HOUSING IN GENERAL

UK housing

·         Terraced house – (nalepené domky na sobě) lot of houses are connected

·         Block of flats – (panelák)

·         Detached house –(rodiný dům)

US housing

·         Attached house – connected with other houses (semidetached – two houses are connected by walls)

·         Detached  house – (rodiný dům) single house but with a very small yard around

·         Single family residence – (rodiný dům) single house with bigger yard

·         Town house = UK: Terraced house (nalepené domky na sobě ) lot of houses are connected

·         Apartment building (panelák)

o   I pay rent

·         Condo – condominium (panelák)

o   Bytové domy

o   Společný výtah, zahrada

o   Own it – no rent

·         Association of owners - družstvo

·         High rise – building with more than 7 floors

·         Dormitories – (koleje) apartment where students live 

·         apartment complexes – house is inside dividend to flats

·         Brownstone  - (New York) Basically, this is an older building that was converted into multiple apartment units

·         Pre-fabricated house– houses  are built in "communities" and every house looks the same as the one next to it

·         Other houses in US: ranch, farmhouse, cabin,…

ČR housing

·         Housing estate –  (sídliště)

·         Block of flats – (panelák)

·         Residential area

·         Suburbs – everything in Prague except the centre (Braník)

·         Bunk bed – palanda