Our English House Tour | AMERICANS LIVING IN ENGLAND | What To Expect
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- Alaytra has been dying to give you all a full house tour. Partly because people have asked, but mostly because we want to remember this home as best as we can. This vlog is an in-depth tour of our English home here in the UK. We moved here 3 years ago and fell head over heels with the property and have been so happy to call it our home during our time in England.
For a while now people have asked us our opinions on what its like living in England and we have sprinkled our thoughts and feelings throughout a variety of videos. However, when it comes to actually ‘living’ in the UK, this is us, authentically. This is where we have created countless memories, packed our bags for our adventures, and ate all kinds of new foods. At the end of the day, this place gave us a lot and we hope you like it as much as we have.
For our American audience that has recently moved to the UK, hopefully, this video gives you some insight into your new life as you patiently research schools or await your move-in day in TLF.
Want to see a tour of RAF Lakenheath base housing? We made a video of just that!: • Base Housing Tour | RA...
That tour features a completely empty 3-bedroom house located in the heart of Liberty Village. However, if you are interested in one of the other floor plans OR maybe you are looking to move to RAF Mildenhall or RAF Feltwell... if that is the case, this is your solution:
1) Download the AF Connect App (links below)
2) Search (and favorite) the 48th Fighter Wing
3) Look for the "Housing" icon on the main page
4) Boom! You should see all possible floorplans for all three locations!
Hopefully, we answer some questions you might have regarding military moves/PCS. Have any other burning info you need to be answered? Want to know more about what it is like for Americans living in the UK?
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Antique shops and local shops you suggest shopping at near and around the bases?!
This is a very nice British house! Why didn't you just sell your US appliances and buy safe British plugged ones? ;)
The “half a door” shower door is a designated “safety feature”! If a person was showering in a shower with a full length door and was to have a medical “emergency” - like a heart attack for example or even to simply trip and fall - they could fall against a full length door and block the entry, making it very difficult for someone to attend to them and give them the aid or assistance they need.
You can buy full “bath length” double sided shower doors, where the biggest part of the unit is fixed to the bathroom wall and the “moving” part is on a runner so the door itself, can slide back and forth. However, if someone had fallen in the shower/bath and was unconscious, it still might be difficult to open but much less of a problem if there was no sliding door system.e
Thats insanely smart. I love that they paid for a 4 bedroom and basically got a 2bd/2bth LOL. None of those other rooms minus the Master were big enough for an adult to really live in other than sleep. I'm hoping they didn't pay north of 220,000 for it
That's an over bath shower and anyone falling/collapsing would end up on the bottom of the bath, below the level of the bottom of the shower screen unless they were morbidly obese 🤔
That may be why they are designed that way but it still doesn't make sense. A sliding door isn't going to be difficult to open even if someone collapsed against it. If there is room for a swinging door it would open away from the tub so again wouldn't cause a problem with getting to a collapsed person. At the very least it could be designed with a built in track for a curtain.
The size of the spare bedroom in this house is the size of my master 😂
If your American looking for a UK home note that this is classed as quite spacious amongst UK homes.
It's HUGE! I sincerely hope that Americans don't think this is how most Brits live. A utility room and a garage is LUXURY! The average home in Britain is around 800 sq.ft; and entire families will be raised in them.
If "you`re..." Don`t let this side down.
Only in new builds ! older properties, which also have large gardens, built in the 20s, 30s upwards
have much more living space. Greedy devlopers now put as many houses on their plots as possible. !
Don't worry about bugs- unless you live in a swamp there is nothing that will bite or be annoying, the odd moth or spider is fine and far better than having horrible screens. Open the window.
Screens are great. You must not have any pets that can get out through open windows. It's ridiculous that the UK doesn't have them yet. I live in Kent, not a swamp, and we get our fair share of mosquitoes and daddy long legs. Having screens would be much better than not. But keep your delusions if you must.
As an American from the South we have proper bugs . Lol.
@@bobbybingle1662 I'm jealous. I'd love to have cicadas, scorpions and mantis- really interesting creatures. Some snakes would be great too.
@@charlesunderwood6334 Exactly, I was being sarcastic pal but you missed the point. An American complaining about bugs in England is hilarious.
@@bobbybingle1662 I'm being serious- I'd love more interesting mini wildlife- the highlight of any holiday in the tropics is the insects and reptiles around the hotel
We dont have "bugs" coming in the windows as you do in the States, thats why we dont have screens !
We have plenty of flying bugs, wasps and moths that will come in windows. I have fly screens on all the windows. They’re great nothing gets in
Put a small pot of either mint,catmint,basil,rosemary, or lavender on your windowsill all the bugs will stay well clear,a clear glass globe shapex bottle or container filled with water & susspended in front of a window will deter flies from entering !!
The half screen is because that is primarily a bath (the clue is in the name "bathroom"), the shower is secondary.
The shower bath is an unsatisfactory compromise and I suspected that the screen would be useless. I have never had a bathroom big enough for both a shower and a bath, so it's always a bath.
The circuit breaker box seems to be strangely located - high up on a wall in a bedroom. Usually, they're found in the garage or a downstairs cupboard (closet), somewhere more easily located and less obtrusive. I would agree that garages in UK houses are rubbish. Builders/architects seem to think we all drive around in microcars. You can't park a normal decent sized family car in them and open the doors properly to get in and out. My sister has the right idea - she bought a house with a double garage even though she only has one car, but she can get in and out of it comfortably and still store stuff in there.
The problem is that in recent years cars have become much wider, partly because people are getting bigger, and partly because there is more side-impact protection built into the doors. Unfortunately, a garage that comfortably accommodated a 1935 Austin Seven, or even a 1967 Morris 1100, hasn't got any bigger since it was built, and modern building standards haven't caught up either.
@@davidjones332 This isn't a recent problem. My uncle bought a new build bungalow in 1964 and his Ford Consul although it would fit in the garage, he couldn't open the door far enough to get out! I think developers realise most people only use a garage for storage (as there's insufficient provided in the house) that they get away with building them as small as possible.
The garage size issue is intensely irritating. Especially with the increase in electric vehicles, and wanting a secure place to install a charger, I would love to be able to park my car in the garage to charge. No chance. Not unless I rebuild the garage, which is a possibility.
The consumer unit is definitely in a strange place and should not be on display like that. The garage in a new build home is just for show. Nobody actually expects to be able to park the car in it.
The thing about garages in UK: Car sizes are (were) generally smaller. There is a standard width for the door. Many planning authorities have (had) a maximum size they would consider.
Came across your video as a random suggestion. I must say you have a beautifully decorated home. One thing I noticed as a Brit is that the built in cupboard upstairs between the bedroom and bathroom would likely have been an Airing cupboard, it would previously have contained a storage tank for hot water and some shelves, quite a warm little place, perfect for removing the last remaining moisture from clothes, bedding and towels and warming them after they had been left to dry outside on a clothesline.
We are PCSing to Lakenheath in April and we’re sooo excited! Your videos have been a HUGE help!
Nice decorated house, amazing large kitchen ❤ and I love your coffee station ❤
I am travelling to the UK next year so I wanted to watch videos about the UK and your video came out as a suggestion and I was intrigued. Your house is so beautiful, the decor is lovely. Love the vibe! ❤️
It’s actually a bath that can double up as a shower.
So glad I found yalls channel. Moving over later this year. First OCONUS assignment, and I can't wait to move!
An American twin size bed measures 38 by 75 inches, which is only a bit larger than the single size mattress from the U.K. or Ireland. A single bed measures 36 by 75 inches.
In continental Europe, the closest mattress size to a twin size is a 35 by 79-inch mattress.
We are moving there in February!! Hopefully it will be available?! A girl can dream…
I PCS to Mildenhall this August. After watching your videos, I’m SOLD on Ely! Your videos have been answering all my questions!! Thank you so much!!!
Completely unrelated to the video, but wanted to compliment you on the colour of your hair - it's really gorgeous and suits you very well. I'm not generally a fan of new build properties, but I think you've done a great job making it homely. 👍🏽
Your home is lovely
You have a very spacious house, however, “many books” is 5000+.
For a 3rd bedroom I would say that is pretty big most are what we call box rooms which are usually big enough for a single bed, wardrobe and maybe a chest of drawers.
Great video. l always wonder your bath tubs are so small in the US x
Looks amazing! Are you moving back?
Beautiful Home ❤ RAF Mildenhall and Lakenheath aren't far from me 🙌 I always get military aircraft flying over the house x
The oven is tiny for a UK home, it would be normal for a double oven plus the small one. The builder saving money l suspect, AC would not be either energy or environmentally good in the UK. Garages unless you build it yourself are a joke, the rule is a average family car should fit. What is average l know one of our cars you can get in, but not get out of the car the other didn't fit. We bought our present home built our own double Garage with a granny pad above seemed the only solution. We now only have one bath in our home but three shower rooms because we really never use the bath, have no idea about the glass door doesn't seem to do its job.
Those shower screens on the bath are a pain in the neck. They're a relatively new thing in the UK and I wouldn't bother with one, just use a shower curtain. I never have a bath, just shower, so had my bath taken out and a large shower with sliding doors installed.
I'm from the 🇬🇧 UK🇬🇧 and wow this house is way better than the house I live in.xxhaha
Great looking house 😎👍
When do y’all leave? I love this house and we PCs there at the end of the week. Do you know of any houses that will available in that area
Sorry, personal'ish question,
I noticed your books, in living room, you can't see the spines (titles etc). It wasn't like that for books in your kitchen, is that normal in US?
I don't think I've ever seen that before?
Sorry if I'm being intrusive.
When I came back to the Uk from America I felt claustrophobic in my room as it was tiny compared to the ones in the USA.
😂😂😂
WOW you can not see what the books are so how do you which one to pick?.
Enjoyed your decor, but I don't think you have a great many books, most of ours are still in plastic boxes and we *only* have a couple of thousand on shelves in the house! :)
Thanks for the insight into your home, you need to buy more books! :)
At least you got a Collie sensible dog breed nice house why did you bring 110 volt appliances from America ?? They must be low ampage if their 220 volt you may be able to run them here ?? I can only presume you will replace with 220/240 Europe/UK voltage nice house
Do you own a kettle?
Regarding your grape vine carful of your beautiful dog since grapes are toxic to them. You have a beautiful home ❤
Did you grow the trees or was they already there?
Just came across this video. You have a beautiful home. Similar to homes in Springfield, MA. I agree with that door in the second bathroom. I don’t get it either. Are u able to install an A/C there?
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Thank you for sharing your beautiful house! Your mail slot is so cute, do they actually drop mail in there every day? Also, how does food delivery work out there, similar to US? (What apps you use, etc)
If you’re referring to supermarket shopping (groceries), Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose all have websites and apps for online ordering but unless you’re living out somewhere really remote (eg the Scottish Highlands) it’s likely you’ll have at least one or two of the main retailers within a 10 minute drive. We also have Aldi, Lidl, M&S Food and The Coop and you’ll probably find at least one of these in most towns. Ocado is an online only supermarket and delivers throughout the UK. And last but not least, many towns will have markets and independent butchers and bakers. Happy shopping!
That is the purpose of a letter box. Royal Mail deliver to your door six days a week.
small parcels can be delivered by the mail slot too
also for delivery we have uber eats deliveroo, just eat, getir(only in london i think)
@@davidjones332 thank you! I know it’s a silly question but homes in the US converted to large boxes with multiple smaller boxes within at the end of a street that we have to walk to. So having it conveniently dropped in my house is something I’m looking forward to.
your house is really nice. i hav a new build 2 bedroom semi detached near birmingham. have you bought it or do u rent?
nice houses in sulfolk
Hi, I will be PCS-ing to UK soon and would love to have more guidance on BAH/OHA for someone single with no dependent. Is it even possible to live offbase or do I have to stay on base?
I wonder if thats Littleport in Cambridgeshire where I used to live (RAF)
Littleport near Cambridge? My husband and I once called into the pub there,( only place open that day) and the local men stopped their conversation, swivelled their heads in our direction as though we were aliens from another planet. We only had one drink and left as did another couple. I guess they didn't like visitors. Very strange experience.
who is the housing developer? generous room sizes considering it's a new build (I also live in a new build)
Would say David Wilson (recommend) or persimmon homes (never buy one from persimon awful plumbing issues all the time smelly raw sewage coming up pipes no water pressure more from the kettle being poured not even joking)
I think that is more. Cupboard in the bedroom.
Where did ya'll get the coffee table in the living room area? we just got here a couple weeks ago and sold our larger one prior to coming and I have been on the hunt for a round one!
Hey thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! We got the table from J.N. Rusticus! I think they still sell it!
@@AroundtheWorldandBeck Okay thank you!!
@@BigWarf look in IKEA
Marty Mcfly: What the hell's a transformer?! (BTW, most people in the UK use their garages as a storage area). x
'What the hell's a transformer?!' I'm guessing that they brought their electrical appliances with them. Americans use a different voltage and a transformer is necessary.
@@eattherich9215 not just voltage, the frequency is different as well, the UK/Europe runs at 50Hz North America runs at 60Hz
A lot of modern electronics are dual voltage and hz. and have built-in transformers to adjust to either US or UK power requirements. For those, you just need a plug adapter to make it work in whichever country you move to. Sometimes, you can also just replace the power cable on those dual voltage devices. There are also some devices that are dual voltage, but you have to physically move a switch on the device to the correct voltage system. Some devices, however, are designed exclusively for one power system, and for those, you need an external transformer that will convert the electricity coming out of the device.
@@jeffreywrightphotography What a palarva! x
Virginia is about to T total suck. The houses there unless you mortgage are completely trash and run down. It isn't going to be nearly what you're walking around in now, and you might not want to even record inside of them LOL.
Very cosy. One are you books the wrong way. Usually you see the spine of the book first
That book display is an American thing and in my opinion, silly. You see it all the time on HGTV makeover shows.
Alaytra explained that in the video.
So I’m guessing you’re both Investment Bankers?
Do you have transformers cause you use American appliances?
why are your books the wrong way round - thats weird - the room needs some colour
Don’t you just take a bed frame apart before putting it up stairs?
Look like recent new build.
Very nice kitchen but i see no kettle. How can you reside in the UK without a kettle? Sacrilege.😊
Question why didn't you just buy British appliances that would have been easier and makes tones of sense
What are the housing prices in your area compared to the Midwest in the US?
You could just Google to find out what you need to know,in all areas that you are interested in and the variations in prices.
There’s Escape to the country, on TH-cam which you might like to watch,even if some episodes are quite old.
Properties are so much more expensive in the uk . You definately get more for your money in USA
Depends which part of the US. California or New York, i doubt it.
There is a huge variation in pricing in the US. Just about every major city along the west coast is way more expensive than anywhere in the UK including London. Yes, those houses will usually be larger but also much more expensive. The median house price in San Diego, CA where I currently live is roughly £200k more than in London. Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland, California are all much more expensive, as is Seattle, Washington. Portland, Oregon is probably the only major west coast city to be cheaper than London, and that's not by a huge margin. Rent is also much cheaper in the UK, even in London (at least if the data I found online is correct). I'm finding the average rent price there as about £1800 to £1900. In San Diego it's £2500.
I can’t stand those half shower doors either they make absolutely no sense to me.
It’s clear you don’t live in London. The houses are smaller than up North for example.
Houses are smaller in the North, but more people live in flats in London.
Every house in the UK is haunted by the same headless monk. His name is brother Bartholemew.
You don’t need a gross shower curtain, that glass screen traps the water so you can use the bath as a shower also. How can you see what the books are if you’re hiding the titles??? 🤔🤷🏽♀️
What's gross about a shower curtain?
@@jeffreywrightphotography they’re unhygienic. Keep them away from me. I’d rather the water go all over the floor. Give me a glass partition that you can clean off any day.
@Lorna Marie you could clean your shower curtain every day if you wanted to, but it isn't necessary.
I've had same problem with those silly half shower panel. If you need to turn up the shower pressure the water sprays past the glass panel. I too bought a shower curtain to contain the spray. I'm glad to say I only have a shower cubicle now.
there kust be something weird about the way you shower....I have no issues with water splashige
OCD….your books are round the wrong way.
We know, we like them like that! And Alaytra knows them all by heart so she knows where they all are on the shelves haha
I guess I'm a spoiled American I need air conditioning! That's non negotiable!
The weather does not normally get too hot here. The only USA state as far North as the UK is Alaska. So normally Air Con is not needed.
Where I live in the UK, our summer was so much warmer than I ever remember it being, we had days and days of sunshine and streams began to dry up. Yet we had only 2 days last year when the temperature went above 86F. Unless climate change continues to increase temperatures here, we don't need air conditioning.
Although we had highs of 40c + but today it never got above 3c. AC would be a waste of money and bad for the environment. With gas and electricity bills averaging thousands of pounds a year, solar panels are a better purchase.rnd no you don't need sun just day light to charge.
Not here you don't. You'd only use it 2 days per year.
You really don t need air con in the uk
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