We say garden for the planted up bit of our yard, the flower garden , the veg garden. I will say "I'm going out to the garden" or "I'll be in the garden" we say 'yard' to mean the area with the lawn. I live in New England coastal NorthEast usa.
@@jishani1 That came up while I was in England. My gf referred to her mother's allotment, so I inquired. lol She said it's mum's veg patch. Ok, that makes sense for the noun but not the context so I asked further. Finally she explained by "allotment", they are referring to a vegetable (some do flowers too) garden planted on a rented portion of a private lot. That is, after going on about the yard/lawn/garden thing (on which there was no confusion). Apparently its common there as they have no room for a veg patch in their garden. They really don't either. They're packed in like sardines. Anyhow, I digress. Last thing, Google maps satellite view is pretty fun.
I think it is used a little more on the east coast, but yard is more common. I live in a city with a large international population, so it is not unusual to hear someone refer to a yard as a garden if it is well landscaped.
@@briankirchhoefer My parents house was built in the 90's and their bathroom is open to the bedroom. But they do have a room in it with a toilet and shower that locks. We thought the open bathroom to bedroom was odd too. So if they have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, they can hear them washing their hands
Lewis, I’m about to blow your mind. In the U.S., some houses have ‘heated floors’! Thin heater coils are installed under the hardwood flooring which warm the wood. You can walk around the house in the winter with bare feet or socks and never get cold!
The master bedroom suite has a door for the entire suite which is why no one would just happen by and see what's going on in there. Grandma would have to get past the front door of the suite first, and it would be like just walking into the house itself because it's meant to be very private. Also, if Grandma does go into the master bedroom suite, she would walk into the bedroom and sitting room area. The closets and bathrooms tend to be in the back. Lastly, the bathroom and closets do have doors depending on the style of the house. Some do have open plan bathrooms but there's a door for the separate toilet area. This goes for closets, too. Some have doors, but the open plan closets would have an entryway into the closet, but it's like a separate room that you would have to actually walk into to see what's going on in there. And btw, many homes with a large master bedroom suite have his and hers closets. Yep. Separate walk-in closets
12:36 fun fact: A house's square footage does *not* include the garage. The area of the garage is separate from the house itself, so a 2000' house may have another 500' of garage that isn't even listed.
If the space isnt "heated"...ie it doesnt have AC vents then its not considered when talking about sq footage. so garage, basement, attic, storage...anyplace your heating and air doesnt have a vent you dont count as part of the size of the house...
@@redrider0151 : I've never been in a home with a finished basement that wasn't climate controlled & yet most places still don't include a finished basement as part of the square footage. So your statement isn't accurate.
@@oneslackr Houses that dont have it listed as "Heated Space" most likely didnt get a permit when they finished it.....or at least thats how it is where I live. My heated space is absolutely listed and I am taxed on the value of my heated space. Its advantageous to NOT have it listed, as then you dont have to pay property tax on it....
While most en suites have doors I have seen some with 'open space' from the bedroom. No one walks in on you and like you stated if you're concerned just lock the bedroom door.
We built our house in 1972-73. We have 1225 sq ft on the main level and the same amount in the basement. Small by today's standards. I've never had a dishwasher and I don't have a pantry. We have a double garage. Most new houses have space for 3+ vehicles. Older houses have tiny garages like in England, not big enough for today's cars. Our mailboxes are all on one side of the street making it easy for the mailman to drive along and deliver the mail. You have to switch from a/c to heat for the seasons. The back garden is a backyard here. Our house sits on an acre with lots of flowers, trees and bushes. It is my garden (but I'm English 😂). We have carpet in the living room and bedrooms and all over the basement.
depending on the age of the house the bathrooms off the master bedroom sometimes doesn't have a door in the new builds where I live.. I found it very annoying and we put a door in.. but in more open modern styles there can be just open. Mailboxes are varied.. you can get it to the door.. do the mailbox on the street.. in a mailbox unit about a block away that you either walk or drive to. But I've lived in ALL types of houses with All types of layouts.
In larger developments, you get your mail in a cluster box. It saves the carrier time and dismounts to deliver packages. The cluster boxes have parcel lockers as well. Postal worker here. :)
In an apartment complex is fine, but when I buy an actual house with a driveway, I expect my own mailbox to be at the end of it. Mail carriers can't possibly be that lazy, so the postal service must be that greedy.
@@deborahhopkinson5243 I don't see what the big deal is. I live in a house and my cluster box is a block away. I either grab the mail on my way home from work or get in a few steps by walking a block and back. No big deal. But, when a carrier has 500 homes to serve in a day, it's about efficiency, not laziness, I assure you.
In the US, Most air conditioning units are called HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning)… modern HVAC units also do air treatment too by monitoring humidity and filtering pollutants.
Just cooling the air reduces the water-carrying capacity, so hot humid outside air cools and some water condenses out of it. In the southeast, this condensed water absolutely pours out of the AC unit, sometimes there has to be a pump on the drain to get it out fast enough to avoid overflowing.
@@brettbuck7362 when we lived on the east coast, the HVAC water pumped out a drainage pipe just like bath water… but… in the southwest, the HVAC hooks up to the water supply so that it can increase the humidity. It’s surprising HVACs aren’t common outside the US.
@@brettbuck7362if you have hvac and are having water condensation that pours call an hvac guy. That V absolutely stands for ventilation and something is malfunctioning. If you have a wall mount or window unit yes you have to properly install for this. High heat outside meets cool ac equals condensation which not properly installed will cause damage.
They seem to live in a subdivision, most likely gated. That's why they have to get the mail at the entrance. Most of people have the mailbox in front of their house. In apartment buildings they are normally in the lobby by the elevators, like in most European counties. Our mail can be dropped in the mailbox and the mailman will pick it up. We don't need to go to drop at a post office or mailbox.
Not all subdivisions to be gated, only the most expensive ones are. I lived in subdivision definitely wasn’t gated, never had a garage just a carport, garage was in basement, you had to drive around the side of house to get to. We never used it. Not everyone has a garage disposal. This is the boosey look not for regular people
I feel its most newer homes with HOA's have the mail boxes you have to walk to. At least in the area I live in Texas that I've noticed this. Older homes have their own mail box in front of the house.
@@ScarletRain26 For sure. Tract housing or HOA's even some apts complexes where there are several buildings (even a dozen or more) with a lot of space between them, they opt for having a central spot that is sometimes gates for security reasons or just gates to keep traffic out. The mail boxes weren't the priority when the property was built. It may have been because of traffic/security (when there might be a lake or private park, apts or HOA etc) The mailboxes were a consequence of the 'gate'.
Rural areas also have remotely located mailboxes. Our mailbox is out at the road about a half mile from the house. But it's no biggie, since you come in that way every day. Saturday is the only day I might need to hop on the four wheeler and take a ride out to the mailbox.
That mail thing is a mixed bag. Had a PO Box, Apartment mailbox in courtyard (2 minute walk), mailbox on curb and then by house, and mail slot on door. All in same town, depending where I lived.
It depends on where you live if your mailbox is at the road even when it comes to single family homes. If you have a single family home in a city with sidewalks you will typically see mailboxes mounted to the outside of the house next to the front door or a mail slot in the door. My father was a mail carrier for 15 years and did a walking route in the city of Lexington KY. His entire route was made up of single family homes. If the street is wider but also has sidewalks you will see street side mailboxes it just depends on where you live.
@@Sarah-cq1vb My current house (in city) has both slot on door and mailbox on a post, strangely enough by front door. Told slot on door was before local post ruled all mailbox on post. Am thinking of getting a large package box, too many porch pirates
@@Merlinherk I would definitely do that if just for the peace of mind. Make sure the box itself can’t be easily removed though. A lot of thieves will take the box if they can’t get to whats in it though.
"Garden" in America typically means a specific area with a bunch of purposefully planted and cultivated flowers and/or produce. Those gardens are very often located _within_ a back yard. Think of the yard as a big, open area, sometimes with a fence around it, with a grass lawn, maybe a shed, a patio or deck, a pool, and then a garden. For instance, a mom with a few energetic kids might say, "Go play in the back yard, but stay out of my garden!" She wants them to play in the grass, maybe kick a ball around, but she doesn't want them to go into her flowerbeds and tear up her flowers. So a garden is a specific part or area of a yard.
Carpet holds a lot of dirt underneath it. It's dirty even when it looks clean its a hassle to maintain. If you spill your drink you have to spot treat it. Hardwood floors are easier to maintain and if I want something soft I can just get a rug that suits my taste; goes with the decor, I can lift easily to clean underneath, and get it professionally cleaned if necessary, or get a new one all while my floors remain clean.
Not to mention that carpets suck if you have pets like cats or dogs, their hair just gets caught and tangled in it and the pets will probably track in dirt, mud and god forbid fleas which will then roam free in the carpet itself!
@@flowbrandz316 a sanding and fresh coat of stain every few years seems much easier to keep looking nice than carpet, growing up with carpet, none looked as good as when you first get it even after a deep clean which imo you'd probably have to get done more often than you would having to sand and restaining wood. Also as others have mentioned, carpet can trap pollen and allergens that even a vacuum won't be able to fully get out, which really sucks for those that have allergies.
@@flowbrandz316 I don't really care about how something looks though. Is it really clean or not is all that matters. Carpet may look clean but is it really? And with pets its not just the hair you have to worry about. Accidents are way less of a hassle now and you don't feel that rush you get when they happen on carpet. "Have to get this clean NOW!"
18:25 Go for solid floors, wood, resin, vinyl, whatever. If you want cushy, just put a rug down. Carpets stain, they get dirty, they harbor dust mites and pet dander and all sorts of crap. Hard surfaces are easy to clean, and you can always just put down whatever type of rug you want, and then take the rug up to clean it later, or swap them out. Carpet is just a total pain in the butt over the long run.
I totally agree with y’all. Carpet is a pain in the rearend. We went with laminate flooring that looks like wood. And I have a few area rugs down. And as far as the floors feeling cold, I always have house shoes by my bed.
To each their own. I've lived in my house for 12 years; it has hardwood floors and I hate them. We thought it would have its benefits (easy to clean, especially cat puke/pee), but overall it's worse. Gets dirtier a lot easier, more maintenance cleaning and harder on the feet. There are companies that will come in and do deep steam cleanings as well. If you don't like the carpet, you can change it easily. Not so with hardwood floors. Again, to each their own, but our next house will have carpeting, especially in the bedrooms.
I think in the U.S. homes without any carpet is more common in many newer homes whereas many older homes had carpet everywhere. But it tends to vary so much in the U.S. that I don't think anyone can make a blanket statement, like this couple did in the video, about the flooring in U.S. homes.
Okay, a few things to consider, the median year of a typical American house was built is the 1970s, when the avg size was about 1500 SF. And nearly all US zoning codes for residential homes require a certain number of off-street parking spots. It also appears that this couple is mainly into more expensive, and much newer homes than what most Americans actually have. As far as mail goes, I have had mail boxes built into the wall next to the front door, to a mail box just outside the front door, to a mailbox at the edge of the street, and also a community multiple mailbox, about 200ft away from my house.
The couple in the video are in Las Vegas, a area that was developed mid 20th century; which is very different from living in the Northeast where cities were developed much earlier and the average house was built 100 years ago.
Same here. The house I grew up in had a mailbox on the wall beside the front door, then we moved it to a post at the bottom of the porch steps. The first house I bought at a slot in the door. The house I'm living in now has a post on the street. And I've lived in apartments where the mailbox was a community bank of boxes.
My 1957 home was built with real hardwood floors. They were later covered in carpet - replaced several times in the intervening years. We just tore it out and refinished the hardwood as original and like it much better. Also, it's a garden if it has vegetables, a yard if it's just grass. I have a garden in the corner of my yard!
As an American, I have a mailbox in front of my house. It's called an AC unit. It gives off heat or cold air. A garden to us is an area that we make to grow vegetation. The carpet is mainly popular in the bedrooms. Yes, some rugs on the hard floors. What my house is built on is called a 'lot' ... Basically, it's a huge piece of land that fits the house with a back yard and a front yard. My back yard is small, but my front yard is huge. My Great Pyrenees mountain dog loves it. Most houses have a big back yard and a small front yard. Being that my house isn't near the road I have a very long driveway from my mailbox to my front door. 4 vehicles could fit on my driveway.
A Canadian here. My house is completely hardwood and tile but we have area rugs is every room (bedroom, living room, etc.). The best thing is the ability to lift them up and clean. With dogs and cats going in and out of the house its shocking how much dust and dirt accumulates under and in the area rugs. Being able to lift them up to vacuum and even sun the rugs outside is a must.
They are talking about more expensive homes in this video. However even in a 1300 square foot mobile home, you will have two bathrooms and the master bath could have two sinks and a tub and a shower. We like big bathrooms in the US. Many older homes are smaller and could have only one bathroom. It all varies all over the country. They live in what we call a Mc Mansion. (a huge house in a development that has too many rooms.)
Right; they are comparing new, expensive US homes (yep, McMansions, and they spring up like mushrooms) to smaller, older, less expensive UK homes. If you compare similar priced homes, I'd bet they are more alike. I, in the US, have a hundred year old farm house; it's a fairly large house but only has one bathroom.
You would think the pictures would give it away. I immediately said out loud “must be fucking nice” try a 3 bedroom house with one bathroom, no pantry or garage.
@@lynnw7155 The house I grew up in was an old farmhouse as well. It didn't even have a bathroom originally just an outhouse. It was "upgraded" to have a sort of bathroom on the back porch but was still more of an outhouse with a hand pumped sink. My parents closed that part of the porch off and brought the plumbing indoors after they drilled a well. All of the plumbing was on the back of the house. The kitchen, and the one bathroom with laundry. It was a 4 bed house and would be nearly 150 years old by now. It burnt down in the 70s after my parents sold it.
Newer homes built from the late 90s are likely to have 2 sinks in the primary bathroom. My 2006 built home's ensuite definitely has 2 sinks a separate tub and shower, as well as a linen closet and a water closet (a separate room inside the bathroom for a toilet). I've never lived anywhere that didn't have a door for the ensuite.
I've never seen an ensuite without a door! Many newer houses have 3 car garages. They live in Las Vegas, so not so many lawns, more likely fake grass due to water shortages. In the US, carpet used to be everywhere - even in bathrooms! (yuck) but lately people are worried about health and wood/vinyl/tile floors are easier to keep sanitary and allergy-free.
Grandma is not walking into the master suite. She has her own mini-suite. Generally, the master bath is set off to the side, so no no one really can peek in unless they want to.
The reason for the carpet versus the hardwood floors is the carpet keeps dander and dust and dirt buildup so they started going to hardwood floors for mostly allergy reasons
My family used to build houses for a living. My dad used to build one house a year and then sell it. We always had carpet until we bought an older home and tore out the carpet to replace it. If you ever pull up the carpet and see the dust and dirt underneath, you'll never want it again. No matter how much you vacuum, it builds up. With hardwoods, tile, and area rugs, you can always pull up rugs to be cleaned and vacuum or mop the floor and then replace the clean carpet.
The worst carpeting for cleaning is the expensive kind that is about an inch thick and solid as a piece of wood. The dirt seeps deep into the thick nap, beyond the reach of any wet vacuum, and the more you try to clean it, the deeper it goes.
Also carpet isn't that great for people with a compromised health system. If someone has a weakened immune system, this creates a place to arbor various pathogens. If a person has asthma, other breathing issues, or has dust/mite allergies that's another problem. Carpeting isn't hygienic at all.
@@pcno2832, being honest, even the cheap thin carpeting isn't that much better. I'll take hardwood, linoleum, tile, or even a plywood floor and stained.
I worked on original hardwood floors for over 25 years I've done everything from new installations in high end custom homes to 100 year old homes I even worked on basketball courts and bowling alleys , I call carpet a dirt collector
It always annoys me how many videos pigeon hole America when you can't do that. America varies so damn much on almost everything, it has so much variety 🤘
Yes. I'm sitting here saying, "3-4 bathrooms"? Not for the average working class person. People living in somewhere like downtown New York or Seattle must live more like folks in the Uk.
@mstayloronlineThe fatdemic isn't from rolling. It's from getting up... to get More snacks and food and sugary drinks. If people walked to the store every time they wanted more snacks, there may not be a fatdemic
In America, we also found carpet was bad for allergies. Hard floors are quicker to clean but are a pain to maintain. But having a family without runny noses is good. 19:55
Us Americans embrace the importance of space. We need the space. We have so many different things that we enjoy doing. Our kids need space so that they won’t drive the parents crazy.
Carpets catch and hold dirt and germs, pet dander, and they stain--regardless of how much you vacuum or shampoo. Carpets are not as clean as a solid surface. In the 1960s and 1970s, you could find a lot of homes with wall-to-wall carpet in the USA, but American homes have trended away from that. We do use rugs. I have one in each bedroom and in the living room, and we do the standard vacuuming and shampooing, but we can take those out and get them cleaned professionally or replaced much easier than you can a carpet.
Correct, growing up as a child in the 70's my parents installed wall to wall shag carpeting which, thinking back, I'd like to ask them what were you thinking? I remember it was hard to vacuum and even so lint and pieces of paper, etc would get caught in it and you actually had to bend down to physically pick it out. No thank you. Hard floors please!
Not to mention here in the states there is a thing called heated flooring to keep your toes toasty. Never had it myself but it can be installed for a price. (Yes Lewis very spoiled indeed) 😂😂😂
Which the truth is that it's impossible to get them truly clean. You could vacuum five days a week, and shampoo it every two weeks. Then pull it up ten to twenty years later, and the amount of filth that will have accumulated will really surprise most people. My one uncle cleaned the carpet in his home religiously, vacuuming three times a week or more, and shampooed it every three weeks. Then after twenty years is was still as white as the day it was installed, when he decided to pull it up, and had the hardwood floor redone, the amount of dirt that had built up shocked him.
There's a problem with your statement. We've been taught to run from these things, in the US, so we're building fewer and fewer immunities. I was a sever allergy sufferer, until I decided to change my thinking and get to the root, which is almost always emotional trauma. I rejected this for a long time, until nothing else worked. Also, I live in a carpeted rental. At least, give it a thought.
@@R777-RLM, in some cases that maybe true, but what works for some doesn't and won't work for everyone. Carpet did my last remaining uncle no good, nor his one son, who has passed. My uncle has Crohn's (he's now in his mid eighties) as did his one son, after the carpet was removed, they didn't get sick nearly as often. My daughter has asthma and when we were living in an apartment with carpet, she had more problems with it living there. Where we're at now there isn't any carpet, and her symptoms has greatly diminished.
True. Back 4 decades ago, I remember carpeting being more common. My friend was in the business of buying, rehabbing, and then selling homes. She explained to me the benefits of hard floors. Also, my other friend has pets and kids with health conditions, and she prefers hard floors to keep the house cleaner. I like carpeting, and the house I am in now has carpet in half the basement, the livingroom and both stairways as well as the entire upstairs (4 bedrooms), minus the upstairs bathroom. We also have an attached one car garage and an unattached 2 car garage in the backyard (that also makes a good workshop). Incidentally, my family is relatively poor.
@@vernonhardenI believe you. in the past, most people had carpet, but they had less inflammation, and fewer if any allergies. I was an ER-RN, and I only treated 3 or 4 allergic reactions. Peanut allergies were unheard of, that is until they began warning about them on TV. Suddenly, peanut, and other food allergies popped up as people began watching for them. Our food is crappy here, but much of it, in my opinion, is psychological. There's an example, of how this works in a different way, if you want to, look up the 500 pound limit, in weight lifting. I hope the best for you.
In housing developments, they will often (not always), have a large aluminum box with 13-17 locked compartments. Twelve or 16 of them will be letter compartments for various houses, and the last box will be much larger than the others, for packages. There will be a key hanging outside the box, and if the package is yours, the mail carrier will throw the key in to your letter box. For houses which are not in a housing development, yes, there will be a mailbox at the end of each driveway.
Newer home developments often have a mail station where there is a box for every home. Makes the postal delivery more efficient I guess. However, it is still common to have the mail box in front of the home and the postman drives a route and puts mail in the boxes, Bedrooms often have carpet. Large decorate rugs are used on wood flooring. It really depends on where you live...a colder winter climate - more carpet...the desert...cool floors.
It’s called central air conditioning. It is a combination of a heater system (usually electric or natural gas heated), a cooling system that often is synced with a dehumidifying system so it isn’t humid. It can also be synced with a hypo allergenic system to filter the air of all allergens. Then, you can just dial in a temperature like 72 degrees Fahrenheit and the system will keep it at that temp year round.
For the mail you're right. Most of the time the mailbox is either on the house next to the door, or a mailbox at the end of the driveway (Depending on the route sometimes the mailboxes are grouped together for mailman's convenience, so potentially they can be on the opposite side of the road from your house this normally happens in more rural/out of the way areas) The mailbox they're talking about in the video is because they live in a housing complex. Generally these complexes are gated and they have a big metal box with individual house numbers in the front (with a keyhole) and a big door in the back for the mailman to open with a key and put the mail in from the back sometimes the front is can be the big door and 1 key can open the whole chunk. A similar structure is used for most apartments.
17:43 widespread carpet in homes is a fad that changes decade to decade. in the 60s and 70s it was highly used (even some bathrooms had carpet up to and could include the sides of the bath), even on the stairs. but in the 90s and 2000s, non-carpet floors became more popular. it started off being that the kitchen and living rooms were non-carpet (along with bathrooms and laundry rooms. basically anywhere that water might spill). then it spread to bedrooms as people started to understand that it was much easier to keep non-carpet areas clean than carpeted areas. thus you have now that it's popular to have nearly (or entirely) the whole house without carpet. some may have it already (or get it installed) in specific places for comfort, like the bedrooms or living rooms, but it's preference now. and area or small rugs are used in those non-carpet places to keep the cold off people's feet.
There are 4 spaces where wall to wall carpet does not belong. They are; kitchen, bathrooms, entryways, and laundry room. It's very easy to keep carpet clean. Just get a good vacuum that has a carpet cleaner attachment, and clean the carpets every 6 months.
The central air is typically either two separate systems, and air conditioner and a furnace, or a "heat pump" that is a single reversible system that cools OR heat the air. In any case, they operate through the same ductwork. Almost any modern home (80s or later) will have forced air heated and cooling. There are other types of systems (including ancient homes/apartments with radiators) like heated slabs or heated ceilings, where it works kind of like a radiator system built, but those are uncommon. Some places in the north, they have heated driveways slabs to melt the snow/ice using hot water in tubes embedded in the concrete.
I am a Brit who live in the Southwestern desert in New Mexico. Our house is fully tiled. We have a few area rugs. Tile is better here because carpet retains heat and it lasts longer. Also, we have a door on the en suite and it has two sinks with mixer taps.
My home was built in 1929, we bought it in 1999. A little less than 1200sqft. Big living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, laundry room (originally the back porch they closed in years ago), 2 bedrooms and a tiny bathroom that are separated by a tiny hallway. There is surpringly a fair amount of storage and closet space. I do have central heating, but use 2 window air conditioners in summer. It came with a dishwasher and garbage disposal (got rid of the disposal). Had carpet in most of the house but now only in hall and bedrooms. The 2 car garage with a storage loft is detached from the house. I would love to have a second bathroom!
There are bungalow homes from the 20's all over the Los Angeles area and they're so cute. And a lot of them are upgraded, yet still redecorated in the period style. Just like the huge Victorian homes in certain parts of the city. Very similar to what's seen on American Horror Story: Murder House (Season One). The houses here range not only in architectural style but Era styles and people really try to remodel using the actual period in which the house was built. There's a whole industry around that stuff
Most of us have a "drainer" or "dish rack" a a wire or rubber rack we put our dishes in to air dry. There is a rubber drainage mat that angles tword the sink under the dish rack. Side note, I live in a 2 master bedroom (on suite) plus a 3/4 guest bathroom. So 2 bedroom 3 bath house.
An on suite bathroom is usually just for the people who use the main bedroom. Everyone else in the house uses a different bathroom. I live in a 1300 square foot house with a full bathroom on the second floor and a half bath (sink and toilet) on the main floor. These houses on some of these videos are high end houses. Most houses aren't that big. Oh and my washer and dryer are in the basement.
Recently the tank of the toilet in my bathroom was leaking. I shut off the valve to wait for a plumber. Three difficult days of having to leave the bedroom to walk to another bathroom down the hallway. Life is so hard.
@@annfrost3323 Same, all I need was all the gizmos in the tank to be replaced because the water ran all the time, being in Arizona and water conscious I turned off the water to the toilet and had to walk to the hall bathroom at night -- THE STRUGGLE! My handyman neighbor fixed the toilet for me.
11:02 boats! Yes, a lot of people have boats on a trailer. They haul the boat to the nearest lake, back the trailer down a ramp into the water, and drive the boat around all day. Then they float it back onto the trailer and take it home. Many years ago I was driving around Fresno with a Japanese gal and she actually burst out laughing when she saw a truck pulling a boat down the road.
We don’t have a built in drying space for dishes. We buy a dish rack (usually plastic or covered metal wire) that comes with a mat to catch the drained water from dishes. They have designated slots for silverware, cups, plates & other dishes. I’ve never seen a bathroom without a door except on tv (House Hunters).
If there is a garden in the back of the house, we say "Let me show you my garden in the yard". One would grow just about anything in the back garden. If there is a grassy area in the front of the house that's called a lawn. The lawn may have a front garden in it where one would grow (mostly) flowers, trees and occasionally herbs. Most food stuffs would be grown in the back yard garden.
American here. They are talking about a central air/HVAC system. Basically the A/C and heating units are using the same ductwork and the supply and return vents are spread all over the house so you get even distribution. So the air can maintain a consistent temperature a lot easier. You set the thermostat for your preferred temperature and then a tolerance range (usually a couple degrees plus or minus) that you are comfortable with. When the temperature gets too hot or too cold, the A/C or heat automatically kicks on to cool or warm the space to get it back to the preferred temperature. Older homes don't typically have central air. They are more likely to have radiators and maybe window or split A/C units, if they have A/C at all. I am from the Midwest and all of the homes I grew up in in the 1980s and 1990s had central air/HVAC systems, but when I moved to Massachusetts, where the buildings are older, only 2 of my homes in the past 25 yrs have had it (both large, modern construction apartment buildings). My current apartment is in a building that is over 100 years old and I don't have any of the stuff in this video, hahahaha! A recent trend, especially in colder climates here, is radiant floor heating. Since hot air rises, there are heating coils that go underneath the flooring and heat the floors. I wish I had that in my bathroom. In winter the cold tile is brutal!
In Arizona the trend in all newer developments are gang boxes for mail. I think there would a trail of dead mailmen is they had to walk house-to-house in 117 ° F in the summer, at least with gang boxes they deliver mail to 30 houses in one gang box.
Our mail box is the old milk door, which opens into our oversized garage. The mail is delivered through it now. Our neighbor told us that when he was a little kid he used to sneak into the garage through that little milk door. He has gained a bit of weight since then 😂
Double sink, double shower lol. And yes, depending on where you are you see a lot of people parked on streets, especially in the bigger cities. But they have designated parking spots and usually you have to put money into a parking meter during peak times of the day. But you also see it in a lot of subdivisions too; a lot of subdivisions have off street parking or have a separate detached garage from the rest of the house so people will sometimes just park in front of their houses because it's closer to the entrance lol. 13:53 - and as far as mailboxes go, it depends. A lot of subdivisions now have areas where you are assigned a mailbox that is located in a big metal box with 50 other mailboxes and you have to go down the street to get your mail. That's how ours is now. But there are quite a few older houses in our neighborhood where the mailbox is still at the end of the driveway and you can just walk down to the end of it and get your mail. It's a mixed bag.
I have old cast iron plumbing and anything more than plate scrapings would clog up the pipes with the Insinkerator disposals I've had, but the Waste King disposal I have now grinds everything more finely, so it doesn't build up in the pipes anymore.
My rule is, if it could go in a blender, it can go in the disposal. But I never run the disposal without running water. I saw someone in U-Tube show the disposal by running it dry. I don't do that.
@@Sureshots. No, don't put bones down the disposal. It's definitely for softer things. Also depends on your pipes like @pcno2832 said for how much you put down your disposal. Our pipes are pretty old so we only use our disposal for things that accidentally fall into the sink. We throw as much away in the garbage bin that we can. When I lived in a new house with new pipes, we put more stuff down the disposal, lol.
2:03 my home is my grandparents home (they have passed) and it was started built in the late 1940s (I say started because over the years my grandfather added onto the house as his family grew. 5 boys, 1 girl). as it currently stands, it's just over 5,800 sqft. and it's still considered 'small' in my region (mostly rural). 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, full kitchen, 2 living rooms (1 with working fireplace), den, laundry room, formal and informal dining rooms, and 3 car garage (don't include in square footage), all on 10 acres.
New US homes have heat pumps that look like air conditioners but both heat & cool. Growing up, our yard had apple trees, a pear tree, quince tree, plum tree, shades trees, and a strawberry patch, and a kitchen garden (vegetable patch) that my grandmother no longer cultivated. She already had a chicken coop attached to the toolshed. And we had a row of elm trees along the property line instead of a wall or fence.
Another fun one from at least when I was kid..,... Do NOT mess with the thermostat!,have Dad's from around the neighborhood coming by asking "did somebody mess with the the thermostat?"
In our Florida home the AC and heat are controlled by a single unit. That's pretty much standard everywhere. We set the thermostat to 72° and hit "cool". The unit will maintain that temperature throughout the house. When we anticipate a cold snap, usually at night in the winter, we switch from "cool" to "heat" and the unit will turn on the heat if the temperature in the house drops below 72°. We live in a manufactured home in very nice retirement community. There are many amenitieshere for the residents including 2 golf courses, 2 swimming pools, tennis courts and a gym to name a few. Many people have moved here after selling their larger homes and downsized to a smaller house. Our "smaller" house has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and is about 1450 square feet. That's small by US standards. Not small by UK standards.
16:31 At what point does a "garden" become a farm, a house become a mansion, a patch of grass become a field? I hear a back area of a house referred to as a garden & I instantly think that it's because it's so small, that's all you can do with it is to plant a personal garden.
9:00 my bathroom has a double sink, a shower/tub, and a walk-in closet. There's no door to the bathroom area, just an arched doorway, but the toilet is in its own tiny room for privacy. The whole thing is about the size of a small bedroom. Down the hall is a second bathroom with one sink, a shower/tub, and a toilet. It serves the two children's bedroom. Immediately downstairs is an identical bathroom for those on the ground floor. Next door to this bathroom is a fourth bedroom that can also be a den or office. I turned mine into a dedicated library.
I’ve lived in many major cities in the US including Las Vegas as they are referring to where they live now. Homes everywhere have doors for their en-suites. Vegas for some weird reason doesn’t or at least rare. I actually installed a sliding barn door in my old Vegas house for en-suite privacy.
American here. Living in South Florida, we try to get away from carpet because it's hot. Tile is more expensive than carpet though. BUT, we have forgone tile and have new floor materials recently in the south called called "LIFE FLOORING" which is more durable to even tile. And the styles are endless. Now up north, say, New York , carpet is still popular because it retains heat better.
They're house is NOT typical for the U.S. It's much larger than average. I've never seen a house that didn't have a bathroom door. Down south, you either have a mailbox at the street or if it's not far from the street, you'll have one next to your front door, like ours. New communities sometimes have a central mailbox location where everyone gets their mail. Even though our house is only 1500 square feet (3 bedrooms, 2 baths), we have a large two-car garage that easily fits both our cars and the laundry area. We enlarged our master bedroom shower about 10 years ago to be about 5 ft wide and 4 ft deep with 3 shower heads.
Carpets have falllen out of favor in the US so a lot of places will remove it when renovating and most new places are mostly hard surface floors. That said a lot of homes if not most will still keep carpets in the bedrooms and their ajoining closets. Mail can be received through a door slot, a box on the face of the house near the door, on a post on the edge of the street, in a central location for all residents for apartments and condos, or a central location for multiple homes on a street or section of a neighborhood in a lot of newer developements and suburbs making it easier for the mailman. Oh and when Americans say A/C we mean heating and cooling most houses have a single system that does both, you can set the thermostat at a temp and the system will auto adjust to it.
The US has homes of all sizes and construction. In older, urban areas in the east coast, there are terrace homes. In the newer suburbs, we spread out more. You are actually NOT supposed to put everything down the garbage disposal. It's mostly to grind up small food remnants. The rest should go in the trash. (People who put everything down the sink end up paying plumbers lots of $$.)
In older subdivisions the mail is still delivered directly to the house. Newer housing communities, the mailboxes are combined in one location. Yes, one must go to the mailbox.
I've built 3 homes. For those homes, hardwood floors were an $ upgrade over carpeting. If you build an expensive house, many times the home comes with hardwood floors. Every area may deal with mail delivery differently. Usually, in the city there are mailmen who walk from house to house and put your mail either in a mailbox near the front door or through a slot in the door. In the suburbs mailboxes are usually out by the street with delivery via a mailman driving a mail truck. I'm not sure about this, but I've never heard of needing to drive to get your mail. That may be common in areas I've never lived in.
Where I currently live (a suburb), the mail boxes are grouped together in 6-8 mailboxes every block or so. My guess is that it's more efficient for the mailman to drive up to each grouping versus every mailbox at the end of the driveway of every house (like at my previous house). For those homeowners whose house is a little further from the grouping of mailboxes, they tend to, after work, just drive up to the mailbox grouping, get their mail from their mailbox, and then drive to their house just down the block.
To the Americans a garden is where we grow fruit and vegetables. A backyard is where we grow plants and trees, have cookouts, kids play, have fire pits. A backyard in the U.S. is more for entertainment and fun.
Some regions have alleyways that are situated behind the homes and are made to access a garage located in the back. That way, all the vehicles on the street are for guests or overflows. It's a very clean look.
American 🇺🇸 here, I wanted to elaborate about hardwood or tiled floors. Some houses in America have radiant heating which is right above the house’s foundation. It’s great because the heating heats the water in the radiant pipes which makes the floors warm. I also live in an “Eichler Home.” Mid century modern homes and they are beautiful. Look them up.
My home was built in 1957 above ground it’s 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths with a yard detached 2 car garage behind the yard the driveway would fit another 2 cars we renovated to whole home when we bought it 8 years ago. The front Yard is as big as the backyard from the street to the front door it’s about 35 ft. The basement which is finished out has a 1/2 bath laundry room, a separate room for storage and the water heater and furnace (central AC unit sits outside) an adds another 800 sq feet.
What a lot of people don't realize is that putting certain things or too much food down the sink with a garbage disposal can cause a lot of problems. 1) there are foods you shouldn't put down the sink- like that whole banana. It can cause clogging it jam up the disposal. Then you have to fix and clean it, which isn't always an easy task. 2) human waste breaks down and started to decay within days, but the stuff that doesn't-especially the greasy stuff doesn't and that can lead to clogged septic systems, sewers, and even pipes at the water treatment plant.
I’ve always installed food disposals in my houses and they are really terrific if one knows how to use them and maintain them. Putting grease/oil down the drain is a big NO, even if you don’t have a disposal. Just use common sense and always let the hot water run for a little while after using it. I love my food disposal 😊
@@MyMusiclover28 Yeah, I love them too and prefer having them. I just figured that, given the kinds of comments he's made about them in this video and at least one other, I should add the warning.
Yeah newer homes have large garages but I think it's an age thing. I've seen old homes in the US where the garage is too small to fit a modern car but could fit something like a Model T.
@@tinagutierrez1226 That's in newer housing complexes. In traditional single-family homes (which are everywhere in California) you have the stereotypical mailbox out on the street near the driveway. In a very few places, you can't get lettercarry service and you have to have a P.O. box at the local Post Office. I live in one of those places. Lucky me. 🙄
. ??? I'm in California, and since I live in a small HOA we do have a mail kiosk, but all the houses around us have their own mailbox at the end of their driveway.
In the 1950's and 60's carpeting was a status symbol and hardwood floors were cheap and everywhere. Now hardwood floors are at a premium, so a lot of wood floors are manufactured, good, but not up to the real deal. Area rugs provide a variety and deliniates open concept areas.
We do have some amazing homes. Air conditioning is a must have, especially in the south. Our humidity can be 100% during summer. It makes it harder to breathe when you go outside. Hardwood floors is a style. Back a few yrs. ago it was carpet everywhere. We throw rugs that we can wash. Carpet is nasty no matter how much you clean then. I guess you know some homes have wheels on them and they can be moved. lol
As an America, my first trip to Europe was in 2003, I stayed with friends in England. I was amazed to find that the room I was staying in had no closet. They also had no clothes dryer and a small refrigerator. I thought they must be poorer than I realized, only to realize later that having these things is an American luxury. I since moved to Africa.
Thank you for that little extra info on fixtures being more UK than US, I was already starting to wonder. May I ask if there is any one thing you miss about American homes that isn't a regular feature there?
@@likemeordont5951 not really. For clarification, I’m in Kenya, which is part of the British commonwealth. I found living here more similar to the UK than the US; but I found it no less comfortable. You’ll pay a fortune for washers and tumble dryers, but I just hung my clothes outside. It’s harder here, but more fulfilling. So no, I don’t miss it.
Central air in America is both air conditioning and heat. You set your thermostat for whatever temperature you want it to be in your house at all times. I have carpet in every room in the house except for kitchen and bathrooms. My home was originally a 5 bedroom but we combined 2 bedrooms into one large bedroom, so my home has 4 bedrooms. On the main floor I have 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a living room, kitchen, dining room, and family room. In the basement I have 2 bedrooms, one bathroom, a family room, recreation room, laundry room, and utility room. My garage is a 2 car garage and my van and my car both fit just fine. I have an enclosed patio in the back of the house, and a large backyard. Purchased my house in 1979.
Most Americans don't generally call them "en suite" , we call them master bathrooms, because they are located in the main (largest) bedroom. However, we are beginning to see more homes built where multiple bedrooms have their own bathrooms, so i imagine we will begin seeing the "en suite" term being used more often.
@@annfrost3323, you'd find pretty much the same thing in many other states as well. It become more and more about having an appearance of being sophisticated whenever explaining things.
@@annfrost3323, that last statement a very true statement. But some folk love to go putting on airs of having sophistication, and acting as though they really are, when in reality they aren't as sophisticated as they make out to be. I'm just a country boy myself, but health and age made me move into a large town/small city.
Most newer homes in the US have hard flooring because their easier to maintain an to keep them warm we have installed a radiant floor heating system. An talking about the air conditioning and heating system you do have the option of having a window unit that has a reversing valve installed in them that can switch the evaporator to the condenser an back and forth so the same unit can cool the room in the summer an heat it in the cooler months but they are limited on their heating function. But you can have a whole house H.V.A.C. system that will heat an cool the complete home very efficiently
More and more modern communities are doing "gangbox" mail box setups. There will essentially be one central area with a bunch of lockers, or locked mail boxes. So you might have 100-200 lockers all together. They're typically under a roof, or in a small building, to protect from the elements. But yes, most houses still have their individual mail box at the end of the driveway, along the street.
When I bought my 1950s house, the first thing I did was rip out all the nasty old brown 60s/70s carpeting!!! It was so nasty!!! There were hardwood floors under it. Now I just have an area rug. It protects the hardwood floor. The master bedroom has new carpeting.
I like the big open plan. It gives the place a big airy feel. I dont want to come home at night and have a person hiding behind the door in my kitchen😂. It's nice to be able to cook, watch something on tv, and / or talk to people without a door in the way.
12:01 most 'garages' in the U.K. were based on designs for store houses for old horse drawn carriages. they were only meant to be a place to store the carriage and not used for people to be inside the building. those designs were the basis for the first car garages in the U.K. thus you have very small ones. in the U.S. on the other hand, they were designed (and are constantly being redesigned) to not only house the vehicle, but be a place to preform maintenance on the vehicle, thus more room was needed inside the building for this purpose. then as women started joining the work force, an additional car was needed, so the garages expanded to house multiple vehicles.
In the 1950s here in the USA, washing machines were also in the kitchens. In the 60s they started making seperate areas in the new homes. Both 50s and 60s, some would put the washer in the garage ,when dryers got more common
The double sinks are usually in the master bathroom because they’re for couples so each person gets one side and the cabinets with it to the store their stuff and get ready. Some bedrooms in some home are connected by one bathroom too that usually has double sinks so I’ve seen a lot of people with kids give their kids those bedrooms so they can share that bathroom but each sibling have their own side/sink.
While carpet is comfortable and acts as an insulation, it is also a spong for dust, debris, and pest. No matter how much you vacuum a carpet it will not get clean. I know this after watching carpet being removed. Some workers wore high grade filter mask because of the debris flying as the carpet is removed. Owner always exclaimed “but I vacuum the carpet frequently”.
I've never seen an en suite bathroom without a door. Hardwood floors are easier to clean, and so much more hygienic. Carpets are nasty, they collect dust, hair, germs, and if you have a pet it's a disaster to clean up. I enjoyed this video.
Area rugs are great because they provide a soft surface for feet and also can be a decorative element. Want to paint your room and change color scheme? No worries getting paint on wall-to-wall carpet, and it's much less expensive to buy a new area rug than it is to replace carpet. Some can even be washed.
When it comes to home decor, many people prefer the beauty of hardwood floors, which allow for decorating with beautiful area rugs, and for unifying spaces in a room. Just pick up any decorating magazine, and you will see what I’m talking about. Often when people are house hunting, and a house has carpet, they are interested in knowing if there’s a nice hardwood floor under the carpeting. If there is, they consider it a bonus, and if they purchase the home, they will remove the carpet and refinish the hardwood floors.
Kitchens are a separate room in MOST US houses, it's only new ones that are open plan. It started mainly with the Ranch House craze of the 70's. Our older sinks had that, but most houses today they have a rack next to the sink. Most houses have the washer and dryer in the garage, basement, or bathroom. They were looking at mansions not houses. Normal for our houses is 1.5-3 bathrooms. 13:56 I don't know why that would be a thing there, the only places with central mailboxes like that I have ever seen is at a trailer park. AC does NOT heat the house, that's something else. Radiator heating was a thing many many decades ago. Most houses have long replaced them with Forced Air Heating and a gas furnace.
All the homes I have lived in had hardwood flooring. You use area rugs (Persian rugs) in your living rooms, dining room, and bedrooms. Area rugs are so much nicer than carpet. Double sinks is more common in the master bathroom. As far as mailboxes, not every area has the same system. You can have a slot on your door or a mailbox in your front yard. Larger condominium communities will have a designated mail area for letters while packages deliveries will still be delivered to your door. It’s not uncommon to have more than one bathroom in American homes. Keeping grandma and others out of the bathroom while in use is usually solved by locking the door. Do you Brits not lock your bathroom door? Locks work great to keep the kids out of the master bedroom when it’s the parents’ playtime too.
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We, Americans, never use the word ‘garden’ unless we are growing flowers, vegetables, or fruit. Anything else, we will always say a yard.
i've heard the comparison that we use the word garden to mean what they mean by the word allotment
We say garden for the planted up bit of our yard, the flower garden , the veg garden. I will say "I'm going out to the garden" or "I'll be in the garden" we say 'yard' to mean the area with the lawn. I live in New England coastal NorthEast usa.
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@@jishani1 That came up while I was in England. My gf referred to her mother's allotment, so I inquired. lol She said it's mum's veg patch. Ok, that makes sense for the noun but not the context so I asked further. Finally she explained by "allotment", they are referring to a vegetable (some do flowers too) garden planted on a rented portion of a private lot. That is, after going on about the yard/lawn/garden thing (on which there was no confusion). Apparently its common there as they have no room for a veg patch in their garden. They really don't either. They're packed in like sardines. Anyhow, I digress. Last thing, Google maps satellite view is pretty fun.
I think it is used a little more on the east coast, but yard is more common. I live in a city with a large international population, so it is not unusual to hear someone refer to a yard as a garden if it is well landscaped.
Never been in a bedroom without door for the en suite
yea the no door is weird to me
I had one in the 90s like that
@@briankirchhoefer My parents house was built in the 90's and their bathroom is open to the bedroom. But they do have a room in it with a toilet and shower that locks.
We thought the open bathroom to bedroom was odd too. So if they have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, they can hear them washing their hands
I’m from Vegas and I think every house I’ve been in doesn’t have a door for the bathroom I never thought about it
Most en suite master baths have a door.
Lewis, I’m about to blow your mind. In the U.S., some houses have ‘heated floors’! Thin heater coils are installed under the hardwood flooring which warm the wood. You can walk around the house in the winter with bare feet or socks and never get cold!
Not just floors....some have heated Driveways so that you dont have to shovel snow...it will just melt it away....
It’s called “radiant heat.” It’s great.
@@redrider0151That would be Warren Buffett's driveway in Omaha.
I first discovered heated floors in Japan hotels where bathroom floors heat up when you walk in. Awesome.
The Romans had this system (called a hypocaust), so it's been around for a long time.
Also, for most people grandma will not just be “walking in”. Most Americans tend to like their privacy and people you invite into your home will also
The master bedroom suite has a door for the entire suite which is why no one would just happen by and see what's going on in there. Grandma would have to get past the front door of the suite first, and it would be like just walking into the house itself because it's meant to be very private.
Also, if Grandma does go into the master bedroom suite, she would walk into the bedroom and sitting room area. The closets and bathrooms tend to be in the back.
Lastly, the bathroom and closets do have doors depending on the style of the house. Some do have open plan bathrooms but there's a door for the separate toilet area.
This goes for closets, too. Some have doors, but the open plan closets would have an entryway into the closet, but it's like a separate room that you would have to actually walk into to see what's going on in there. And btw, many homes with a large master bedroom suite have his and hers closets. Yep. Separate walk-in closets
12:36 fun fact: A house's square footage does *not* include the garage. The area of the garage is separate from the house itself, so a 2000' house may have another 500' of garage that isn't even listed.
Or unfinished basements or attics
If the space isnt "heated"...ie it doesnt have AC vents then its not considered when talking about sq footage. so garage, basement, attic, storage...anyplace your heating and air doesnt have a vent you dont count as part of the size of the house...
@@redrider0151 : I've never been in a home with a finished basement that wasn't climate controlled & yet most places still don't include a finished basement as part of the square footage. So your statement isn't accurate.
@@oneslackr Houses that dont have it listed as "Heated Space" most likely didnt get a permit when they finished it.....or at least thats how it is where I live. My heated space is absolutely listed and I am taxed on the value of my heated space. Its advantageous to NOT have it listed, as then you dont have to pay property tax on it....
I love seeing you get stumped by things we in the US just take for granted. We are very spoiled and should probably appreciate it!
2 sinks for 2 people. Also, there's a door to the bedroom that locks. Nobody will walk in your room while you're in there.
While most en suites have doors I have seen some with 'open space' from the bedroom. No one walks in on you and like you stated if you're concerned just lock the bedroom door.
Plus, many ensuite toilet rooms have pocket doors that slide into the wall when open.
Plus thats why there are 3-4 toilets in the house. Grandma typically won't be going in your ensuite bathroom.
We built our house in 1972-73. We have 1225 sq ft on the main level and the same amount in the basement. Small by today's standards. I've never had a dishwasher and I don't have a pantry. We have a double garage. Most new houses have space for 3+ vehicles. Older houses have tiny garages like in England, not big enough for today's cars. Our mailboxes are all on one side of the street making it easy for the mailman to drive along and deliver the mail. You have to switch from a/c to heat for the seasons. The back garden is a backyard here. Our house sits on an acre with lots of flowers, trees and bushes. It is my garden (but I'm English 😂). We have carpet in the living room and bedrooms and all over the basement.
depending on the age of the house the bathrooms off the master bedroom sometimes doesn't have a door in the new builds where I live.. I found it very annoying and we put a door in.. but in more open modern styles there can be just open. Mailboxes are varied.. you can get it to the door.. do the mailbox on the street.. in a mailbox unit about a block away that you either walk or drive to. But I've lived in ALL types of houses with All types of layouts.
If you have a garage that won't fit a car... it's actually a storage unit. It's not a garage.
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If you accidentally put a spoon in the disposal you will immediately… let’s say, hear it lol
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Just make sure nobody goes near the switch when you get the spoon out.
And you will never use that spoon again..😊
This gave me ptsd from 2 hours ago
"Wait, two sinks? Why would you want two sinks?" asked the man who clearly has never been married.😂
...or had kids fighting over one sink!
In larger developments, you get your mail in a cluster box. It saves the carrier time and dismounts to deliver packages. The cluster boxes have parcel lockers as well. Postal worker here. :)
In an apartment complex is fine, but when I buy an actual house with a driveway, I expect my own mailbox to be at the end of it. Mail carriers can't possibly be that lazy, so the postal service must be that greedy.
@@deborahhopkinson5243 I don't see what the big deal is. I live in a house and my cluster box is a block away. I either grab the mail on my way home from work or get in a few steps by walking a block and back. No big deal. But, when a carrier has 500 homes to serve in a day, it's about efficiency, not laziness, I assure you.
In the US, Most air conditioning units are called HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning)… modern HVAC units also do air treatment too by monitoring humidity and filtering pollutants.
Just cooling the air reduces the water-carrying capacity, so hot humid outside air cools and some water condenses out of it. In the southeast, this condensed water absolutely pours out of the AC unit, sometimes there has to be a pump on the drain to get it out fast enough to avoid overflowing.
@@brettbuck7362 when we lived on the east coast, the HVAC water pumped out a drainage pipe just like bath water… but… in the southwest, the HVAC hooks up to the water supply so that it can increase the humidity. It’s surprising HVACs aren’t common outside the US.
You guys are talking about A/C and the other guy is talking about ( central air) where it’s heating and cooling- from Chicago
@@Deleon-d5c HVAC systems are what powers central/forced air … all you have to do is a quick Google search to confirm.
@@brettbuck7362if you have hvac and are having water condensation that pours call an hvac guy. That V absolutely stands for ventilation and something is malfunctioning. If you have a wall mount or window unit yes you have to properly install for this. High heat outside meets cool ac equals condensation which not properly installed will cause damage.
They seem to live in a subdivision, most likely gated. That's why they have to get the mail at the entrance. Most of people have the mailbox in front of their house. In apartment buildings they are normally in the lobby by the elevators, like in most European counties. Our mail can be dropped in the mailbox and the mailman will pick it up. We don't need to go to drop at a post office or mailbox.
Vegas back in the 80's had those set ups for mail all over the place. We lived there and no matter where we lived it was communal mail boxes.
Not all subdivisions to be gated, only the most expensive ones are. I lived in subdivision definitely wasn’t gated, never had a garage just a carport, garage was in basement, you had to drive around the side of house to get to. We never used it. Not everyone has a garage disposal. This is the boosey look not for regular people
I feel its most newer homes with HOA's have the mail boxes you have to walk to. At least in the area I live in Texas that I've noticed this. Older homes have their own mail box in front of the house.
@@ScarletRain26 For sure. Tract housing or HOA's even some apts complexes where there are several buildings (even a dozen or more) with a lot of space between them, they opt for having a central spot that is sometimes gates for security reasons or just gates to keep traffic out. The mail boxes weren't the priority when the property was built. It may have been because of traffic/security (when there might be a lake or private park, apts or HOA etc) The mailboxes were a consequence of the 'gate'.
Rural areas also have remotely located mailboxes. Our mailbox is out at the road about a half mile from the house. But it's no biggie, since you come in that way every day. Saturday is the only day I might need to hop on the four wheeler and take a ride out to the mailbox.
That mail thing is a mixed bag. Had a PO Box, Apartment mailbox in courtyard (2 minute walk), mailbox on curb and then by house, and mail slot on door. All in same town, depending where I lived.
Most single family homes have a proper mailbox by the curb or the mail man puts them through a slot in the front door if it is close enough.
It depends on where you live if your mailbox is at the road even when it comes to single family homes. If you have a single family home in a city with sidewalks you will typically see mailboxes mounted to the outside of the house next to the front door or a mail slot in the door. My father was a mail carrier for 15 years and did a walking route in the city of Lexington KY. His entire route was made up of single family homes. If the street is wider but also has sidewalks you will see street side mailboxes it just depends on where you live.
@@Sarah-cq1vb My current house (in city) has both slot on door and mailbox on a post, strangely enough by front door. Told slot on door was before local post ruled all mailbox on post. Am thinking of getting a large package box, too many porch pirates
@@Merlinherk I would definitely do that if just for the peace of mind. Make sure the box itself can’t be easily removed though. A lot of thieves will take the box if they can’t get to whats in it though.
@@Sarah-cq1vb I am looking at one with anchor bolts to my driveway
"Garden" in America typically means a specific area with a bunch of purposefully planted and cultivated flowers and/or produce. Those gardens are very often located _within_ a back yard. Think of the yard as a big, open area, sometimes with a fence around it, with a grass lawn, maybe a shed, a patio or deck, a pool, and then a garden. For instance, a mom with a few energetic kids might say, "Go play in the back yard, but stay out of my garden!" She wants them to play in the grass, maybe kick a ball around, but she doesn't want them to go into her flowerbeds and tear up her flowers. So a garden is a specific part or area of a yard.
Big, beautiful Asian rug on top of a shiny hardwood floor - Dude, it doesn't get any better than that.
Carpet holds a lot of dirt underneath it. It's dirty even when it looks clean its a hassle to maintain. If you spill your drink you have to spot treat it. Hardwood floors are easier to maintain and if I want something soft I can just get a rug that suits my taste; goes with the decor, I can lift easily to clean underneath, and get it professionally cleaned if necessary, or get a new one all while my floors remain clean.
Not to mention that carpets suck if you have pets like cats or dogs, their hair just gets caught and tangled in it and the pets will probably track in dirt, mud and god forbid fleas which will then roam free in the carpet itself!
Completely disagree. Wood is sooo much harder to keep looking clean. And, at least with carpet you can vacuum regularly when you have pets
@@flowbrandz316 a sanding and fresh coat of stain every few years seems much easier to keep looking nice than carpet, growing up with carpet, none looked as good as when you first get it even after a deep clean which imo you'd probably have to get done more often than you would having to sand and restaining wood.
Also as others have mentioned, carpet can trap pollen and allergens that even a vacuum won't be able to fully get out, which really sucks for those that have allergies.
@@flowbrandz316 I don't really care about how something looks though. Is it really clean or not is all that matters. Carpet may look clean but is it really? And with pets its not just the hair you have to worry about. Accidents are way less of a hassle now and you don't feel that rush you get when they happen on carpet. "Have to get this clean NOW!"
@@flowbrandz316 not when you have a roomba. You can just run it daily for dust free floors.
18:25 Go for solid floors, wood, resin, vinyl, whatever. If you want cushy, just put a rug down. Carpets stain, they get dirty, they harbor dust mites and pet dander and all sorts of crap. Hard surfaces are easy to clean, and you can always just put down whatever type of rug you want, and then take the rug up to clean it later, or swap them out.
Carpet is just a total pain in the butt over the long run.
I helped out a flooring company to remove very old carpet, and now I never want in my home its too disgusting
I totally agree with y’all. Carpet is a pain in the rearend. We went with laminate flooring that looks like wood. And I have a few area rugs down. And as far as the floors feeling cold, I always have house shoes by my bed.
To each their own. I've lived in my house for 12 years; it has hardwood floors and I hate them. We thought it would have its benefits (easy to clean, especially cat puke/pee), but overall it's worse. Gets dirtier a lot easier, more maintenance cleaning and harder on the feet. There are companies that will come in and do deep steam cleanings as well. If you don't like the carpet, you can change it easily. Not so with hardwood floors.
Again, to each their own, but our next house will have carpeting, especially in the bedrooms.
I think in the U.S. homes without any carpet is more common in many newer homes whereas many older homes had carpet everywhere. But it tends to vary so much in the U.S. that I don't think anyone can make a blanket statement, like this couple did in the video, about the flooring in U.S. homes.
@oneslackr, well said!
Okay, a few things to consider, the median year of a typical American house was built is the 1970s, when the avg size was about 1500 SF. And nearly all US zoning codes for residential homes require a certain number of off-street parking spots. It also appears that this couple is mainly into more expensive, and much newer homes than what most Americans actually have.
As far as mail goes, I have had mail boxes built into the wall next to the front door, to a mail box just outside the front door, to a mailbox at the edge of the street, and also a community multiple mailbox, about 200ft away from my house.
The couple in the video are in Las Vegas, a area that was developed mid 20th century; which is very different from living in the Northeast where cities were developed much earlier and the average house was built 100 years ago.
Same here. The house I grew up in had a mailbox on the wall beside the front door, then we moved it to a post at the bottom of the porch steps. The first house I bought at a slot in the door. The house I'm living in now has a post on the street. And I've lived in apartments where the mailbox was a community bank of boxes.
My 1957 home was built with real hardwood floors. They were later covered in carpet - replaced several times in the intervening years. We just tore it out and refinished the hardwood as original and like it much better. Also, it's a garden if it has vegetables, a yard if it's just grass. I have a garden in the corner of my yard!
As an American,
I have a mailbox in front of my house.
It's called an AC unit. It gives off heat or cold air.
A garden to us is an area that we make to grow vegetation.
The carpet is mainly popular in the bedrooms.
Yes, some rugs on the hard floors.
What my house is built on is called a 'lot' ... Basically, it's a huge piece of land that fits the house with a back yard and a front yard. My back yard is small, but my front yard is huge. My Great Pyrenees mountain dog loves it.
Most houses have a big back yard and a small front yard. Being that my house isn't near the road I have a very long driveway from my mailbox to my front door.
4 vehicles could fit on my driveway.
A Canadian here. My house is completely hardwood and tile but we have area rugs is every room (bedroom, living room, etc.). The best thing is the ability to lift them up and clean. With dogs and cats going in and out of the house its shocking how much dust and dirt accumulates under and in the area rugs. Being able to lift them up to vacuum and even sun the rugs outside is a must.
They are talking about more expensive homes in this video. However even in a 1300 square foot mobile home, you will have two bathrooms and the master bath could have two sinks and a tub and a shower. We like big bathrooms in the US. Many older homes are smaller and could have only one bathroom. It all varies all over the country. They live in what we call a Mc Mansion. (a huge house in a development that has too many rooms.)
Right; they are comparing new, expensive US homes (yep, McMansions, and they spring up like mushrooms) to smaller, older, less expensive UK homes. If you compare similar priced homes, I'd bet they are more alike. I, in the US, have a hundred year old farm house; it's a fairly large house but only has one bathroom.
@@lynnw7155 Hate McMansions - they are so ugly. I prefer my ugly little one of a kind home, lol.
You would think the pictures would give it away. I immediately said out loud “must be fucking nice” try a 3 bedroom house with one bathroom, no pantry or garage.
@@lynnw7155 The house I grew up in was an old farmhouse as well. It didn't even have a bathroom originally just an outhouse. It was "upgraded" to have a sort of bathroom on the back porch but was still more of an outhouse with a hand pumped sink. My parents closed that part of the porch off and brought the plumbing indoors after they drilled a well.
All of the plumbing was on the back of the house. The kitchen, and the one bathroom with laundry. It was a 4 bed house and would be nearly 150 years old by now. It burnt down in the 70s after my parents sold it.
Newer homes built from the late 90s are likely to have 2 sinks in the primary bathroom. My 2006 built home's ensuite definitely has 2 sinks a separate tub and shower, as well as a linen closet and a water closet (a separate room inside the bathroom for a toilet).
I've never lived anywhere that didn't have a door for the ensuite.
I've never seen an ensuite without a door! Many newer houses have 3 car garages. They live in Las Vegas, so not so many lawns, more likely fake grass due to water shortages. In the US, carpet used to be everywhere - even in bathrooms! (yuck) but lately people are worried about health and wood/vinyl/tile floors are easier to keep sanitary and allergy-free.
Not fake grass. They use a lot of DG.
Grandma is not walking into the master suite. She has her own mini-suite. Generally, the master bath is set off to the side, so no no one really can peek in unless they want to.
The reason for the carpet versus the hardwood floors is the carpet keeps dander and dust and dirt buildup so they started going to hardwood floors for mostly allergy reasons
My family used to build houses for a living. My dad used to build one house a year and then sell it. We always had carpet until we bought an older home and tore out the carpet to replace it. If you ever pull up the carpet and see the dust and dirt underneath, you'll never want it again. No matter how much you vacuum, it builds up. With hardwoods, tile, and area rugs, you can always pull up rugs to be cleaned and vacuum or mop the floor and then replace the clean carpet.
The worst carpeting for cleaning is the expensive kind that is about an inch thick and solid as a piece of wood. The dirt seeps deep into the thick nap, beyond the reach of any wet vacuum, and the more you try to clean it, the deeper it goes.
@@pcno2832 Facts!
Also carpet isn't that great for people with a compromised health system. If someone has a weakened immune system, this creates a place to arbor various pathogens. If a person has asthma, other breathing issues, or has dust/mite allergies that's another problem. Carpeting isn't hygienic at all.
@@pcno2832, being honest, even the cheap thin carpeting isn't that much better. I'll take hardwood, linoleum, tile, or even a plywood floor and stained.
I worked on original hardwood floors for over 25 years I've done everything from new installations in high end custom homes to 100 year old homes I even worked on basketball courts and bowling alleys , I call carpet a dirt collector
It always annoys me how many videos pigeon hole America when you can't do that. America varies so damn much on almost everything, it has so much variety 🤘
Yes. I'm sitting here saying, "3-4 bathrooms"? Not for the average working class person.
People living in somewhere like downtown New York or Seattle must live more like folks in the Uk.
I agree.
So much variety is fact! You can have a million dollar mansion or a million dollar apartment.
I agree
None of these housing comparisons look at "normal" central US houses. They are usually bragging about their "average" 3500sqft mcmansion!!!
"Roll back over the sofa, get some food, roll back" 🤣
@mstayloronlineThe fatdemic isn't from rolling. It's from getting up... to get More snacks and food and sugary drinks. If people walked to the store every time they wanted more snacks, there may not be a fatdemic
That cracked me up too!🤣🤣
In America, we also found carpet was bad for allergies. Hard floors are quicker to clean but are a pain to maintain. But having a family without runny noses is good. 19:55
Us Americans embrace the importance of space. We need the space. We have so many different things that we enjoy doing. Our kids need space so that they won’t drive the parents crazy.
I have a garden in my backyard. Tomatoes,onions,lettuce, and peppers.
Carpets catch and hold dirt and germs, pet dander, and they stain--regardless of how much you vacuum or shampoo. Carpets are not as clean as a solid surface. In the 1960s and 1970s, you could find a lot of homes with wall-to-wall carpet in the USA, but American homes have trended away from that. We do use rugs. I have one in each bedroom and in the living room, and we do the standard vacuuming and shampooing, but we can take those out and get them cleaned professionally or replaced much easier than you can a carpet.
Correct, growing up as a child in the 70's my parents installed wall to wall shag carpeting which, thinking back, I'd like to ask them what were you thinking? I remember it was hard to vacuum and even so lint and pieces of paper, etc would get caught in it and you actually had to bend down to physically pick it out. No thank you. Hard floors please!
Easier and much cheaper than replacing a carpet!
Not to mention here in the states there is a thing called heated flooring to keep your toes toasty. Never had it myself but it can be installed for a price. (Yes Lewis very spoiled indeed) 😂😂😂
I enjoy carpets in the bedroom and the family room. Bedroom for the toes, family room for getting down on the floor with the kids.
@@alainexpat I mean really, shag? I haven't seen that since the 70's but we're going to compare today's carpet to shag?
Here in the US we have discovered that carpets are a big source of allergies. They hold in the dirt. Most people don't get them clean enough
Which the truth is that it's impossible to get them truly clean. You could vacuum five days a week, and shampoo it every two weeks. Then pull it up ten to twenty years later, and the amount of filth that will have accumulated will really surprise most people. My one uncle cleaned the carpet in his home religiously, vacuuming three times a week or more, and shampooed it every three weeks. Then after twenty years is was still as white as the day it was installed, when he decided to pull it up, and had the hardwood floor redone, the amount of dirt that had built up shocked him.
There's a problem with your statement. We've been taught to run from these things, in the US, so we're building fewer and fewer immunities. I was a sever allergy sufferer, until I decided to change my thinking and get to the root, which is almost always emotional trauma. I rejected this for a long time, until nothing else worked. Also, I live in a carpeted rental. At least, give it a thought.
@@R777-RLM, in some cases that maybe true, but what works for some doesn't and won't work for everyone. Carpet did my last remaining uncle no good, nor his one son, who has passed. My uncle has Crohn's (he's now in his mid eighties) as did his one son, after the carpet was removed, they didn't get sick nearly as often. My daughter has asthma and when we were living in an apartment with carpet, she had more problems with it living there. Where we're at now there isn't any carpet, and her symptoms has greatly diminished.
True. Back 4 decades ago, I remember carpeting being more common. My friend was in the business of buying, rehabbing, and then selling homes. She explained to me the benefits of hard floors. Also, my other friend has pets and kids with health conditions, and she prefers hard floors to keep the house cleaner. I like carpeting, and the house I am in now has carpet in half the basement, the livingroom and both stairways as well as the entire upstairs (4 bedrooms), minus the upstairs bathroom. We also have an attached one car garage and an unattached 2 car garage in the backyard (that also makes a good workshop).
Incidentally, my family is relatively poor.
@@vernonhardenI believe you. in the past, most people had carpet, but they had less inflammation, and fewer if any allergies. I was an ER-RN, and I only treated 3 or 4 allergic reactions. Peanut allergies were unheard of, that is until they began warning about them on TV. Suddenly, peanut, and other food allergies popped up as people began watching for them. Our food is crappy here, but much of it, in my opinion, is psychological. There's an example, of how this works in a different way, if you want to, look up the 500 pound limit, in weight lifting. I hope the best for you.
In America, if there’s hardwood floors people typically have area rugs. If a room is tiled, some opt to have heated floors.
In housing developments, they will often (not always), have a large aluminum box with 13-17 locked compartments. Twelve or 16 of them will be letter compartments for various houses, and the last box will be much larger than the others, for packages. There will be a key hanging outside the box, and if the package is yours, the mail carrier will throw the key in to your letter box.
For houses which are not in a housing development, yes, there will be a mailbox at the end of each driveway.
Don't forget, on some homes, the mail box hangs near the front door. Sometimes there are mail slots in the front doors as well.
Newer home developments often have a mail station where there is a box for every home. Makes the postal delivery more efficient I guess. However, it is still common to have the mail box in front of the home and the postman drives a route and puts mail in the boxes, Bedrooms often have carpet. Large decorate rugs are used on wood flooring. It really depends on where you live...a colder winter climate - more carpet...the desert...cool floors.
We use Area Rugs to define spaces and add comfort where we need them.
That is why we have double sinks so you don't have to wait for the other person.
It’s called central air conditioning. It is a combination of a heater system (usually electric or natural gas heated), a cooling system that often is synced with a dehumidifying system so it isn’t humid. It can also be synced with a hypo allergenic system to filter the air of all allergens. Then, you can just dial in a temperature like 72 degrees Fahrenheit and the system will keep it at that temp year round.
For the mail you're right. Most of the time the mailbox is either on the house next to the door, or a mailbox at the end of the driveway (Depending on the route sometimes the mailboxes are grouped together for mailman's convenience, so potentially they can be on the opposite side of the road from your house this normally happens in more rural/out of the way areas)
The mailbox they're talking about in the video is because they live in a housing complex. Generally these complexes are gated and they have a big metal box with individual house numbers in the front (with a keyhole) and a big door in the back for the mailman to open with a key and put the mail in from the back sometimes the front is can be the big door and 1 key can open the whole chunk. A similar structure is used for most apartments.
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widespread carpet in homes is a fad that changes decade to decade. in the 60s and 70s it was highly used (even some bathrooms had carpet up to and could include the sides of the bath), even on the stairs. but in the 90s and 2000s, non-carpet floors became more popular. it started off being that the kitchen and living rooms were non-carpet (along with bathrooms and laundry rooms. basically anywhere that water might spill). then it spread to bedrooms as people started to understand that it was much easier to keep non-carpet areas clean than carpeted areas. thus you have now that it's popular to have nearly (or entirely) the whole house without carpet. some may have it already (or get it installed) in specific places for comfort, like the bedrooms or living rooms, but it's preference now. and area or small rugs are used in those non-carpet places to keep the cold off people's feet.
Never understood the carpet in the bathroom. My child hood home had it until my parents finally ripped it out in the mid 90s.
There are 4 spaces where wall to wall carpet does not belong.
They are; kitchen, bathrooms, entryways, and laundry room.
It's very easy to keep carpet clean. Just get a good vacuum that has a carpet cleaner attachment, and clean the carpets every 6 months.
I have hardwood in my home but carpeting in the bedrooms - easy solution.
The central air is typically either two separate systems, and air conditioner and a furnace, or a "heat pump" that is a single reversible system that cools OR heat the air. In any case, they operate through the same ductwork. Almost any modern home (80s or later) will have forced air heated and cooling.
There are other types of systems (including ancient homes/apartments with radiators) like heated slabs or heated ceilings, where it works kind of like a radiator system built, but those are uncommon. Some places in the north, they have heated driveways slabs to melt the snow/ice using hot water in tubes embedded in the concrete.
The en suite, or master bath as we call it, is almost always only accessed thru the master bedroom so granny isn't walking in and seeing my bum.
also here in the midwest we call the bathroom with only a toilet and sink a half bath.
8:19 If you’re getting ready at the same time, you can share the bathroom. You usually see that in the master bathroom.
I am a Brit who live in the Southwestern desert in New Mexico. Our house is fully tiled. We have a few area rugs. Tile is better here because carpet retains heat and it lasts longer. Also, we have a door on the en suite and it has two sinks with mixer taps.
My home was built in 1929, we bought it in 1999. A little less than 1200sqft. Big living room with fireplace, dining room, kitchen, laundry room (originally the back porch they closed in years ago), 2 bedrooms and a tiny bathroom that are separated by a tiny hallway. There is surpringly a fair amount of storage and closet space. I do have central heating, but use 2 window air conditioners in summer. It came with a dishwasher and garbage disposal (got rid of the disposal). Had carpet in most of the house but now only in hall and bedrooms. The 2 car garage with a storage loft is detached from the house. I would love to have a second bathroom!
There are bungalow homes from the 20's all over the Los Angeles area and they're so cute. And a lot of them are upgraded, yet still redecorated in the period style.
Just like the huge Victorian homes in certain parts of the city. Very similar to what's seen on American Horror Story: Murder House (Season One).
The houses here range not only in architectural style but Era styles and people really try to remodel using the actual period in which the house was built. There's a whole industry around that stuff
Most of us have a "drainer" or "dish rack" a a wire or rubber rack we put our dishes in to air dry. There is a rubber drainage mat that angles tword the sink under the dish rack. Side note, I live in a 2 master bedroom (on suite) plus a 3/4 guest bathroom. So 2 bedroom 3 bath house.
An on suite bathroom is usually just for the people who use the main bedroom. Everyone else in the house uses a different bathroom. I live in a 1300 square foot house with a full bathroom on the second floor and a half bath (sink and toilet) on the main floor. These houses on some of these videos are high end houses. Most houses aren't that big. Oh and my washer and dryer are in the basement.
That’s true ! I have a three bedroom ranch built in the 70s 😅1 and 1/2 bath ..my utility room is a small room in the back of the attached garage…
Half of the houses in the US are larger. The median home size is 2,000 sq. ft.
Recently the tank of the toilet in my bathroom was leaking. I shut off the valve to wait for a plumber. Three difficult days of having to leave the bedroom to walk to another bathroom down the hallway. Life is so hard.
@@annfrost3323 Same, all I need was all the gizmos in the tank to be replaced because the water ran all the time, being in Arizona and water conscious I turned off the water to the toilet and had to walk to the hall bathroom at night -- THE STRUGGLE! My handyman neighbor fixed the toilet for me.
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11:02 boats! Yes, a lot of people have boats on a trailer. They haul the boat to the nearest lake, back the trailer down a ramp into the water, and drive the boat around all day. Then they float it back onto the trailer and take it home. Many years ago I was driving around Fresno with a Japanese gal and she actually burst out laughing when she saw a truck pulling a boat down the road.
We don’t have a built in drying space for dishes. We buy a dish rack (usually plastic or covered metal wire) that comes with a mat to catch the drained water from dishes. They have designated slots for silverware, cups, plates & other dishes.
I’ve never seen a bathroom without a door except on tv (House Hunters).
If there is a garden in the back of the house, we say "Let me show you my garden in the yard". One would grow just about anything in the back garden. If there is a grassy area in the front of the house that's called a lawn. The lawn may have a front garden in it where one would grow (mostly) flowers, trees and occasionally herbs. Most food stuffs would be grown in the back yard garden.
American here. They are talking about a central air/HVAC system. Basically the A/C and heating units are using the same ductwork and the supply and return vents are spread all over the house so you get even distribution. So the air can maintain a consistent temperature a lot easier. You set the thermostat for your preferred temperature and then a tolerance range (usually a couple degrees plus or minus) that you are comfortable with. When the temperature gets too hot or too cold, the A/C or heat automatically kicks on to cool or warm the space to get it back to the preferred temperature. Older homes don't typically have central air. They are more likely to have radiators and maybe window or split A/C units, if they have A/C at all. I am from the Midwest and all of the homes I grew up in in the 1980s and 1990s had central air/HVAC systems, but when I moved to Massachusetts, where the buildings are older, only 2 of my homes in the past 25 yrs have had it (both large, modern construction apartment buildings). My current apartment is in a building that is over 100 years old and I don't have any of the stuff in this video, hahahaha!
A recent trend, especially in colder climates here, is radiant floor heating. Since hot air rises, there are heating coils that go underneath the flooring and heat the floors. I wish I had that in my bathroom. In winter the cold tile is brutal!
The older U.S. homes have mail boxes on the home near the front door or a mail slot, either on the wall or in the door.
In Arizona the trend in all newer developments are gang boxes for mail. I think there would a trail of dead mailmen is they had to walk house-to-house in 117 ° F in the summer, at least with gang boxes they deliver mail to 30 houses in one gang box.
Our mail box is the old milk door, which opens into our oversized garage. The mail is delivered through it now. Our neighbor told us that when he was a little kid he used to sneak into the garage through that little milk door. He has gained a bit of weight since then 😂
You're exactly right. Hard surfaces in bathrooms, kitchens, and hallways. Carpet in the living room and bedroom. Spot on.
Double sink, double shower lol. And yes, depending on where you are you see a lot of people parked on streets, especially in the bigger cities. But they have designated parking spots and usually you have to put money into a parking meter during peak times of the day. But you also see it in a lot of subdivisions too; a lot of subdivisions have off street parking or have a separate detached garage from the rest of the house so people will sometimes just park in front of their houses because it's closer to the entrance lol. 13:53 - and as far as mailboxes go, it depends. A lot of subdivisions now have areas where you are assigned a mailbox that is located in a big metal box with 50 other mailboxes and you have to go down the street to get your mail. That's how ours is now. But there are quite a few older houses in our neighborhood where the mailbox is still at the end of the driveway and you can just walk down to the end of it and get your mail. It's a mixed bag.
We have central heat and ac standard in many homes, but I have seen central vacuum systems in expensive homes too 😅
our home has central vacuum but it dosen't work well, so I don't use it.
The rule of thumb for garbage disposals is large food scrapes in the waste bin and anything left over can go down the disposal.
I have old cast iron plumbing and anything more than plate scrapings would clog up the pipes with the Insinkerator disposals I've had, but the Waste King disposal I have now grinds everything more finely, so it doesn't build up in the pipes anymore.
My rule is, if it could go in a blender, it can go in the disposal. But I never run the disposal without running water. I saw someone in U-Tube show the disposal by running it dry. I don't do that.
What about bones?
@@Sureshots. No, don't put bones down the disposal. It's definitely for softer things.
Also depends on your pipes like @pcno2832 said for how much you put down your disposal. Our pipes are pretty old so we only use our disposal for things that accidentally fall into the sink. We throw as much away in the garbage bin that we can. When I lived in a new house with new pipes, we put more stuff down the disposal, lol.
@no bones at all in the sink disposal. Sureshots.
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my home is my grandparents home (they have passed) and it was started built in the late 1940s (I say started because over the years my grandfather added onto the house as his family grew. 5 boys, 1 girl). as it currently stands, it's just over 5,800 sqft. and it's still considered 'small' in my region (mostly rural).
4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, full kitchen, 2 living rooms (1 with working fireplace), den, laundry room, formal and informal dining rooms, and 3 car garage (don't include in square footage), all on 10 acres.
New US homes have heat pumps that look like air conditioners but both heat & cool.
Growing up, our yard had apple trees, a pear tree, quince tree, plum tree, shades trees, and a strawberry patch, and a kitchen garden (vegetable patch) that my grandmother no longer cultivated. She already had a chicken coop attached to the toolshed. And we had a row of elm trees along the property line instead of a wall or fence.
Yes, we do use rugs often, both in the living room and bedrooms because they are soft and cozy.
A/C cools in summer, heating/furnace heats in winter. Gotta switch the thermostat depending in season
Another fun one from at least when I was kid..,... Do NOT mess with the thermostat!,have Dad's from around the neighborhood coming by asking "did somebody mess with the the thermostat?"
I have a heat pump it does both.
No AC here or cooling where I live. I do have radiant ceilings for heat though!
In our Florida home the AC and heat are controlled by a single unit. That's pretty much standard everywhere. We set the thermostat to 72° and hit "cool". The unit will maintain that temperature throughout the house. When we anticipate a cold snap, usually at night in the winter, we switch from "cool" to "heat" and the unit will turn on the heat if the temperature in the house drops below 72°.
We live in a manufactured home in very nice retirement community. There are many amenitieshere for the residents including 2 golf courses, 2 swimming pools, tennis courts and a gym to name a few. Many people have moved here after selling their larger homes and downsized to a smaller house. Our "smaller" house has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and is about 1450 square feet. That's small by US standards. Not small by UK standards.
16:31 At what point does a "garden" become a farm, a house become a mansion, a patch of grass become a field?
I hear a back area of a house referred to as a garden & I instantly think that it's because it's so small, that's all you can do with it is to plant a personal garden.
9:00 my bathroom has a double sink, a shower/tub, and a walk-in closet. There's no door to the bathroom area, just an arched doorway, but the toilet is in its own tiny room for privacy. The whole thing is about the size of a small bedroom. Down the hall is a second bathroom with one sink, a shower/tub, and a toilet. It serves the two children's bedroom. Immediately downstairs is an identical bathroom for those on the ground floor. Next door to this bathroom is a fourth bedroom that can also be a den or office. I turned mine into a dedicated library.
I’ve lived in many major cities in the US including Las Vegas as they are referring to where they live now. Homes everywhere have doors for their en-suites. Vegas for some weird reason doesn’t or at least rare. I actually installed a sliding barn door in my old Vegas house for en-suite privacy.
American here. Living in South Florida, we try to get away from carpet because it's hot. Tile is more expensive than carpet though. BUT, we have forgone tile and have new floor materials recently in the south called called "LIFE FLOORING" which is more durable to even tile. And the styles are endless. Now up north, say, New York , carpet is still popular because it retains heat better.
They're house is NOT typical for the U.S. It's much larger than average. I've never seen a house that didn't have a bathroom door. Down south, you either have a mailbox at the street or if it's not far from the street, you'll have one next to your front door, like ours. New communities sometimes have a central mailbox location where everyone gets their mail. Even though our house is only 1500 square feet (3 bedrooms, 2 baths), we have a large two-car garage that easily fits both our cars and the laundry area. We enlarged our master bedroom shower about 10 years ago to be about 5 ft wide and 4 ft deep with 3 shower heads.
Carpets have falllen out of favor in the US so a lot of places will remove it when renovating and most new places are mostly hard surface floors. That said a lot of homes if not most will still keep carpets in the bedrooms and their ajoining closets.
Mail can be received through a door slot, a box on the face of the house near the door, on a post on the edge of the street, in a central location for all residents for apartments and condos, or a central location for multiple homes on a street or section of a neighborhood in a lot of newer developements and suburbs making it easier for the mailman.
Oh and when Americans say A/C we mean heating and cooling most houses have a single system that does both, you can set the thermostat at a temp and the system will auto adjust to it.
The US has homes of all sizes and construction. In older, urban areas in the east coast, there are terrace homes. In the newer suburbs, we spread out more.
You are actually NOT supposed to put everything down the garbage disposal. It's mostly to grind up small food remnants. The rest should go in the trash. (People who put everything down the sink end up paying plumbers lots of $$.)
In older subdivisions the mail is still delivered directly to the house. Newer housing communities, the mailboxes are combined in one location. Yes, one must go to the mailbox.
I've built 3 homes. For those homes, hardwood floors were an $ upgrade over carpeting. If you build an expensive house, many times the home comes with hardwood floors.
Every area may deal with mail delivery differently. Usually, in the city there are mailmen who walk from house to house and put your mail either in a mailbox near the front door or through a slot in the door. In the suburbs mailboxes are usually out by the street with delivery via a mailman driving a mail truck. I'm not sure about this, but I've never heard of needing to drive to get your mail. That may be common in areas I've never lived in.
Where I currently live (a suburb), the mail boxes are grouped together in 6-8 mailboxes every block or so. My guess is that it's more efficient for the mailman to drive up to each grouping versus every mailbox at the end of the driveway of every house (like at my previous house). For those homeowners whose house is a little further from the grouping of mailboxes, they tend to, after work, just drive up to the mailbox grouping, get their mail from their mailbox, and then drive to their house just down the block.
@@PM-oe5mk Interesting.
To the Americans a garden is where we grow fruit and vegetables. A backyard is where we grow plants and trees, have cookouts, kids play, have fire pits. A backyard in the U.S. is more for entertainment and fun.
We park on the street mostly in the Cities!!! I have a double sink too!!lol
Some regions have alleyways that are situated behind the homes and are made to access a garage located in the back. That way, all the vehicles on the street are for guests or overflows. It's a very clean look.
American 🇺🇸 here, I wanted to elaborate about hardwood or tiled floors. Some houses in America have radiant heating which is right above the house’s foundation. It’s great because the heating heats the water in the radiant pipes which makes the floors warm.
I also live in an “Eichler Home.” Mid century modern homes and they are beautiful. Look them up.
My home was built in 1957 above ground it’s 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths with a yard detached 2 car garage behind the yard the driveway would fit another 2 cars we renovated to whole home when we bought it 8 years ago. The front Yard is as big as the backyard from the street to the front door it’s about 35 ft. The basement which is finished out has a 1/2 bath laundry room, a separate room for storage and the water heater and furnace (central AC unit sits outside) an adds another 800 sq feet.
What a lot of people don't realize is that putting certain things or too much food down the sink with a garbage disposal can cause a lot of problems. 1) there are foods you shouldn't put down the sink- like that whole banana. It can cause clogging it jam up the disposal. Then you have to fix and clean it, which isn't always an easy task. 2) human waste breaks down and started to decay within days, but the stuff that doesn't-especially the greasy stuff doesn't and that can lead to clogged septic systems, sewers, and even pipes at the water treatment plant.
I’ve always installed food disposals in my houses and they are really terrific if one knows how to use them and maintain them. Putting grease/oil down the drain is a big NO, even if you don’t have a disposal. Just use common sense and always let the hot water run for a little while after using it. I love my food disposal 😊
@@MyMusiclover28 Yeah, I love them too and prefer having them. I just figured that, given the kinds of comments he's made about them in this video and at least one other, I should add the warning.
Most new home US garages are 450 -750 sq ft . Double garages 1,000 to 1,200 sq ft .
A standard 2 car garage is 22x22 ft which is 484 sq ft. A standard 3 car garage is 22x30 ft which is 660 sq ft.
Yeah newer homes have large garages but I think it's an age thing. I've seen old homes in the US where the garage is too small to fit a modern car but could fit something like a Model T.
Very rare circumstances are the mail boxes not on your property. Overwhelmingly we all have mail boxes in our property
In California, most mailboxes are together at the end of the street in a box with a key.
@@tinagutierrez1226 That's in newer housing complexes. In traditional single-family homes (which are everywhere in California) you have the stereotypical mailbox out on the street near the driveway. In a very few places, you can't get lettercarry service and you have to have a P.O. box at the local Post Office. I live in one of those places. Lucky me. 🙄
. ??? I'm in California, and since I live in a small HOA we do have a mail kiosk, but all the houses around us have their own mailbox at the end of their driveway.
In the 1950's and 60's carpeting was a status symbol and hardwood floors were cheap and everywhere. Now hardwood floors are at a premium, so a lot of wood floors are manufactured, good, but not up to the real deal. Area rugs provide a variety and deliniates open concept areas.
We do have some amazing homes. Air conditioning is a must have, especially in the south. Our humidity can be 100% during summer. It makes it harder to breathe when you go outside. Hardwood floors is a style. Back a few yrs. ago it was carpet everywhere. We throw rugs that we can wash. Carpet is nasty no matter how much you clean then. I guess you know some homes have wheels on them and they can be moved. lol
As an America, my first trip to Europe was in 2003, I stayed with friends in England. I was amazed to find that the room I was staying in had no closet. They also had no clothes dryer and a small refrigerator. I thought they must be poorer than I realized, only to realize later that having these things is an American luxury. I since moved to Africa.
In Africa, do you live in a hut ?
@@thewolfdoctor761 nope. I Have a 3 bedroom house. But it’s worth pointing out that the fixtures and such are more British than American.
Thank you for that little extra info on fixtures being more UK than US, I was already starting to wonder. May I ask if there is any one thing you miss about American homes that isn't a regular feature there?
@@likemeordont5951 not really. For clarification, I’m in Kenya, which is part of the British commonwealth. I found living here more similar to the UK than the US; but I found it no less comfortable. You’ll pay a fortune for washers and tumble dryers, but I just hung my clothes outside. It’s harder here, but more fulfilling. So no, I don’t miss it.
Why on Earth would you move to Africa😂😂😂😂
Central air in America is both air conditioning and heat. You set your thermostat for whatever temperature you want it to be in your house at all times. I have carpet in every room in the house except for kitchen and bathrooms. My home was originally a 5 bedroom but we combined 2 bedrooms into one large bedroom, so my home has 4 bedrooms. On the main floor I have 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a living room, kitchen, dining room, and family room. In the basement I have 2 bedrooms, one bathroom, a family room, recreation room, laundry room, and utility room. My garage is a 2 car garage and my van and my car both fit just fine. I have an enclosed patio in the back of the house, and a large backyard. Purchased my house in 1979.
Most Americans don't generally call them "en suite" , we call them master bathrooms, because they are located in the main (largest) bedroom. However, we are beginning to see more homes built where multiple bedrooms have their own bathrooms, so i imagine we will begin seeing the "en suite" term being used more often.
Oh, oh. In the south they are now called Main bedroom. Come on man.
@@annfrost3323 In Arizona they are referred to as the "primary bedroom."
@@annfrost3323, you'd find pretty much the same thing in many other states as well. It become more and more about having an appearance of being sophisticated whenever explaining things.
@@vernonharden didn't think it was sophistication. If people don't get it, they don't get it. Master brings back certain meaning to certain groups...
@@annfrost3323, that last statement a very true statement. But some folk love to go putting on airs of having sophistication, and acting as though they really are, when in reality they aren't as sophisticated as they make out to be. I'm just a country boy myself, but health and age made me move into a large town/small city.
Most newer homes in the US have hard flooring because their easier to maintain an to keep them warm we have installed a radiant floor heating system. An talking about the air conditioning and heating system you do have the option of having a window unit that has a reversing valve installed in them that can switch the evaporator to the condenser an back and forth so the same unit can cool the room in the summer an heat it in the cooler months but they are limited on their heating function. But you can have a whole house H.V.A.C. system that will heat an cool the complete home very efficiently
More and more modern communities are doing "gangbox" mail box setups. There will essentially be one central area with a bunch of lockers, or locked mail boxes. So you might have 100-200 lockers all together. They're typically under a roof, or in a small building, to protect from the elements. But yes, most houses still have their individual mail box at the end of the driveway, along the street.
Carpet was the norm in the US . Hardwood and tile throughout is now trending.
Yeah the last 25 years have been about getting rid of carpet in the US.
When I bought my 1950s house, the first thing I did was rip out all the nasty old brown 60s/70s carpeting!!! It was so nasty!!! There were hardwood floors under it. Now I just have an area rug. It protects the hardwood floor. The master bedroom has new carpeting.
I like the big open plan. It gives the place a big airy feel. I dont want to come home at night and have a person hiding behind the door in my kitchen😂. It's nice to be able to cook, watch something on tv, and / or talk to people without a door in the way.
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most 'garages' in the U.K. were based on designs for store houses for old horse drawn carriages. they were only meant to be a place to store the carriage and not used for people to be inside the building. those designs were the basis for the first car garages in the U.K. thus you have very small ones. in the U.S. on the other hand, they were designed (and are constantly being redesigned) to not only house the vehicle, but be a place to preform maintenance on the vehicle, thus more room was needed inside the building for this purpose. then as women started joining the work force, an additional car was needed, so the garages expanded to house multiple vehicles.
In the 1950s here in the USA, washing machines were also in the kitchens. In the 60s they started making seperate areas in the new homes. Both 50s and 60s, some would put the washer in the garage ,when dryers got more common
The double sinks are usually in the master bathroom because they’re for couples so each person gets one side and the cabinets with it to the store their stuff and get ready. Some bedrooms in some home are connected by one bathroom too that usually has double sinks so I’ve seen a lot of people with kids give their kids those bedrooms so they can share that bathroom but each sibling have their own side/sink.
All of those houses are so smashed together. I prefer having lots of space.
That's new residential areas in Las Vegas. Small yards.
@annfrost3323 yea, my sister used to live there. To me, it's disgusting.
While carpet is comfortable and acts as an insulation, it is also a spong for dust, debris, and pest. No matter how much you vacuum a carpet it will not get clean. I know this after watching carpet being removed. Some workers wore high grade filter mask because of the debris flying as the carpet is removed. Owner always exclaimed “but I vacuum the carpet frequently”.
I've never seen an en suite bathroom without a door. Hardwood floors are easier to clean, and so much more hygienic. Carpets are nasty, they collect dust, hair, germs, and if you have a pet it's a disaster to clean up. I enjoyed this video.
Yes. This is true
Area rugs are great because they provide a soft surface for feet and also can be a decorative element. Want to paint your room and change color scheme? No worries getting paint on wall-to-wall carpet, and it's much less expensive to buy a new area rug than it is to replace carpet. Some can even be washed.
When it comes to home decor, many people prefer the beauty of hardwood floors, which allow for decorating with beautiful area rugs, and for unifying spaces in a room. Just pick up any decorating magazine, and you will see what I’m talking about. Often when people are house hunting, and a house has carpet, they are interested in knowing if there’s a nice hardwood floor under the carpeting. If there is, they consider it a bonus, and if they purchase the home, they will remove the carpet and refinish the hardwood floors.
Kitchens are a separate room in MOST US houses, it's only new ones that are open plan. It started mainly with the Ranch House craze of the 70's.
Our older sinks had that, but most houses today they have a rack next to the sink.
Most houses have the washer and dryer in the garage, basement, or bathroom.
They were looking at mansions not houses. Normal for our houses is 1.5-3 bathrooms.
13:56 I don't know why that would be a thing there, the only places with central mailboxes like that I have ever seen is at a trailer park.
AC does NOT heat the house, that's something else.
Radiator heating was a thing many many decades ago. Most houses have long replaced them with Forced Air Heating and a gas furnace.
Laundering a rug is much easier and cheaper than shampooing carpets.
Replacing them too. Cheaper and easier.
Depends on the size of the rug. A 9x12 or even 6x9 would be hard to launder.
All the homes I have lived in had hardwood flooring. You use area rugs (Persian rugs) in your living rooms, dining room, and bedrooms. Area rugs are so much nicer than carpet.
Double sinks is more common in the master bathroom.
As far as mailboxes, not every area has the same system. You can have a slot on your door or a mailbox in your front yard. Larger condominium communities will have a designated mail area for letters while packages deliveries will still be delivered to your door.
It’s not uncommon to have more than one bathroom in American homes. Keeping grandma and others out of the bathroom while in use is usually solved by locking the door. Do you Brits not lock your bathroom door? Locks work great to keep the kids out of the master bedroom when it’s the parents’ playtime too.
yes, a double sink bathroom is living in high cotton - both kids and couples can get things like shaving and brushing teeth done much more efficiently
Most houses come with double sinks and walk-in closets. Most new houses are moving away from carpeting and going back to hardwood floors.