Housing

Housing

In the Czech Republic people live different than in the Great Britain and USA.

Czech

We know several types of houses:

- Detached house: stands by itself, usually with a garden all around it

- Semi-detached houses: built in pairs, usually have a small back and front garden

- Terraced houses: are built in long rows, usually found in inner cities, often built by industries to house their workers near the factories
- Country cottages: often built in villages, they have low ceilings, wooden beams and sometimes a thatched roof
- Tower blocks: typice for Kladno, can vary from 3-5 storeys high up to 10-20 storeys high, each storey contains 5 or 6 flats for families,

- Bungalow: only one storey, popular with elderly people who find stairs hard

- Block of flats: a large building that is divided into apartments.

household chores

If we want our flat to be clean and tidy, we have to:

dust the furniture, water the plants, hoover the carpets, mop the floor, clean the bathroom and toilet, do the washing, clean the windows, change the bed linen, wash the curtains, take out the litter, do the ironing, wash up and dry the dishes

typical furniture for each room

Living room (obývák): couch (sofa) – pohovka, chair, reclining chair, coffe table, lamp, Picture, wardrobes, shelves (police)

Kitchen: stove (sporák), oven (trouba), fridge, freezer, sink (umyvadlo, dřez), diswasher (myčka), table, chairs, kitchen unit (linka)

Bedroom: bed, dressing table (toaletní stolek), closet (šatník), picture, curtains (záclony)

Bathroom: sink, bath, shower, toilet, mirror

Study (pracovna): desk with computer, book-case, chair, wardrobe

Children´s room: bed, desk with komputer, wardrobe, chair, book-case, armchair (křeslo)

Britain

• A typical English house is a terraced house or a semi-detached house.

• Most houses in England are made of brick. There is no plaster on them.

• A typical English house is quite narrow and has two floors and no cellar.

• In winter, houses in Britain are rather cold.

types of houses

• Terraced house (řadovka): several houses, usually two-storey, joint (spojené) together in a row (řadě)

• Semi-detached house (dvojdomek): a pair of houses joint together

• Detached house: a singel house, completely separate from any other

• In some households, the women have a resident help; this help is often a girl from abroad who wants to learn English (an au-pair girl) she help with kids and households and usually she sleeps there, or in some cases she have a own car from them

• On the groundfloor there is a hall, the kitchen and the living room. The kitchen often has a door which opens into the garden. Upstairs, there are two bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory. Stairs are usually carpeted the same as the rest of the house. There is a small garden at the front of the house and a larger one at the back. For most people garden is a place of relaxation, so there are flowers but no vegetables. Usually there is a garage at the side.