American Reacts to Vérandas in Europe - Build Quality & Methods

[@IWrocker]

YT Muted a couple 30 second sections towards the 10 and 11 minute marks in the video.. for a backround song I guess.. My apologies.

[@aagc1988]

we did have those in uruguay, mostly a big victorian times skylight crowning the center of the home where the staircase will go and in the center of the room (it would be a big room like 10 meters by 10 meters or 33 foot by 33 foot room and 30 meters tall or 99 foot tall rooms crowned by a skylight that could be slide opened by a clever crank mechanism with a lever on it, around that room mostly will go a working fountain in the center of the room and plants so it could work as the core of the manor and an artificial garden at the same time. the floor covered in chess style white and black marble. today the few manors we still have are beeing demolished to do awful new buildings.

[@em0_tion]

Hope you set up mic recording file on its own for such future mishaps. 😉👍

[@arnepietruszewski9255]

The first one is definetly dutch, the veranda is the width of the house.

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

And I hoped you could re-upload with the video track muted on those sections. It's 3 before 12:21, where I'm at.

[@selfDemanDeD]

KZbin should be able to just delete the music nowadays, leaving your voice intact, or is this function still not available?

[@mrfomo217]

I'm never going to get tired of seeing Ian being amazed at things I always thought were totally mundane stuff. 😄

[@rogerk6180]

So weird lol.

[@wheels808]

@@rogerk6180and yet we still watch it

That only shows How “mundanely baclwards” Európe is to the rage of all the wealthy “economists” doomsdaying us because we are not their piggy bank

[@vihreelinja4743]

Murica. The "best" land or whatever they say on tv there. People so deep in their own bubble seeing only propaganda on tv.. Claim to have all the best tech but are puzzled even by European windows and such simple things.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

Well, I'm in Spain and I haven't *EVER* seen these kind of structures. If the ads in the video were in France, it means isn't way too far from here.

[@easy_watching]

In German it's called "ein Wintergarten" (a winter garden) for a reason, you can be in your garden during the winter 😉

[@AeonSaint]

And a Veranda in the summertime. :D

[@davidpelc]

Same in Czech lands. 🙂

[@RogerKeulen]

Went to a bier winter garden. I tought i could sit outside and smoke in a actual garden. Was not the case. 🙂

[@Mister__Jey]

​@@AeonSaintWintergarten ist etwas anderes als eine Veranda

[@CitronCassis]

Same in French (jardin d’hiver). Or véranda :)

[@timoliver8940]

Sitting in my 5m x 3m double glazed and imported to the UK from Germany Winter Gardenroom / Conservatory here in Scotland watching this video on a sunny day in October - outside it is 12C in the garden room it’s 21C without any heating. It can get very hot in there in summer but I have 6 x bifold doors and 2 thermostatically operated roof windows that open when it gets above 40C inside. Today it’s warm enough in the winter room for me to open up the door into my house from the garden room and have the heat flow throughout the house saving on heating bills! Mine was made in Germany by a company called Solarlux. Mine has no permanent heating as the local council would increase my Council Tax rating by another level so I have portable radiators if I want to sit out on frosty days.

[@MrDiverzija]

In Slovenia we also have Verandas and Winter Gardens. Veranda is in front of the House and functions as Heat Retention Room. When you come home and open the outer door of Veranda inside door is still closed. Then you take of your boots and jackets, pull up your home slippers (everyone here wears slippers at home) and go to inner part of the House. That way you don't let the frost in your house in winter, because you only need to reheat Veranda when opening outer doors. Very efficient way to keep warmth in the house. Winter Gardens are at the back of the House and act as some sort of in/out middle place which is very enjoyable through all of the year. In winter it is totally closed, also keeping warmth inside (usually very well insulated) and in spring, summer and autumn it acts as shade for hot sun where you can enjoy with your friends sitting, talking and drinking without AC on. It also prevents direct sunlight to inner space of the house also efficiently acting as cooling system throughout summer heat.

[@BabzV]

That sounds great. 😃 Here in the Netherlands we usually just have one at the back. (but it's also less cold here of course.)

[@1aapmens]

@@BabzV indeed, my grandparents had a little veranda round the back, exactly as @MrDiverzija describes. It was called in dialect a Klompenkot, a shed for clogs ;-)

[@kholdanstaalstorm6881]

I've seen veranda / winter garden in Norway also, but very rare and more built into the house. For the heating aspect, it's more common here to have what we call vindfang, it translate directly as wind catch ( vind fang ), so a room for catching the wind. It's a small room for your outdoor clothes, usually 2-3 square meters, so just as a outdoor/indoor walk in closet. Similar function to an airlock. When you have a garage attached or right beside the house, it's customary to have the laundry room as the entry point, the room with the washer/drier are usually equipped with floor heating and a drain in the floor, so wet gear can be stored in an already heated room.

[@MichalMarsalek]

I am also used to Veranda referring to the front space and Winter garden to the back one.

[@bigoz1977]

The 3 seasons thing you’re talking about is common in the UK but is called a conservatory. Usually a 3 sided room attached to the house and usually made from PVC (plastic) and glass and some more expensive ones are half brick and glass.

[@cms1138]

Watch Ian is like watching someone who's just woke up from a few decades long coma and is now seeing the future!

[@luidesalph1493]

Great video! The type of structure you're seeing here is known as a 'serre' in Europe, which is similar to a sunroom or three-season room in the U.S. These types of spaces do exist in various forms, though they aren't extremely common. You'll see serres designed in many different ways across Europe, but those with the more advanced tech features are still quite rare-although they're becoming more popular lately!

[@vast001]

Your 3-seasons room are called in Europe 'sun room' or 'conservatory' and they are mostly situated on the south part of the house. The first veranda built is in France, yes they are double pane to keep the heat in in winter and cool in summer. The veranda at my brothers home (in the Netherlands) has frosted glas on the roof but no sides and he can't close it off but nice in summer and in winter. Some of the veranda's can also be used as a carport when you put them over your drive way.

[@katii1997]

which country are you from? because in germany we call them wintergarten (winter garden) :)

[@vast001]

@@katii1997 I am from the Netherlands (North-East)

[@JoriDiculous]

In Norway we call them wintergarden. But some do call them "conservatory" since it sounds more fancy

[@BlackHoleSpain]

I'm in Spain and I don't know anybody who lives in a house. You already need 15 years of full salary to buy a 70 m2 apartment! Houses are for millonaires only.

[@katii1997]

@@vast001 well hello neighbour hahah.

[@morbvsclz]

It seems the word Veranda means something a bit different in Germany. Veranda in Germany means a terrace / patio with a roof, or a porch, but it's always partially open - so a fixed roof, to protect from rain and provide shade, but fully enclosed / no doors. That would be called "Wintergarten" here (winter garden, in case you couldn't guess 😀). Though Wintergarten are often a fully integrated part of the house that is included in the central heating etc. and used as a room all year round (including in winter, hence the name).

[@JoriDiculous]

Same here in Norway. Veranda got a roof, if not its an "Altan" (Seems google want to translate that to balcony/balkon? but balcony is something different in Norwegian. Its basically a Veranda, at first glance looks like a veranda but it's contracted differently apparently ). Really confusing lol

[@grahamsmith9541]

In UK if it has sides and a door it's called a Conservatory. A veranda is just a roof with open sides

[@robertobrien5709]

These are not verandah they are conservatories, a veranda is just an open area that is roofed over but still open to the elements, a conservatory is an enclosed area glazed to keep the heat in and the elements out, they have been around since the 1800's, obviously there are older types and the more modern types seen in this video.

[@GRAOUIA]

Same in Switzerland

[@AdurianJ]

There are a lot of enclosed porches or stand alone glas houses in the yard here in Sweden. It lets people enjoy the colder climate. In my view the best ones have a fireplace of some sort.

[@seanthiar]

We call the type you showed 'Wintergarten' (winter garden) in Germany and I heard some people call it a sun room. It's a good way to regulate temperature in your house with even in the winter. The sun will heat the space. A veranda in Germany is not fully enclosed, it is just a deck with a roof.

[@carolbrookes5748]

Our weather may be very British but we do love 'being' outdoors, regardless of the weather

[@IWrocker]

Fresh air and time outside is essential No matter Where 👍👍

[@mygoodspirit8655]

@@IWrocker In all the videos I see from you, Europe is better! Better health care, better housing, better public transportation, better police, better food and drinks etc etc! I really don't get why an American is still so proud of their country. I would like to give you a challenge, make a full movie with different subjects where America is better than Europe! or what you think europe is perplexed about. 😁 Good luck in advance 😎😘 All those feathers in our asses are starting to hurt 😂🤣

[@evastapaard2462]

same in the Netherlands

[@Flobyby]

At 8:45 you're talking about the built quality and the French text on the video is highlighting that as well ^^ it tells about the acoustic and thermic isolation of the whole system. These in France nowadays are almost always at least double glaze glass and the sliding mechanism seems advanced here, because it's the main source of air and heat exchange in those systems. When I installed only a 2 pane sliding glass door in my home it was about 2000€! This quality is expensive! (but people do invest in their home quality here a lot)

[@Flobyby]

In France at least, if these advances systems with good thermic isolation come replacing some old stuff or probably improve the thermic performance of the whole house, they are tax deductible

[@ellefitzpatrick6339]

Verandas, sunrooms, indoor/outdoor rooms & Alfrescos are common in Australia too. In newer houses these are inbuilt when the houses are built. You should check it out Ian.

[@IWrocker]

That's cool to hear! I mentioned that AUS may have them, I will check them out 🎉🎉

[@EliasBac]

I think it is particularly great in the north part of Europe. It rains frequently, the natural luminosity is low half of the year, and the way houses are built together doesn’t typically allow for much light to get in. Having this is really cool.

[@lydia5232]

The veranda is basically a part of the house. This is not exactly a veranda, but an extension, which we call a winter garden.

[@RotesKleid411]

For you comfortable US Americans, the roller blinds are also available with an electric motor. Hihi

[@AndreasScout]

Plus verandas are also used to make your property when you sell it have more livable space BUT you have to check with local gov for building permits ( though they are allowing this to popp up in backyards. When the sun shines on it it generates heat especially in the winter, provided if your veranda is decently built and insulated correctly. The second one looks like either France or Southern part of Belgium. My aunt lives in Antwerp. Not the center of the city but more on the outskirts. She had a first floor balcony that was about 50 square m. She put a veranda on there after she got the green light from the city. Now its completely covered and she grow plants and vegetables in vertical growing systems in there.

[@Kroyer102]

I was never personally involved in house/apartment renovations as my parents took care of that and I live now in a rented apartment. But just from observation, European houses require less frequent renovation, especially if it has been built properly. At most fix the facade every 10-15 years or fix plumbing if an old pipe is damaged. But from my American friends and watching/hearing stories on the internet, I always hear stuff like: Fix a leaky ceiling, fix a hole in the wall, get rid of insect/rodent infestation, replace a rotten section. Housing is viewed more as a commodity rather than investment for your entire family, which in turn leads to a big demand for construction companies, but this incentivises them to build worse houses so they can keep getting new contracts.

[@saladspinner3200]

The house my parents built in 1994, still has almost all its original materials. Both indoors and outdoors. By the 1990s, houses in Belgium were built according to German standards. They can last a generation with minimal maintenance.

[@IWrocker]

I Think You nailed it with Your analysis of American Houses

[@toaojjc]

The house me and my husband own was built in 1930. After 90 years, all the work that was needed structually was retile the roofpanes (we added better isolation while we were at it) and repoint some of the outer walls. And we swapped the windowstills and doors from wood to plastic (not sure if that is the correct translation of "kunststof") with isolated glass. House is good to go for the next 90 years.

[@1aapmens]

as a European I think some parts of our houses are overbuilt. Kitchens and bathrooms for instance are built for eternity, but probably refurbished every 12 years, or every time a house is sold. And the veranda/serre/conservatory/patio stuff at the back is very fashion-influenced, and probably replaced in the same timeframe as kitchens.

[@saladspinner3200]

@@1aapmens Well, to be fair. Replacing your kitchen and bathrooms about every decade, is something that became typical in the 21st century only. What people often do these days, is replace the cupboard fronts and the dishwasher. So no a complete kitchen renovation, as the way kitchens are built / organized, remained more or less identical in the past 25 years.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Our family home had a wrap-around verandah on three sides of our house, but the other houses in which I've since lived in various countries didn't, though one had an attached orchid house, and another a sun room. The one exception was the house we rented whilst I was working in the US. It had a delightful verandah on two sides and was an Antebellum dower house in northern Virginia.

[@patriciagousset2884]

In France, we have verandas, either closed, made of glass, or with walls and windows. When there's only a roof, it's called a terrace. Often one part is used as a ‘summer kitchen’ (with barbecue) and the other as a living/dining room, as is the case at my house. Mine (tiled roof, glass windows and sliding doors) has a wood-burning stove, so I can use it even when it's cold in winter... And I can close it with electric shutters. All that's left for you to do is to discover the villa gatekeepers that allow you to open your electric gate and wicket door remotely ^^

[@sntxrrr]

Verandas are popular extensions for home owners here in northern Europe. They make sense since we have a mild climate, slightly cooler and rainier but with relatively less sunshine living further north than the average American. It is also cheaper than using bricks and concrete we normally build our houses with and its easier to extend living space compared to moving to a slightly bigger house in a congested housing market. There are also often very strict local building regulations so a structure that can be cleanly removed to bring the house back to its original state is often the only option. So it is not so much that we do it better, it just better fits our local circumstances.

[@johnmoloney5296]

I have to be honest, i don't know why you guys build your homes out of toilet roll considering the hurricanes and tornados you get over there in the u.s

[@dutchman7623]

They use a broom to sweep the old house into the garden and just built a new one.

[@Henrik_Holst]

it most likely exactly due to the tornadoes and hurricanes. No house would survive that so why build an expensive house that you need to rebuild every X year anyway.

[@barlin4972]

​@@Henrik_Holst Financially it makes sense, for the safety of the inhabitants not so much. But they rather pump the money into their military I guess..

[@OP-1000]

⁠​⁠@@barlin4972I am glad the US pumps a lot of money into their military.

[@JurijKozjak-r2k]

​@@Henrik_Holstyou couldn't be more wrong. A solid, steel/concrete cage and brick wouldn't take much damage.

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

The coolest veranda I've seen had a 100 sq.feet fish basin - half in the varanda, the other half in the garden, so the kois could swim in and out of the house as they pleased 😎 I'm still not quite over it 🤗

[@petersargeant1555]

The sliding doors are called stacker sliders... yes, they are popular in Australia, along with a bifold system.

[@johndoecake]

We call them winter garden - "Zimná záhrada" (mostly when its with glass roof) and i woudl call it veranda when it has a normal roof (or its a hallway or entrence). They can be made from multi glass windows so you have the same isolation propertys as the house self.

[@darthgroover]

9:17, the house looks like a 19th century farmhouse, maybe event earlier, in some french village.

[@Searover749]

in Brittany.

[@lhemnenn4713]

Looking at the black slate tiles, it's definitely from northern-west France. And the stones style is typical of the Brittany peninsula and some parts of Lower Normandy ... So that's give us a guess ... The house is an old farmhouse, but it's been obviously renovated. Those houses are not exactly cheap, but they are worth it when taken good care of ...

[@Alby_Torino]

Yep, very common in here in Northern Italy as well

[@marcvangastel2157]

You should take a look at European bank notes, design, colors and safety features. I'm back from Switzerland, which has intensely colored, gorgeously designed notes. The biggest is the 1000 CHF note, insane. The euro looks a bit pale, but nice design, but the USD really looks like an ancient easy to fake fossil.

[@sigmatus303]

Are they Polymer (plastic)?

[@baldyhead]

I have something similar, though not as modern but in the UK we usually call them conservatories, as their original use was for keeping plants that don't survive well in outside conditions. Not many people use them that way anymore.

[@RogerKeulen]

Saw that on BBC Gardeners world. Some of them a very nice. This is just a square box that will to hot in summer and not used in winter. Call me oldscool, but think there better designed when there for expensive exotic plants then modern humans. Victorian people where good designers.

[@amberflokstra88]

From the photos of the “three seasons room”, in Dutch we would call that a serre. The video from France is exactly that, a serre (at least in Dutch). The difference between a serre and a veranda is that a serre is part of the house, a veranda is an add on. Also, a serre is a room, with a (glass) door but meant to be used as a room. A veranda is meant to feel like you’re outside, because you are. Veranda’s started out as the American porch/deck, just with a roof added to them. In fact, in Dutch we would call a porch/deck a “veranda.” Over time they became more intricate, and turned into some of the things you saw in the videos. It’s funny how you’re looking at super expensive houses in the US to find verandas. While in NL you find them at the cheapest rental houses but also the most expensive houses. They are everywhere. Not saying every house has one, not by a long shot. But you can find them at any kind of home.

[@marlyd]

In Belgium we only use serre if it's a greenhouse for plants, we typically use veranda for any enclosed terrace attached to your house. Or the massive buildings royals have with exotic gardens inside, those are serres too. But I general a serre is a little enclosure you put your tomatoes and Bell peppers in on your allotment over here.

[@amberflokstra88]

@@marlyd in The Netherlands we just call a greenhouse a “kas.” It’s funny how in the same language we use the same word but for different things (assuming you’re talking about Vlaams).

[@evastapaard2462]

@@amberflokstra88 try 'Orangerie' its a place where you can keep plants that cant stand freezing temperatures and ofcourse, have your orange trees! sometimes attached to the house.

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

The first picture from 2:12 is very simple. Just glazed aluminum frames with hooks between them and aluminum guides at the bottom and top on which they slide . All patio doors in warm countries work this way. In a cold country, this solution protects against rain and slightly raises the temperature because you can then sit by a portable gas heater. It will not work where snow falls because it will simply create a crowd between the guides and block the work process. As for sliding blinds, in the US you have Polish (Fakro) and Danish (Velux) roof windows that have this function with blinds.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

You can find European windows and doors in the USA. There are suppliers. I know of one 25 minutes from Boston. They will deliver anywhere in the US. You order to size. Meaning, you get what you want, not what's available. In other words, they will be custom made just for you.

[@juge3192]

When I'm on vacation in Florida as a German (I love Florida), I constantly see doors, windows, downspouts, gutters, fittings, railings, staircases, cupboards, kitchens, sanitary facilities, building services everywhere and think: WTF is wrong with the people here and how rich could I get here if I were allowed to work there? Even an average standard in Germany is not to be found here, even in million-dollar villas.

[@alexanderkupke920]

yes, but in Florida you will not make big money with a sunroom or wintergarden or veranda. You should more specialice either in those omnipresent bug cages (although they do not hold back mosquitos, but I was said many are more interested and have such a door in front of their house entry as well, to keep out slightly larger animals, certain kind of reptiles,...) or storm shutters. But having been on vacation, I know exactly what you mean. Gutters and downspouts look like being made out of slightly thinner tinfoil, often painted, what from close up does not really make them look better. Last time I was in an apartment built in the 90s. The original furniture and everything on the outside had me guess on more like 60s or 70s... Not to mention the 90s light switches, especially one dimmer switch they had. although, in hotels etc. I have seen way more elegant and modern variants. And we sure could go on with those weird washing mashine and dryer, which looked like what my grandparents replaced decades ago. And while I fully understand with that building, they did skimp on insulation, so it got unbearably hot, but I could not stand the noise of those airconditining systems all the time. (and that thing was replaced in 2012)

[@andi-ih3jj]

I think the word you were looking for in describing the quality of American houses would be: flimsy 😂 But you can change that on your own as I did with my uncle when I was living in upstate NY. He bought a wooden cottage and then we collected all the huge stones from the piles that farmers had built because they had to get them off their fields before they would destroy their farming equipment, and this ended in 2 feet strong walls, that cottage wouldn’t be blown away in a storm.

[@saladspinner3200]

Belgium is not that much different. Veranda's and garden rooms are often built and equiped like an inhouse space. But as the summers have been getting hotter and longer, they became less popular.

[@alexanderkupke920]

@@saladspinner3200 Not to forget, at least the ones built like that in Germany, and I imagine prices around here may just vary slightly and those "mere" glass enclosures might be less expensive, but having a well buiilt one is expensive. Also true for Germany, depending on the size you need a building permit, which can be a nightmare these days.

[@RogerKeulen]

$2M dollar home: No garden $3M dollar home: Lawn _For $3M you would have a nice castle where i live. With a couple of acres._

[@christianwiel]

Here you can buy a villa with 2.47 acres for €1M

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

They looked more like sun rooms/conservatories, in Australia a verandah would be a 10 foot wide roof and the length of the house with no walls

[@katii1997]

5:15 we have these to in germany. they are called "Wintergarten" (wintergarden)

[@WookieWarriorz]

Theyre called conservatories in the uk, theyre very very common.

[@terrylippens3983]

Living in Belgium, we bought our house because it has a huge "leef veranda" its about 50m² with some chairs a few sofas a tv, dining table and a separate smaller room +/- 12m² as playroom for the kids. during spring and autumn its nice and comfortable to sit overhere. because of the glass the temperature is a few degrees higher than in the rest of the house and you can watch tv, read a book ,... with a view over the cornfields

[@Passioakka]

4:50 we call it a "glasveranda" in Sweden - glass porch, very convenient because we can sit "outside" in the evenings without the mosquitos messing around with us. We can also sit "outside" without freezing later winter/early spring and late autumn. I live up north and here we count spring to arrive in late April until late May and autumn starts around September- Oktober, only having 3 months of varm summer weather (if we are lucky). But having a flat roof is a no no due to the heavy amount of snow we usually get in winter. Nowadays I can se that builders and landlords often install sliding glass windows at the balconys in apartment buildings.

[@EduardoCruz-ur4wq]

In Portugal is very normal to see that solutions applied , many of them computer motorized, with sensors, like sun light, temperature, interior and exterior etc.. The name in portuguese is "marquise" and the materials have a great evolution, I have big windows and exterior doors made in plastic instead of aluminum with double glass, it is not cheap but not expensive either.

[@crocsmart5115]

Uk a veranda is an open sided roofed area or walkway. “Three seasons room” is called a conservatory and they’re common here.

[@badnewsbadger6660]

Fun home alone fact. The only part of the movie that is filmed in that Chicago area is the outside shots. Everything that is happening inside is sets build in a gym at a school which was not in use. The snow shots was all done in one day, the only day during the entire filming process where it actually snowed.

[@Senior_Viajero]

The first one is almost a necessity in Dutch suburbs. You can be in your garden even when it rains or is very cold. Those who can afford it and have good neighbors let install at least a small one in the back garden.

[@Dingo-x]

Here in the UK we have Conservatories, which are the British style of Verandas.

[@petergreenham7235]

They'd normally be called a enclosed patio, in parts of Australia. Australia has wonderful verandah's mostly in order houses

[@petersargeant1555]

The style of glazed enclosure is more like a conservatory. A veranda (also spelled verandah in Australian and New Zealand English) is a roofed, open-air hallway or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure. (Wikipedia)

[@ikkelimburg3552]

I have exactly the same thing. The glass doors can open fully and you can swing them fully to the sides so you have the full opening. My shades are electric and in the structure built-in lights. The French one is an extension to the house, not a sunroom/veranda. My sister has such a glass extension

[@Staffo1972]

Australian traditional Verandas is normal for a lot of us.

[@adpop750]

16:32 "is probably going to be impossible to find here" I think Tony Stark might have such a thing at his house, so if you happen to know where he lives, taking a look might be worth it.

[@vansting]

In Sweden they are popular, we call them winter rooms or winter garden (vinter rum or vinter trädgård) and the are foten heated with a fireplace or electric heaters.

[@spinshade]

I have one in my vacation home I put the BBQ right at the entrance I get to stay under the heater and chill out there even in the winter while BBQing semi indoors. It's awesome!

[@pv-mm2or]

Weak house's? try disposable if they get blown down, then rebuild! Europeans like's their homes solid, reliable, that will withstand storm, snow, wind and rain,

[@DavidMateos56]

Ian, when I watch your videos, I'm always getting Citroën ads. I thought you needed to know it 😂

[@MrJoaoTraquete]

Most american houses would be an E/F on the european scale of efficiency.

[@napoleon950]

Nah they would not even get a rating. If you fail you don't even get a G rating.

[@LearnTechnicalSketching-y1e]

In the UK we have what you may call 'garden rooms', the ones at the beginning of this video just seem cold and empty with concrete slab floors. Our extensions are called 'conservatories' or orangeries, the difference is in the roof. One with a transparent glass roof (with blinds) is a conservatory, if it has an opaque roof it is an orangerie. The names date back to a time when larger houses had rooms like this to keep what were then novel tropical plants. An orangerie would literally have orange trees in huge pots to provide fruit for the aristocrats who owned the house, they would be wheeled outside during the summer by the gardeners, the trees needed to be shaded to prevent them drying out, hence the opaque roof. Many houses here have similar but much smaller add on rooms such as these, mostly glass walls and doors to let in lots of light.

[@evastapaard2462]

thank you, i never knew the diffference!

[@ritalino7323]

In portugal we have marquises or solários, the first one is if it is in a balcony, the second is a ground one (almost a greenhouse)

[@wWvwvV]

3:30 this plastic grass garden though

[@nemoksa]

In Lithuania we do have verandas like the ones in the video and a bit of a different style as well. Not all houses do have them but some do and it's either built along with the house if you're building a new one or have it as an add on later on.

[@rocntroll]

Most of houses in Europe are smaller than the US, adding a véranda is a good way to increase the space at lower cost. The "Stone Wall" house is a typical country side farm from around 18th century. Roughly the same building technics than medieval castles. Those external walls are 1 meter thick to keep the warm in winter and tempered in summer.

[@andriesstegeman]

Hey Ian!! I once saw this show called pools of the deep end and it was doing this house that already had a pool but then it was topd the homeowners had to place a enclosere around the pool that kind of was what europe is doing. That was the only time i actually seen a veranda style addon to a american home like that. Stil not the same but the base technics behond it were the same.

[@andriesstegeman]

Ps - your sound keeps getting cut out in the last half of your vid😢

[@adeleg4759]

You might enjoy renovation timelapses to get the feel of the differences. A few examples of DIY reno I know of :

[@adeleg4759]

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[@GreakFTW]

They are not overly common in Norway, they do exists. But the similar concept of a winter garden is quite common, especially in older apartements buildings. Where you basically have a balcony with big windows. So you can open them up fully during summer, and close them in winter or rainy/stormy days. Also this concept would probably also be called a winter garden in Norway. But they are very uncommon for standalone houses to have. You would rather have a larger livingroom with big sliding doors which opens out to the garden.

[@martinostlund1879]

In Sweden it is called an ”out room”, short for outdoor room or outside room.

[@percarlemil]

IN DENMARK THEY CALLED UDESTUE OUT LIVINGROOM SOME HAVE NO HEAT, SOME HAVE FIREPLACE, SOME HAVE HEATET FLOOR, WE USE SO WE CAN BE KIND OF OUTDOOR IN SEASONS WHEN IT IS COOLD OUTSIDE, IN THE ONES WITH HEAT, AND IN SUMMERTIME TOO, JUST TURN THE HEAT OF LOVE FROM DENMARK

[@raisan5989]

You left caps-lock on, there is no need to yell or scream

[@Ryuuoo_]

09:22 Audio disappears somewhere, comes back on point 12:03

[@mururoa7024]

In a lot of European countries (not all) verandas are a good way to extend the total surface of your living space (often increases the size of your living room) while avoiding increasing your property tax because officially it's outside of the actual house (fiscal loophole).

[@hunkenpunken]

So these add ons are usually done on apartments. On good planned houses its integrated from the beginning in the actual building.

[@marcuswardle3180]

Also the bricks or flint are cemented together with lime cement which enables the wall to breathe. Much better for the house and occupants.

[@TheZanger]

This brings me back to about 40 years ago. I remember coming home from school one day while the veranda was being built and they put the windows in that day and I didn’t even notice….that was rather painful 😂. Also it’s just a cheaper way to have an extra room. Although these can be extremely hot in the summer.

[@dinax51]

We have the same in Spain. Also the ones in the roof can be motorized if you want to, so no manual work is needed to close/open them.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

Where? I don't know anybody who lives in a house here. That's for millonaires only.

[@arturobianco848]

These are just addons and fully costumizable you can even have the sunscreens electricale with sensors so they open close depending what you want them to do. They aren't that populair but there are plenty in the netherlands. In my town its about between 1 in 10 to 1 in 50 from what i can observe (i can't see a lot so that why its such a wide range).

[@alis49281]

The first one is seriously expensive for sure. A few thousands for the solid glass roof, a few more thousands for the doors and a few more for the integrated shades. We are building one right now and the roof alone is 2-4000 €

[@dallasfrost1996]

Verandas were fairly common here in New Zealand, they're much rarer to come across in newer houses. A lot of our newer houses are similar to U.S houses, especially those that are located in our newer suburbs & subdivisions.

[@Muck006]

A HUGE part of these is the potential to SAVE ENERGY, because they get heated up easily by the sun and if you have the door/window to the house open it can get inside ... or at least it will keep the wall from being too cold.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

Rolladen is a compound word like so many others: rollen0to roll and Laden=shutter(in this case. Laden is also a shop.Added schub, from schieben=to push, shove, thrust, boost) So, rolling shutters in English. Just use that word, so you don't get your tongue twisted. ^^

[@jmbig]

Mes parents habitaient en normandie et avaient ce genre de veranda entièrement vitré et coulissante ... Cela permettait de diminuer la facture de chauffage et permettait d'avoir des plantes tropicales dans cette véranda ...

[@MrGettario]

I live in Belgium and me and my wife where looking for a veranda. Similar to the one in the beginning of the video but with electric blinds on the roof. It was 1000€/m². They look really cool and have all kind of features but they are so expensive.

[@DougBrown-h1n]

In the UK verandahs aren't enclosed. They're typically raised and roofed, but open sided, with perhaps a low wall or balustrade.

[@Rick2010100]

In Germany it´s called a Wintergarten. It was popular aprox. 30-40 years ago, but today dated. Some house of this time still have one, bu the most have been removed. They proved to be impractical for German latitudes - it was either too cold or too warm there. In summer it gets unbearably hot inside. The German standard is a large extendable awning for sun protection. This way no heat builds up.

[@Rick2010100]

Usually two types: www.schatteria.de/files/2017/02/12_g_erhardt_q.jpg www.rolladenkeller.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/markise-1030x687.jpg

[@botteaustephane5135]

I’m actually watching you on tv in my veranda! 😉

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

I saw a US reality tv show once which explains a lot: two brothers looking at a house at a cliff and the cliff already is extremly deteriated so one brother ask "why should we buy this, it´s gonna crash down the cliff in the next 1--2 years" and the other responded "that´s what we´re banking, we take the insurence money and build a cheap house right at the cliff again and do it all over" the glorified "american spirit" aka scammers. Food and bevarage industry, Tesla? The latter is the biggest scams of all, when the battery turns bad you´re left with expensive e-waste.

[@EVPaddy]

agree, except for the Tesla. 8 years of warranty. My EV is 10 (no Tesla) and the battery is fine. And it's not e-waste, they'd pay you good money to get the materials in there if it broke.

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

@@EVPaddy Are you in the US? Because over there all Tesla with battery damage end up on a landfill, replacement is too expensive and warrenty laws over there also are a lot different just like in pretty much all countries outside Europe where retarded politicans are not just trying to whipe out their own population but also are too dumb to realize electric cars aren´t anything close to the imaginary revolution they´re trying to sell this crap. Rare earths, why are they rare and who forced laboured is getting them out hypocratic morons? Making gasoline cars worthless so they can bought up in masses for cheap and exported to 3rd world countries so everyone who couldn´t affort a car before now can drive a Mercedes, VW , Audi or BMW, yeah very enviormentally friendly idiots.

[@petebeatminister]

Here in Germany people love to have a "Wintergarten" - but they are pretty expensive. A fancy one like in the first videos can easily set you back 15 - 20k, or more depending on the size. Thats why many people rather have a patio, or veranda, without a roof. Its then mainly for the summer, to sit outside, have a BBQ and so on. I would almost make a bet that this natural stone house in the video is in France, and probably in the Normandy region. The old houses there are often build like that. They are 100 or 200 years old, and will easily last another 200.

[@tonys1636]

Not Verandas but Conservatories or Sun Rooms, Verandas are attached to the sides of upper floors and are covered Balconies or raised ground floor construction e.g. a covered deck area.

[@BlueJayy1904]

I used to work as a delivery driver for a company called Rexin in germany. They do Carports, Verandas, Sliding doors, etc. The amount of customization that you have is mind blowing and this video dosent even come close to showing it all. You can choose one of the 50 prebuilt options with some minor customization or get something completely crazy that nobody has. Also the stuff that we sold was all made in a way that you can assemble them together yourself IKEA style. You want Wood, Aluminium, Reinforced Alimunium or Steel? They got all that. Dont want Glass? Sure why not one of the 10 different kinds of Plexi Glass with different attributes. It really is crazy what you can create there. These things can also cost between 1K and 10K €. I think 3.5K € was the average. Also check out the delivery vehicles that they have. Its a T6 Pritsche with 250 PS and it has a 6 Meter long loading bay that is allowed to drive up to 160 kmh, it puts every pick up truck to shame.

[@BlueJayy1904]

If you want to see pictures and even a video of these trucks, just google "Rexin Fahrsicherheitstraining - damit Ihre Ware gut ankommt" and the first result should be from "Das Rexin Magazin".

[@Alepoudiitsa]

hahaha our cheap version off that veranda is with plastic insted off glass we even put a small warmer in the millde and the plastic is just one off thos for green houses , it keeps it warm in there, i love siting there looking outside

[@1337P3250IV]

Even our verandas are structually more sound then your houses

I mean verandas, sun rooms, winter gardens are siblings. Kind of the same concept. The European typical evolution is some kind of terrace or "deck" (usually either concrete or brick, not wood) -> porch (if you add some kind of roof) -> veranda (if you add walls).

[@malkontentniepoprawny6885]

I grew up in a house, my grandparents, now my parents, lived there, the house was built in the early 20th century, of course there was a veranda with access to the garden and a terrace on the roof. But it wasn't built on like in the video, it was an integral part of the building, just like the rest of the brick building, only heavily glazed. Old houses in Poland often have verandas, but in new ones they are rarely seen.

[@MewDenise]

Swede here. My parents want to put glass walls around their veranda xD Lots of houses here have those

[@axelk4921]

According to certain stupid "building regulations" in some individual federal states in Germany, if you want to add a "winter garden" to your house, it MUST be permanently connected to the internal heating (a mobile heater does not count) even if this "winter garden" can be folded together and is therefore more like a veranda, because according to the "interpretation of the technical term" it has to be an enclosed room with heating for the overwintering of exotic flora and fauna, which otherwise would not survive the cold climate in Europe..... and because of these "building regulations" it is extremely rare to find houses with a radiator in the garden, which only makes sense when it is "winter", but many homeowners think "f*it! a veranda roof is enough

[@snuffybg]

Even if you import these verandas into the US, I think you may have problems installing them since wood and these types of bolts won't work, so my guess is they won't be so sturdy. If it's more like a NY brick building, sure, but again, maybe some regulations could prevent you from installing them or using them as intended "winter outside area" where you can have gas heater or other ways of heating while enjoying outside.

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

Verandas are fairly common here in Aus

[@jamiechippett1566]

Gets bluddy hot that's why 👍🤠 🇦🇺

[@guilhajr]

You should check general home construction in Europe vs USA. Keep it coming!

[@JoriDiculous]

the fun problem with languages. Here we have, Veranda, Balcony, Terrasse and people constantly mix those up when talking about what type they got. Veranda and balcony is almost the same, terrasse is one step above ground level, same level as the floor level of the home. Veranda is lifted above ground and have a roof. Then we got Altan (Google call it a balcony), balcony (its not the same as an "altan"). It is really confusing lol (Oh if a veranda is enclosed we call it a "wintergarden". In second clip in the video, with the "sling roof blinder), that is a Veranda with an Altan (the non roofed part),same with the France-clip. Veranda with an Altan (wrongly called roofterrase).

[@ellyneilsen2865]

I’m Australian and the room with the roof blinds to me isn’t a verandah!! I have a front verandah and it’s nothing like any of those from Europe, they are actually “rooms”!!

[@ericwolff6059]

They're conservatories. What we call verandahs, the Americans call a porch. Our porches are covered/enclosed areas at the back door. Here, like in Oz, our shops have verandahs. In fact here in Wellington, verandahs are a requirement along the golden-mile.

[@seankendall8599]

In the UK we call then conservatories that are built on to the back of the houses, different styles and sizes. They originated from the 17th century when the rich would add them to their houses to grow citrus and exotic fruits that wouldn’t survive outside in the British climate

[@birgittalagerstrom6264]

It's common in Scandinavia too. Love from Sweden❤

[@101steel4]

My last house I bought in England had a large kitchen extension, with one of those on the rear. The glass doors would fold to open up the whole back end of the property onto the garden. I hated it as it was just like an open window but larger. Insect central 😂😂 I never used it.

[@Muck006]

10:00 That is CLEARLY FRANCE ... from the style of houses alone. If you were to look into different housing styles of different countries you could easily see the difference and it has to do with LOCAL BUILDING MATERIALS and also "architectural influences over time".