Very true...this is upper middle to lower upper class housing. We have a big house...bigger than what we need but the price was right and it has a huge yard for the kids. We have two rooms I rarely go in. The rooms are huge and it's still not as big as this house. Now are yard is much bigger. We were showing our place via Skype to the in laws and they said it is so nice that we live on a park. We had to explain that is our yard. Never saw a yard remotely as big in Germany...even for the Uber rich.
There is a lot of people in America that are completely insane about how their grass and yard looks. They will spend thousands each year if they need to.
I enjoy a beautiful yard and garden. I love to be outside in the beauty of nature. Having a nice yard with a lovely lawn makes me feel relaxed, calm, and at peace from the day's hustle and bustle. No one dictates it to me. I just like it.
When we moved into our home, our neighbor came over two days after we moved in and asked if he could mow our lawn. We basically share a front lawn because there’s no fence or any boundaries. We told him that as soon as we’re settled we’d make it a priority to mow the lawn. He persisted about mowing it himself simply because it bothers him to have the lawn at different lengths so he’d feel a lot better if he could mow the whole thing so it looks even. We gave him the OK and still 3 years later, he still mows our lawn every other week. 😂 I bake a bunch of cookies for his family and send them a charcuterie board for Christmas as a thank you.
@@ravenmills7777 Only a small portion of homes in the US are part of an HoA, FYI. So it can't explain a nationwide trend, that goes back a hundred years.
its pretty standard in my area of CT (a 40 minute train ride away from NYC). I do live in a less affluent area than this guy's house. and our house was built in the 1970s (but has since had an update and addition). it has 10' ceilings, and a 20 something foot vaulted ceiling with skylights in the big open kitchen/dining area. with a balcony overlook from upstairs where there are three mid size bedrooms. We do not have a finished basement though because of radon gas. Most of my neighbors houses are wayyy nicer than this house though. over a million dollar price tag on a lot of those. There is no way this house would be affordable today though. I could never live here if it was purchased today. its a 1 minute walk from the beach so the property tax alone is about about $18,000/yr. I'm very lucky that that house is completely paid off, it only cost like $60,000 in the 70s. its now valued at an insane and disgusting price. My father who originally bought the house was a high school english teacher so we're not exactly a wealthy family. it just used to be possible to purchase a house back then with a lower-middle class income.
The reason there is a smaller dining table in the kitchen area is because most (or a lot of) americans eat breakfast at the kitchen countertop or table rather than in a formal dining room. the only time my family uses the formal dining room table is when we have guests for a family gathering on holidays, or if we're just throwing a party.
We have a formal dining room but the kitchen is too small for a table (1915 Midwest craftsman-ish). We use our dining room every day for dinner together.
This is in a Connecticut suburb. A 2-parent/2 child family needs to earn about $275,000 a year to live "comfortably" in that State. Median income in the US as a whole, per capita is about $37,500. Housing varies a lot, but don't for one second assume that this house is 'typical', because it isn't.
@@The_Gallowglass It's not too difficult to understand when you realize that pay is different in different states. Here, that house, being older, would run about $300k. You can live comfortably as a single individual on $40k year in most of Texas. You can raise a 2 parent/2 child family on $75k comfortably as well. Although, that cost has gone up in the past 4yrs *cough cough. Meanwhile my friend who just moved here from California was pulling in $170k year and had a house whose property was worth $800k.
The per capita income is highly misleading because it includes all the people who are not working and thus have a salary of $0. The average salary of someone who works is nearly $60,000.
This house is HUGE! You should watch the house tour by Lost in the Pond - it's much more typical of houses in the Midwest. When a listing has a bathroom it implies toilet and bathtub/shower. Just a toilet and sink is a "half-bath."
Agree.. watch Lost in the Pond's new home.. he has at least 2.. first one when he first bought it and it was still empty.. and several others showing the kitchen and basemen and back yard with his fence.. the garage clip was fun.
That was such a culture shock for me in South Korea when I wanted to live off post. 1 BR. "Oh. Okay. Cool. That's all I need". Walk into the place, and its literally... 1 room with a drain in the far corner. "Wth is this for?". "Well...".
@@kramermccabe8601 The houses I have owned were built in the 1800s. They were built without closets, so we used wardrobes. But they were counted as bedrooms when the house sold.
Nick is a wealthy guy. He started maybe ten years ago discussing Porsche and BMW vehicles. He’s rotated through a few Porsches, both sports and SUV’s. His Vlogs have been entertaining and very instructional. He’s tastefully equipped his new home in a semi-minimalist fashion. I like the look.
while some regions of the USA have much higher cost of living than others, you don't have to be rich in the US to have a home like this. it seems pretty standard to me.
This is not an average area in the US. It is a very expensive area. When folks are very concerned about their neighbor's lawns, you can bet they have a lot of money.
"Most 3 bedroom homes have 2 full bathrooms and a half bath ( sink and toilet) for guest to use" Maybe where you live, but 3 bedroom houses usually don't have 2.5 baths. They usually have two baths, or one and one half bath here.
dining rooms are a lot of times used when you have visitors, but some use dining room only. Men take pride in their lawns and don't want to make neighbors mad. german homes are more built about efficiency and a sterile clean look lots of times, American's decorate their homes more in feelings they want out of a room
Fridges have changed a LOT in the last 30 years. Our fridges used to be smaller. When you see a house with a fridge "hole" surrounded by cabinets, but the fridge pushes 20cm into the room, you notice. That type of fridge has a "French Door" refrigerator on top, and a pull-out freezer on bottom. More energy efficient that way since cold air sinks. But yeah, they're huge. Ours looks monstrous in our kitchen, but then, pretty much everyone's does in unrenovated houses built before 1990.
The house I'm renting was built in the 80's, I think. The gap for the fridge is about 1/2 inch too small for the more modern side-by-side fridge/freezer I brought with me. Luckly there was a fridge/freezer there already, and enough space in a breakfast nook to park the side-by-side to use as a drinks fridge.
We’d also like some tours of German homes. A townhouse we had, the washer and dryer was in the basement. My grandparents had theirs in an area off from the kitchen. Ours is kinda like off from the kitchen too and has a sink and commode. Both homes are what is called a Rancher. My parents - NY home was a Split level, washer/dryer on 1st floor level. Their home in PA, a Colonial, washer and dryer was located in the basement.
Important context: This house is probably one to two million dollars because it’s in a highly desired and crowded state, Connecticut. This house in Texas, meanwhile, would be like $500k
The second table and chairs is for regular use everyday. The equivalent of the kitchen table. The formal dining room is only used for formal meals during holidays. Becky is his daughter.
Fact: the area (sq.footage) of the basement and attic are not included in the size of the home. 3,500 sq.ft. is the "livable square footage." The basement and/or attic can be converted into livable space in the future at the homeowners discretion. In this case there is 3500 sq.ft. of livable area of the 7,000 sq.ft. of building. The living area equals 3,500 sq.ft.; the attic equals 1,750 sq.ft; the basement equals 1,750 sq.ft. 4 x 1,750 = 7,000 7,000 ÷ 2 (floors) = 3,500 3,500 sq.ft. Also, garages are not included in the sq. footage of homes.
Yeah, it's huge. If he finishes the attic and the basement that's a lot of living space. I did landscaping for a guy with an 8000 sq foot house (745 m2) and it was huge for no reason. Even he told me it was too big and they ended up moving out a year later.
Just remember, the walls of American homes are typically wood-frame, so they are not solid. And zero insulation in the attic?!? The heating and A/C bills are going to be insane.
Complete nonsense. Wood constructed homes are just as sturdy as those made from brick. In some situations, such as high winds, the wood frame is better, actually. Also, that attic has a wood flor on top of the insulation. It's there, you just can't see it. It's against building codes to build without insulation.
In the US, the laundry room might be on the 2nd floor, the 1st floor, or the basement. The advantage of a 2nf floor laundry room is that if a house has 2 stories, the bedrooms are usually on the 2nfdfloor, and that's where clothes are kept. If the laundry room is on the 2nd floor, you don't have to take the clothes far to wash them. I'm guessing that the bathrrom that he taled about for the basement would really be what some of us call a half bath: a toilet and a sink to wash your hands, but no bath/shower.
The vast majority of dirty laundry is generated upstairs where the bedrooms are. Therefore, it makes a great deal of sense to have the laundry room upstairs rather than downstairs where you only have a few kitchen towels, and cleaning rags.
The other table is for an eat-in kitchen, like a breakfast table. The dining room is not for eating your regular meals every day. It’s for a big family gathering or a dinner party or something like that. Many houses in the US, especially newer ones, do not have a formal dining ROOM unless, as you said, they are really big houses.
Chris, you should know that Connecticut is one of the eastern states, with a small, fairly wealthy population. This house is actually fairly large and quite well-to-do, by the standards of average Americans. Most people live in places that are half the size of this one, and considerably less expensively furnished. This guy is probably among the wealthiest 1% of the population. So please don't assume that this place is typical.
Despite all these "experts", this home is a very typical size for a new construction home in the US. The trend has generally been ever larger homes, for quite some time. Therefore, people who live in older homes, see this as being above average, but it isn't. Average is a math equation, not a feelings check. This same logic is why nearly no person self identifies as being wealthy. To the human mind, our own experience is the zero in the equation, but that doesn't math out.
Kitchens have gotten bigger over the years because we spend more of our time with family there. We also have family rooms and living rooms. Half bathrooms or water closets have no showers or bathtub, also known as 1/2 bathroom. Visitors don't need a bathtub or shower.
This is the average size for a refrigerator/freezer in most homes. We also keep a separate freezer in the storeroom for extra stuff. We also have a general living room area, a dining room, and a breakfast room with a special sitting area near the kitchen. Many people in the US customize the rooms in their house to fit their lifestyle. Houses are generally larger in the US, so you can redesign the rooms to your style of living.
No they don’t, single door refrigerators are still readily available. I prefer the single to the double for ease of access, you’re more restricted to what you can put in a double door refrigerator.
A separate dining room is called a formal dining room and it used mostly for holidays, dinner parties and special events. Some families use them every day but some families have a table in the kitchen or in a nook off the kitchen for family meals, breakfast, having a snack. YES! it is important in many areas to have a nice lawn.
most homes in America have 2 or more bathrooms - a half bath is the sink and toilet - rentals are usually all white - if you own your home you get to decorate - so any color we want
This is quite the house. It's so clean and very beautiful wood and molding. He must not have little kids or much else to do besides renovate, decorate and buy furniture. Unless he hires it out, seems like he may be quite wealthy. It's not the most exquisite but it's definitely above average, I'd say upper middle class. The majority of Americans don't have that big of a back yard, although many do and it's pretty common. The open concept kitchen is very common though for newer homes in the US, but not older homes. Also having laundry on the 2nd floor is not common. Having laundry on the main floor is much more common, but also laundry in the basement is still pretty common. So in other words, houses in the US vary drastically and realistically you can probably found just about any style and version of a home here that you can imagine. There are plenty of homes especially in Iowa and MN that are very German and Swedish for example because they settled the area. But then you go to the southwest and there are may stucco homes that are completely the opposite of this, much more native American and Mexican in nature.
One thing to concider about a big home is that, if you arent doing anything in a room, it isnt getting messy so you dont have to clean it as often. If he is alone or has 1 person (Becky) living there, as long as they pick up what they put down, keeping that big house clean is easy.
Modern homes here for the upper middle class are called McMansions. While they tend to be cookie cutter with the amenities and placement it is because WE like it. It fits us. As to the number of bathrooms. You're a kid. When your prostate starts forcing issues, a toilet nearby is a boon! One on every floor is a gesture well appreciated.
There are 3 levels of bathroom in the USA. A full bath has a sink, toilet, and a full tub. A 3/4 bath has a sink, toilet, and a shower stall. A half bath is just a sink and toilet.
Most Americans have a one door fridge with freezer section on top of refrigerator section. Most homes are NOT that big. Most American homes have laundry machines in the basement or on the first floor. This is NOT a typical American house. One glaring difference between American and European houses is that American houses have closets in bedrooms,hallways and kitchen while European houses have armoires.
Most US homes have central air conditioning. Those large silver tubes in the attic were directing airflow to vents in each room under the attic. These vent pipes can also go on between of the 2nd story floor, and the first story ceiling. This guys house is pretty large.
Those pipes in the attic would be the air ducts that heat and cool the rooms in the floor below. That’s why you see them disappearing into the floor in places, that’s where the air vents are in the rooms.
Having "a good lawn" is a big thing in the suburbs, but most especially, nobody wants to live next door to you if you let dandelions and other seed sprouting weeds to spread. So you are expected to keep a neat lawn, seed and feed as necessary and also to put down something to stop the spread of weeds. Its not that much but if you don't you can get your neighbors pissed off at you because then they get your weeds.
In newer American homes the laundry room is on the same floor as the bedrooms because the bedrooms are where the clothes are stored and also where you typically take off your dirty clothes. So you don't have to haul the laundry up and down the stairs.
Newer homes MAY have second-floor laundry rooms, but first-floor (or basement in older homes) is more common. I want my laundry room on the first floor because I don't want to run upstairs to move laundry to the dryer, then back up 15 minutes later to take out the most delicate items, then back up again, etc.. This is why I have a one-story ranch!
People can get a little crazy about their lawn. We "judge" each other a lot by how kept up the lawn is. Being a desirable neighbor is partly assessed by how well you keep up the lot your house is on. Besides general cleanliness and exterior in good repair, that means regularly cut lawn, no weeds or very few, usually a rich or deep color, and edged. Bonus points for ground lights, shaped hedges, light posts, stone flower beds, or other landscape dressing. Some Americans (but far from all) also live in neighborhoods with "HOA"'s which means Home Owners Association; that is a neighborhood that as part of living there, the owner agrees that a voted upon council gets to regulate the appearance of all the homes included in the HOA; so a house that is not mowed and kept to the regulations is confronted and required to keep the agreed upon appearances for that area or their is a penalty. And some Americans choose entire cities for residence that have rules about upkeeping the yard. They choose it so that there is less "blight" (trash, overgrowth full of pests and rodents, and just general distasteful appearance) near their own homes.
I know what you mean. I judge people who obsess over their lawns and do all those things you said as being probably prickly and not someone I want to be around.
This would be a fairly wealthy person’s home in northern Illinois. Yes, lawns are important! Many people will split the basement to use for storage, a recreation area for kids in the winter, even put a bed/bathroom for an older child who wants more privacy. Plus, if the home is in an area which is prone to tornadoes, a half-finished basement can be a great place to wait out dangerous storms.
My parents home was 1400 sqft. 2 bath, living room, family room, 3 bedrooms, a kithchen with integral dining area. Covered, paved, 1500 sqft patio on 2 sides of the house. Large back yard with a lawn, large front yard with a rock garden and a small lawn. Enough off street paved parking for 10 cars. Pretty average home in Petaluma.
I never thought about laundry being upstairs, always basement. Then I lived in a house in San Diego, CA that had an upstairs laundry room and it was life changing! If you think about it , the laundry is right where you make the most laundry, bedrooms and bathrooms. Sheets, blankets, clothing, towels …. So much easier when it’s all close together and no dragging these things up and down stairs etc….
As others have told you, this is NOT a typical house by any means. It just isn't. It's luxurious, and it's upper crust or upper scaled. It is a very nice home. I congratulate the man on his earnings and his home, but it is NOT NOT NOT realistic for the typical or average American home.
This house is in Coonectucut. I don't know where, but I'm assuming Faifield County, which is in southwestern Connecticut, and I'm sure he's located in southwestern Fairfield County, as well. That just means he lives in one of the most expensive places in the US. I know because I've lived in this area my whole life (unfortunately, we're not rich, but we get by well enough and own our home). This part of Connecticut is right over the New York line and a short train ride to Manhattan. I'm going to assume he lives in Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford, Darien, Westport, Wilton, Weston, possibly Fairfield, maybe Norwalk. All very expensive towns/cities where if you are a family of 4 making $100,000, you are considered low income (which would be a very good salary in other areas of the US). There's a lot of money in this area and a lot of financial companies. People can commute to Manhattan easily or work in Stamford/ Greenwich, where there are plenty of high paying job opportunities.
David Letterman commuted from Connecticut to Manhattan when he had The Late Night Show. That told me way back then it was an expensive area to live in.
@JohnFourtyTwo yes, there's quite a few celebrities/extremely wealthy known people who love in Connecticut. They towns they are most likely to live in are in Fairfield County especially Greenwuch, New Canaan, Westport, and a few others. I know Gene Wilder lived in Stamford when I was younger. Some of my friends used to tell me they went trick-or-treating at his house or mansion. He lived in North Stamford which is an expensive area. Down towards shippan point, which is on the water in Stamford, is another expensive area. Both have huge houses. I'm not rich. I was just born in this area. I live in a townhouse and it's plenty good enough for me.
This would be a fairly large, open floor plan, middle to upper middle class, suburban house here in the US. The small room with table is the breakfast room. It's where families usually eat (when they aren't eating in front of the TV). The formal dining room is for special occasions or lots of guests. Washing machines here are usually in a separate, ground floor utility room or in the basement.
You must be aware that this isn't the average American home. The owner is obviously a wealthy man. But as for the two-door refrigerator, one door is for a freezer. They're fairly common.
It's very common in American houses to choose a different color for each room or 2 or 3 colors with slightly different shades. Just makes each space move interesting. 🤠
This is definitely a well-off person. This house is much larger than most. Most average 2-3br homes are in the 1500-1800sf range. 2 bathrooms is super common, though my family of 5 prefers 3+. Most houses have a kitchen, a dining room (or built off the kitchen eating area), a living room, and then bedrooms & baths. Bigger houses have a 2nd living room usually called a family room. There are also basements, some unfinished for storage (like this guy) or sometimes a laundry room, and sometimes they finish it for another livingroom usually called a recreation room, and/or an additional bathroom and/or bedroom(s). Our "basement" is a rec room, a bathroom, a laundry area, and 2 bedrooms that we have made into our master suite + storage. The kids have 3 bedrooms and a bath upstairs. Our house is larger than most, and this particular layout is often considered a "mortgage helper" as people would normally put a kitchen in our laundry area and rent the lower suite while living in the upper. When we sell next year, that is almost surely what the new owner will do. That guy's yard is *huge*. Twice the size of ours, and we got a larger one because we have dogs, most are not that big. Most are 1/3 or less that size. We don't even have a garage, but we do have a workshop, a huge shed, and a green house.
Unfinished basements are usually where you have kids go downstairs and play, or extra room for party/games...pool table etc...or indoor gym. its nice and cool down there
You have the formal dining room for when you have guests over or for holiday dinners, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, the smaller table in the kitchen is for everyday breakfast, lunch and dinner use. A bathroom could be with just a sink and toilet or it could be with a shower and/or a tub as well.
Front room = living room. Some houses have a family room/rec room in back. Whether they primarily use the living room depends on the family. Most post-1950s houses have an "open plan" living room/dining room/kitchen: no full wall between them. We still say "living room" and "dining room" even if they're parts of the same room.
It's good to know that those "phallic" plants are "succulent"🤣 That is a beautiful home! Lush, green lawns are a point of pride for most home owners. Landscaping is a big business and there are tons of small landscaping businesses around the country. Some are simple and do nothing but mow lawns and trim around the property. Others plant gardens, make stone walkways and patios, etc. Some communities have Homeowner's Associations that ensure residents maintain their properties to a specific standard. They will send a letter reminding you to mow your lawn if it gets too high!
Connecticut has many nice areas. Some people commute to work in NYC from parts of Connecticut. The basement is an important part of a house like this. Many people decorate the basement into a game room, craft shop area, and sometimes a guest room. Many people will install a half or full bathroom in the basement, especially if you have guests, or are entertaining in the basement. It's convenient so guests don't have to walk upstairs to the main floor or upper floor.
Lawns and gardens are generally important if you have this much space. Depending on the neighborhood, it might be important to keep your garden looking in good condition.
My father was a builder so we always had a huge home. My parents went to Hawaii for a month and asked me to take care of the house . My brother lived there and just had major surgery so I did everything… cooking and cleaning. I never wanted a big house after that. It was just constant cleaning
I would expect at least 4 full baths and 2 half baths in that house. If you're building a 4 bedroom house, you need at least 3 full bathrooms. Some people have more bathrooms than bedrooms. Garages are usually attached, unless built after the home was constructed or are used as a workshop. Most people just like to keep a tidy lawn. But a lot of people have to because of strict HOA rules and guidelines. They might even specify which grass varieties you can plant.
So the toilet/sink only (a half bath) is more of a washroom than a bathroom. It's usually off the common areas of the house for quick access to a bathroom and sink rather than using the main bathroom for the whole family.
Its very strange for the basement ceiling to be insulated, normally the basement walls would be insulated, especially since his basement is not completely below ground.
You have to remember most Americans only grocery shop once weekly. i would say this is a pretty standard suburban "new" home for middle class families.
The difference between the house in Germany and the house in the US starts at the size of the property. Once you get out of a city, you have a house with land around it. The question is, "do you want a small house with land or a large house with less land? From there it can get crazy as people get further remote and have larger plots of land.
Yes some Americans are crazy about their lawn/grass. This isn't a typical house but it is better than some. The fact that he owns a VW, BMW, and I forget what fancy car shows he is wealthy. Also in US you can have a laundry room anywhere, whether in basement, attached garage, off the kitchen, or on the second floor
Connecticut is a state, that sits between New York and Massachusetts. The south west part of Connecticut is a wealthy suburb of New York City, but other parts of the state are more urban.
The garage needs to be a minimum of 2 cars preferably more. I have two pickups and a hot rod. I also have a full fabrication shop, a 350 amp tig welder, a 250 amp mig welder, a4x9 ft steel fabrication table two 3x8 steel tables, 4 roll around tool boxes, a plannishing hammer, a sheet metal brake, 2 upright steel cabinets, a press brake, oxy acetylene torches, vintage body tools, a 2 car garage is the minimum.
People only generally use a dining room for dinner, but not for breakfast and lunch. What's odd to me is that they have the kitchen island with 3 or 4 stools which should eliminate the need for any other table in the kitchen area. But to have a kitchen table and a kitchen island and a formal dining room, yeah somebody is flexing there. Most people do not have that.
Basement are sometimes renovated to be a Man Cave if the guy was married with children but this dude is not married so basically the house is his Man Cave lol.
The only basements here are in San Francisco. They are street level and the actual house is on the 2nd floor. Basements here would be below the water table and flood.
This is what some of us would call a "McMansion" because they seem to pop up everywhere really fast. Roughly twice as spacious as a usual single family home and roughly 3 - 4 times the price. In a fire, firefighters don't like to enter them because they burn much hotter and faster than old school construction which means they become unsafe much sooner. But they are pretty, I will give them that.
4:26 almost every American home has a formal dining room which only gets used when company comes over or on holiday dinner Most people have an informal dining room close to the kitchen where you can sit and chat with family members while you cook
Most working-class homes in industrial towns like Cleveland, where laborers needed lots of housing, had eat-in kitchens. I grew up in a little Cape Cod outside Cleveland. My home in Columbus is a weird open-concept mid-century ranch with no formal dining room. As was popular at the time, though, I have a formal living room that looks like a museum, and no one is allowed to be in it, ever.
Many people with large basements will "finish" them to suit certain needs. For instance, if he wanted to host parties with friends he could do something like finish the walls, put in tile flooring, add a bar, pool table, couches, and a big-screen TV. If I had a basement that would be my dream at least, plus a couple of arcade machines 😉
People who can afford to have a large house usually have a cleaning person come either every week or every two weeks. They change the sheets, and sometimes even wash and dry all the sheets and towels. If both parents work, they need outside help.
On the topic of bathrooms, most houses generally have three bathrooms these days. You don’t live in a house with a bunch of women do you. Given that we had houses just 100 years ago that didn’t have any indoor plumbing (I know, not all houses were like that), we’ve come a long way. Master bedroom has its own bathroom second floor has a separate bathroom for all the other people, first floor has a bathroom, etc. Some houses have a bathroom for every bedroom, it really depends upon what your requirements are and what that space is worth
What constitutes a very good lawn varies greatly on where you live. In some places people don’t have anything but smooth cut grass on a flat section of ground, others have multitudes of decorative flowers and or garden beds strewn throughout. In this neighborhood most houses have about 4 1/2 acres. One neighbor has a horse but you need at least an acre and a half for that. The house next-door has a half an acre, and one of the houses (six houses away), roughly a quarter of a mile (400 m) Away, has 8 acres. Before anyone starts thinking this is somewhere in a deep rural area, we are 10 minutes from the Philadelphia city limits in Pennsylvania. This property has 37 trees on it, not including the three I just cut down over the weekend. My neighbor’s driveway has more than that lining each side of it that he planted himself almost 50 years ago. In short, what your lawn looks like, varies greatly based on the train and region of the country you’re in. Plus, we have front lawns, Upper and lower side lawns (or left and right, depending upon perspective and location of the house.) and rear lawns, Or a combination of several of those. Our last house was right at the street, and the width of our property wasn’t much wider than the house and driveway, but the property went back 400 feet (120 m) so it was all backyard.
House is middle/upper middle class. Obviously east coast as it has a full basement and large property. Prices are lower than west coast or highly urbanized areas. A very nice house.
The lawn: if he lives in a homeowner’s association (HOA) he would be required to have a well-maintained lawn. Failure to do that can result in serious penalties. A couple of decades ago, a man was fighting his HOA and ended up losing his house.
We have about 3,000+ sq-ft including 3 bathrooms. Kitchen is a bit small, but our house is 100 years old. And we live in Appalachia where housing values are lower than they are for most of the country.
The second dining area is called a breakfast nook. Usually much more casual area. Yes, both dining areas are used. But most would forego a formal dining area. But not all. You need another bathroom in the basement if you convert it into a game room. Why not have a bathroom there? Many house interiors are mono color but a lot are colorful. The laundry is on the same floor with the bedrooms because that is where the dirty clothes will be.
so, the yard thing will depend on the neighborhood you are in. i have a gardener who comes out every ten days to mow my grass and trim the hedges because if i do not, my neighbors will make comments. i live in a neighborhood of mid-century ranch style homes that vary from brady bunch to leave it to beaver in style. mine is an "atomic mid century" and i have leaned into it with my color choices. people in my neighborhood are definitely big on appearance, but there is no home owners association. as far as the colors go, i don't think i know anyone, except people who live in rented apartments, that don't have accent walls and colors in their home. mine is color blocked, meaning as you look through a space from a certain angle you will see a layering of colors. my palette is navy blue, pale blue, lime green, burnt orange and white, in sticking with the mid century theme. the state that i live in does not have a lot of houses with basements, so to me, his house is very large. i would guess his house is maybe 3,000 square feet or 278.7 square meters; whereas mine is 1,975 square feet or 183.5 square meters.
My brother and I buy and restore our favorite classic muscle cars for ourselves in Montana and between both of our families we have 12 cars, 2 pickups, a mini truck and 2 SUV's. My house is about 4500 square feet with a 3 car garage and my brothers is 6500 square feet with a 4 car garage and then we have a 2 story shop and another 4 car garage and a sawmill. We built our own log homes and that is what we do for a living so we also have a backhoe and a booming forklift
If you become a wealthy German in Germany, buy yourself a nice piece of land and have an American colonial or cape cod house built on the property. You're live big!
in America the formal dining room is usually only used for specially event's , Holiday's', and dinner parties. your normal everyday eating area is in the kitchen like you saw there. Most houses have two bathrooms, in the upstairs bathroom of my house There is a double sink, a toilet, and combination shower, bathtub. in my basement bathroom there is a sink, toilet, and shower. also in my house there is an upstairs fireplace in the living room, and then a fireplace in the basement in the recoration room
Formal dining room. Dining room. Breakfast nook in kitchen. Family/living room. Formal or entertainment living room. Most people don't have Formal rooms.
Some people opt to paint their entire house a neutral color like off white or light beige. Others may opt for the same color on the first floor and then different colors for the upstairs bedrooms. It is all according to personal preference and the size of the house. This one is enormous compared to the average sized house. If you have a small house, it can appear larger if you opt for a neutral color throughout.
9:20 hello, no the term bathroom is a misnomer, it doesn't always have a bath/shower, this is what we call a vanity bathroom which you saw earlier, and usually just a vanity mirror, sink and the toilet. As for why would you have a bathroom in the basement, its so you don't have to trudge upstairs, but again there's no tub or shower it's another vanity bathroom. Typically only the master bath will have a tub a shower toilet sink and there may be a secondary the bathroom upstairs that just has a toilet and maybe a stall shower. As for the garage, every garage is connected to the house. Where is your garage in Germany if it's not attached to your house? why wouldn't you be able to walk from a door inside your house into your garage if they're connected?
In the US we have half bathrooms (toilet/sink) and full bathrooms (toilet, sink, and shower). Normally half baths stay on the lower floors for guest and full bathrooms on the upper floors where you will find most bedrooms in houses like this (You will also find most laundry rooms upstairs due to where this is where most Americans will be living/sleeping unless you have a single floor house.) You will find these mostly in master bedrooms (rooms which have a full bathroom connected to it.) Or if there is no master bedroom then it will be shared amongst the bedrooms upstairs/ and or if you have a house with one level they will at least be concentrated around where the bedrooms would be. He also lives in Conneticut in the US which is less populated compared to some states on the direct east and west coast of the US where there is higher per capita American citizen living in. This same house in higher populated states can go up to I from what I've seen for as low as 300 (Just a guesstimate on my part as I live in NJ) to if you have a high paying job/salary/whatever you do, upwards towards 600,000 for mid-to-high median making Americans. It generally will get cheaper the further inward towards mid-west US and also alot of southern states. I will also add that most median bracket Americans take care of their lawns to a smaller extent like this because we have town run I think or whatever HOA (From my limited knowledge in NJ) which will fine you in some states on not having clean lawns in newer communities for not maintaining your lawn. Landscaping is a big business in the US which are people that maintain lawns for a fee. Normally as well at least from what I've seen you will have an actual dining room for major holidays (where you would invite guest) and my family calls them sun rooms where we place smaller tables for every day use for the family for dinner.
The bathroom downstairs with just a sink and toilet is called a guest bathroom and it also called a half bathroom because it is just a sink and toilet. It is common to have different colored rooms but ti's also common to have the rooms the same color. I would guess the bedroom is for his daughter. He probably has a cleaning person who comes in once or twice a week.
I have been watching your podcasts & I want to clear up about tornado’s! I’m 71 I have been close to 5 only tornado’s, $ only 1 was over a F3. There are parts of the U.S. ( the middle, from Texas up in tornado alley that has many) there are about 200 to 300 a year most being minor. So don’t worry about them to much! Growing up here it’s just part of life, if you take precautions & listen to the weather it’s just a bad few hours sometimes many live there entire life & never get close to one! If you have any questions just ask.
This house is not typical for most Americans. It’s huge. 😂
Very true...this is upper middle to lower upper class housing. We have a big house...bigger than what we need but the price was right and it has a huge yard for the kids. We have two rooms I rarely go in. The rooms are huge and it's still not as big as this house. Now are yard is much bigger. We were showing our place via Skype to the in laws and they said it is so nice that we live on a park. We had to explain that is our yard. Never saw a yard remotely as big in Germany...even for the Uber rich.
The laundry room is on the second floor because that's where all the clothes are.
Consider the bulky bedding is on the second floor and it wouldn't make much sense to be hauling all that up and down stairs.
@@jadeh2699my parents home had laundry upstairs but they also had an elevator ( my dad was a builder)
There is a lot of people in America that are completely insane about how their grass and yard looks. They will spend thousands each year if they need to.
they probably have an HOA who dictates that
@@ravenmills7777 Some do have an HOA doing that, other people like my dad and neighbors are just yard fanatics.
I enjoy a beautiful yard and garden. I love to be outside in the beauty of nature. Having a nice yard with a lovely lawn makes me feel relaxed, calm, and at peace from the day's hustle and bustle. No one dictates it to me. I just like it.
When we moved into our home, our neighbor came over two days after we moved in and asked if he could mow our lawn. We basically share a front lawn because there’s no fence or any boundaries. We told him that as soon as we’re settled we’d make it a priority to mow the lawn. He persisted about mowing it himself simply because it bothers him to have the lawn at different lengths so he’d feel a lot better if he could mow the whole thing so it looks even. We gave him the OK and still 3 years later, he still mows our lawn every other week. 😂 I bake a bunch of cookies for his family and send them a charcuterie board for Christmas as a thank you.
@@ravenmills7777 Only a small portion of homes in the US are part of an HoA, FYI. So it can't explain a nationwide trend, that goes back a hundred years.
This isnt an "average" American house, it isnt extraordinary either but he is much better off than most.
I think in his first video he said it’s almost a million dollar investment. That’s a lot!!!
This is actually a common house in Maryland.
its pretty standard in my area of CT (a 40 minute train ride away from NYC). I do live in a less affluent area than this guy's house. and our house was built in the 1970s (but has since had an update and addition). it has 10' ceilings, and a 20 something foot vaulted ceiling with skylights in the big open kitchen/dining area. with a balcony overlook from upstairs where there are three mid size bedrooms. We do not have a finished basement though because of radon gas.
Most of my neighbors houses are wayyy nicer than this house though. over a million dollar price tag on a lot of those. There is no way this house would be affordable today though. I could never live here if it was purchased today. its a 1 minute walk from the beach so the property tax alone is about about $18,000/yr.
I'm very lucky that that house is completely paid off, it only cost like $60,000 in the 70s. its now valued at an insane and disgusting price. My father who originally bought the house was a high school english teacher so we're not exactly a wealthy family. it just used to be possible to purchase a house back then with a lower-middle class income.
This is around an average middle class home in the south
@joemama not even close in the south. Well... Maybe... For people making over $200k. Housing is ridiculous here.
The reason there is a smaller dining table in the kitchen area is because most (or a lot of) americans eat breakfast at the kitchen countertop or table rather than in a formal dining room. the only time my family uses the formal dining room table is when we have guests for a family gathering on holidays, or if we're just throwing a party.
We have a formal dining room but the kitchen is too small for a table (1915 Midwest craftsman-ish). We use our dining room every day for dinner together.
This is in a Connecticut suburb. A 2-parent/2 child family needs to earn about $275,000 a year to live "comfortably" in that State. Median income in the US as a whole, per capita is about $37,500. Housing varies a lot, but don't for one second assume that this house is 'typical', because it isn't.
That's insane to think that a family would need $275,000 a year to live comfortably. I think they've lost the plot.
@@The_Gallowglass It's not too difficult to understand when you realize that pay is different in different states. Here, that house, being older, would run about $300k. You can live comfortably as a single individual on $40k year in most of Texas. You can raise a 2 parent/2 child family on $75k comfortably as well. Although, that cost has gone up in the past 4yrs *cough cough. Meanwhile my friend who just moved here from California was pulling in $170k year and had a house whose property was worth $800k.
The per capita income is highly misleading because it includes all the people who are not working and thus have a salary of $0. The average salary of someone who works is nearly $60,000.
This house is HUGE! You should watch the house tour by Lost in the Pond - it's much more typical of houses in the Midwest.
When a listing has a bathroom it implies toilet and bathtub/shower. Just a toilet and sink is a "half-bath."
A room can't be classified as a bedroom without a closet and window large enough to escape out of as well
Agree.. watch Lost in the Pond's new home.. he has at least 2.. first one when he first bought it and it was still empty.. and several others showing the kitchen and basemen and back yard with his fence.. the garage clip was fun.
That was such a culture shock for me in South Korea when I wanted to live off post. 1 BR. "Oh. Okay. Cool. That's all I need". Walk into the place, and its literally... 1 room with a drain in the far corner. "Wth is this for?". "Well...".
@@kramermccabe8601 The houses I have owned were built in the 1800s. They were built without closets, so we used wardrobes. But they were counted as bedrooms when the house sold.
The guy in the video you are viewing shares his house with his sister. So when he showed you Becky’s room, that is his sister’s room.
Nick is a wealthy guy. He started maybe ten years ago discussing Porsche and BMW vehicles. He’s rotated through a few Porsches, both sports and SUV’s. His Vlogs have been entertaining and very instructional. He’s tastefully equipped his new home in a semi-minimalist fashion. I like the look.
while some regions of the USA have much higher cost of living than others, you don't have to be rich in the US to have a home like this. it seems pretty standard to me.
"Semi-minimalist" ahahahahahahahahahah
@@m444ss Stupid people love throwing money away.
This is not an average area in the US. It is a very expensive area. When folks are very concerned about their neighbor's lawns, you can bet they have a lot of money.
Most 3 bedroom homes have 2 full bathrooms and a half bath ( sink and toilet) for guest to use
"Most 3 bedroom homes have 2 full bathrooms and a half bath ( sink and toilet) for guest to use" Maybe where you live, but 3 bedroom houses usually don't have 2.5 baths. They usually have two baths, or one and one half bath here.
The guy has a special room for listening to his eight classic rock albums?
I wondered the same thing when I saw the few albums on that shelf.
dining rooms are a lot of times used when you have visitors, but some use dining room only. Men take pride in their lawns and don't want to make neighbors mad. german homes are more built about efficiency and a sterile clean look lots of times, American's decorate their homes more in feelings they want out of a room
Fridges have changed a LOT in the last 30 years. Our fridges used to be smaller. When you see a house with a fridge "hole" surrounded by cabinets, but the fridge pushes 20cm into the room, you notice. That type of fridge has a "French Door" refrigerator on top, and a pull-out freezer on bottom. More energy efficient that way since cold air sinks. But yeah, they're huge. Ours looks monstrous in our kitchen, but then, pretty much everyone's does in unrenovated houses built before 1990.
The house I'm renting was built in the 80's, I think. The gap for the fridge is about 1/2 inch too small for the more modern side-by-side fridge/freezer I brought with me. Luckly there was a fridge/freezer there already, and enough space in a breakfast nook to park the side-by-side to use as a drinks fridge.
We’d also like some tours of German homes. A townhouse we had, the washer and dryer was in the basement. My grandparents had theirs in an area off from the kitchen. Ours is kinda like off from the kitchen too and has a sink and commode. Both homes are what is called a Rancher. My parents - NY home was a Split level, washer/dryer on 1st floor level. Their home in PA, a Colonial, washer and dryer was located in the basement.
French doors with a separate door on the bottom that slides out for the freezer. My uncle had a separate upright freezer.
My parents house had the washer and dryer in the attached 2+ car garage. Ours is downstairs..
We don't have basements in California, usually!
Important context: This house is probably one to two million dollars because it’s in a highly desired and crowded state, Connecticut. This house in Texas, meanwhile, would be like $500k
In my area in Michigan this house would be close to two million. Especially with that size yard. Looks close to an acre.
The second table and chairs is for regular use everyday. The equivalent of the kitchen table. The formal dining room is only used for formal meals during holidays.
Becky is his daughter.
Fact: the area (sq.footage) of the basement and attic are not included in the size of the home.
3,500 sq.ft. is the "livable square footage." The basement and/or attic can be converted into livable space in the future at the homeowners discretion.
In this case there is 3500 sq.ft. of livable area of the 7,000 sq.ft. of building. The living area equals 3,500 sq.ft.; the attic equals 1,750 sq.ft; the basement equals 1,750 sq.ft.
4 x 1,750 = 7,000
7,000 ÷ 2 (floors) = 3,500
3,500 sq.ft.
Also, garages are not included in the sq. footage of homes.
Yeah, it's huge. If he finishes the attic and the basement that's a lot of living space. I did landscaping for a guy with an 8000 sq foot house (745 m2) and it was huge for no reason. Even he told me it was too big and they ended up moving out a year later.
This dude has a LOT of money and this is not a typical house in the US. It’s pretty large and elaborate. And he’s put a lot of money into it.
Just remember, the walls of American homes are typically wood-frame, so they are not solid.
And zero insulation in the attic?!? The heating and A/C bills are going to be insane.
Complete nonsense. Wood constructed homes are just as sturdy as those made from brick. In some situations, such as high winds, the wood frame is better, actually. Also, that attic has a wood flor on top of the insulation. It's there, you just can't see it. It's against building codes to build without insulation.
In the US, the laundry room might be on the 2nd floor, the 1st floor, or the basement. The advantage of a 2nf floor laundry room is that if a house has 2 stories, the bedrooms are usually on the 2nfdfloor, and that's where clothes are kept. If the laundry room is on the 2nd floor, you don't have to take the clothes far to wash them. I'm guessing that the bathrrom that he taled about for the basement would really be what some of us call a half bath: a toilet and a sink to wash your hands, but no bath/shower.
Most homes here have the laundry in the garage. There are no basements.
The vast majority of dirty laundry is generated upstairs where the bedrooms are. Therefore, it makes a great deal of sense to have the laundry room upstairs rather than downstairs where you only have a few kitchen towels, and cleaning rags.
Probably at least $1m home in Connecticut
Laurence brown from lost in the pond hàs bought an average American home. He just recently did a video about buying it.
The other table is for an eat-in kitchen, like a breakfast table. The dining room is not for eating your regular meals every day. It’s for a big family gathering or a dinner party or something like that. Many houses in the US, especially newer ones, do not have a formal dining ROOM unless, as you said, they are really big houses.
Chris, you should know that Connecticut is one of the eastern states, with a small, fairly wealthy population. This house is actually fairly large and quite well-to-do, by the standards of average Americans. Most people live in places that are half the size of this one, and considerably less expensively furnished. This guy is probably among the wealthiest 1% of the population. So please don't assume that this place is typical.
A bathroom has toilet, tub/shower, sink. a "half bath" is what we call the one that only has a toilet and sink.
A two-piece bath is also called a powder room, from the days when ladies went to the bathroom to powder their nose.
Up until the 1940's, especially in rural America, families were huge. I'm 60 years old and I have/had (many are dead) a dozen aunts and uncles.
I had seventeen and that does not include any by marriage.
My mother's father was the youngest of 12. My mom's parents had 5 kids and my dad's had 7.
Not everyone has the washer and dryer upstaire. Many have the laundry in the basement, Like I do.
Whats a basement?
@@garycamara9955 the big room underneath the house, see 8:42.
Despite all these "experts", this home is a very typical size for a new construction home in the US. The trend has generally been ever larger homes, for quite some time. Therefore, people who live in older homes, see this as being above average, but it isn't. Average is a math equation, not a feelings check. This same logic is why nearly no person self identifies as being wealthy. To the human mind, our own experience is the zero in the equation, but that doesn't math out.
Kitchens have gotten bigger over the years because we spend more of our time with family there. We also have family rooms and living rooms. Half bathrooms or water closets have no showers or bathtub, also known as 1/2 bathroom. Visitors don't need a bathtub or shower.
All of American refrigerators have at least 2 doors.
If you mean fridge and freezer then yes
He meant the refrigerator not the freezer.
This is the average size for a refrigerator/freezer in most homes. We also keep a separate freezer in the storeroom for extra stuff.
We also have a general living room area, a dining room, and a breakfast room with a special sitting area near the kitchen. Many people in the US customize the rooms in their house to fit their lifestyle. Houses are generally larger in the US, so you can redesign the rooms to your style of living.
No they don’t, single door refrigerators are still readily available. I prefer the single to the double for ease of access, you’re more restricted to what you can put in a double door refrigerator.
A separate dining room is called a formal dining room and it used mostly for holidays, dinner parties and special events. Some families use them every day but some families have a table in the kitchen or in a nook off the kitchen for family meals, breakfast, having a snack. YES! it is important in many areas to have a nice lawn.
most homes in America have 2 or more bathrooms - a half bath is the sink and toilet - rentals are usually all white - if you own your home you get to decorate - so any color we want
This is quite the house. It's so clean and very beautiful wood and molding. He must not have little kids or much else to do besides renovate, decorate and buy furniture. Unless he hires it out, seems like he may be quite wealthy. It's not the most exquisite but it's definitely above average, I'd say upper middle class. The majority of Americans don't have that big of a back yard, although many do and it's pretty common. The open concept kitchen is very common though for newer homes in the US, but not older homes.
Also having laundry on the 2nd floor is not common. Having laundry on the main floor is much more common, but also laundry in the basement is still pretty common.
So in other words, houses in the US vary drastically and realistically you can probably found just about any style and version of a home here that you can imagine. There are plenty of homes especially in Iowa and MN that are very German and Swedish for example because they settled the area. But then you go to the southwest and there are may stucco homes that are completely the opposite of this, much more native American and Mexican in nature.
One thing to concider about a big home is that, if you arent doing anything in a room, it isnt getting messy so you dont have to clean it as often. If he is alone or has 1 person (Becky) living there, as long as they pick up what they put down, keeping that big house clean is easy.
Modern homes here for the upper middle class are called McMansions. While they tend to be cookie cutter with the amenities and placement it is because WE like it. It fits us.
As to the number of bathrooms. You're a kid. When your prostate starts forcing issues, a toilet nearby is a boon!
One on every floor is a gesture well appreciated.
There are 3 levels of bathroom in the USA. A full bath has a sink, toilet, and a full tub. A 3/4 bath has a sink, toilet, and a shower stall. A half bath is just a sink and toilet.
Most Americans have a one door fridge with freezer section on top of refrigerator section.
Most homes are NOT that big.
Most American homes have laundry machines in the basement or on the first floor.
This is NOT a typical American house.
One glaring difference between American and European houses is that American houses have closets in bedrooms,hallways and kitchen while European houses have armoires.
Congratulations on the 10k subscribers!
Most US homes have central air conditioning. Those large silver tubes in the attic were directing airflow to vents in each room under the attic. These vent pipes can also go on between of the 2nd story floor, and the first story ceiling. This guys house is pretty large.
Those pipes in the attic would be the air ducts that heat and cool the rooms in the floor below. That’s why you see them disappearing into the floor in places, that’s where the air vents are in the rooms.
Having "a good lawn" is a big thing in the suburbs, but most especially, nobody wants to live next door to you if you let dandelions and other seed sprouting weeds to spread. So you are expected to keep a neat lawn, seed and feed as necessary and also to put down something to stop the spread of weeds. Its not that much but if you don't you can get your neighbors pissed off at you because then they get your weeds.
In newer American homes the laundry room is on the same floor as the bedrooms because the bedrooms are where the clothes are stored and also where you typically take off your dirty clothes. So you don't have to haul the laundry up and down the stairs.
Newer homes MAY have second-floor laundry rooms, but first-floor (or basement in older homes) is more common. I want my laundry room on the first floor because I don't want to run upstairs to move laundry to the dryer, then back up 15 minutes later to take out the most delicate items, then back up again, etc.. This is why I have a one-story ranch!
People can get a little crazy about their lawn. We "judge" each other a lot by how kept up the lawn is. Being a desirable neighbor is partly assessed by how well you keep up the lot your house is on. Besides general cleanliness and exterior in good repair, that means regularly cut lawn, no weeds or very few, usually a rich or deep color, and edged. Bonus points for ground lights, shaped hedges, light posts, stone flower beds, or other landscape dressing. Some Americans (but far from all) also live in neighborhoods with "HOA"'s which means Home Owners Association; that is a neighborhood that as part of living there, the owner agrees that a voted upon council gets to regulate the appearance of all the homes included in the HOA; so a house that is not mowed and kept to the regulations is confronted and required to keep the agreed upon appearances for that area or their is a penalty. And some Americans choose entire cities for residence that have rules about upkeeping the yard. They choose it so that there is less "blight" (trash, overgrowth full of pests and rodents, and just general distasteful appearance) near their own homes.
I know what you mean. I judge people who obsess over their lawns and do all those things you said as being probably prickly and not someone I want to be around.
that 3 door design is the standard size and design for a refrigerator/freezer.
This would be a fairly wealthy person’s home in northern Illinois. Yes, lawns are important!
Many people will split the basement to use for storage, a recreation area for kids in the winter, even put a bed/bathroom for an older child who wants more privacy. Plus, if the home is in an area which is prone to tornadoes, a half-finished basement can be a great place to wait out dangerous storms.
My parents home was 1400 sqft. 2 bath, living room, family room, 3 bedrooms, a kithchen with integral dining area. Covered, paved, 1500 sqft patio on 2 sides of the house. Large back yard with a lawn, large front yard with a rock garden and a small lawn. Enough off street paved parking for 10 cars. Pretty average home in Petaluma.
I never thought about laundry being upstairs, always basement. Then I lived in a house in San Diego, CA that had an upstairs laundry room and it was life changing! If you think about it , the laundry is right where you make the most laundry, bedrooms and bathrooms. Sheets, blankets, clothing, towels …. So much easier when it’s all close together and no dragging these things up and down stairs etc….
As others have told you, this is NOT a typical house by any means. It just isn't. It's luxurious, and it's upper crust or upper scaled. It is a very nice home. I congratulate the man on his earnings and his home, but it is NOT NOT NOT realistic for the typical or average American home.
Looks pretty standard to me!
This house is in Coonectucut. I don't know where, but I'm assuming Faifield County, which is in southwestern Connecticut, and I'm sure he's located in southwestern Fairfield County, as well. That just means he lives in one of the most expensive places in the US. I know because I've lived in this area my whole life (unfortunately, we're not rich, but we get by well enough and own our home). This part of Connecticut is right over the New York line and a short train ride to Manhattan. I'm going to assume he lives in Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford, Darien, Westport, Wilton, Weston, possibly Fairfield, maybe Norwalk. All very expensive towns/cities where if you are a family of 4 making $100,000, you are considered low income (which would be a very good salary in other areas of the US). There's a lot of money in this area and a lot of financial companies. People can commute to Manhattan easily or work in Stamford/ Greenwich, where there are plenty of high paying job opportunities.
David Letterman commuted from Connecticut to Manhattan when he had The Late Night Show. That told me way back then it was an expensive area to live in.
@JohnFourtyTwo yes, there's quite a few celebrities/extremely wealthy known people who love in Connecticut. They towns they are most likely to live in are in Fairfield County especially Greenwuch, New Canaan, Westport, and a few others. I know Gene Wilder lived in Stamford when I was younger. Some of my friends used to tell me they went trick-or-treating at his house or mansion. He lived in North Stamford which is an expensive area. Down towards shippan point, which is on the water in Stamford, is another expensive area. Both have huge houses. I'm not rich. I was just born in this area. I live in a townhouse and it's plenty good enough for me.
This would be a fairly large, open floor plan, middle to upper middle class, suburban house here in the US.
The small room with table is the breakfast room. It's where families usually eat (when they aren't eating in front of the TV). The formal dining room is for special occasions or lots of guests.
Washing machines here are usually in a separate, ground floor utility room or in the basement.
You must be aware that this isn't the average American home. The owner is obviously a wealthy man. But as for the two-door refrigerator, one door is for a freezer. They're fairly common.
It's very common in American houses to choose a different color for each room or 2 or 3 colors with slightly different shades. Just makes each space move interesting. 🤠
This is definitely a well-off person. This house is much larger than most. Most average 2-3br homes are in the 1500-1800sf range. 2 bathrooms is super common, though my family of 5 prefers 3+.
Most houses have a kitchen, a dining room (or built off the kitchen eating area), a living room, and then bedrooms & baths. Bigger houses have a 2nd living room usually called a family room. There are also basements, some unfinished for storage (like this guy) or sometimes a laundry room, and sometimes they finish it for another livingroom usually called a recreation room, and/or an additional bathroom and/or bedroom(s).
Our "basement" is a rec room, a bathroom, a laundry area, and 2 bedrooms that we have made into our master suite + storage. The kids have 3 bedrooms and a bath upstairs. Our house is larger than most, and this particular layout is often considered a "mortgage helper" as people would normally put a kitchen in our laundry area and rent the lower suite while living in the upper. When we sell next year, that is almost surely what the new owner will do.
That guy's yard is *huge*. Twice the size of ours, and we got a larger one because we have dogs, most are not that big. Most are 1/3 or less that size. We don't even have a garage, but we do have a workshop, a huge shed, and a green house.
I lived iin Germany for three years, love it there, I should return soon.
Unfinished basements are usually where you have kids go downstairs and play, or extra room for party/games...pool table etc...or indoor gym. its nice and cool down there
I’d say this guy has money.
You have the formal dining room for when you have guests over or for holiday dinners, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, the smaller table in the kitchen is for everyday breakfast, lunch and dinner use. A bathroom could be with just a sink and toilet or it could be with a shower and/or a tub as well.
Front room = living room. Some houses have a family room/rec room in back. Whether they primarily use the living room depends on the family. Most post-1950s houses have an "open plan" living room/dining room/kitchen: no full wall between them. We still say "living room" and "dining room" even if they're parts of the same room.
It's good to know that those "phallic" plants are "succulent"🤣
That is a beautiful home!
Lush, green lawns are a point of pride for most home owners. Landscaping is a big business and there are tons of small landscaping businesses around the country. Some are simple and do nothing but mow lawns and trim around the property. Others plant gardens, make stone walkways and patios, etc.
Some communities have Homeowner's Associations that ensure residents maintain their properties to a specific standard. They will send a letter reminding you to mow your lawn if it gets too high!
Connecticut has many nice areas. Some people commute to work in NYC from parts of Connecticut.
The basement is an important part of a house like this. Many people decorate the basement into a game room, craft shop area, and sometimes a guest room. Many people will install a half or full bathroom in the basement, especially if you have guests, or are entertaining in the basement. It's convenient so guests don't have to walk upstairs to the main floor or upper floor.
Lawns and gardens are generally important if you have this much space. Depending on the neighborhood, it might be important to keep your garden looking in good condition.
My father was a builder so we always had a huge home. My parents went to Hawaii for a month and asked me to take care of the house . My brother lived there and just had major surgery so I did everything… cooking and cleaning. I never wanted a big house after that. It was just constant cleaning
I would expect at least 4 full baths and 2 half baths in that house. If you're building a 4 bedroom house, you need at least 3 full bathrooms. Some people have more bathrooms than bedrooms.
Garages are usually attached, unless built after the home was constructed or are used as a workshop.
Most people just like to keep a tidy lawn. But a lot of people have to because of strict HOA rules and guidelines. They might even specify which grass varieties you can plant.
We have a lot of land, and it's full of trees. Making large homes on large plots, it just a natural thing, under those circumstances.
So the toilet/sink only (a half bath) is more of a washroom than a bathroom. It's usually off the common areas of the house for quick access to a bathroom and sink rather than using the main bathroom for the whole family.
Its very strange for the basement ceiling to be insulated, normally the basement walls would be insulated, especially since his basement is not completely below ground.
You have to remember most Americans only grocery shop once weekly. i would say this is a pretty standard suburban "new" home for middle class families.
The difference between the house in Germany and the house in the US starts at the size of the property. Once you get out of a city, you have a house with land around it. The question is, "do you want a small house with land or a large house with less land? From there it can get crazy as people get further remote and have larger plots of land.
Yes some Americans are crazy about their lawn/grass. This isn't a typical house but it is better than some. The fact that he owns a VW, BMW, and I forget what fancy car shows he is wealthy. Also in US you can have a laundry room anywhere, whether in basement, attached garage, off the kitchen, or on the second floor
Connecticut is a state, that sits between New York and Massachusetts. The south west part of Connecticut is a wealthy suburb of New York City, but other parts of the state are more urban.
The garage needs to be a minimum of 2 cars preferably more. I have two pickups and a hot rod. I also have a full fabrication shop, a 350 amp tig welder, a 250 amp mig welder, a4x9 ft steel fabrication table two 3x8 steel tables, 4 roll around tool boxes, a plannishing hammer, a sheet metal brake, 2 upright steel cabinets, a press brake, oxy acetylene torches, vintage body tools, a 2 car garage is the minimum.
People only generally use a dining room for dinner, but not for breakfast and lunch. What's odd to me is that they have the kitchen island with 3 or 4 stools which should eliminate the need for any other table in the kitchen area. But to have a kitchen table and a kitchen island and a formal dining room, yeah somebody is flexing there. Most people do not have that.
Basement are sometimes renovated to be a Man Cave if the guy was married with children but this dude is not married so basically the house is his Man Cave lol.
The only basements here are in San Francisco. They are street level and the actual house is on the 2nd floor. Basements here would be below the water table and flood.
This is what some of us would call a "McMansion" because they seem to pop up everywhere really fast. Roughly twice as spacious as a usual single family home and roughly 3 - 4 times the price. In a fire, firefighters don't like to enter them because they burn much hotter and faster than old school construction which means they become unsafe much sooner. But they are pretty, I will give them that.
4:26 almost every American home has a formal dining room which only gets used when company comes over or on holiday dinner
Most people have an informal dining room close to the kitchen where you can sit and chat with family members while you cook
Most working-class homes in industrial towns like Cleveland, where laborers needed lots of housing, had eat-in kitchens. I grew up in a little Cape Cod outside Cleveland. My home in Columbus is a weird open-concept mid-century ranch with no formal dining room. As was popular at the time, though, I have a formal living room that looks like a museum, and no one is allowed to be in it, ever.
Nope!
This type of house would be very average in my area. A home like this costs around $450,000 to $600,000 in my area.
Remember, American is bigger than you think. We have more space to build. So, as Americans, we prefer an open spaced floor plan.
I don’t, I hate the open concept floor plans.
Many people with large basements will "finish" them to suit certain needs. For instance, if he wanted to host parties with friends he could do something like finish the walls, put in tile flooring, add a bar, pool table, couches, and a big-screen TV. If I had a basement that would be my dream at least, plus a couple of arcade machines 😉
People who can afford to have a large house usually have a cleaning person come either every week or every two weeks. They change the sheets, and sometimes even wash and dry all the sheets and towels.
If both parents work, they need outside help.
On the topic of bathrooms, most houses generally have three bathrooms these days. You don’t live in a house with a bunch of women do you. Given that we had houses just 100 years ago that didn’t have any indoor plumbing (I know, not all houses were like that), we’ve come a long way. Master bedroom has its own bathroom second floor has a separate bathroom for all the other people, first floor has a bathroom, etc. Some houses have a bathroom for every bedroom, it really depends upon what your requirements are and what that space is worth
It's called a breakfast nook....it's a full bath with a shower or tub....people put bathrooms in basements so they don't have to go up and down
What constitutes a very good lawn varies greatly on where you live. In some places people don’t have anything but smooth cut grass on a flat section of ground, others have multitudes of decorative flowers and or garden beds strewn throughout. In this neighborhood most houses have about 4 1/2 acres. One neighbor has a horse but you need at least an acre and a half for that. The house next-door has a half an acre, and one of the houses (six houses away), roughly a quarter of a mile (400 m) Away, has 8 acres. Before anyone starts thinking this is somewhere in a deep rural area, we are 10 minutes from the Philadelphia city limits in Pennsylvania. This property has 37 trees on it, not including the three I just cut down over the weekend. My neighbor’s driveway has more than that lining each side of it that he planted himself almost 50 years ago. In short, what your lawn looks like, varies greatly based on the train and region of the country you’re in. Plus, we have front lawns, Upper and lower side lawns (or left and right, depending upon perspective and location of the house.) and rear lawns, Or a combination of several of those. Our last house was right at the street, and the width of our property wasn’t much wider than the house and driveway, but the property went back 400 feet (120 m) so it was all backyard.
House is middle/upper middle class. Obviously east coast as it has a full basement and large property. Prices are lower than west coast or highly urbanized areas. A very nice house.
The lawn: if he lives in a homeowner’s association (HOA) he would be required to have a well-maintained lawn. Failure to do that can result in serious penalties. A couple of decades ago, a man was fighting his HOA and ended up losing his house.
We have about 3,000+ sq-ft including 3 bathrooms. Kitchen is a bit small, but our house is 100 years old. And we live in Appalachia where housing values are lower than they are for most of the country.
Cactus ,most, can do well on once a month watering ...if planted properly...
This "house in Conneticut" is like half to three quarters of a million dollars. This is a very very nice house.
The second dining area is called a breakfast nook. Usually much more casual area. Yes, both dining areas are used. But most would forego a formal dining area. But not all. You need another bathroom in the basement if you convert it into a game room. Why not have a bathroom there? Many house interiors are mono color but a lot are colorful. The laundry is on the same floor with the bedrooms because that is where the dirty clothes will be.
so, the yard thing will depend on the neighborhood you are in. i have a gardener who comes out every ten days to mow my grass and trim the hedges because if i do not, my neighbors will make comments. i live in a neighborhood of mid-century ranch style homes that vary from brady bunch to leave it to beaver in style. mine is an "atomic mid century" and i have leaned into it with my color choices. people in my neighborhood are definitely big on appearance, but there is no home owners association. as far as the colors go, i don't think i know anyone, except people who live in rented apartments, that don't have accent walls and colors in their home. mine is color blocked, meaning as you look through a space from a certain angle you will see a layering of colors. my palette is navy blue, pale blue, lime green, burnt orange and white, in sticking with the mid century theme. the state that i live in does not have a lot of houses with basements, so to me, his house is very large. i would guess his house is maybe 3,000 square feet or 278.7 square meters; whereas mine is 1,975 square feet or 183.5 square meters.
My brother and I buy and restore our favorite classic muscle cars for ourselves in Montana and between both of our families we have 12 cars, 2 pickups, a mini truck and 2 SUV's. My house is about 4500 square feet with a 3 car garage and my brothers is 6500 square feet with a 4 car garage and then we have a 2 story shop and another 4 car garage and a sawmill. We built our own log homes and that is what we do for a living so we also have a backhoe and a booming forklift
If you become a wealthy German in Germany, buy yourself a nice piece of land and have an American colonial or cape cod house built on the property. You're live big!
Or just move to America when you finish school!
Or you could move here and be average and have one!
This is a wealthy person's house. Not like, a top ceo level wealthy, but he's not living in the house of an average American.
in America the formal dining room is usually only used for specially event's , Holiday's', and dinner parties. your normal everyday eating area is in the kitchen like you saw there. Most houses have two bathrooms, in the upstairs bathroom of my house There is a double sink, a toilet, and combination shower, bathtub. in my basement bathroom there is a sink, toilet, and shower. also in my house there is an upstairs fireplace in the living room, and then a fireplace in the basement in the recoration room
Formal dining room. Dining room. Breakfast nook in kitchen. Family/living room. Formal or entertainment living room.
Most people don't have Formal rooms.
Some people opt to paint their entire house a neutral color like off white or light beige. Others may opt for the same color on the first floor and then different colors for the upstairs bedrooms. It is all according to personal preference and the size of the house. This one is enormous compared to the average sized house. If you have a small house, it can appear larger if you opt for a neutral color throughout.
jaja, some German's do too. ;)
9:20 hello, no the term bathroom is a misnomer, it doesn't always have a bath/shower, this is what we call a vanity bathroom which you saw earlier, and usually just a vanity mirror, sink and the toilet. As for why would you have a bathroom in the basement, its so you don't have to trudge upstairs, but again there's no tub or shower it's another vanity bathroom. Typically only the master bath will have a tub a shower toilet sink and there may be a secondary the bathroom upstairs that just has a toilet and maybe a stall shower.
As for the garage, every garage is connected to the house. Where is your garage in Germany if it's not attached to your house? why wouldn't you be able to walk from a door inside your house into your garage if they're connected?
In the US we have half bathrooms (toilet/sink) and full bathrooms (toilet, sink, and shower). Normally half baths stay on the lower floors for guest and full bathrooms on the upper floors where you will find most bedrooms in houses like this (You will also find most laundry rooms upstairs due to where this is where most Americans will be living/sleeping unless you have a single floor house.) You will find these mostly in master bedrooms (rooms which have a full bathroom connected to it.) Or if there is no master bedroom then it will be shared amongst the bedrooms upstairs/ and or if you have a house with one level they will at least be concentrated around where the bedrooms would be. He also lives in Conneticut in the US which is less populated compared to some states on the direct east and west coast of the US where there is higher per capita American citizen living in. This same house in higher populated states can go up to I from what I've seen for as low as 300 (Just a guesstimate on my part as I live in NJ) to if you have a high paying job/salary/whatever you do, upwards towards 600,000 for mid-to-high median making Americans. It generally will get cheaper the further inward towards mid-west US and also alot of southern states. I will also add that most median bracket Americans take care of their lawns to a smaller extent like this because we have town run I think or whatever HOA (From my limited knowledge in NJ) which will fine you in some states on not having clean lawns in newer communities for not maintaining your lawn. Landscaping is a big business in the US which are people that maintain lawns for a fee. Normally as well at least from what I've seen you will have an actual dining room for major holidays (where you would invite guest) and my family calls them sun rooms where we place smaller tables for every day use for the family for dinner.
The bathroom downstairs with just a sink and toilet is called a guest bathroom and it also called a half bathroom because it is just a sink and toilet. It is common to have different colored rooms but ti's also common to have the rooms the same color. I would guess the bedroom is for his daughter. He probably has a cleaning person who comes in once or twice a week.
I have been watching your podcasts & I want to clear up about tornado’s! I’m 71 I have been close to 5 only tornado’s, $ only 1 was over a F3. There are parts of the U.S. ( the middle, from Texas up in tornado alley that has many) there are about 200 to 300 a year most being minor. So don’t worry about them to much! Growing up here it’s just part of life, if you take precautions & listen to the weather it’s just a bad few hours sometimes many live there entire life & never get close to one! If you have any questions just ask.