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

I loved this week learning english with Lauren 🇬🇧 and Callie 🇺🇸 , love you ladies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From Michigan too, many older residents go to Florida in the winter months to get away from the cold weather and they are referred to as “snowbirds!”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This video is really educational

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

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

In iowa & the midwest duplexes are still common

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We have cottages in Canada as well

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

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

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

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

In Germany, the duplex is called "Doppelhaushälfte" ("double house half"). 😁

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

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

In Canada we also have bungalows

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

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

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

That's cool

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bungalow in UK is a ranch in the US.

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Ireland, I've never even *seen* a basement in any house.

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

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

Callie is from Michigan, so am i :D!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Terraced houses in Britain are often called row houses in American cities.

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

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

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

we also have apartment blocks in the US. Don't listen to this girl. She obviously only lived in the suburbs. lol

This might be a regional thing, but around here in the Midwest of the US where I live, we would call the bungalow a 'ranch house.' Ranch house would refer to a house with no upstairs, just one floor. Great video!

The stigma in America is that, if you live in an apartment, you're considered poor or lower class.

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

In Canada, a condo is no more than 5 stories. Apartments are 5+ stories.

We have basements here in UK

The American girl look so cute