I call the flimsy green or orange plastic square-weave stuff that people put up as temporary fences around their vegetable gardens to keep the kids and pets from running through the collards and squash.

@noodlegeorge

4 жыл бұрын

Kris Dudoich I live in England and we call them mesh fences. But chain link sounds more logical :)

@cherposton8242

4 жыл бұрын

Just makes me think of club boys who would wear "chain link" tank shirts. lol!

@peterdurnien9084

4 жыл бұрын

Chain link in the UK.

@CortexNewsService

4 жыл бұрын

So that's what he meant. I thought he was talking about the construction fences.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

This is my first time watching one of your videos. I loved it! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and adding a little humor to make this so enjoyable.

In the US, a room can only legally be considered a bedroom (and therefore count towards the 2 people over 12 months of age per bedroom occupancy limit) if it has a closet and a window or door that can exit directly to the outside in case of emergency

@Author.Noelle.Alexandria

3 жыл бұрын

The occupancy limit is only regarding rentals, and only in come states. If you own you can cram in as many as you want.

Informative yet not “whiny”. Appreciate that. America is a big place. You’ll see the southwestern houses and rocks for a garden.

@Bigbadwhitecracker

3 жыл бұрын

you mean like Joel and Lisa?

Closet space! Closet space is essential.

Very Informative & Entertaining ☺👍

I live in California & we don’t use the term “row” houses, we use the term, “townhouse”. I like your videos & am a new subscriber. Thank you for the chuckles, especially now. 😁

@skyhawk_4526

3 жыл бұрын

It seems that "rowhouses" is a very Northeastern thing. Pretty much everywhere else in the US would say "townhouses."

@boomboombaby9140

3 жыл бұрын

@@skyhawk_4526 exactly I never heard of row house and I’m from LA lived in Detroit, Atlanta, Memphis and now Nashville.

I’m a Brit, but have previously lived in Canada. I have put insect screens on my windows, wouldn’t be without them now.

@paulburley7993

4 жыл бұрын

In Ontario you could not possibly exist without screened windows. I assumed it was the norm everywhere until I visited Alberta and later the U.K. Mosquitoes alone would drain you of blood. Then there's wasps, hornets, spiders (OMG the spiders!!!), gnats, noseeums, mayflies and midges ( in clouds ), horseflies and deer flies ( they remove chunks of flesh ) and if you survive these then the common housefly will drive you nuts.

@ItsOnlyWarPaint

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Burley I lived in Alberta, so luckily the windows/doors were screened. I used all the things that people recommended to keep the mosquitoes away, dryer sheets/Deet spray/orange shower gel/marmite 😂 All houses should have screens, who wants flys/wasps in their houses 🏠

@colourwheel5703

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, Canadian here. Window screens are a must. I live in a city so mosquitoes at night aren’t as bad, but in rural areas they will drive you into the house in the evening. Mind you we have lots of raccoons, possums, skunks, even in the burbs. They live under our deck and come and go. Lol Around green belts and small forest there are even fox and coy wolves. They venture into the suburbs and look for stray cats or dogs. We use same terms as Americans for different style housing. Air conditioning in Ontario is needed in the summer. We get a lot of humidity. We like our tea and coffee, more westerners and farmers have guns. There are guns in the cities used by criminals too. Hearing more of that in the news. Our houses are big here too compared to Britain. I live in a 5 bedroom home 3200 square feet. (Average for our neighbourhood. )

@annlolmaugh4491

4 жыл бұрын

Window screens or just screens

@paulburley7993

4 жыл бұрын

@@annlolmaugh4491 Window screens, screens or screened windows. 6 of that and half a dozen of this. All are correct and used interchangeably.

Just discovered you. You're hysterical! Now I'm going to have to binge watch, and suffer through the side ache from laughing. Thanks!

I live in Utah (southwest USA) and we have a cape cod type house with 2600 feet including a basement. It was built in 1985 and had a medium sized living room and a small kitchen. We took out the wall between the two and enlarged our kitchen so we could have an island. Thanks for this information about the differences in our housing. I’ve never been to England but love the architect!!

I get the not having AC, but the not having window screens makes no seance to me. I wouldn't want to keep the windows open for fear of becoming mosquito chow lol

@JohnDoe-fu6zt

4 жыл бұрын

Screens make seance to keep the ghosts out.

@ddemaine

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-fu6zt Ghosts prefer to use elevators. It raises their spirits.

@TrebleKnight

4 жыл бұрын

lol now I'm really jealous, I HATE mosquitos!

@TiaKatt

4 жыл бұрын

Mosquitos and wasps. Noooooope. I can't imagine not having screens on the windows. Enough wasps get in this house even with them, taking advantage of the moment a door is open so someone can enter or leave.

@ddemaine

4 жыл бұрын

@D. F. Mercifully we don't... just the occasional pesky wasp.

This video is offensive to people who live in a van, DOWN BY THE RIVER.

@jjmacjjmac

4 жыл бұрын

bleuflamenco 😂

@januarysson5633

4 жыл бұрын

Tim Pool

@davidcantwell2489

4 жыл бұрын

"I SHOT MY BABY" Neil Young ...... =^>

@jamesslick4790

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidcantwell2489 "Deeaaaad, Ooo Oooo Shot er deead!!!" (Now I'll have that song in my head all night!)

@MrTruehoustonian

4 жыл бұрын

Does nobody get the freaking Chris Farley reference. Holy Snikeys!

Florida native ,when we were little we never had air conditioning or heat only a stove . Shows my age

@newmoonenergetics6728

3 жыл бұрын

And we had cross ventilation and door stops, heavy things that sat on the floor and kept the door propped open for the cross ventilation. That’s why screen doors, so you could keep the main doors open, with no bugs, but lots of moving air. Also, ladies carried fans, they work! Everyone in church would be fanning themselves like crazy.

@judeflowers2813

3 жыл бұрын

OMG. And you lived?!? Im a Floridian and I can't imagine. I grew up in PA with no AC and hated it. Can't imagine being here in FL without it! You're one tough cookie.

@judeflowers2813

3 жыл бұрын

@@newmoonenergetics6728 My house sucks. The way it is situated, there are no windows or doors to take advantage of cross breeze because it comes to the side of my house. Even though I have large patio doors in the back and big windows in the front, I get no breeze through them!

Here in Tucson we have air conditioning (a/c) as well as evaporative coolers that use water evaporating to provide cool air, but only if the humidity is low. Every house has one or the other or both. When it’s over 105 degrees you absolutely need one or the other. We switched to a/c a few years ago with mini split units that give us heat as well as a/c.