BRITISH FAMILY REACTS! 4 Ways British and American Houses Are Very Different!

[@waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaluigi]

As someone around Aidan's age (25), its interesting how our taste in houses is the complete opposite. To me, most modern houses are overly minimalistic, focus too much on everything being a right angle and "clean" per se, whereas older houses come off to me as having personality and history, as well as feeling more like an actual home to me

[@kdesaaf4190]

I think he like 19😂

[@2WarriorJay8]

@@kdesaaf4190 being a british man adds like 5 years lol

[@aj897]

He's 19, that's like saying 13 is close to 19 lmao

[@waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaluigi]

@@aj897 not even close to a good analogy. But I say that because you would be surprised how old a lot of viewers are

[@aj897]

@@waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaluigi Yes actually it is a good analogy, you're mad that you were wrong, 25 is as far from 19 as 13 is

[@Fatblue246]

coffee being the preferred drink in the US necessitates a coffee maker, which takes up the space an electric kettle would normally take up. if one has a kettle in the US it’s almost always an old fashioned stovetop kettle. many also just microwave the water for tea not going to lie lmao. Hot tea just isn’t as commonly drank so there’s less demand.

[@johnmackey3937]

An electric kettle is another appliance needing somewhere to be stored unless kept out at all times, stove kettles just stay on the stove, save counter space, we like our coffee maker out at all times. Condos are real estate/real property you own, we rent apartments. After WW2 houses were as small as 750-800 square feet 1-2 bedrooms, apartment size with LAND! (I've seen floor plans) they got bigger in the 1960s and beyond when people could afford luxury items like master bath/recreation rooms.

[@creinicke1000]

I have a "tea kettle" or just kettle (since I rarely drink tea). that is on my stove all the time, heat water up maybe a few times a year. Obviously, if I make tea, I heat up water in the microwave.. coffee in my 4 cup maker is daily used.

[@donrainesoh]

I use my electric kettle multiple times a day. It sits out just like a coffee pot. It uses less energy and boils quicker.

[@Ira88881]

@@donrainesoh An electric kettle doesn’t use a drop less energy than an electric stovetop,

[@aj897]

@@Ira88881 Yes it actually does, your stove uses a lot more electricity to heat up than an electric kettle would, pretty simple

[@Ira88881]

@@aj897 Thank God you’re not an engineer. You really don’t know what you’re talking about, do you? You’re only running power to ONE burner, and you set the level of power. Just because a stove is “bigger” doesn’t mean it pulls more power than anything else when you’re only powering one burner. Go back to physics class.

[@kevinwallis2194]

where i used to live, we got a lot of earthquakes, and brick falls apart pretty easily, and wood is plentiful and bends and sways

[@lockaby1]

some of the kettles do have the whistle that does whistle when the water starts boiling and some dont they are good to have because its easy to set one on the stove and walk away and forget that you did start it and let your water boil away

[@jacklong7048]

Yes we have a separate washer and dryer. because the combined has worst record for efficiency.

[@boo2564]

I love living in the LA area. It was settled so late that we genuinely have all styles of home and architecture. Suburban, condo, Spanish, Italian, mega mansion, mini mansion, Tudor, Dutch, trailer park, tent, modern revival, Victorian, you name it. The only thing I’ve probably never seen is a properly thatched roof.

[@PreppingAngel]

I've had the all in one washer/dryer unit. It takes too long for the clothes to dry. I usually had to use power twice to get them dry. Now, I take them out of the washer and let them dry in the Tennessee mountain air and only use the dryer for like 10 minutes to get lint out. I cut 100.00 off my power bill.

[@moxiedrapo2391]

American here… yep I’m watching from my three bedroom two bath home that’s sits on an acre of land. Sold our vacation home in Florida last year to stay in the Volunteer State of Tennessee near the Smokey Mountains!!! Go Vols!!!

[@garycamara9955]

Almost all houses here have at least 2 bathrooms.

[@renee176]

I lived in a brick house my whole life in the states. My neighborhood had the majority of Brick homes, but there were wooden houses in other neighborhoods close by.🙂 Never ever heard of bugs coming through the plug sockets.😳

[@christined6321]

Same I think Laurence spent most of his time in the Midwest. I think brick houses are a staple in the cities of the northeast which is where I live.

[@rukus9585]

It's easy to Google the results as towards the accuracy of your beliefs. But I'm betting over the whole of the U.S., at least 75 percent of modern dwellings are wooden with vinyl siding.

[@aj897]

@@rukus9585 Not over 75 percent, I'd say close to 50 percent with the number dropping every day with new houses being built countrywide

[@rukus9585]

@@aj897 like I said, Google it.

[@rukus9585]

@@aj897 now you see? All you had to do, was 5 seconds of research before imparting your stupidity before all. SMDH!

[@d2ndborn]

My 1st home in Arizona was 1686 sq feet with a pool and made with adobe brick, Spanish style. Also I started doing my own laundry at 16, Aidan time to step up.

[@lilyz2156]

Darn 16, I started at 10. Only because my mom ruined my favorite shirt and I used to watch her do it so I started to do my own and have done it since. Never ever ruined laundry or lost socks.

[@katzc23]

​@lilyz2156 I started around 10 too. It was mostly because I didn't like what the dryer would do to stuff I cared about. So anything somewhat important to me to this day I hang on a rack to dry (not in the sun).

[@s.jamessavell6995]

We Americans have coffee pots that plug in simular to your tea kettles.

[@stephaniemccarthy1676]

I live in an apartment in Oklahoma City, OK,. Though the complex of these apartments are called Drexel Flats. Drexel being the street name.

[@ruth2141]

When I was a child we lived in Montana and there was a black widow nest somewhere in the house that my mother could never find. She would go around every morning and kill any spiders she could find before we got up, but the black widows she found were all males, which of course aren't venomous. The day we moved out, one of the movers was moving out boxes that my parents had stored in the fallout shelter built into the lower level. He pulled out a box and was face-to-face with a huge black widow (2 inches or so) sitting in her nest. My mom said she never saw a man move faster; he dropped the box, lifted his foot up and squashed her, then was VERY careful with the rest of the boxes.

[@karlamackey4675]

The house that my husband and I owned, had a nest of wolf spiders. We never did find it. It was horrible!!! Every spring and every fall, I would kill average of three a day 😱 They were big and fast! They don't build webs, they run after their prey. They're brazen, too. They would crawl up the side of the couch and run right past you. They would run over your bed. With you in it 😳 They walked in the door with you. (Wolf spiders aren't poisonous to humans.) After we moved out, the new owners were remodeling and found a nest of snakes. We wondered why the mice disappeared.

[@OkiePeg411]

When i lived in Texas ive seen tarantulas and rattle snakes and white scorpions (on a tree trunk. When i was a kid at summer camp i found a white tarantula in my bunk!!! I grew up on 2 ½ acres in Texas in a 1800 sqft ranch style brick house. Now in my late 50s i own my own older home. Its a 1950s 800 sqft wood siding house on 1 acre.

[@garycamara9955]

Damn, small house!

[@manxkin]

I have a 1920’s two bedroom, one bathroom bungalow. Hardwood floors, plaster walls, fireplace, dingy old basement. Washing machine and drier are in the dingy old basement which doubles as my tornado shelter (good luck with that). Mail box is on the house; outside the front door. No electric kettle. I have a stove, a microwave and a Keurig. Don’t need yet another appliance just for hot water. My house is wood frame. No picket fence. Next door the house is brick. Have the occasional wolf spider or Argiope spider in the garden (I’m not a fan of spiders but I respect and tolerate them outdoors). Indoors, all bets are off! I do try and relocate them to the outside when possible. Cold here in Illinois right now. 38 F.

[@karlamackey4675]

I live in North East Ohio, and I lived in a Cape Cod when I was growing up. My grandparents lived in a brick ranch house. Ranch houses are my favorite. When I first got married, we rented a ranch house and I loved it. They are set up so nice. I'm disabled (I wasn't at that time) and it would be perfect for me. When I was a kid in the 1970s, my mom had a tea pot that would whistle when it was done. I would love to have one.

[@jeromebraden7364]

The population density in the US is generally higher in the east, so east coasters tend to live in smaller places (all else being equal; budget etc.) The US also has greater climate diversity which can be a big factor in the style of houses.

[@jacklong7048]

Plus many American like to have big houses to show status. I laugh everytime they file bankruptcy.

[@sheenaperez1882]

In some parts of "north" east yes, but not the whole east. Where I'm from there are huge houses even in the bad neighborhoods. Just depends on the city and/or state. 😊

[@macah62558]

Here in the states the building codes require all bedrooms to have built in closets as well as a minimum square footage!

[@johnmackey3937]

Bedrooms must have a window, a closet and local zoned square footage

[@creinicke1000]

It's fun to watch his more recent clips. He's bought a house.. and all the adventures that go with home ownership.

[@getitright5863]

With a washer and dryer you can do multiple loads at once. While one is drying you can put more wash in. Win, win.RV’s and motor homes have one unit that does both, they are small.

[@scrapperiam463]

Electric kettles and coffeepots are common in the US, though we do have a teakettle to heat water as well.

[@garycamara9955]

I can't remember the last time I saw an electric kettle.

[@YliyahMessageTime]

Our American spiders would NEVER say "mate".

[@jchrisj200]

In the US apartments are typically rented and condos are purchased.

[@johnhelwig8745]

I own a condominium in the US. Condominiums can be many forms; flat or apartment style, terraced or townhome, or ever a detached home. It is property building exterior is run and maintained by the Condo Association. You are deeded everything within the walls of the unit and a share of the building and grounds. My condo has 8 units, so I own 1/8 of the property along with everything within my unit. I also a sole owner of a detached house where I am responsible for all its maintenance. My parents and I are tea drinkers and always had a stovetop kettle. I think they are more popular here is because our counters are cluttered with Mr. Coffees, George Forman grills and Oster blenders and toasters.

[@Out-Of-Service]

My uncle has lived just outside Austin, TX for 30+ years on a horse ranch. He's found a tarantula in his bed once and scorpions in their boots several times. Always have to shake them out before you put them on. Not much better where I live in SW Florida with the gators. I've seen several parking lots here with signs warning you to check under your car for alligators before walking up to get in.

[@mrssanfl]

I agree with the home size. I have never lived in a house less than 2k square feet. This does not include the basement. I do live older homes. They offered so much character and the design/floor plans were different compared to the newer homes, especially in Florida when they all appear to look the same.

[@crystalpender2345]

Hi Aidan, Gaynor and Sophie, I love your reactions. We have electric kettles and stove kettles in the US. In fact, I have an electric kettle.

[@DC_Greed]

I have a stove kettle and an electric kettle, but the electric kettle is new to me, and I don't think a lot of people do have them. For tea normally the average person probably sticks a cup of water in the microwave or uses a stove top kettle.

[@billtaylor3382]

Love the washer and dryer Here!

[@tanyapoulin5880]

1 in 2 washers and dryers never work well over here. Takes lo ger to dry almost 2 to 3x longer to dry. So to save energy many do stackables or separate. Work bought an all in one and it'd take all day for them to dry anything lol

[@garycamara9955]

Get a better quality dryer

[@beverlydorn9498]

We have the electric kettle for coffee or tea, etc...My family uses a copper kettle mostly for home decor. We sometimes use it to heat up water. Basically, it's just there to look pretty. Lots of people use it this way.

[@Cassxowary]

Copper isn’t healthy though, stainless steel is better

[@beverlydorn9498]

@@Cassxowary I think it's actually stainless steel on the inside & painted a copper color for decor. My Mother loves copper. It's all over her house. Thanks for your comment, have a great day!

[@zappa1952]

Hello! The term "flat" is used on the east

[@voxveritas333]

Teakettles are common here. Your electric kettles are rare: I have one! But I also have a Keurig machine, so I just use that.

[@garycamara9955]

I actually don't like coffee from a keurig

[@lisarobertson8485]

We now have two types of kettles. The old-fashioned stove top kind and an electric one. However, coffee is still one of our most popular drinks.

[@glennrobinson2014]

A "condo" is an flat or terrace house with (con) dominium, ie: you own it rather than rent it.

[@derekdurst9984]

In New York City where I grew up...a Duplex meant that you have a large apartment of 2 floors! A Triplex meant an apartment of 3 floors! I live in a "Flat" in San Francisco, and here that means an "apartment" with its' own address... there are 3 flats in this house ...each has its' own front door on the street, with individual mailboxs and a distinct address. an "Apartment" has one main entrance, one address and can have many many apartments and they would have numbers derived from their floor and unit...ex. 51C would be the "C" apartment on the 51st floor! 1C ...same unit on the first floor...!

[@mariaasimon3117]

Apartment is a rental unit, condo is a unit own by a person.

[@bintheredonethat]

I live in a 2 story townhouse, 3 bedrooms, loft, 2 1/2 baths, kitchen with a fireplace, no basement, about 1280 sq ft. Nice size 3/4 covered patio. Pay a "condo fee" but, I don't have to cut grass or shovel snow & the HOA takes care of everything on the outside of the building. I have a stove kettle. Some brown recluses occasionally, no black widows. I did find a about 2' long Gardner snake in my downstairs bathroom once. Bit me when I caught it to take it outside. Ungrateful little snot. ;o)

[@zappa1952]

Sorry..the term "flat" is used primarily on the east coast. In the west, we say apartment or condo or townhouse if its 2 story.

[@krisschobelock4973]

Call an exterminator . . . they can be killed off! And "wooden houses" are well "sealed" - you don't get "gaps" between the siding! lol

[@tanyapoulin5880]

Also, I had to learn what a condo meant about 8 years ago when I moved into one. I grew up either in a house or an apartment. Apartments are all owned by the same company. So you cannot buy a single unit or make changes to the unit unless the company wants it done for a reason and you don't see it happen at all lol. Condos or condominiums are like apartments but each unit is individually owned. So im in my second condo. Here in Boston I live in mill buildings so.. They're very large. We have technically 700 to 1k units in 3x buildings. My landlord only owns my condo. Now. I can buy one if it's up for sale. I can change the inside however I want as long as it's within code. So with condo's associations set the rules overall, and if you buy you have to follow. So doors windows etc that's outside or in hallway visual has to match and etc small things. But as an owner of a condo you can lease it and make your own rules as long as you're within the condo rules. As long as you're within code you can renovate and move a kitchen from one side to the other. Build walls etc. But if condo association says max 3 dogs 3 cats and whatever for the smaller one. I can rent my condo and have a lease and tell them no pets in the condo. I can make it rug or tile. I prefer condos bc if you get a good landlord, especially if there's no mortgage on that condo they're less likely to raise your tent. Regular apartments now yearly go up. I'm thinking of buying a condo so I can do whatever but being in a building of sorts just makes me nervous about the other people. Not trying to get someone to burn the building down lol

[@karlamackey4675]

My daughter and I are renting a house. Our landlords are letting us paint, as long as we don't do anything extreme. We can have pets. We're getting rid of old carpeting to have wood floors ( with their permission). I really hope we don't have to move for a long time!

[@tanyapoulin5880]

@Karla Mackey here's my concern for you as a renter, I am. You need the lease you signed to show you had permission. That's your contract. So if in writing was your lease but you had a letter or call, it will not matter. I hope the owner is a good person. But get your lease changed or make sure with WRITTEN permission from owner covers you if they approve changes. You're making their value go up on your dime? Yes, we'd love to think it'd last. But renting I went 12 years in 1 which was a nightmare, 6 years who the landlord absolutely would pay for any changes for the condo because it needed some upgrading. My current one is over a year and a half and I got permission to do things but honestly God forbid he sold and I got someone kicking me out. But I'll pay for those sticky tiles for my current kitchen in a heart beat lmao.

[@tanyapoulin5880]

@Karla Mackey oh also meant to mention that some landlords could say we'll they were supposed to paint it back etc. Judge judy and her 4 squares made me think. I had my lease changed when I got 2 cats. I got written approval from landlord but needed contract to show. Also if they don't pay for it, you'll either have to make original condition or lose deposit. Praying for your daughter and you to have a home you can enjoy and feel at ease and trust your landlord like the last 2 I had. Beautiful people and they restored my faith

[@karlamackey4675]

@tanyapoulin5880 They told use we can paint because a prior tenet painted it this God awful color. Their kid colored in every room all over the walls, put stickers all over. The walls and windows are covered with these stupid stickers. The lady obviously had wax burners (I think what they're called. I can't remember right now) all over the house and I don't know if it was the kid or the dog (the dog is bigger than a great dane. I didn't know there are dogs that are bigger this one. I saw the cage, and I'm not kidding, I think a lion would fit in it 😳) that left the wax on the walls and floors. Our rental agreement states that the carpets are the tenets responsibility. Actually we're tearing some of the carpeting out this weekend. They're old and smell like the dog. We're going to get their approval on the paint colors before we buy it. So, we should be ok. They told us that they love us. We have great landlords! Thanks so much for sharing your concerns. I've had two landlords from hell. I will keep those things in mind though 🌝

[@garycamara9955]

I will never live in an apartment, rather live in my car, but we OWN a house, soooooo, no rent; just taxes.

[@goblinqueen4991]

I haven't trusted electric kettles since the one I had literally melted around the heating element. Mostly I drink iced tea anyway, which I can cold brew.

[@pftrohasongoligist2140]

I enjoyed your video as I sit in my 500 square-foot apartment in Orlando, Florida. Thank you and keep up the good work.

[@garycamara9955]

Hope you don't have a recliner, 500 sqft, really?

[@pagejackson1207]

Electric kettles are very common in student housing in University housing. I had one in the late 60's when I was at Georgetown. I have one now which I use for my pour-over coffee in the morning and for heating water to clean my cast iron cookware. No soap! Just lots of hot water and a sponge. BTW, I love your channel. Keep up the great work!

[@ObserverAmanda]

I never saw anyone with an electric kettle when I went to two different universities in two different states in different regions in the late 00s. Mini fridge, microwave, and an occasional (certain types of) coffee maker were common from when I went to university around 15 years ago and are for my youngest sibling that is currently in university. I don't think college students would use an electric kettle often enough when they can just heat up water in the microwave or possibly from their coffee maker. A number of foods are specifically packaged to be "cooked" in the microwave nowadays as well.

[@brucegreenberg7573]

As an American, I own an electric tea maker wherein you place tea leaves in a magnetic basket which lowers and raises into boiled water and beeps when fully brewed. I also use it to just boil water. I also own a coffee maker and French press for manually brewing coffee. Makes my day.

[@pagejackson1207]

@@ObserverAmanda Microwaves were large and expensive in the late 60’s. Back then coffee in the U.S. wasn’t sophisticated as now. Most students used freeze-dried coffee. Most of us smoked because we felt it made us look sophisticated and mature. I can’t convey how ridiculous my 18 year-old friends looked when they walked around campus with a tobacco pipe in their mouths. Most of them were aspiring premed students and had no knowledge of mouth and throat cancers. Back then cigarettes were constantly advertised on TV and there were cigarette machines in the dorms. I’m so old that Bill Clinton was only one class ahead of me.

[@aj897]

You're actually supposed to use a light soap when cleaning cast iron cookware

[@grumblesa10]

Try a little salt with your sponge, it helps loosen any stubborn meal relics.

[@jjw1072]

Biggest spider I ever saw here in the U.S. was a Wolf Spider. That thing scared the heck out of me.

[@robertsmith16286]

In America, there are many ranch houses, which have one bathroom. Of course, it depends on the size of house.

[@garycamara9955]

They would be 70 ir so years old. They haven't built single bath houses here in decades. Oh bedrooms require a closet. No closet then its an office . Thats code.

[@jlpack62]

I literally was heating water in my stovetop kettle while watching this video. Like Laurence, I too was waiting for the pleasing whistle.

[@BTinSF]

In San Francisco where I live a "flat" is generally one floor of a multifloor (usually) Victorian or Edwardian house that has been subdivided. An "apartment" is a unit in a multi-unit building (there may be many per floor) built as such. Structurally there's not much difference between a "condo" and an "apartment". That difference is more about who owns it. A "condo" is an apartment owned individually (often but not always by the person who lives there).

[@derekdurst9984]

Oh....this is funny, I just posted a very similar share! I liven in a flat in an Edwardian House ocross from Duboce Park!! Hey neighbor!

[@Good_Hot_Chocolate]

I can also sleep in jeans. I understand you sir, at least a little.

[@Mainecoonlady.]

We also have townhouses. I live in a townhouse community. It’s a building of five units, connected by a double fire wall. Our community is about 90 individual homes attached homes ranging from 1500 to 3000 sq ft for the end units. We own them complete with mortgage. I am disabled 64 yr old and can’t do much yard work so we have a Homeowners Association that collects monthly dues to keep up yards, roofs and building exteriors and owners are responsible for upkeep of interiors. It’s ideal for me now. In younger days I had a large five bedroom, three bath single family home. So as we go through different stages of life, our needs, abilities and finances change. So we upgrade or downsize accordingly. I admit we are spoiled. Air conditioning and screens are a must. I have low tolerance to excessive heat and no bugs allowed in my house. We also have exterminators who treat the exterior for bugs. Oh and I use my automatic drip coffee pot to make tea. Just no coffee or filter, put a large tea bag in the pot to steep as water filters in. Convenient and yummy. I use Dunkin Donuts creamer in my tea with a dash of cinnamon. Yummy stuff. I enjoy your videos! Cheers!

[@garycamara9955]

I won't live in a multiple unit home. Lived in a duplex once in the 70s, but we each had our own garage. Don't like sharing property. (land)

[@garycamara9955]

Sugar in tea, sometimes with lemon. Coffee; always black!

[@susanmorgan8833]

If you lived in the southern part of the US, or much of the midwest or southwest, you would definitely wish to have central air conditioning. There is both heat and humidity to contend with in some areas, and temps of 100 plus need air.

[@eolsunder]

true but people lived there long before AC was invented just like in europe, so while its nice, it is a luxury item. But one that many americans are used to, the same as heating.

[@garycamara9955]

We don't have basements here, they would be below the water table. We have garages. I usually wouldn't live in a house without a 2car or larger garage. Our driveway is 50ft long, our carport/garage is 2 cars deep, we have a 2nd portable garage next to the garage, plus plenty of outside parking.

[@dilbertdoe601]

Aidan isn't a fan of older architecture. We first realized that with the US most beautiful colleges video.

[@AnimalLover-43000]

I always called them townhouses instead of row houses

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

1.1K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome! Thanks! 😊 Notes: He never explains why people chose to say "flat"! 🙄 But he explains some of the other words! Have you noticed? 🤔

[@garycamara9955]

Because they are one dimensional?

[@ekmeger]

Verhtical washer/dryer. Space saver, Bottom is washer Top is dryer. .

[@tirzah-marielewis3447]

My friends mock us because our electric kettle is bigger than our coffee pot. Thats American sacrilege 😂

[@johnsaia9739]

We have stove kettles and we drink lots of hot tea in Virginia. More popular in the East and Southeast. We have an electric one too but it is for my wife's fancy flavoured teas.

[@kstar1489]

For me I’d call row houses town houses

[@peytonsnyder2480]

Never heard anyone call those row houses in the US. They’re town houses

[@garycamara9955]

If you have 2 machines then you can wash and dry at the same time. You can also do more laundry.

[@Mtndude76]

All American homes have a coffee maker, I can remember my grandmother having a kettle you put on the stove and it would whistle when it got hot.

[@marydavis5234]

Not true,both my grandparents houses do not have a coffee maker.

[@christined6321]

😂 me either no one in my house drinks coffee.

[@starparodier91]

I only own one for when guests visit (rarely). I don’t even know how to use it! 😂

[@lazyblazer]

Great reaction guys! The average house size built in the US from maybe the 1950's-1980's was around 1600sq ft. Houses built in the 21st century average around 2200-2600sq ft depending on location. The house I grew up in was built in 1990 and is just over 3000sq ft. A lot of the nicer, bigger houses built today can easily be 4000-5000sq ft

[@jlpack62]

The house I grew up in a small kid was built in the 60s and was in the 1600 sf range. We moved when I was 11 to a house built in the 70s. It was 2200 sf.

[@BTinSF]

Who cleans it? Short of having servants, there's such a thing as having a house that's too big and too expensive to maintain. The largest house I've owned (as a single male) was 2700 sq ft and I would never want anything much larger. Even that was a full time (when I wasn't at work) job (it had a pool and landscaping).

[@lazyblazer]

@@BTinSF Well when I was a kid me and my sister both had to chip in and help to maintain a clean house. Mom would do the rest of the general upkeep but once a month she had a housekeeping crew to come in and do a thourough deep cleaning. A family of 4 or more all pitching in and doing their part, it's really no big deal.

[@lisaspencer1057]

As I’ve gotten older (46) I appreciate smaller homes. My house now is 1000 sq ft (plus full basement) and as my kids have grown I’m ready to move down again. It’s too much unused space that I still have to clean for no good reason. Waste of gas, electricity and just space in general. The only thing that confuses me more than people living in homes with so much unused space is people who live in HOAs and pay strangers who tell them what they can/cannot do with property they have purchased. Not being a jerk I honestly cannot comprehend why other than wasting money.

[@sunniejmh]

the way every family in the uk has a kettle, every house in america with have a coffee pot or a coffee machine. ☕

[@xJamesLaughx]

I do not use a kettle or any kind of pot to make tea at all when I drink it. I just use my Keurig machine and the K-Cups to make my tea.

[@aj897]

I just use hot water from the Keurig and tea bags, a lot cheaper than K-Cups

[@brooke_reiverrose2949]

Watching this literally while waiting for my coffee to brew in the coffee maker like you describe. Yeah pretty much every household here has one of those unless they’ve switched to Kurig

[@gmunden1]

Tea kettles are widely used in the States. I don't know what Laurence is talking about. Electric tea pots are also available and most can hold up to 1.5litres of water. There are several high-end models which are nice. I have a traditional tea kettle as well as a stainless steel electric kettle.

[@jacklong7048]

Many Americans don't drink hot tea, coffee is number 1. So why have a kettle quicker to do in a microwave.

[@garycamara9955]

Most people I know don't say litres, they say pints or quarts.

[@karinfichtner7479]

My son, his wife and teenaged daughter just bought a house with 3 floors, and over 3200 square feet.

[@scottfield6967]

brilliant, thanks.

[@labronco7511]

It’s called a coffee maker, and pretty much everyone has one at home. You could probably use it to heat the water to make a lot of tea…pro tip.

[@eolsunder]

true but a stove kettle is faster unless you have a high end coffee maker. She never used one but a basic coffee maker costs 25 bucks so its cheap and easy to use. Surprised she likes coffee smell but doesn't have a coffee maker.

[@josephlawinger8501]

America has electric tea kettles. They sell them at Walmart's

[@LarryHatch]

in the US we always hear "Prince so-and-so has an four room apartment in Buckingham Palace". My apartment has six rooms so I feel somehow better. Curiously, apartments in the US can easily be 800-1300 square feet or the size of many English homes.

[@LancerX916]

I don't own a kettle, but if I need hot water, I just put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.

[@aj897]

My Keurig puts out boiling water in less than 30 seconds

[@LancerX916]

@@aj897 Well, I don't drink coffee or tea, so that would be a waste of money for me.

[@awelch31]

@@LancerX916 Exactly. I think that’s what is being missed. I probably have 5 cups of tea a year. Not buying a kettle for that

[@texgirl1122]

I have an electric kettle that I love, I use it for my pour over coffee….sorry, not a fan of tea. Also, we do have washer and dryer’s that are combined in one, but you will usually find them in RV’s or tiny homes, which are the trend right now.

[@garycamara9955]

Why do you pour water over coffee?

[@denisemendez5660]

Our washer machine and dryer are also not in the kitchen

[@garycamara9955]

We have a laundry room in most houses.

[@garycamara9955]

Roundabouts have been tryed here but noone knows how to use them. I prefer intersections with stop signs or a light.

[@starparodier91]

My parents love tea and I have no idea how to use a coffee machine. We have one in our family house for guests, but I’ve always had an electric kettle. My mom would even bring it along on road trips since hotels only ever have coffee machines 😂 I personally love the smaller house sizes. My family house is 3,260 sqft and for a family of three I have no idea why it’s that big. I basically just lived in my room there. It was incredibly hard for my fiancé and I to find a reasonably sized house in the area (we both grew up here and wanted to stay but it’s just us, a small dog, and a bird).

[@aj897]

Only idiots who haven't lived in small houses will say they don't want a big house, people with privilege really are blind to it

[@starparodier91]

@@aj897 I lived in Japan for 10 years in the middle of Tokyo in a one bedroom apartment… but thank you for your insight! 😊

[@AnnaConrad84]

@@aj897 they said they’re from a family of 3 and grew up in a big house that a family that size wouldn’t need. how are they an idiot for wanting something more reasonable?

[@garycamara9955]

Space is nice, you can hide from each other.

[@garycamara9955]

​@@aj897its not privilege, small houses are uncommon.

[@someoneelse745]

Yes, spiders live in every damn crevice in America. It's freaky!

[@garycamara9955]

Why?

[@cricketd2932]

In the south most houses are brick...they stay cool (no basements)

[@garycamara9955]

Brick houses are not safe in California, they fall down in earthquakes. Actually I very rarely notice earthquakes unless they are big. My grandmother was from Missouri, she noticed every little quiver.

[@GKinslayer]

If a "wall of spiders" and it doesn't matter black widows or not - came in my house I would burn the house down.

[@JRFrancisco20088]

Never have nor will ever (knock on wood) live in a flat or apartment. Need that outdoor freedom for backyard barbecues and family parties. Great feeling owning a house . . . then here come the property taxes. Crap.

[@BryonLape]

How old is that Lost in the Pond vid?

[@jacklong7048]

Americans have been sold bigger is better on everything. Some associate with success. I appreciate those who are smarter and not house poor. I live with a Brit, he found it shocking how much people here dwell on how much things cost that they buy.

[@garycamara9955]

I like bigger, except for cars. Why would you want to be crowded in a small house (less than 1200sqft)

[@MattMajcan]

Idk if its a regional thing but ive never heard anyone use the term "row houses", i know them as townhouses or townhomes. from the midwest. the idea the britain doesnt have screens in their windows is disturbing to me. So anything that wants to come into your house just can? It makes no sense. Window screens cost almost nothing, i bought a roll thats like hundreds of square feet and it costed about 10 or 15 dollars.

[@garycamara9955]

There are no snakes here on the hill I live on. But we do have them lower down. I think our cat killed all the scorpions and large spiders, haven't seen any for awhile.

[@jonnyvargas5288]

What is the “floor” you referred to??

[@balancedactguy]

Remember a Condominium is OWNED by the dwellers. An Apartment is not owned, just rented by the dwellers !

[@jodabney4358]

I grew up in a Cape cod house

[@bombud1]

You guys only have 1 machine for washing and drying? Laundry must take forever. Condos are individually owned and usually have a Home Owners Association that governs the rules to live there. Condos are basically apartments and can be rented to people by the room owner for custom periods of time and prices. Beach condos, for example. Apartments are rented by the month usually on a 1 or 2 year lease. You have no rights to sublet or paint/drastically change interior because the resident does not own the property. Condos have assigned parking paces, behind a gate, and generally come with an increased sense of security. Apartments, you are basically in general population with hundreds of people a day who may or may not live there to come and go freely at all hours.

[@garycamara9955]

Condos suck

[@TheCpadron19]

Americans call them townhouses, not road houses. A Roadhouse is where you get food.

[@garycamara9955]

Stage coaches used to stop at road houses.

[@JPMadden]

1) In my city in Rhode Island, roundabouts were installed several years ago in an area where 7 roads intersect. After an adjustment period, they've worked better than what was there before. I know of more locations where they should be installed. This part of the country was known decades ago for giant traffic circles we called "rotaries," but all or nearly all have been replaced. 2) We have authentic Georgian architecture, in the form of houses from the 1700s, and also large houses and small office buildings built in modern times in the Georgian style. 3) A majority of us who live in wooden houses that originally had exterior walls of wood shingles have replaced the shingles with vinyl siding. 4) Was that spider the size of Gaynor's hand found in Texas? 5) Window screens are not a recent invention. They first appeared in the U.S. in the early 1800s and became common in the late 1800s. How does the UK still not widely use them? They can be custom-made to fit any window shape. 6) I've never seen a washer-drier combination in one machine and never even heard of them until recently. 7) A condo can be either an apartment or a house. The houses are typically grouped together in one building of at least 3 condos. The resident of a condo owns it outright or pays a mortgage like a homeowner, but also pays a monthly "maintenance fee" to the condo association. Similar to a landlord of an apartment building, the condo association takes care of maintaining the exterior of the building and the grounds, plus some of the interior repairs. For upscale condo developments, these maintenance fees can be $500-1000 per month (wouldn't want the landscaping to be anything less than pristine).

[@Ira88881]

When I visited Massachusetts, the roundabouts drove me insane. I’ve since learned that statistically, they’re safer FATALITY WISE because you get conditioned to slow down as you approach one… But they don’t statistically reduce overall accidents. (I may be wrong about this, though. Not 100% sure.)

[@JPMadden]

@@Ira88881 When the small roundabouts near me were installed, we were told that they would permanently reduce the number of moderate accidents, as well as traffic jams, but that there would temporarily be more minor accidents until everyone got used to them. I don't have any statistics about accidents, but the traffic does flow better. It moves more slowly when light but more quickly when heavy.

[@Ira88881]

@@JPMadden Who knows. I do know they work, but it’s a real learning curve. But don’t trust statistics. I used to work for the Florida’s Turnpike, in systems engineering design (SunPass/FastPass design and integration), and I was fascinated by red light camera implementation on city streets. In every case, the cameras INCREASED accidents, but they only released statistics for those intersections where they didn’t.

[@JPMadden]

@@Ira88881 I'm confused. If red light cameras increased accidents at every intersection, there wouldn't be any statistics at intersections where there were fewer accidents. By "every," do you mean "nearly every?"

[@Ira88881]

@@JPMadden What they do is show the results for intersections where they installed red light camera enforcement… But they don’t show the results for all of them, they don’t show the severity of accidents… But most important… They don’t compare it to intersections that weren’t converted!!! In other words… Yes, a few intersections where they installed them might have shown a 30% decrease from the year prior, but the majority of intersections where they weren’t installed might show a 50% decrease! It’s not a cause and effect thing where the cameras were responsible for less accidents!!! It’s just the numbers. Many municipalities, even STATES, banned their implementation because they don’t work. It’s just a revenue-generating thing, with ZERO connection to accident reduction. The intersections without them performed better than those WITH them!!!

[@ObelixCMM]

In US apartments are rented and condos are purchased.

[@chroniccomplainer3792]

Where im from majority of ppl live in a "Ryan Home" which i guess is like a more modern style of a colonial house. When i picture a house in my mind, i always picture a ryan home.

[@jacklong7048]

Flats are in San Francisco. Your expert cannot possibly know all 50 states. Condos you don't own land, only the building and share common walls. I love people who say the hate coffee as chug the nastiest tasting alcohol.

[@TheJohnsims73]

Sophie is so beautiful

[@lindachandler6307]

what about sears homes

[@garycamara9955]

Lots of them in the countryside on ranches. They were mostly square.

[@adamskeans2515]

I get not needing air conditioning. What I don't get is not putting a screen mesh over your windows? If you're going to open the darn things, why on earth would you not want to stop insect life from coming in?

[@garycamara9955]

I have absolutely NEVER seen a house without window screens, I am 75.

[@jacklong7048]

Does Adrian know how to cook or another who would starve without Mom?

[@billbrasky1288]

In America the word cutlery is mostly used for plastic spoons, forks, and knives.

[@aj897]

Yea idk about that, people specify whether it's plastic or not, they don't just say "cutlery" for plastic stuff