Home sweet home. Housing in Britain

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Home sweet
home
Housing in Britain
Anna Stepanenko
VK @englishcultureshock

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Home is where the
heart is.
English proverb
Video for kids https://youtu.be/bF_O5f4Qgk

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Types of houses explain
Homes and houses phrases

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Types of homes
in Britain
85% people in the UK live in
houses (not flats)

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Terrace vs town houses
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A mid terraced / an end terraced
standing flush to the pavement.
buffer garden / front, rear garden/ yard /
courtyard/ south-, north facing

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Country cottage, bungalow and farmhouse
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Sitting within this idyllic cul-de-sac location
(a street or passage closed at one end)
rural, a semi-rural setting
cottage style dormer bungalow
country cottage
thatched
Build A New Life In
The Country:
Pennines

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Thatched
cottages

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Converted churches,
barns

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Town houses, Scotland

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Old Blacksmith House, Gretna Green,
Scotland
Elizabethian house, Stratford

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Glasgow
Notting Hill London
Leeds

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Stately homes and
gardens
A stately home is defined as a large
and impressive house that is
occupied or was formerly occupied
by an aristocratic family
Manor has the faults of Court and
Hall, but bespeaks something less of
a house – even a parish may have
three or four manors in it.

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Converted houses
-with vacant possession.
- timber beamed ceilings / vaulted ceilings / stained
glass windows
- utility room / storage room / cloak room
- sought after
The Church of St Oswald's has
potential for various uses and an
informal Planning & Conservation
Statement has been agreed with
the Local Planning Authority and
English Heritage
The property will be sold subject
to conditions designed to prevent
inappropriate uses of the site.

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Houseboats
-around 500 km canal network
- marina
- Originally the canal boats would all
have been built of wood and horse
drawn

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Confusing things about British homes
living in a british house
https://youtu.be/pMNbH-VPUGc

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Buy or rent?
Choose your home at rightmove
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How to buy or rent a property
by auction
mortgages
cash
buy a share in a
property
Tenure - the conditions
under which land or buildings
are held or occupied.
Freehold / leasehold
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Tenancy agreement
deposit