Here in the UK, my house that was built in the 1950s would be classed as fairly new. There is a house located about two miles from my house that was built around 1350. Many people here in the UK could probably say they know of a house, shop, or pub close to where they live that's 500+ years old. That's quite a common thing.
Also in the UK brick walls are double skin or otherwise known as cavity walls, only the internal walls are single skin or partition walls, all helping towards strength, stability, thermal and acoustic properties
Our house has parts that date to the 15th century, the newest part is 17th century. It's built of Bath stone and granite. It withstood at least one hurricane and multiple floods. The only drawback is the height of the doorways, I'm six seven, the doors are six feet.
UK 🇬🇧 guy here! My house just had its 500th birthday and it's not the oldest in my village, however we live in one of the newest Cities in the UK Called Milton Keynes just 50ish years old. It's a high tech hub between London and the Nortb .My house has superfast fibre Internet yet 1m thick stone walls and is going absolutely nowhere, probably for at another 500 years 😂😂 it amazing to me that the new works so well with the old here in the UK ❤❤
Brick, Concrete and Stone are main types of construction types used in the UK, its takes longer to build homes in this way but greed and speed is why so many US homes are built that way and basically are a huge barns
The wood from old trees is a lot denser and therefore stronger than wood from forests planted specifically to fell for construction. That's why old English Oak was used to build our sailing ships, being hundreds of years old, the growth rings were densely compacted and immensely strong. King Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose was raised from the sea 400 years after it sank (there are programmes about finding and raising it) and it is now on display in a specifically built museum at Portsmouth, with all the objects found in it, even shoes! It is an amazing building, and you enter by an air locked room, and observe it from different levels of enclosed, glass walkways. There is also an accompanying soundtrack at one point of sounds you would hear during a battle, with sections lit up showing the men working. It was like being in a spaceship observing life on another planet.
My house was built around 1830 of stone and the walls are thick. In hot summers the temperature inside my house is about 20degrees F cooler without air-con, and in winter my house is about 20degrees F warmer without central heating, I only use heating in Jan and Feb. Why, in the US, do you like living in large garden sheds instead of houses. Moving around a lot is no excuse for flimsy houses. I think its greed, new,new,new,new.
My home is nothing special by UK standards, a farm worker's cottage. But it was built in 1846 and has stone walls 2' thick, I expect it to be still here long after I'm gone and forgotten. By Uk standards that's almost a new build.
My apartment block is brand new! 35 years old. And I've been living here for 25. No intention to move out again. Edit: We often say "happy holidays" here in Germany too (no we don't, we say "schöne Feiertage" of course, but it means the same)
I live in a 2 up and 2 down (rooms), built in the year 1900 in Derbyshire UK, the walls of the house is built with stones and are over a metre thick. I am predicting that the house will still be standing well into the next century!
Mt first house in the UK a cottage, was built in the 1760's. My second was a newer (1890s) both are still standing and in great order Even in Australia our brick skinned house average 60 - 80 years In the tropical areas (northern Territory, & Queensland) have homes built to survive the cyclones.
keep in mind in the uk you just dont have the same level of weather as the usa, we have strong winds and gales and lots of rain but there are basically no natural disasters, no hurricanes, no tornadoes, no fires, no earthquakes etc so the houses can be built a bit more sturdy without risk of having them destroyed.
I’ve been watching since you had less than 100 subscribers and I think you’re a nice bloke. If you ever get to visit England I’m on the edge of Somerset and Dorset and we would love to have you stay with us ( the house was built in 1600 and we have a spare room ) while on your journey around England. It would mean you could save a bit of money ( stay as our guest ) plus there’s a train station not too far away that will take you to where you want to head to next. If you’re interested mate we will sort out something just DM me
Interesting really, I live in one of the old 'working class' areas of a port city, in the UK. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of terraced streets in this area. They were all put up in a hurry, due to an industrial boom around 1904. It is surprising when I think about it, but these brick terraces are all about 120 years old, and I assume that when my time is over, and my nephews inherit the place, it will still be in much the same condition as it was when it was built.
Your houses,particularly the roofs,are built like the UK builds its garden sheds. My first house was built in the early 1800’s and has its original Welsh slate roof.
I knew US houses were framed but I had no idea they weren't designed to last very long. The Japanese info was wild. In the UK, when you guy a house you expect it to stand for your entire life (and several other peoples lifetimes afterwards). Property is seen as an investment as the price generally goes up and up.
I know alot of it has to do with weather conditions etc. I wonder about the colder States of America though, what are the houses like in cold places? Are they built the same as the houses in warmer areas of America? 🤔
Not exactly, but to put it simply then yeh, American homes tend to be built on the cheap, which could be the same thing for many British homes I guess but it also has to do with both access to both the available resources as well as the given environment such as in America the weather tends to be more stable meaning that things like structural integrity and insulation isn’t a high priority, vs here in the uk where it’s constantly wet, windy and miserable 😂
you guys build houses the way european dads would build a children shack in the garden on sunday. That's what it is : you have shacks made out of big matches and cardboard that bearly last a couple decades. You pay like double or triple for that and can't even have that as a 'secured' gift for the next generation when europeans pay less to get a house build to last they'll give to their children, who will in turn pass it to their children and so on. If you're interessted, here's a video showing how walls are made in Germany (and most of Europe) : th-cam.com/video/ZAByooMVkMQ/w-d-xo.html
I think American homes are simply hilarious. They use PAPER to make walls! Paper coated with stuff so that from a distance it looks like a proper plastered solid construction - until you are close to it, and you notice it _ripples_ ...LOL!
Here in the UK, my house that was built in the 1950s would be classed as fairly new.
There is a house located about two miles from my house that was built around 1350. Many people here in the UK could probably say they know of a house, shop, or pub close to where they live that's 500+ years old. That's quite a common thing.
Your house isn't made of all brick. It has brick outer walls. Most Continental European houses have brick partition walls!
Hi Strac. A Brit here.
You’re 21 years old and you have moved 5 times?
I’m 52 and I only moved 6 times.
Family home built in 1820s still going strong and will still be here in another 100 plus years
The house I grew up in in Sweden was built 1905, my dad has been living there for 50 years. And in the Nordic countries wooden houses isn't uncommon.
Also in the UK brick walls are double skin or otherwise known as cavity walls, only the internal walls are single skin or partition walls, all helping towards strength, stability, thermal and acoustic properties
Our house has parts that date to the 15th century, the newest part is 17th century. It's built of Bath stone and granite.
It withstood at least one hurricane and multiple floods.
The only drawback is the height of the doorways, I'm six seven, the doors are six feet.
I'd love those small Doors make me look gigantic
Merry Christmas buddy.
UK 🇬🇧 guy here! My house just had its 500th birthday and it's not the oldest in my village, however we live in one of the newest Cities in the UK Called Milton Keynes just 50ish years old. It's a high tech hub between London and the Nortb .My house has superfast fibre Internet yet 1m thick stone walls and is going absolutely nowhere, probably for at another 500 years 😂😂 it amazing to me that the new works so well with the old here in the UK ❤❤
Brick, Concrete and Stone are main types of construction types used in the UK, its takes longer to build homes in this way but greed and speed is why so many US homes are built that way and basically are a huge barns
They use concrete blocks to build in Spain. Then they cover it with stone or render. Wood is only used for doors.
The wood from old trees is a lot denser and therefore stronger than wood from forests planted specifically to fell for construction. That's why old English Oak was used to build our sailing ships, being hundreds of years old, the growth rings were densely compacted and immensely strong. King Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose was raised from the sea 400 years after it sank (there are programmes about finding and raising it) and it is now on display in a specifically built museum at Portsmouth, with all the objects found in it, even shoes! It is an amazing building, and you enter by an air locked room, and observe it from different levels of enclosed, glass walkways. There is also an accompanying soundtrack at one point of sounds you would hear during a battle, with sections lit up showing the men working. It was like being in a spaceship observing life on another planet.
My house was built around 1830 of stone and the walls are thick. In hot summers the temperature inside my house is about 20degrees F cooler without air-con, and in winter my house is about 20degrees F warmer without central heating, I only use heating in Jan and Feb. Why, in the US, do you like living in large garden sheds instead of houses. Moving around a lot is no excuse for flimsy houses. I think its greed, new,new,new,new.
I dont see how american houses cost that much when there just paperthin wood and well paper
My old house was over 200 years old , and still going strong.
My house is 76 years older than Americas oldest town ( James town ) and is still going strong
Iam Dutch and 38. Moved 3 times in my life. Anyway, Merry Christmas!
My home is nothing special by UK standards, a farm worker's cottage. But it was built in 1846 and has stone walls 2' thick, I expect it to be still here long after I'm gone and forgotten. By Uk standards that's almost a new build.
My apartment block is brand new! 35 years old. And I've been living here for 25. No intention to move out again.
Edit: We often say "happy holidays" here in Germany too (no we don't, we say "schöne Feiertage" of course, but it means the same)
I live in a 2 up and 2 down (rooms), built in the year 1900 in Derbyshire UK, the walls of the house is built with stones and are over a metre thick. I am predicting that the house will still be standing well into the next century!
My house was built post war, it’s external and internal walls are brick, and our roofs last up to a hundred years 🏴
Mt first house in the UK a cottage, was built in the 1760's. My second was a newer (1890s) both are still standing and in great order
Even in Australia our brick skinned house average 60 - 80 years
In the tropical areas (northern Territory, & Queensland) have homes built to survive the cyclones.
She says capitalism is not to blame then she proceeds to list all reasons that are associated with capitalism 😆
Yeah, I mean, we all know it's for capitalism. I don't know why she doesn't just say the truth
Not really capitalism, and the stone canal houses at the beginning of the video is where modern capitalism took off.
im 21 and i have never moved, my parents only moved once
keep in mind in the uk you just dont have the same level of weather as the usa, we have strong winds and gales and lots of rain but there are basically no natural disasters, no hurricanes, no tornadoes, no fires, no earthquakes etc so the houses can be built a bit more sturdy without risk of having them destroyed.
I’ve been watching since you had less than 100 subscribers and I think you’re a nice bloke. If you ever get to visit England I’m on the edge of Somerset and Dorset and we would love to have you stay with us ( the house was built in 1600 and we have a spare room ) while on your journey around England. It would mean you could save a bit of money ( stay as our guest ) plus there’s a train station not too far away that will take you to where you want to head to next.
If you’re interested mate we will sort out something just DM me
Interesting really, I live in one of the old 'working class' areas of a port city, in the UK. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of terraced streets in this area. They were all put up in a hurry, due to an industrial boom around 1904. It is surprising when I think about it, but these brick terraces are all about 120 years old, and I assume that when my time is over, and my nephews inherit the place, it will still be in much the same condition as it was when it was built.
Your houses,particularly the roofs,are built like the UK builds its garden sheds. My first house was built in the early 1800’s and has its original Welsh slate roof.
I knew US houses were framed but I had no idea they weren't designed to last very long. The Japanese info was wild. In the UK, when you guy a house you expect it to stand for your entire life (and several other peoples lifetimes afterwards). Property is seen as an investment as the price generally goes up and up.
I know alot of it has to do with weather conditions etc. I wonder about the colder States of America though, what are the houses like in cold places? Are they built the same as the houses in warmer areas of America? 🤔
Not exactly, but to put it simply then yeh, American homes tend to be built on the cheap, which could be the same thing for many British homes I guess but it also has to do with both access to both the available resources as well as the given environment such as in America the weather tends to be more stable meaning that things like structural integrity and insulation isn’t a high priority, vs here in the uk where it’s constantly wet, windy and miserable 😂
you guys build houses the way european dads would build a children shack in the garden on sunday. That's what it is : you have shacks made out of big matches and cardboard that bearly last a couple decades. You pay like double or triple for that and can't even have that as a 'secured' gift for the next generation when europeans pay less to get a house build to last they'll give to their children, who will in turn pass it to their children and so on. If you're interessted, here's a video showing how walls are made in Germany (and most of Europe) : th-cam.com/video/ZAByooMVkMQ/w-d-xo.html
What they're not saying is that home ownership is actually a scam 😅
No offennce mate .Come to the uk.....
I think American homes are simply hilarious. They use PAPER to make walls! Paper coated with stuff so that from a distance it looks like a proper plastered solid construction - until you are close to it, and you notice it _ripples_ ...LOL!