Those da-da-da-da's are really annoying.

That is not a typical British home. It would have been nice for you to find a really nice home. You are in a very old fashioned home.

I am British and I live in Britain; I and my family and friends have always rinsed our dishes clean with fresh water after hand washing them! I have not experienced anyone merely wiping soapy crockery and cutlery/utensils down before putting them away or reusing them. I don't recognise this as a British characteristic at all.

Saying all British people don't rinse their plates because your friends don't is an extreme over generalisation! check your facts!

She seems very nice but I don't understand why someone from St Petersburg is presenting an American view vs a British one. If you have only lived in the US for 9 months and only in one city and one state how can you make such sweeping generalizations?

There is no average British or American houses.

Not a typical British home...That's a VERY old house with old style fittings that nobody uses anymore and that interior...And that's student housing not a "typical home" hence the Landlord hasn't bothered to update anything.

I prefer older houses to modern ones.

I'm half American, half British. Born in the UK, raised in the US and now I live in London. This house here may be a typical example of student accommodation, but it is not a typical British house. In fact, there is really no such thing. Britain is such an ancient country and has houses from various different eras and even centuries. My own property here in London is almost 150 years old and nothing whatsoever like the property shown in this video. Basically, in the US, we had bigger houses and lots more space because it is a huge country. Here in the UK, things have to be squeezed in - hence why no built in wardrobes/laundry rooms/large basements/garages etc unless of course, you are lucky enough to have a much larger property. Also, here in the UK, many of the houses are what would be known in the US as rowhouses or townhouses. Second most common would probably be semi-detached. A detached house here would be a standard house in the US although still probably much smaller. And then of course, there are flats/apartments, cottages and even bungalows. However, many of us do, in fact, have dishwashers ;)

Actually in a lot of American homes people remove their shoes. And in the UK, maybe you were observing lazy students, but, a lot of people don't just wipe the cleansing foam with a towel but actually rinse the dishes, in fact I have never seen that in all my life in the UK. How do I know? I'm half British and half American and grew up in both countries. Otherwise you are pretty accurate.

This woman is clueless.

Are you kidding me? Of course we take our shoes off in most parts of America. Just imagine entering your house during the winter with your boots full of dirty snow and salt.

Love your smile

This chick goes into a student hostel and declares it an average British house. [facepalm]

I'm British and ALWAYS rinse my dishes after washing!

I am British and I speak for all British people when I say...

In America we call the garden a “yard”, and call a garden an area in the yard with food plants such as tomato, strawberries, and green beans growing.

In the US (my part at least) windows that open tend to have screens to keep bugs out.

We call it a duvet in Canada too; they call it a bed-spread in the US

Keep in mind the US is about the same size as Europe. Typical is hard to pin down, there area lot of different climates (tropical to artic) and lots of subcultures. We mostly speak the same language but there is a lot of variety.