German reacts to American House Tour

[@AlzheimersCaretaker]

The reason there is a smaller dining table in the kitchen area is because most (or a lot of) americans eat breakfast at the kitchen countertop or table rather than in a formal dining room. the only time my family uses the formal dining room table is when we have guests for a family gathering on holidays, or if we're just throwing a party.

[@LillibitOfHere]

We have a formal dining room but the kitchen is too small for a table (1915 Midwest craftsman-ish). We use our dining room every day for dinner together.

[@Wolfie54545]

This is a city area in Connecticut. Rural Connecticut like where I’m from has houses half that size, but so so many older cities.

[@ElizabethKatz-q1t]

This is not an average area in the US. It is a very expensive area. When folks are very concerned about their neighbor's lawns, you can bet they have a lot of money.

[@tntcyclespdx640]

This isnt an "average" American house, it isnt extraordinary either but he is much better off than most.

[@storminight]

I think in his first video he said it’s almost a million dollar investment. That’s a lot!!!

[@commonsence1129]

This is actually a common house in Maryland.

[@AlzheimersCaretaker]

its pretty standard in my area of CT (a 40 minute train ride away from NYC). I do live in a less affluent area than this guy's house. and our house was built in the 1970s (but has since had an update and addition). it has 10' ceilings, and a 20 something foot vaulted ceiling with skylights in the big open kitchen/dining area. with a balcony overlook from upstairs where there are three mid size bedrooms. We do not have a finished basement though because of radon gas. Most of my neighbors houses are wayyy nicer than this house though. over a million dollar price tag on a lot of those. There is no way this house would be affordable today though. I could never live here if it was purchased today. its a 1 minute walk from the beach so the property tax alone is about about $18,000/yr. I'm very lucky that that house is completely paid off, it only cost like $60,000 in the 70s. its now valued at an insane and disgusting price. My father who originally bought the house was a high school english teacher so we're not exactly a wealthy family. it just used to be possible to purchase a house back then with a lower-middle class income.

[@LoganOX7]

This is around an average middle class home in the south

[@janiepowell3218]

@joemama not even close in the south. Well... Maybe... For people making over $200k. Housing is ridiculous here.

[@johnniekight1879]

The laundry room is on the second floor because that's where all the clothes are.

[@jadeh2699]

Consider the bulky bedding is on the second floor and it wouldn't make much sense to be hauling all that up and down stairs.

[@skynebula11]

@@jadeh2699my parents home had laundry upstairs but they also had an elevator ( my dad was a builder)

[@rw7668]

@@jadeh2699 true! but I use gravity for the bedding and just toss it over the rail to the first floor and then trudge it down to the basement. I would be fearful of water issues on the second floor with my old house but plumbing nowadays is so much better

[@simonwaugh5519]

This is in a Connecticut suburb. A 2-parent/2 child family needs to earn about $275,000 a year to live "comfortably" in that State. Median income in the US as a whole, per capita is about $37,500. Housing varies a lot, but don't for one second assume that this house is 'typical', because it isn't.

[@The_Gallowglass]

That's insane to think that a family would need $275,000 a year to live comfortably. I think they've lost the plot.

[@randallsanchez3161]

@@The_Gallowglass It's not too difficult to understand when you realize that pay is different in different states. Here, that house, being older, would run about $300k. You can live comfortably as a single individual on $40k year in most of Texas. You can raise a 2 parent/2 child family on $75k comfortably as well. Although, that cost has gone up in the past 4yrs *cough cough. Meanwhile my friend who just moved here from California was pulling in $170k year and had a house whose property was worth $800k.

[@lindadeeds5326]

The per capita income is highly misleading because it includes all the people who are not working and thus have a salary of $0. The average salary of someone who works is nearly $60,000.

[@Wolfie54545]

Bruh. My family does not make that much a year and we live perfectly comfortably in Connecticut.

[@BrLoc]

There is a lot of people in America that are completely insane about how their grass and yard looks. They will spend thousands each year if they need to.

[@ravenmills7777]

they probably have an HOA who dictates that

[@BrLoc]

@@ravenmills7777 Some do have an HOA doing that, other people like my dad and neighbors are just yard fanatics.

[@maryinsentani6801]

I enjoy a beautiful yard and garden. I love to be outside in the beauty of nature. Having a nice yard with a lovely lawn makes me feel relaxed, calm, and at peace from the day's hustle and bustle. No one dictates it to me. I just like it.

[@vanessamorris1985]

When we moved into our home, our neighbor came over two days after we moved in and asked if he could mow our lawn. We basically share a front lawn because there’s no fence or any boundaries. We told him that as soon as we’re settled we’d make it a priority to mow the lawn. He persisted about mowing it himself simply because it bothers him to have the lawn at different lengths so he’d feel a lot better if he could mow the whole thing so it looks even. We gave him the OK and still 3 years later, he still mows our lawn every other week. 😂 I bake a bunch of cookies for his family and send them a charcuterie board for Christmas as a thank you.

[@Tijuanabill]

@@ravenmills7777 Only a small portion of homes in the US are part of an HoA, FYI. So it can't explain a nationwide trend, that goes back a hundred years.

[@scottdean2199]

This house is HUGE! You should watch the house tour by Lost in the Pond - it's much more typical of houses in the Midwest. When a listing has a bathroom it implies toilet and bathtub/shower. Just a toilet and sink is a "half-bath."

[@kramermccabe8601]

A room can't be classified as a bedroom without a closet and window large enough to escape out of as well

[@creinicke1000]

Agree.. watch Lost in the Pond's new home.. he has at least 2.. first one when he first bought it and it was still empty.. and several others showing the kitchen and basemen and back yard with his fence.. the garage clip was fun.

[@DirtCheapFU]

That was such a culture shock for me in South Korea when I wanted to live off post. 1 BR. "Oh. Okay. Cool. That's all I need". Walk into the place, and its literally... 1 room with a drain in the far corner. "Wth is this for?". "Well...".

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

@@kramermccabe8601 The houses I have owned were built in the 1800s. They were built without closets, so we used wardrobes. But they were counted as bedrooms when the house sold.

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

The guy in the video you are viewing shares his house with his sister. So when he showed you Becky’s room, that is his sister’s room.

[@cruiseny26]

This house is not typical for most Americans. It’s huge. 😂

[@TheRagingPlatypus]

Very true...this is upper middle to lower upper class housing. We have a big house...bigger than what we need but the price was right and it has a huge yard for the kids. We have two rooms I rarely go in. The rooms are huge and it's still not as big as this house. Now are yard is much bigger. We were showing our place via Skype to the in laws and they said it is so nice that we live on a park. We had to explain that is our yard. Never saw a yard remotely as big in Germany...even for the Uber rich.

[@paulinesoares3594]

Most 3 bedroom homes have 2 full bathrooms and a half bath ( sink and toilet) for guest to use

[@The_Gallowglass]

"Most 3 bedroom homes have 2 full bathrooms and a half bath ( sink and toilet) for guest to use" Maybe where you live, but 3 bedroom houses usually don't have 2.5 baths. They usually have two baths, or one and one half bath here.

[@edjarrett3164]

Nick is a wealthy guy. He started maybe ten years ago discussing Porsche and BMW vehicles. He’s rotated through a few Porsches, both sports and SUV’s. His Vlogs have been entertaining and very instructional. He’s tastefully equipped his new home in a semi-minimalist fashion. I like the look.

[@m444ss]

while some regions of the USA have much higher cost of living than others, you don't have to be rich in the US to have a home like this. it seems pretty standard to me.

[@The_Gallowglass]

"Semi-minimalist" ahahahahahahahahahah

[@The_Gallowglass]

@@m444ss Stupid people love throwing money away.

[@Savannah2751]

I am not even considered lower middle class, and my home has a living room, dinning room, kitchen (not big enough for a island, family room, 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, one-car garage. This house is middle class, which was me before I retired. I have a corner fenced lot for my dogs with a big patio, and of course a basement. The second eating area you didn't know why he had it, is called a breakfast room and comes in handy when you have guests or extended family over for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or a barbeque.

[@Bozemanjustin]

9:30 in my state there's no such thing as having a basement, but from watching American movies and TV shows, people with basements, love to make them a fun hangout. For instance having a pub in your basement, where you can go and have the beer taps and everything like that...... Often times billiard tables and arcade games. It provides a nice recreational area especially if you have children. Children are going to get into trouble if they're out on their own, so at least if they had an arcade and billiard Hall and pub, in the basement, you can keep an eye on them

[@ccollins2890]

The majority of houses in OH an western PA have basements, so I've never had a home without one. Basements can run from dry and homey to wet and creepy, depending on the water table, drainage, foundation settling, etc. If you ever look for a basement, the first rule is a wet basement is a dealbreaker. Never be talked into it. Unless you want to expose yourself to exotic microbes from hell. :)

[@Ruskaga]

Many people with large basements will "finish" them to suit certain needs. For instance, if he wanted to host parties with friends he could do something like finish the walls, put in tile flooring, add a bar, pool table, couches, and a big-screen TV. If I had a basement that would be my dream at least, plus a couple of arcade machines 😉

[@psaylor-xk9ku]

I lived in Germany for five years in the mid70's - when I explained houses in the US to my German friend's, it blew their minds. And homes were so much more inexpensive back then.

[@skatedanzz]

This is house is small compared to millions of mansions here in Texas . Bathroom has a shower and toilet and restroom is just toilet and sink . Not all house have wood or tile we also chose carpet :)

[@revgurley]

Fridges have changed a LOT in the last 30 years. Our fridges used to be smaller. When you see a house with a fridge "hole" surrounded by cabinets, but the fridge pushes 20cm into the room, you notice. That type of fridge has a "French Door" refrigerator on top, and a pull-out freezer on bottom. More energy efficient that way since cold air sinks. But yeah, they're huge. Ours looks monstrous in our kitchen, but then, pretty much everyone's does in unrenovated houses built before 1990.

[@ralphm6901]

The house I'm renting was built in the 80's, I think. The gap for the fridge is about 1/2 inch too small for the more modern side-by-side fridge/freezer I brought with me. Luckly there was a fridge/freezer there already, and enough space in a breakfast nook to park the side-by-side to use as a drinks fridge.

[@catw6998]

We’d also like some tours of German homes. A townhouse we had, the washer and dryer was in the basement. My grandparents had theirs in an area off from the kitchen. Ours is kinda like off from the kitchen too and has a sink and commode. Both homes are what is called a Rancher. My parents - NY home was a Split level, washer/dryer on 1st floor level. Their home in PA, a Colonial, washer and dryer was located in the basement.

[@garycamara9955]

French doors with a separate door on the bottom that slides out for the freezer. My uncle had a separate upright freezer.

[@garycamara9955]

My parents house had the washer and dryer in the attached 2+ car garage. Ours is downstairs..

[@garycamara9955]

We don't have basements in California, usually!

[@tammyblack2747]

A lot of people want to make their basement into a game room or media room or a man cave or whatever. Some people even use it as a guest suite. If you’re down there watching your movies or whatever, you don’t want to have to run upstairs to use the bathroom. Probably he’s just going to make it like a guest bathroom without a shower. But if he intends to ever use it as a guest bedroom or just an extra bedroom, he would probably include a shower in it as well.

[@RealDiehl99]

It's good to know that those "phallic" plants are "succulent"🤣 That is a beautiful home! Lush, green lawns are a point of pride for most home owners. Landscaping is a big business and there are tons of small landscaping businesses around the country. Some are simple and do nothing but mow lawns and trim around the property. Others plant gardens, make stone walkways and patios, etc. Some communities have Homeowner's Associations that ensure residents maintain their properties to a specific standard. They will send a letter reminding you to mow your lawn if it gets too high!

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Cactus ,most, can do well on once a month watering ...if planted properly...

[@brianmacleod6688]

I have been watching your podcasts & I want to clear up about tornado’s! I’m 71 I have been close to 5 only tornado’s, $ only 1 was over a F3. There are parts of the U.S. ( the middle, from Texas up in tornado alley that has many) there are about 200 to 300 a year most being minor. So don’t worry about them to much! Growing up here it’s just part of life, if you take precautions & listen to the weather it’s just a bad few hours sometimes many live there entire life & never get close to one! If you have any questions just ask.

[@gotham61]

The guy has a special room for listening to his eight classic rock albums?

[@contumelious-8440]

I wondered the same thing when I saw the few albums on that shelf.

[@leemer12]

dining rooms are a lot of times used when you have visitors, but some use dining room only. Men take pride in their lawns and don't want to make neighbors mad. german homes are more built about efficiency and a sterile clean look lots of times, American's decorate their homes more in feelings they want out of a room

[@Me-wk3ix]

I'd say that house is solidly upper middle class for the US, depending on where you live. In certain areas, you'd have to be outright wealthy to afford a house that size, but the inside would be a bit more impressive. And yeah, yards can be a big deal here, especially if you have what we call an HOA (homeowners association). They can have very strict rules and fine you if you let your yard go. The idea is to keep property values up, but a lot of people strongly dislike them.

[@rasicule]

This guy is solidly in the >95th percentile for wealth, so I would say he is upper class. That house has a lot of premium features that an upper middle class person would skimp out on.

[@SilvaDreams]

That isn't even that big. Growing up before my parents divorced we wer e middle class and the house he built was twice the size of that and it only cost 160,000$ in 1992 in North Carolina. A million dollar home there was a virtual mansion that sat on 25+ acres of land. For perspective though a 800,000$ where I live now in Washington near Seattle will get you a 1960(70)'s ranch on a quarter acer if you are lucky.

[@Doodler-JL]

The big pipe lying on the floor of the attic is the air return back to the furnace/air conditioner.

[@Robert08010]

Having "a good lawn" is a big thing in the suburbs, but most especially, nobody wants to live next door to you if you let dandelions and other seed sprouting weeds to spread. So you are expected to keep a neat lawn, seed and feed as necessary and also to put down something to stop the spread of weeds. Its not that much but if you don't you can get your neighbors pissed off at you because then they get your weeds.

[@gmunden1]

Lawns and gardens are generally important if you have this much space. Depending on the neighborhood, it might be important to keep your garden looking in good condition.

[@gmunden1]

Wall color is a personal choice. It is common to paint rooms different colors. Laundry rooms are sometimes on the main floor or basement, but if you have the space on the bedroom floor, it makes sense to install the laundry room upstairs since this is where your laundry is. We also have our laundryroom on the upper floor. It's easier than carrying laundry downstairs or to the basement.

[@Werewindle]

Up until the 1940's, especially in rural America, families were huge. I'm 60 years old and I have/had (many are dead) a dozen aunts and uncles.

[@kathleenlindquist4799]

I had seventeen and that does not include any by marriage.

[@The_Gallowglass]

My mother's father was the youngest of 12. My mom's parents had 5 kids and my dad's had 7.

[@Charlee1776]

A bathroom has toilet, tub/shower, sink. a "half bath" is what we call the one that only has a toilet and sink.

[@jadeh2699]

A two-piece bath is also called a powder room, from the days when ladies went to the bathroom to powder their nose.

[@WChronicles7750]

One thing people may not realize is that American homes vary greatly in size. The State and City you live make a huge difference. The average US home is in the 2,000 sq ft range. Where I live its not usually to see a 1,000ft house all the way up to 10,000 sq ft house. The house in this probably close to 3,500 sq ft and is above average, upper middle class home.

[@garycamara9955]

Where I live 1,000sqft is a mother in law unit.

[@LeviBulger]

Including the basement, I was thinking maybe closer to 5000 sq feet. I'm assuming the entire property sits on a half acre belonging to him.

[@WChronicles7750]

@@LeviBulger That is possible. Always hard to tell exact dimensions based off of a video.

[@WChronicles7750]

@@garycamara9955 The point is that poor people who own homes don't live in large houses.

[@deaniej2766]

It's way bigger than the average house in the US, too. The attic has big pipes for air conditioning because they are insulated so the temp is not lost to the ambient air in the uninsulated attic.

[@crzyforaz6473]

In a finished attic the air conditioning runs would be concealed in the walls or celiings.

[@jasonk795]

Kitchens have gotten bigger over the years because we spend more of our time with family there. We also have family rooms and living rooms. Half bathrooms or water closets have no showers or bathtub, also known as 1/2 bathroom. Visitors don't need a bathtub or shower.

[@michaeluplandcausa7878]

Fact: the area (sq.footage) of the basement and attic are not included in the size of the home. 3,500 sq.ft. is the "livable square footage." The basement and/or attic can be converted into livable space in the future at the homeowners discretion. In this case there is 3500 sq.ft. of livable area of the 7,000 sq.ft. of building. The living area equals 3,500 sq.ft.; the attic equals 1,750 sq.ft; the basement equals 1,750 sq.ft. 4 x 1,750 = 7,000 7,000 ÷ 2 (floors) = 3,500 3,500 sq.ft. Also, garages are not included in the sq. footage of homes.

[@The_Gallowglass]

Yeah, it's huge. If he finishes the attic and the basement that's a lot of living space. I did landscaping for a guy with an 8000 sq foot house (745 m2) and it was huge for no reason. Even he told me it was too big and they ended up moving out a year later.

[@merriestroscher5795]

The vast majority of dirty laundry is generated upstairs where the bedrooms are. Therefore, it makes a great deal of sense to have the laundry room upstairs rather than downstairs where you only have a few kitchen towels, and cleaning rags.

[@lennybuttz2162]

A separate dining room is called a formal dining room and it used mostly for holidays, dinner parties and special events. Some families use them every day but some families have a table in the kitchen or in a nook off the kitchen for family meals, breakfast, having a snack. YES! it is important in many areas to have a nice lawn.

[@otisdylan9532]

In the US, the laundry room might be on the 2nd floor, the 1st floor, or the basement. The advantage of a 2nf floor laundry room is that if a house has 2 stories, the bedrooms are usually on the 2nfdfloor, and that's where clothes are kept. If the laundry room is on the 2nd floor, you don't have to take the clothes far to wash them. I'm guessing that the bathrrom that he taled about for the basement would really be what some of us call a half bath: a toilet and a sink to wash your hands, but no bath/shower.

[@garycamara9955]

Most homes here have the laundry in the garage. There are no basements.

[@garycamara9955]

My parents home was 1400 sqft. 2 bath, living room, family room, 3 bedrooms, a kithchen with integral dining area. Covered, paved, 1500 sqft patio on 2 sides of the house. Large back yard with a lawn, large front yard with a rock garden and a small lawn. Enough off street paved parking for 10 cars. Pretty average home in Petaluma.

[@josemartori293]

In the US we have half bathrooms (toilet/sink) and full bathrooms (toilet, sink, and shower). Normally half baths stay on the lower floors for guest and full bathrooms on the upper floors where you will find most bedrooms in houses like this (You will also find most laundry rooms upstairs due to where this is where most Americans will be living/sleeping unless you have a single floor house.) You will find these mostly in master bedrooms (rooms which have a full bathroom connected to it.) Or if there is no master bedroom then it will be shared amongst the bedrooms upstairs/ and or if you have a house with one level they will at least be concentrated around where the bedrooms would be. He also lives in Conneticut in the US which is less populated compared to some states on the direct east and west coast of the US where there is higher per capita American citizen living in. This same house in higher populated states can go up to I from what I've seen for as low as 300 (Just a guesstimate on my part as I live in NJ) to if you have a high paying job/salary/whatever you do, upwards towards 600,000 for mid-to-high median making Americans. It generally will get cheaper the further inward towards mid-west US and also alot of southern states. I will also add that most median bracket Americans take care of their lawns to a smaller extent like this because we have town run I think or whatever HOA (From my limited knowledge in NJ) which will fine you in some states on not having clean lawns in newer communities for not maintaining your lawn. Landscaping is a big business in the US which are people that maintain lawns for a fee. Normally as well at least from what I've seen you will have an actual dining room for major holidays (where you would invite guest) and my family calls them sun rooms where we place smaller tables for every day use for the family for dinner.

[@charlesmorrill7226]

Formal dining room. Dining room. Breakfast nook in kitchen. Family/living room. Formal or entertainment living room. Most people don't have Formal rooms.

[@Tijuanabill]

Despite all these "experts", this home is a very typical size for a new construction home in the US. The trend has generally been ever larger homes, for quite some time. Therefore, people who live in older homes, see this as being above average, but it isn't. Average is a math equation, not a feelings check. This same logic is why nearly no person self identifies as being wealthy. To the human mind, our own experience is the zero in the equation, but that doesn't math out.

[@danielmarek4609]

If you have a nice home, you typically want a nice lawn. Also homes here in the USA very in sizes and cost. Lot sizes also tend to be larger as you live away from a larger city center. As for garages, those also vary in the number of cars they can hold. I myself have a two-car attached garage but added a second garage several years ago. The main 2-car is for daily drivers, my wife's and my car. The second garage is for two other older cars I have as well as all the tools and parts. The 2-car garage is basically 20x20 feet. The second one is 24x35 feet and is a solid 3 car garage with a lot of extra room. The size of the homes, number of bedrooms, bathrooms, other rooms all depend on how much you want to spend, what you need, and where it is. Also homes here in the US may or may not have a basement. That often depends on the location in the country. Down at the southern US basements aren't as typical whereas the further north you go the foundations have to be dug below the frost line. If you're already having to dig 6 feet down for the frost line you typically have a full basement. In general space tends to be tighter in the older parts of the US, like the east coast which was settled earlier in history. As you move west area there is a lot more open area so homes tend to have more of a yard.

[@r.l.6772]

This this a large elegant home. Not the average. I follow this guys channand i love his content. There are some neighborhoods have a standard of how to keep your lawn and your home. You dont want a neighboring home owto bring down the value of your own home by not keeping it up nicely.

[@lazyidiotofthemonth]

Its very strange for the basement ceiling to be insulated, normally the basement walls would be insulated, especially since his basement is not completely below ground.

[@ericgelinow]

What constitutes a very good lawn varies greatly on where you live. In some places people don’t have anything but smooth cut grass on a flat section of ground, others have multitudes of decorative flowers and or garden beds strewn throughout. In this neighborhood most houses have about 4 1/2 acres. One neighbor has a horse but you need at least an acre and a half for that. The house next-door has a half an acre, and one of the houses (six houses away), roughly a quarter of a mile (400 m) Away, has 8 acres. Before anyone starts thinking this is somewhere in a deep rural area, we are 10 minutes from the Philadelphia city limits in Pennsylvania. This property has 37 trees on it, not including the three I just cut down over the weekend. My neighbor’s driveway has more than that lining each side of it that he planted himself almost 50 years ago. In short, what your lawn looks like, varies greatly based on the train and region of the country you’re in. Plus, we have front lawns, Upper and lower side lawns (or left and right, depending upon perspective and location of the house.) and rear lawns, Or a combination of several of those. Our last house was right at the street, and the width of our property wasn’t much wider than the house and driveway, but the property went back 400 feet (120 m) so it was all backyard.

[@tammyblack2747]

The other table is for an eat-in kitchen, like a breakfast table. The dining room is not for eating your regular meals every day. It’s for a big family gathering or a dinner party or something like that. Many houses in the US, especially newer ones, do not have a formal dining ROOM unless, as you said, they are really big houses.

[@torstenheling3830]

This dude has a LOT of money and this is not a typical house in the US. It’s pretty large and elaborate. And he’s put a lot of money into it.

[@frankscarborough1428]

Laurence brown from lost in the pond hàs bought an average American home. He just recently did a video about buying it.

[@Chi_Nurse]

I never thought about laundry being upstairs, always basement. Then I lived in a house in San Diego, CA that had an upstairs laundry room and it was life changing! If you think about it , the laundry is right where you make the most laundry, bedrooms and bathrooms. Sheets, blankets, clothing, towels …. So much easier when it’s all close together and no dragging these things up and down stairs etc….

[@Tijuanabill]

We have a lot of land, and it's full of trees. Making large homes on large plots, it just a natural thing, under those circumstances.

[@dennisbohner6876]

Modern homes here for the upper middle class are called McMansions. While they tend to be cookie cutter with the amenities and placement it is because WE like it. It fits us. As to the number of bathrooms. You're a kid. When your prostate starts forcing issues, a toilet nearby is a boon! One on every floor is a gesture well appreciated.

[@sandradix3152]

most homes in America have 2 or more bathrooms - a half bath is the sink and toilet - rentals are usually all white - if you own your home you get to decorate - so any color we want

[@deltaboy767]

That space in the kitchen is what we call the breakfast nook, and that is where most of our meals are eaten, the dining room is used for special occasions and holidays, like Thanksgiving, Easter, Christmas.

[@Chris-ws2oh]

Unfinished basements are usually where you have kids go downstairs and play, or extra room for party/games...pool table etc...or indoor gym. its nice and cool down there

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Those pipes in the attic would be the air ducts that heat and cool the rooms in the floor below. That’s why you see them disappearing into the floor in places, that’s where the air vents are in the rooms.

[@waltermaples3998]

Happy Memorial Day Chris. Today We Honor Our Troops Who have Died for Our Freedom and Faught For Europe. I Pray for Peace and I Love and Respect those who Died for us.

[@kokomo9764]

The second table and chairs is for regular use everyday. The equivalent of the kitchen table. The formal dining room is only used for formal meals during holidays. Becky is his daughter.

[@commonsence1129]

Congratulations on the 10k subscribers!

[@chevy266nova]

Not everyone has the washer and dryer upstaire. Many have the laundry in the basement, Like I do.

[@garycamara9955]

Whats a basement?

[@ahapka]

@@garycamara9955 the big room underneath the house, see 8:42.

[@SeleneStarr]

Newer homes MAY have second-floor laundry rooms, but first-floor (or basement in older homes) is more common. I want my laundry room on the first floor because I don't want to run upstairs to move laundry to the dryer, then back up 15 minutes later to take out the most delicate items, then back up again, etc.. This is why I have a one-story ranch!

[@raise1000]

Probably at least $1m home in Connecticut

[@dawnwheeler2649]

If the basement isn’t finished into any bedroom areas usually they just do what we call a “half bath”; just a toilet and sink. If there are bedrooms then a “full bath” is usually put in.

[@scipioafricanus2]

that 3 door design is the standard size and design for a refrigerator/freezer.

[@Brenda-f9y]

You have the formal dining room for when you have guests over or for holiday dinners, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, the smaller table in the kitchen is for everyday breakfast, lunch and dinner use. A bathroom could be with just a sink and toilet or it could be with a shower and/or a tub as well.

[@tinahairston6383]

He could literally have any type of bathroom/powder room (2pc sink/toilet, 3pc sink/toilet/shower, 4pc sink/toilet/shower/tub) down in the basement. He could make it an entirely different living area that he could rent out and still have room enough for storage, a media room and a different laundry room, etc. It is common to have different colors in every room.

[@billsturm9225]

One thing to concider about a big home is that, if you arent doing anything in a room, it isnt getting messy so you dont have to clean it as often. If he is alone or has 1 person (Becky) living there, as long as they pick up what they put down, keeping that big house clean is easy.

[@NurseEmilie]

People who can afford to have a large house usually have a cleaning person come either every week or every two weeks. They change the sheets, and sometimes even wash and dry all the sheets and towels. If both parents work, they need outside help.

[@JulesfromHouston]

It's very common in American houses to choose a different color for each room or 2 or 3 colors with slightly different shades. Just makes each space move interesting. 🤠

[@storminight]

He is awesome with his color choices. (I like the yellow bathroom too!)

[@weslennon3425]

I lived iin Germany for three years, love it there, I should return soon.

[@marciewright9670]

My home is Southwestern style, adobe looking with vigas, fireplaces and tiled floors, with four bedrooms and four bathrooms. Being in the desert we have central air conditioning and heating.

[@gmunden1]

Connecticut has many nice areas. Some people commute to work in NYC from parts of Connecticut. The basement is an important part of a house like this. Many people decorate the basement into a game room, craft shop area, and sometimes a guest room. Many people will install a half or full bathroom in the basement, especially if you have guests, or are entertaining in the basement. It's convenient so guests don't have to walk upstairs to the main floor or upper floor.

[@Wolfie54545]

Connecticut is very pretty, hills carved out by glaciers but the elevation is not too high like the mountains to the north. Very hard to find a very flat area here.

[@jonathanparker1749]

Most US homes have central air conditioning. Those large silver tubes in the attic were directing airflow to vents in each room under the attic. These vent pipes can also go on between of the 2nd story floor, and the first story ceiling. This guys house is pretty large.

[@mattzukowski1207]

I plan, eventually, to do a third shower in the basement. It's pretty common to have a just a toilet, a Pittsburg toilet, in the basement. This way if there is an overflow the damage is limited.

[@AttackChefDennis]

My 2 bedroom home in South Florida is 950sqft, including the air-conditioned garage that we use as another room and storage. That's a smaller house in South Florida, most newer homes down here will be up around 2000sqft. Since our home is only 2 bedrooms, a living room, and a large kitchen when I moved in with my wife, I rebuilt her she'd on the side patio of the house and kept extending the roof till I had a smoking area(I still smoked back then) built with a sitting area fir me and the wife with a 125cm flat TV to watch KZbin and Sports. Right now it's 33.8C at 8pm outside where I am

[@foxphilesg1fan454]

In newer American homes the laundry room is on the same floor as the bedrooms because the bedrooms are where the clothes are stored and also where you typically take off your dirty clothes. So you don't have to haul the laundry up and down the stairs.

[@summertime9224]

People can get a little crazy about their lawn. We "judge" each other a lot by how kept up the lawn is. Being a desirable neighbor is partly assessed by how well you keep up the lot your house is on. Besides general cleanliness and exterior in good repair, that means regularly cut lawn, no weeds or very few, usually a rich or deep color, and edged. Bonus points for ground lights, shaped hedges, light posts, stone flower beds, or other landscape dressing. Some Americans (but far from all) also live in neighborhoods with "HOA"'s which means Home Owners Association; that is a neighborhood that as part of living there, the owner agrees that a voted upon council gets to regulate the appearance of all the homes included in the HOA; so a house that is not mowed and kept to the regulations is confronted and required to keep the agreed upon appearances for that area or their is a penalty. And some Americans choose entire cities for residence that have rules about upkeeping the yard. They choose it so that there is less "blight" (trash, overgrowth full of pests and rodents, and just general distasteful appearance) near their own homes.

[@contumelious-8440]

I know what you mean. I judge people who obsess over their lawns and do all those things you said as being probably prickly and not someone I want to be around.

[@aidanaldrich7795]

Important context: This house is probably one to two million dollars because it’s in a highly desired and crowded state, Connecticut. This house in Texas, meanwhile, would be like $500k

[@JohnBarnard-pm1ns]

In my area in Michigan this house would be close to two million. Especially with that size yard. Looks close to an acre.

[@Wolfie54545]

As someone from Connecticut this is the first time I’ve heard this state be called “desirable.”

[@lennybuttz2162]

The bathroom downstairs with just a sink and toilet is called a guest bathroom and it also called a half bathroom because it is just a sink and toilet. It is common to have different colored rooms but ti's also common to have the rooms the same color. I would guess the bedroom is for his daughter. He probably has a cleaning person who comes in once or twice a week.

[@paulinesoares3594]

All of American refrigerators have at least 2 doors.

[@TacomaGirl]

If you mean fridge and freezer then yes

[@The_Gallowglass]

He meant the refrigerator not the freezer.

[@gmunden1]

This is the average size for a refrigerator/freezer in most homes. We also keep a separate freezer in the storeroom for extra stuff. We also have a general living room area, a dining room, and a breakfast room with a special sitting area near the kitchen. Many people in the US customize the rooms in their house to fit their lifestyle. Houses are generally larger in the US, so you can redesign the rooms to your style of living.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

No they don’t, single door refrigerators are still readily available. I prefer the single to the double for ease of access, you’re more restricted to what you can put in a double door refrigerator.

[@mef123321]

This house is in Coonectucut. I don't know where, but I'm assuming Faifield County, which is in southwestern Connecticut, and I'm sure he's located in southwestern Fairfield County, as well. That just means he lives in one of the most expensive places in the US. I know because I've lived in this area my whole life (unfortunately, we're not rich, but we get by well enough and own our home). This part of Connecticut is right over the New York line and a short train ride to Manhattan. I'm going to assume he lives in Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford, Darien, Westport, Wilton, Weston, possibly Fairfield, maybe Norwalk. All very expensive towns/cities where if you are a family of 4 making $100,000, you are considered low income (which would be a very good salary in other areas of the US). There's a lot of money in this area and a lot of financial companies. People can commute to Manhattan easily or work in Stamford/ Greenwich, where there are plenty of high paying job opportunities.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

David Letterman commuted from Connecticut to Manhattan when he had The Late Night Show. That told me way back then it was an expensive area to live in.

[@mef123321]

​@JohnFourtyTwo yes, there's quite a few celebrities/extremely wealthy known people who love in Connecticut. They towns they are most likely to live in are in Fairfield County especially Greenwuch, New Canaan, Westport, and a few others. I know Gene Wilder lived in Stamford when I was younger. Some of my friends used to tell me they went trick-or-treating at his house or mansion. He lived in North Stamford which is an expensive area. Down towards shippan point, which is on the water in Stamford, is another expensive area. Both have huge houses. I'm not rich. I was just born in this area. I live in a townhouse and it's plenty good enough for me.

[@Wolfie54545]

Cities and more suburb areas in Connecticut can be very pretentious. The rural areas are completely different. Source - Rural Connecticut person here

[@mef123321]

​@Wolfie54545 You are absolutely correct. When we leave our little, cramped corner of the state and go North or East, it's much different. There's still other big cities like Hartford and New Haven. But there are so many pretty, little towns in Connecticut or even larger ones but so quiet. We're always going to other parts of CT and there's so much to do. More than people think.

[@sluggo206]

Front room = living room. Some houses have a family room/rec room in back. Whether they primarily use the living room depends on the family. Most post-1950s houses have an "open plan" living room/dining room/kitchen: no full wall between them. We still say "living room" and "dining room" even if they're parts of the same room.

[@stevenwilgus5422]

1:20 "...I like this ... Navy Blue" Wir nennen dieses Blau Preußischblau. Ich verwende es als Zierfarbe für mein Äußeres. Ich liebe es auch!

[@lastedain450]

Yes some Americans are crazy about their lawn/grass. This isn't a typical house but it is better than some. The fact that he owns a VW, BMW, and I forget what fancy car shows he is wealthy. Also in US you can have a laundry room anywhere, whether in basement, attached garage, off the kitchen, or on the second floor

[@Ginoulmer]

My brother and I buy and restore our favorite classic muscle cars for ourselves in Montana and between both of our families we have 12 cars, 2 pickups, a mini truck and 2 SUV's. My house is about 4500 square feet with a 3 car garage and my brothers is 6500 square feet with a 4 car garage and then we have a 2 story shop and another 4 car garage and a sawmill. We built our own log homes and that is what we do for a living so we also have a backhoe and a booming forklift

[@michael-1680]

Chris, you should know that Connecticut is one of the eastern states, with a small, fairly wealthy population. This house is actually fairly large and quite well-to-do, by the standards of average Americans. Most people live in places that are half the size of this one, and considerably less expensively furnished. This guy is probably among the wealthiest 1% of the population. So please don't assume that this place is typical.

[@Wolfie54545]

As someone from Connecticut, this shit ain’t normal, but it ain’t that far off.

[@catw6998]

I’d say this guy has money.

[@Sivartius]

This gentleman as a BMW and I think he said the name of another high end car. He's doing very well for himself financially.

[@suzanrhodes]

The extra kitchen table you be for breakfast or casual lunch.

[@GalaxyFur]

This type of house would be very average in my area. A home like this costs around $450,000 to $600,000 in my area.

[@ericgelinow]

This is a pretty standard house that can be found in most places the country, but it is by no means the only size or only layout. My house is built in the 1940s, and we to have a formal dining room a breakfast nook (this is why he had a table off of the kitchen where informal/everyday meals are held.), Separate first floor laundry room (Those sometimes this is in the basement or celler, or even on the second floor), However many bedrooms one would have, same goes with bathrooms. Sitting room/formal living room, an informal living room, which generally is a bit bigger, and may be a little bit messier on a regular basis. Basement, garage (Generally between one and three cars, but two or three is the most common), workshop, large tool storage plus various areas for the home heating system/furnace/air conditioning, hot water, heater tank, well tank (one out of every two homes in the United States is on a private well.).. and in more and more cases, the basement is finished, so it could be additional bedrooms, family rooms, in-home movie theaters, and in some cases an area is closed off for a wine cellar or a Home bar for those more inclined to drink alcoholic beverages. I’ve owned three homes, no two were alike, they were all very different in size, but as an example, they all had a formal dining room. They all had workshops, in some cases the garage was a separate building, and then one situation there was no garage. They all had workshops one had three floors in the cellar, one was a ranch with a finished basement, and one is a Cape Cod revival that has had two additions, Before I acquired it. Thankfully, this neighborhood has such a wide variety of homes, all built before 1960 at the latest. Thankfully, heavy concrete block, construction none of the newer quick constructed McMansions thankfully. It’s just a personal preference.

[@creinicke1000]

If the downstairs gets finished.. you definitely need a second bathroom.. full bath for sure if you put a bedroom down there, but at least a half bath if it's a TV room, Rec Room, Pool table, whatever he creates down there. I don't know who he is.. but I'm assuming that he's finishing the house up and down to increase the value of the house.. You never know if you need to sale the house, so always thinking resale. He does have great taste. Yes.. a lot of laundry rooms in older homes are in the basements, but many modern houses like mine has the laundry room near the garage entrance near the kitchen.. but I've seen many homes with laundry upstairs.. near the bedrooms where the laundry is produced. I'd say this is a very traditional layout.. But yet new modern home with Semi-open floor plan.

[@victhebrickgaming2227]

Basement are sometimes renovated to be a Man Cave if the guy was married with children but this dude is not married so basically the house is his Man Cave lol.

[@garycamara9955]

The only basements here are in San Francisco. They are street level and the actual house is on the 2nd floor. Basements here would be below the water table and flood.

[@jetfowl]

Just remember, the walls of American homes are typically wood-frame, so they are not solid. And zero insulation in the attic?!? The heating and A/C bills are going to be insane.

[@Tijuanabill]

Complete nonsense. Wood constructed homes are just as sturdy as those made from brick. In some situations, such as high winds, the wood frame is better, actually. Also, that attic has a wood flor on top of the insulation. It's there, you just can't see it. It's against building codes to build without insulation.

[@CERULEANSPIRAL]

This is definitely a well-off person. This house is much larger than most. Most average 2-3br homes are in the 1500-1800sf range. 2 bathrooms is super common, though my family of 5 prefers 3+. Most houses have a kitchen, a dining room (or built off the kitchen eating area), a living room, and then bedrooms & baths. Bigger houses have a 2nd living room usually called a family room. There are also basements, some unfinished for storage (like this guy) or sometimes a laundry room, and sometimes they finish it for another livingroom usually called a recreation room, and/or an additional bathroom and/or bedroom(s). Our "basement" is a rec room, a bathroom, a laundry area, and 2 bedrooms that we have made into our master suite + storage. The kids have 3 bedrooms and a bath upstairs. Our house is larger than most, and this particular layout is often considered a "mortgage helper" as people would normally put a kitchen in our laundry area and rent the lower suite while living in the upper. When we sell next year, that is almost surely what the new owner will do. That guy's yard is *huge*. Twice the size of ours, and we got a larger one because we have dogs, most are not that big. Most are 1/3 or less that size. We don't even have a garage, but we do have a workshop, a huge shed, and a green house.

[@gotham61]

Connecticut is a state, that sits between New York and Massachusetts. The south west part of Connecticut is a wealthy suburb of New York City, but other parts of the state are more urban.

[@Wolfie54545]

As someone from Connecticut, NEVER call any part of us part of New York City.

[@kathyesmith7572]

It's called a breakfast nook....it's a full bath with a shower or tub....people put bathrooms in basements so they don't have to go up and down

[@cslapler007]

This is quite the house. It's so clean and very beautiful wood and molding. He must not have little kids or much else to do besides renovate, decorate and buy furniture. Unless he hires it out, seems like he may be quite wealthy. It's not the most exquisite but it's definitely above average, I'd say upper middle class. The majority of Americans don't have that big of a back yard, although many do and it's pretty common. The open concept kitchen is very common though for newer homes in the US, but not older homes. Also having laundry on the 2nd floor is not common. Having laundry on the main floor is much more common, but also laundry in the basement is still pretty common. So in other words, houses in the US vary drastically and realistically you can probably found just about any style and version of a home here that you can imagine. There are plenty of homes especially in Iowa and MN that are very German and Swedish for example because they settled the area. But then you go to the southwest and there are may stucco homes that are completely the opposite of this, much more native American and Mexican in nature.

[@MisterMusic117]

Bathroom can mean with or without a bath or shower. I'd put a shower and all down there. I want a basement to track drums and guitars, so having a shower down there would be awesome for long nights. I also thought the laundry being on the second floor was odd, when I first encountered it. Didn't make sense from a carpentry point of view.

[@randyhuff9013]

Please, I'm an American with strong German Heritage. I've traveled Europe extensivly.... I promise you, especially under this Joe Biden Administration most Americans don't live like this....

[@Wolfie54545]

Looks like a new Connecticut house.