Yeah, this might be true for apartments. but irt very much varies from house to house. some have a mudroom, and some open right to living room. I would agree that most apartments tend to open directly to living room.
Ikr?! I’m not far from Cincy and the things she states are usually found in historic homes. Single taps, foyers, movable shower heads, etc… are all in my home. But my old 120 yr old house, still some original fixtures. So you can’t give a blanket statement about any place in any part of our country. We evolve, we change to modernize, we upgrade when money isn’t as big of an issue. I think she needs to get out of her tiny corner of her old college town neighborhood and see what new homes have become.
I have seen a couple of her videos....she tends to generalize the whole US from what she saw in Ohio. The US is huge, what a home is like in one part of the country doesn't speak for the rest of the country. Having lived all over the US home differ a lot. My home in Texas is nothing like the homes up north or on the east coast. I think she needs to go explore a bit...
My experience as well. I'm from SoCal, but have lived all over... The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Northeast Indiana, Coastal Massachusetts, Gulf of Mexico in Alabama and Florida, South Central Texas and Alaska. American homes vary so so much just based on geographical location, let alone factors such as the age/decade it was built and the popular styles of those eras. The variation is truly endless. It's frustrating to see how much she generalizes based on her limited experiences, then presents it as though she's an authority on the topic.
Ya I seen a few of her videos aswell and when people like her try to generalize a massive country that has many different Cultures she is one of a few different youtubers who quickly press my buttons.
@matthewlizotte8904 even in Cincinnati. She has 1 experience and think it applies to everyone/everything. She talked about all the instances where she has to use checks, and I was so confused 😂 She talked about how everyone carries cash, I go out to the city quite often I rarely run into anyone with more than 10 dollars on them cause everyone uses their cards , or phones to pay. Heck....lots of places are cashless . I watch her, and be thinking 🤔 "where does she really live, cause it can't be the same Cincinnati I am at" 😂
The shower heads, door handles,faucets and windows...that's all up to style and how much you want to spend on those things. It's silly to say 'this is what they have in the USA' because we basically can have anything. Take a look in a Home Depot store. Entire aisles of choices of knobs, handles, shower heads. This is silly.
I am almost certain this girl is not the one you want to see for reference to American home design. She was off on almost everything she addressed, and not by just a little.
Here in Arizona, the hottest recorded temperature is 129F… in the shade. In direct sunlight the temperature is exactly 20F hotter, so 129F in shade is 149F in the Sun. Yeah, we won’t be opening windows to catch a breeze, lol.
The open floor plan she talked about is a fairly new concept in U.S. homes. Ours was built in the late 1950s and we have definite separate kitchen, living room, and eating areas
And if there's no screen be prepared to have a house filled with dozens of wasps and hornets. Even just walking in the door wasps or hornets will fly in quite frequently.
Seriously… here in Alabama, the AC has to be used almost year round. Of course, it can get really freaking cold as well. But opening a freaking window would only let more of that hot, humid, sticky heat inside. Along with a million bugs.
And here in Illinois, if it’s 90+ degrees and humid then there’s also no breeze so what good does opening a window do besides let more humidity and bugs in?!!!
As usual, she is generalizing her personal experiences to the entirety of the country. Some front doors enter directly into the living room, but it depends on the layout of the house. They are all different. Some have a foyer or hallway, and can also be similar to English and German homes. Some American homes have an "open concept", which is where all the rooms are basically one big room. But other homes are segmented off. Older homes were built before the existence of central air, so window AC units or other portable AC units are used, in addition to fans. Also depending on the age of the house, any number of heating methods are employed. As a kid, we had open-flame gas heaters. I'm surprised the house didn't burn down. You can also see space heaters and raidiators, central heat, fireplaces, it all just depends. She is correct about closets; typically, a room can't be considered a bedroom unless there is a closet in that room. Fixed shower heads are not universal, many homes have the detachable shower head, you can always replace the fixed head with a detachable one.
Yes, her generalizations are so irritating and then he just believes her! If you want to know about America, ask Americans, not a German college student!
Exactly. The US has hundreds of different brands and styles of doors and locksets, built over the last 200 years at least, and one would expect that most of those in Munich, at least, are relatively new.
When I lived in Arizona, USA it was so hot our plastic garbage cans melted on the driveway. Without air conditioning we would not have been capable of living our lives.
I spent from ages 5 to 25 in Phoenix, Arizona. My little sister and I at about ages 8 and 11 (it was the mid 80’s) stupidly walked 1/2 mile each way to a grocery store just to buy some Little Debbie Brownies, barefoot, and returned home with 2nd and 3rd degree burns on our feet. Swamp coolers were helpful most summer days; but July and August are monsoon season and too humid for a swamp cooler to work, so air conditioners are a must!
@@peaceoutbruh7085 Again with the assumptions. I don’t need to provide you with all the details of our medical care that resulted from the situation. I told a brief part of my story to express how truly hot it gets there. I don’t give a damn what you think or what your assumptions are about a situation I’ve given very little information about. If you feel the need to be confrontational about someone’s comment that you truly know almost nothing about, find someone else. I will spend no more time on it, so feel free to get as bent out of shape about it as you’d like.
Light switches: We have a great variety of light switches. We have what she showed, as well as dimmer switches, panel switches, dimmers that you side, dimmers that you turn and some rooms have light switches for the same light in different parts of the room. (For example a switch for the living room light that has a corresponding switch by the kitchen.)
Her vids are from apartment living and not house living. US homes have seals and better insulated doors than in Germany. We buy our doors and windows based on certain 'zones' within the US that require different amount of insulation. Also, homes most often have a second door called a storm door or screen door that acts as an additional barrier to the outside. Just went through this as we bought and installed new windows and doors for our home. This girl bases everything off of cheap student apartments. Rental properties. Not proper homes. And yes, a home within an urban setting will be small and bunched next to neighbors. She is referring to suburban homes with a lot and space.
We use a Wash Cloth when we shower. A wash cloth is a miniature towel made of terry cotton fabric about 30 centimeters square. You saturate the cloth with the water spray and then use the fabric to lather your liquid soap or bar soap so the cloth is full of soapy scrubby bubbles. Now to clean that a**. Every department store sells them together with hand towels, bath towels and super large towels one would take to the beach to sit on the sand....towels of varying sizes. Wash Cloths are standard in any hotel room coast to coast.
I’ve lived all over the Eastern Seaboard of the US, as well as visited many other regions of the country for extended periods. I think she generalizes a lot about American homes. The wide array of styles and sizes vary greatly from region to region, and Ohio is not completely representative of other places. I currently live in Western Pennsylvania, close to the Ohio border. The houses here, compared to southern climes or desert states are very different!
I'm from SoCal, but have lived all over... The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Northeast Indiana, Coastal Massachusetts, Gulf of Mexico in Alabama and Florida, South Central Texas and Kodiak Island Alaska. I've also visited all but 3 states. American homes vary so much just based on geographical location, let alone factors such as the age/decade it was built and the popular styles of those eras. The variation is truly endless. It's frustrating to see how much she generalizes based on her limited experiences, then presents it as though she's an authority on the topic.
I agree, normally she does more research, and presents something pretty close to the "average" but she's very clearly showing upper middle class ohio homes as "average" and that is NOT the case. You can tell by the quality of home she's in, that it's NOT the average US experience. Which means the homeowner has likely picked the furnishings such as the hot and cold tap being separate.
Agree. And I will add, she has likely been renting apartments during her time here, as most young people do. Unless she is renting a higher end or luxury apartment, the fixtures are going to be the cheapest, sturdiest option available to the landlord, hence the lack of handheld, moveable shower heads.
the blinds aren't outside. most new windows are double paned and have blinds that are between the glass. My mom has a patio door with this feature. It's nice b/c they never get dirty and bent.
As many have said, it depends on which part of America you visit. I live in Coastal New England on Cape Cod Massachusetts as well as Boston. Our homes our often older THAN the usa itself. My current home is 300 years old, as it was built BEFORE we were a separate country and just a colony of England. That home has many old features, including old latches for 'door handles'. Many of our sinks still have (including the homes we grew up in) have separate taps (hot and cold) and you just mix the water in the basin. Our toilets are also more old and some (in our homes) have the wooden tanks that are HIGH up on the wall with a long pull chain. We also usually have a hall entrance with stairway in and then a secondary entrance into kitchens via a mud room or boot room. Many often have a second set of stairs in kitchens which we still call 'servants stairs' tho none of us have had any servants since the 1910 haha. We do have AC tho, but often it's a window unit of not central air. Also some of our light switches are old push buttons (one on top one on bottom) we even have some of the old phone jacks in our walls from when phones plugged in differently I believe maybe the 1950's and earlier. Our Gardens are more English or Europeaon (as in we have hedges and such BEFORE the lawn whilst more inland Midwest America usually have lawns right up to the sidewalk (pavement). I like to think of New England as a melding point between UK and USA people, we've a mix of both places. For instance we have Electric tea kettles and my local village (which was founded in the 1600's) has 2 Tea rooms...as in you can go there for 'high tea' Also, in my area at least, most of the homes have wood floors. ON the cape we often have the Large wide old pine floors and then rugs on them. In the city it's more parquet or tightly fitting hardwoods and again area carpets on the floors. We also have slate or brick in service areas, like the bootroom and even the old larder/pantry have brick floors. It's all an interesting mix and fun to see differences all over.
@@tomhalla426I've lived in homes older than 1960. They all had weather stripping and storm doors. Few people buy or rent a home and never to any updating especially in over 60 years.
@@jonok42 - Most likely they were updated with the weather stripping in later years, but I'm guessing most of the doors without are quite a bit older homes. The first home I owned was built in 1924 and it did not have weather stripping, but there was a "newer" storm door on it that clearly didn't belong. My grandparent's home also never had storm doors or weather stripping.
All Feli needs to do is take a short trip to a local Home Depot or Lowe’s and see the thousands of combinations of doors, handles, windows, fridges, etc that are meant to be used in US home lol at least she could’ve explained that all newer homes are generally built bare bones so the inhabitants can then add in whatever they want to make the home unique to them, and finally for the love of god, we do buy shower heads with the hose attachment 💀
@@g-man8980 I’ll give Lewis the benefit of the doubt since he lives in the UK and probably isn’t too interested really in learning the nuances, the German girl though has been here for 10 years and still generalizes
It costs $30 to switch out a shower head to a hand held. I stayed in a hotel that had a control panel and water came out of a choice of 3 heads (1 was on hose) and could vary the spray itself. My shower head has a built in water massage. Toilet water level can be adjusted by changing the float. We have toilets that better "hide" the tanks but are expensive. The ones in the wall are harder to repair. The #1/#2 flusher are getting pretty common. Faucets that only have a single handle vs 2 are 50/50. I had a single lever faucet in my kitchen with a swivel delivery (for 2 sinks & gets out of the way for clean up)The cat learned how to turn it on by pushing it with his head. As he drank, it swung over the counter & 20% ran on the floor (luckily the laundry set tub is below that). I switched to separate handles after 2 "floods".
US Homeowner here: The only door INSIDE that has a lock is the bathroom; and I can lock my BACK door without a key by turning a knob. Front door can only be locked and unlocked with a key but I leave it unlocked often during the day. Entryway depends on the size of the house. My mom's houses have all had an entry before getting to the main house. Mine is too small. Air conditioning is regional here. In Oregon, which is temperate, we never had it, but in the midwest everyone has it. In the US, for selling, a house is not allowed to count a bedroom if there is no closet.--A closet and a window large enough to climb out of. The switches depend when installed. She shared the old standard, but now you can choose whatever kind you want. My bathroom one is fatter and also has a dial to turn on the fan. Shower head also depends when it was installed. My BFF has a new bathroom and it has both--a choice, the overhead or the detachable sprayer. So my SHOWER has a hot and cold, but my sinks have just one. I strongly prefer the LOOK of hardwood floors. Mine are sort of golden colored which is common among all the houses in my neighborhood (all built in the 50s). Mu front yard is open, but my porch is tiny. My back yard is fenced. Overall it is a good sized yard.
18:57 American toilet bowls are deeper than European ones, so no worries about the boys going for a swim. additionally, that toilet shown has a LOT of water in it. most toilets in America only has about half that amount.
Almost everything she mentioned as being common in Germany, you'll also find in the U.S. They just might not be "the norm". The only thing that is undeniably American, is that you will likely never see a washer and dryer in the kitchen.
I have seen a washer/dryer in an American kitchen. At least there's an alcove for the washer/dryer in the kitchen. The previous owner put a base cabinet in there instead - because this is America after all. 🤪
I grew up in a 2 family built in the 1890s. Only 1 wall on the second floor had water pipes so when my parents decided to get a washer it was installed in the kitchen.
Yep, my grandmother had her washer & drier in her nice large home that had a beautiful grand foyer & 4 large patio doors off the back of the house. Lol.
My house actually has the washing machine hookup in the kitchen. 😂 It was built during the depression by the WPA or one of the other groups FDR put together. I used to actually have to wash my laundry in the kitchen and I thought it very gross and unsanitary. These days I'm washer free in the kitchen and my laundry gets sent out instead. I'm much happier with that.
I don't think you can say what a typical American home is any more than you can say what a typical American person is. The front door to my home doesn't use a key at all. It's a keypad. I have both types of faucets, my windows can tilt in for cleaning, and I have both carpet & wood floors. I live in North Carolina so there's no way I will not have AC. I don't always use it but it needs to be there for this NC heat & especially the humidity. Bless her heart.
22:46 gas stoves are more common in the U.S. because we have our own deposits of natural gas, so it's cheap and easily available resource to use. we also commonly use gas to heat homes and heat dryers. this is especially true in the Northern area of the U.S. as it's easier than chopping wood every year. it's also common for grilling. we also have coal so that is another resource that is cheap and abundant for these same uses.
@@bluflaam777 Yes it is State by state. That is correct, but I wanted to post a more general comment because they were comparing country vs country. But your point is valid.
My house only has two tiny "closets". One is just a 'what do we do with this space in the hallway? I know put shelves there!' closet. The other is directly over the basement stairs and has a steeply slanted floor - only good for hanging coats. None of these closets are in a bedroom.
Remember that the US is a large country with varying climates. When I lived in northern Michigan, we had an AC unit in the window and that was enough. When I moved to Las Vegas, the temperature can reach 48C so we need central AC which nearly every home has.
Where I live in NY, we have both and both are very much needed. We don't get as hot but we get into the 90s typically, we have been into the 100s... The hottest day ever was 105 degrees back in the 1930s.. 😂
@@kitten9416 I'm about 2hrs from Albany. I went to Albany medical when I broke my ankle and nearly had to get it amputated(I was in valatia ny at the time).. But yes humidity is a aids
I am Canadian by birth (mom's side of family) and a US citizen (foreign born to a US citizen) living in the states. My normal body temp is lower than most @ 96.5-97.5°. I live in the states. The southern states. Here in GA. the summers can be 90+°f and over 75% humidity. After you get out of the shower it takes about a day and a half to dry off. 😊 You feel like you have to swim to your car. With that disparity in temperature, I *can not* (have in the past, barely) live without air-conditioning. When I lived out west, the heat could hit 115°f but the humidity was often sub-20%. "But it's a dry heat!" is the common, humorous (yet strangely accurate) statement when it's hot. You're not swimming to the car but, opening the door and walking outside is like opening the door to the oven and stepping in. The only time we opened the back door was to (as quickly as possible to avoid heat stroke and burning your feet on the concrete) go straight to the swimming pool. 😊 The climate varies so greatly in the us, often in the same city that A/C is pretty much mandatory. Here in Georgia, winters can be zero degrees f. (or even a bit lower), yet summer can be 100°f. (or even a bit higher but, not often) and terrible humidity. In the spring we can have a freeze warning today and 75°f tomorrow. There's no real "getting used to it" or normalizing to the temps as you can in other places. HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) services are BIG business here... For good reason. 😊 Some homes here have removable shower heads, too. It's up to the homeowner but, standard from the builder in the average home is a fixed head. They do move some and have different stream options and, unless it's a really small bathroom, the head is mounted high enough for most everyone. I'm 6'5" and don't have any problems getting under mine. Washing your body without a removable head means *using your hands* and turning... Novel concept but not rocket surgery. 😉 No, your "man bits" don't dangle in the toilet water, it's not *that* full but not having hardly any water in the toilet is just gross (ive used that type). Cleaning is much more of a "thing" and, well... Yeah. We now have low water consumption toilets that still have plenty in the bowl but use less to flush and are basically "turbo" powered, higher velocity flushing and they're great. If we open the lid and see 4oz of water in the bottom of the bowl, we think the plumbing is broken (and it usually is). 😊 We like having two handles on our bathroom sinks so we can control the exact mix of hot and cold or just one or the other. Although its becoming quite common for newer plumbing to have a single control in the kitchen, it's really a mix in the bathrooms/showers. I hate single handles in the bathroom. My mother's house had them and it's a pain in the ass/time consuming compared to direct flow hot and cold. Bathtubs too. 😆 Garbage disposals are fantastic. You can put most everything food oriented (peelings, grounds, lettuce/cellery remnants from the stalks, egg shells, etc. down the disposal (modern, high powered disposals will absolutely annihilate just about everything you put in to nothing) and reduce household waste going into the cans and that also reduces rotten, smelly trash that attracts bugs and animals, etc.. Reduced waste in the can,refuced smells, reduced bugs. What's not to love about a sink disposal!?? 😊 The majority of new, electric stoves in the US are induction. Gas is still extreeeemely popular and they make veeery nice gas stoves because home cooking at higher levels is a big thing here and, gas is so much easier to immediately regulate the cooking temps and, when you shut it off, it's *off.* No cool down period. If you're cooking and want/need to change burners, *bam.* Burner off, new burner on. Can't do that with electric. 😊
15:37 one other difference with American outlets. we don't commonly have switches on the outlet for that outlet. we CAN get them from just about any hardware store, but most people just don't have them as they are slightly more expensive.
She’s describing the places where she lives. It also depends of what part of the country you live in. She not very familiar with home all over the USA.
@@marydavis5234 That’s saying a lot about differences right there. She’s describing where she lives in Ohio. I’m in East Texas and we have the green pastures, trees, Azalea trails, Rose Capital. Texas has mountains, deserts, ocean front homes. A little of everything. I’d say it just depends on where you live as to what “things” you have in your house.
American doors have seals to keep the cold weather out. Oh great, you can't get back into your German house when you step out to check the mail or take out the trash or sweep the front stoop. Huh, that's definitely not the bathroom locks. I don't know where the blazes this chick lives but guessing it's Pluto because all her videos are nuts. Bless her heart. Can't take it anymore so clicking off at the front foyer.
I must say I agree with the commenters below. I was raised in the Midwest, lived in a suburb of Boston then moved to San Diego, CA and after I married my husband brought me to TX. Not one house I’ve lived in, has been the same. Most of the houses I lived in have hallways or foyers. One house in a suburb in Dallas had a Rotunda for a hallway. We’ve retired n the house we live in now has a 20 ft tall foyer. Our neighbor across the street lives in a smaller house n their entryway is not like ours but smaller. I like your videos by the way n discovered you a couple of weeks ago. I am going to subscribe because I tend to go to your videos cuz I love ur reactions n opinions, ur questions etc. Keep it up!
You can look online for new homes and see the floor plans. All the homes I’ve lived in here in Texas - were opened into the living room except for one home that had a small entry hall.
I don't think she's been in very many homes I'm from Cincinnati where she currently lives and the homes there are varied in style. You can live in a home that has a main entrance and hallway that's large or you can live in a house where you open the door and you're in an open concept where you see the living room dining room... There are so many different style of homes and different floor plans. I think maybe for content reason she just decided to make it appear one way so there would be a contrast but it's not an accurate representation.
When she was talking about the doors, pay attention to the video. Theres a storm door, which its purpose is to help protect against weather. Plus, normally there isn't insulation going around the door but the door frame, to keep out drafts of air, which you can see it in the video. Also, American homes are made differently. Depends on the person's style, or if renting, what the landlord chooses. I live in an apartment, i have a handheld shower head, which I put on myself, & i have only the one handle to turn water on. Your best bet is not to pay to much attention to her videos. I have watched other videos of yours, playing her videos, and she doesn't get it quite right. She pissed me off in a couple of em. So yeah, dont put all of your faith into her!!
Many of the things she complains about here in the USA are options that people can put into their homes if they want to. There are different types of windows here. Some slide sideways, some tilt outward and move vertically, some don't open at all, some are like what she is used to in Germany, basically whatever is available around the world can be gotten and used here. The same is true for the shower heads. The shower head where the water sprays from is adjustable with a pivoting ball joint. The range of motion is enough to address the needs of most people. For shorties and other areas at or below the waistline, you require only move a little bit away from the center of the shower's water flow to clean those areas as well. We also tend to use wash clothes to get at areas that may be harder to reach or scrub clean. But we also have shower chairs that are aftermarket add-ons, or they may be built into the shower/tub. We also have tubs with locking doors in them for people who can't safely step over the edge of the tub to get in or out. They also tend to serve double duty as a jacuzzi.
In USA an exterior door that you cannot open with a doorknob but only with a key, would be considered a fire hazard and would be against building code. An auxiliary lock is sometimes installed which can be a single cylinder or a double cylinder deadbolt. The double cylinder has key slots on both inside and outside. Some people do not recommend them and some local codes prohibit them because of fire hazard if it is locked while people are in the house. You can remedy this by only locking it when you are gone or leaving a key in the locked cylinder (interior) when you are home.
Some of the fancier houses in the US have foyers. My daughters house has a long foyer that enters straight to the living room. The back door enters into the laundry room/utility room from the attached garage. Then another door to the back deck and back yard. We typically don't have bathrooms in the kitchen like I've learned you have. It's considered unsanitary to have a bathroom in the kitchen.
Hahaha, the doorhandle "difference" really got me. Yeah, we have those Germany handles too, just go to Home Depot and choose whatever style you want. Same with shower heads. You can have a stationary one, you can have a rain one, you can get jets, you can have all different kinds of handheld showerheads, I wouldn't say any one is a standard for the US. Also, some houses in the US will open right into a living room, but not most by any means, at least not from my experience. Usually it's a hallway or front entrance way that's a little more open.
I've been looking at houses to buy in WV. Even the modular homes. All of them, especially new builds have those stupid just a shower head...i yell at the tv go to home depot and get a decent showerhead!!!
Your reactions made this the best video. Really enjoy your content!! In America we have some of the same things like germans that she wasn't aware of. I recently had all the carpet taken up & installed luxury vinyl. Many of the modern & nicer homes have what is called a mudroom where you enter & take your shoes off. This one will blow your mind. In many public restrooms/bathrooms the flush is automatic, meaning once you get up the toilet has a motion sensor on it & will automatically flush as a way to avoid more germs. They also have the same things with sinks so you don't have to touch handles when washing, automatic soap dispenser & hand dryer or motion paper towel dispenser. Growing up we had wardrobes because our small homes didn't have walk-in closets but every bedroom in the home I have now has one. We have a big yard in the front & in the back. The back has a fence where most let their dogs run & play. I had an invisible fence installed so mine can enjoy the front yard too without worry of them going outside those boundaries. But all of my pets stay inside for the most part. We are even training our new kitten to use the toilet, wish dogs could be trained to do that LOL My home is red with black shutters.
In my experience, here in the US homes that enter straight into the living room tend to be less expensive. I’ve lived in numerous houses in the US in 3 different states (Alabama, Idaho, and Texas) and every home, with the exception of one, had a foyer that you entered into after walking through the front door. Oh my god, I responded too soon. The washing your ass part had me rolling. I don’t know, my shower head is fixed and I’ve never had a problem washing mine. 😂😂😂
Me too, about the homes types that is. There's the front entrance and the back entrance. Unless it's a formal gathering, usually the back entrance is the one used most often. It will have a porch or a mud room/foyer. Sometimes it's how new/old the house is, or location/weather related. There really are no rules and there are too many variables to compare apples to apples even is the US vs US homes let alone US to Germany. Same with the doors. Where I live now, the codes for earthquakes prevail over any codes for weather. All our entry doors have weather stripping. Our doors are much thicker on the sunny side of the house. The doors on the shade side are double paned glass sliders. Locks are a different thing. While types of locks/handles vary, most US homes have crappy locks. and etc and etc. LOL
@@bluflaam777 Totally agree about there being so many differences between houses just in the US let alone another country. It’s funny you mention mud rooms, the only time I lived in a house that had a mud room was when I lived in Idaho. In Alabama I lived on the coast so rain, wind, and hurricanes were much more of a concern. As a matter of fact, some houses along the AL coast come with functional outdoor shutters that you can close to protect your windows during a hurricane.
I have NEVER invited anyone to come in through the back porch. That's a sliding glass door. No, come to the front door. A mud room? We don't need no stinking mud room!!! It never snows where I live. And there's no basement or attic either.
We use the back door all the time which opens up into a laundry/mud room. We have a full basement and our house is 123 years old, so we have a mix of the old and the new in our house when it comes to switches, door knobs, doors, windows, central air and window units too. We do not have any radiators in our house but lots of houses still have radiators. We have storm doors on all of our doors as it gets cold here. All of our windows are insulated. Matter of fact it’s below freezing (20 degrees F) as I’m writing this but my house is nice and warm because it’s insulated well.
Again, regarding “one large open floor plan” vs individual rooms, it depends on when & where the house/apartment complex was built. My 1923 Craftsman Home for example. Open fairly large front porch, living room, French doors to the parlor, doorway (which I blocked off so I could remodel) to a small hall with a deep closet (remodeled for a larger closet for the parlor). From the living room, there is another doorway into the kitchen. The kitchen has 2 doorways (one with a door). The doorway with a door leads to the laundry room & basement entrance. The laundry room also leads to a small back porch/back door exit. The other doorway leads to another alcove with built in cupboards and drawers, as well as to 3 (now 2) doors. One goes to the bathroom & the other to 2 bedrooms. (The 2nd bedroom is an add-on.)
I'm 72 and I have lived all over the USA. This girl is obviously a millennial and has very little experience with anything. I live in South Texas now but I was born and raised in Dayton Ohio - just about 40 miles north of Cincinnati. Also my father was a builder and built everything from houses and shopping centers and schools... There may be a few houses like she describes, but I don't know where. Even Great Grandma's house from the 1920s isn't like what she describes. Yes, some old houses might have double faucets, but not so much for the newer ones. Also many, many houses all over the USA typically have the same shower faucet as the one she showed as German. You really need to come over here and see for yourself! Check out cities and suburbs and country homes. Go to many states. South Texas is radically different from other states. One of the things I fell in love with is the difference! In Ohio, everything had to be "just so". In Dayton they regulated everything from the grass in your yard to the flowers in the garden and what color you paint your house and so on. Cincinnati is a little more relaxed, but not much. Like I said, I've been in almost every state but when I came to Texas, I saw a trailer house next to a field of cows next to a grand house!! That got me! Here individual choices are valid. Now lately we've been getting a lot of "Yankees" coming down here and seeing how good it is and wanting to change it. 🤷🏼♀️ A concept I can't understand. Love your videos! 💕
When it comes to floors, being in the desert southwest, we mostly have tile floors. You can always put down a large area rug in the bedroom or living room. We also have hardwood and carpet too.
Lol, here we go again, she is going to tell us about US homes, based on her experience in Cincinnati Ohio and movie sets😂. My house was built in 1985 and I have a nice foyer. And currently I have the two patio doors going out to the backyard open because it is a beautiful day😂
With most newer (post 1960) houses in the US, the weatherstripping on an exterior door is on the frame and threshold, not the door. Knobs or thumb latch with a separate deadbolt set is the common lock type.
For showers in U.S., over the last 20 years, it's become popular to have both type of shower head, in one shower. They are sold as a complete unit, where the handheld part hangs right next to the stationary head.
You can even get a shower head that has a detachable shower head sits IN a non detachable shower head (the one that isn't detachable is a ring around the detachable one)... it's actually pretty cool
Tons of homes have a handheld shower head in addition to the fixed overhead one... with a lever to switch water from one to the other. All of our home improvement stores sell handheld shower heads to install. It's kitchen sinks, showers and bath tubs in most newer homes have 1 hot/cold handle. Bathroom sinks are a pretty fair mix between 1 handle and 2. Only 1 faucet though. Hot and cold from the same one.
Shower heads usually have both stationary and a portable. She hasn't been many houses. State to state, the architecture will vary from Victorian, Colonial, Ranch, etc. We build our homes to our designs. I have a jacuzzi and shower in my master bedroom. We love our huge bathrooms. And we use different handles also. My windows are hurricane impact windows that are double hung meaning you can take them both out or move the upper window down. We also have thermal flooring in some newer homes.
23:40 just about every home has a dryer and they are used more in the cities as there is no space for lines. in the country side, it's more common to see lines, but they are slowly disappearing. some places like apartments don't normally have washer and dryers in the apartment, instead there is a common area that has several washers and several dryers. it's usually in a basement if it's in the city or a separate building for apartments in small towns. and some apartments don't have any at all and so there are business that specialize in having several washer and dryers that people can come to the business and pay a small fee (usually a few quarters on the machine itself) to use the machines. this is mostly in large towns or cities.
Hose type showerheads are really common, and going to Home Depot or Lowes will have a selection of hose type or large replacement showerheads. Builders tend to go cheap on plumbing fixtures.
Several builders I know go cheap because their line of thought is you will replace it with one you like better anyway. That is, if you are not involved while their building, then they install exactly what you want.
Most Homes, the door opens to either the Living Room (front) or Kitchen (side/back door), in larger homes, there is sometimes an antechamber/foyer where all the other rooms spring off of and if more than one floor, the stairs up is usually also there. Multi-family homes here (back when they were actually single family) had the front entry in a foyer, and the back at a hall to the foyer. The current trend is towards open areas so the cooking, dining, and living areas are all open to one another so people can talk to others in those areas while they cook. All new homes are built with HVAC, a lot of older homes are retrofitted with it, though window A/C units are still common. The best homes are those with sub-floor heating (and sometimes cooling). Geothermal if you can afford it, heat pumps are becoming more common. LNG A/C is cheaper than electric, unless you have enough solar panels running. Some still run steam, but most have replaced with radiators. Another thing about US windows, it's rare to find any without a screen. Blinds are indoor EXCEPT at permanently closed windows, those can be inside or in an outside area, but enclosed in glass so they never have to be cleaned/dusted. Most homes have closets, and almost all new ones, but some older houses don't, so you have a wardrobe (usually cedar). Switches and outlets vary depending on who built the electrical system, and the US has some older types still in the homes (most have upgraded) So most are the small switch, new ones often have the larger switch, and old houses might have the dual push-button switches (the twist wall switch is extremely rare). Then there's rotary or sliding switches for adjusting light levels in some places as well. There are about 12 different outlets around the world and a few different ones in the US. Older 110v 2 prong ungrounded, 3 prong grounded, and a couple types of 220v plugs. (voltage is listed as either 110, 115, or 120 on the low, or 220, 230, or 240 on the high). Also not only voltages, but cycles are different, which makes motors rated to only 50 cycles per second burn out faster when run at 60 cycles per second. The doorhandles in the US feel looser (they basically replaced the knob with a handle) while European ones are more direct, but with a separate lock. My aunt's house, and my grandmother's house had a light-switch on the outside rather than the inside, both dated back early, probably because of the worry that people would electrocute themselves with wet hands. Most shower heads moved a little, a lot of people have replaced them with a hose and sprayer, or a dual system (just screws on unless your house is REALLY old). This assumes they don't have a shower stall with multiple heads to hit you all at once. To reach your ass in with an old head, you just move further away in the bathtub until it reaches the correct area. Yes, if you're hung, you have to be careful not to dip in the water when you sit, some guys pee standing, then sit to poop. Most have the one handle, but the 2 handle or 2 button is becoming more popular, especially in drought areas (Thank the Japanese, they invented it). The original was 2 separate handles (AND FAUCETS), then someone made it so the faucet merged together, then they invented the one-faucet for everything. Most US homes still have two handles (controlling hot and cold) with a single faucet. A few older houses might still have the dual faucet, most new homes have the single. I had the ice-maker, if I have another, I'd replace the cheap tubing they use to run it with copper or at least silicone when I got it, vinyl tubing will break down and leak. Another thing to consider is how difficult will it be to clean the ice machine when it (eventually) needs to be cleaned. A double wide fridge /freezer side by side is best; chest freezers suck. There's a rubber area leading to the disposal, you don't put your hand into the disposal to clean it, just throw ice cubes and a sliced lemon semi-regularly to keep it clean and fresh. A little bleach sprayed on the rubber also keeps things clean. Also there's a little catch basket that sits above the disposal anyway. The most common problem is some drops a utensil in the open disposal. 🤷♂ US has a lot of natural gas, so gas stoves are common, but so are electric. Induction stoves will probably replace them over time. US dries most things in the dryer. Sometimes they hang things because they're delicate or to save money, but most are in the dryer. A large percentage of homes are wall-to-wall carpet. I still prefer rug on hardwood floors rather than wall-to-wall, with Tile in the bathroom and Kitchen. Honestly, the benefit of a yard is that you have distance between you and your neighbor, and it's good for kids (if enclosed by fence) or get-togethers (barbecues) in good weather, but it IS a chore to regularly mow, or rake leaves, etc. Luckily, in most areas, a larger yard isn't that much more expensive, but a pool, and a larger house does pay significantly more taxes.
There are some things that need clarification. I'm an American engineer and have owned several houses in my life, two of them I had built. One of the most important differences is the safety of American electrical systems. (I should know, I'm an electrical engineer.) The US has several different systems for different purposes but residential systems are all identical in basic design concept. Industrial and commercial buildings have differences but virtually all of the US appliances work on 120 volts 60 hz. This is for every type of building. In homes we work on a 120/240 volt single phase system. The utility transformer has a central tap which is grounded at each home and becomes both the ground and neutral. The neutral wire carries the return current while the ground wire normally carries no current and is a safety feature. Only large appliances like central air conditioners and electric ovens use 240 volts. The service entrance is the only point where the neutral and ground are connected together. Anywhere near water such as in a bathroom or kitchen sink a GFCI receptacle or circuit breaker is mandatory. Also outside and I think in garages and basements too. This is a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupting device. The device monitors the current going out of the hot leg and returning through the neutral. If the difference varies by more than 4 to 6 milliamps it assumes there is a fault and trips a circuit breaker either inside the receptacle or at the circuit breaker panel. Were multiple bathrooms are on the same circuit, if the GFCI is the first receptacle in the circuit and there is a fault in any one of them, the breaker trips. For those in receptacles there is also a test and reset switch. Now there is a new requirement, AFCI receptacles in bedrooms. If you roll a bed lets say across a power wire for a lamp or an electric blanket and damage the cord, this Arc Fault Circuit Interrupting Breaker will trip. In the US electrical safety is taken very seriously. The National electrical code is a very complete detailed document, actually a book and everyone must follow it. In some cities like New York and Chicago they have their own codes which are even tougher. The NEC is part of the National Fire Code. Its stated purpose is to assure electrical safety. In Germany and Britain there is a kind of universal electrical code which is the IEC, International Electrotechnical Commission. Its standards are entirely different and the philosophy is entirely different. The system for most applications is based on a 230/400 volt 50 hz system. In residential homes, 230 volts is standard. This is much cheaper because to deliver the same amount of power as the US system it can use much thinner wire. The downside is that if you do get an electrical shock, you are much more likely to die. I thinki the system is ungrounded but I'm not sure. This is why there are no electrical outlets in British bathrooms for electric razors, hair dryers and other appliances. This is also why the light switch is on the outside of the room well away from water. I've designed industrial electrical systems that were based on compliance with IEC and more commonly with both IEC and NEC at the same time. It was one sweet pain in the A$$. Awhile back appliances for the UK came with no plug and you had to buy and install your own. The plug for an electric clock was as big as the plug for a large refrigerator. Now I think they come with plugs. The receptacles are more elaborate too I think with their own fuses rated at 6 amps or 16 amps. The American receptacle system is based on NEMA standards, the National Electrical Manufacturer's Association and is specific. If followed, no mistake are possible. (the IEC systems of plugs and receptacles drove me crazy. Feli, the next time you are in Walmart, Home Depot, or Lowes go to the plumbing hardware department. You will find every type of bathroom fixture imaginable including all kinds of replacements for standard shower heads, all types of faucets, anything you can find in Germany. Many are not particularly expensive. replacing a shower head is just a matter of unscrewing the old one and screwing in the new one. If it comes with some sort of plate you might have to mount that to the wall. even double sided tape will do. Replacing a faucet is also possible and my house all of them came with the type you described. I also had a choice of doorknobs or handles so I choe handles. there isn't a doorknob in the entire house and it's a big one even by American standards. Servicing a toilet tank built into a wall sounds like a tough job. The type we use in the US are easy to repair. Anything to do with the toilet tank such as the flush valve mechanism, the flapper, and the handle are easy for any DIYer or you can call a plumber. Eventually they all wear out. The replacement parts are not expensive. There are many other differences between US and European homes. BTW, the windows in my house are typical having double paned glass with inert gas between them. In my house some windows move up and down, some crank out using a handle and a hinge. There are many types available such as those similar to those in your German house. Insulation in the attic is R20 or better, I think in the walls it is at least R14. Sealing up a house or any building to make it air tight so that it is energy efficient is a bad mistake. That was the theory used by ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (my nemesis.) This is how they created "sick building syndrome." What they didn't realize is that all plastics like formica used on countertops and many other furniture items and carpets slowly give off formaldehyde gas. Normally this gas seeps out through all of the tiny openings in the house and never builds up to dangerous levels. However, when you build homes and other buildings that are so tight it does and make people in them sick. BTW, my outside doors are made of steel with an air gap between the inside and outside panel so it does offer insulation. There are countless other differences. BTW some areas of my house have wooden floors, others including all of the bedrooms have carpet. The wood is light oak as are all of the kitchen cabinets to keep the house sunny and bright. Like I said I built a large house 24 years ago in a rural area and I must have about 100 windows.
The doors have seals, they're typically on the frame, not on the door itself. The only homes that you enter directly into a living area are the older, smaller homes. Even most small apartments generally place you into a small hallway. She lives in CIncinnati (last I watched her) and I grew up there. They have a lot of homes built in the '20s-'40s that were originally around 600-700 sq. feet so they did place you directly into the living room as you stepped inside but they are no longer 'the norm'. I'm guessing this is one of her earlier episodes and she was living near UC, in an old part of town. It's obvious at this point she's had a very limited exposure to these items. Door knobs/handles/faucets/switches... there are literally thousands of different options that she just hasn't seen. Uh, there isn't any 'splash back' because whatever is falling doesn't fall so far before hitting the water. Plus, you don't have to scrub the bowl each time from where your 'droppings' smeared their way to the bottom. And no, your junk doesn't dangle in the water. It's only around 3-3.5 inches deep above that 'pocket' at the bottom. Tanks built into the wall are available but who wants to tear the wall apart if it needs maintenance? Regarding tap handles, again, she's obviously had extremely limited experience. While there are still two-knob faucets (and even with two spigots) from many years ago still in place, the single lever is pretty much the norm in every house since the mid '60s.
She was living in an older home I saw from the picture. Older homes do seem to have thinner doors with less of a seal. New homes are not like that in the US and us the seal is in the frame not the door.
She is adorable, but even though she has lived in Ohio for a while, she needs to travel more. She didn't show.a single thing in Germany that you cannot get in the US. My shower heads have a hand wands, my kitchen sink has one tap for hot and cold, my exterior doors all have a seal, my windows are casement windows (they don't tilt) that can be opened all the way, etc. I spent more than a month in Germany staying with friends. The house was great and made the most out of the space under the roof. That is the biggest difference I noted: If there is space under the roof, German's make the most of it. Most houses in the US have attic space (unfinished) between the living spaces and the roof. My house is more German in that regard. I use all the space--I built it that way. But she is correct about yard size. My house in on 10 acres (40,000+ square meters)
She is showing an ancient door in the US. That door is probably from the early 1900s and definitely not modern. Also, she said that there are deadbolt locks on not only the outside doors but the inside doors also. That's typically false. While someone could certainly have a deadbolt installed on an interior door, it's generally not done because interior doors are thin and hollow and someone could easily just punch a hole through the door and reach your hand through and unlock the lock, so there's no real point. While the front door does typically open straight up in to the living room, part of every living room is a condensed version of a foyer that is usually tiled while the rest of the room is carpeted. There's also usually a closet right there so you can hang up your coat after you've taken off your shoes on the tiled area. That is, if you do take off your shoes. A lot of Americans only take off their shoes right there if their shoes are muddy or very dirty. Also, some homes in the US do have a full-blown entryway/foyer. Ceiling fans are the bomb. I dont know why they arent all over! Theyre really common in the US. So I fail to see how fully opening a German window is going to let any more air in than fully opening an American window. It's the same thing, and tilting the window to let a little bit of air in is no different from only partially opening a US window. 🤦♂ Also, American windows are sealed, it's just different from German seals. In the US we have a good mixture of not only both of the light switches she showed, but also we have a good mix of knobs and handles. Some doors (like my front door) will have a handle on one side and a knob on the other. I already expanded on this in one of your other videos, but a lot of homes in the US also have detachable shower heads. Also, if you don't have one you can simply buy one, unscrew your "fixed" head and install the removable one. It's not hard to wash your ass with a fixed shower head, water flows downhill. As for toilets, I can't speak for everyone, but I don't have any issues with my balls hitting the water. There's usually a decent amount of room between the seat and the water. As for splash back, I've also never had any issues with this, but maybe some do? Also, the US is pretty split with between the old 2 piece design with the handle and the newer one piece designs with the two buttons. Typically, old places will have the older design and newer places will have the newer design. As for the sink handles, the US uses both kinds all over. Its just a matter of style. Again, the stove thing just depends on where you are and how much money you spent on your stove. Generally speaking, most people say gas stoves are the best because it's easier to regulate the heat with them. I have an induction stove, but someone in the projects is liable to have an electric coil stove because they are cheaper.
20:20 the sperate handles are cheaper than the combined handle. that's why most places has the two handles. anyone can buy and install the "mono" handle (that's what it's called here), but most people just wouldn't spend the money to replace something that is already working.
American here and you open my door and you are in the hallway. Love ceiling fans. I have handles on my US doors. My shower head is movable and hand held. I also have a bidet in my bathroom. I have 1 handle in bathrooms and kitchen. Every state in the USA is different. Homes are different. She seems like a nice girl but she is so wrong on most of what she has said. You can’t live in one state and think all the other states are exactly the same. Homes are so different. I have hardwood floors that are made out of wood.
Yeah.. as has already been mentioned by others, she has a pretty limited view of homes in America. When it comes to layout, floor types (and colors), door handles, faucets and shower heads, etc, pretty much everything is customizable depending on one’s taste and preferences. While I can appreciate what she’s bringing to the table in terms of her experience, it’s a stretch to say “American houses generally have XYZ” as houses will vary GREATLY depending on which region and climate someone lives, the age of the home they occupy (different decades had their own style, layout, materials used-i.e. carpet, hardwood, STYLE of hardwood, etc), and, of course, personal preferences. It is nice to see some of the unique aspects of German homes though. Having spent a few weeks all over Germany, the toilet “buttons” was pretty fun to use 😂
We have larger washer and dryers, so there is no need to hang anything. We also have small laundry rooms in our houses to keep those appliances in. Our appliances are not in bathrooms, or kitchens. In tropical places, like Florida, it is common to have them in the enclosed garage. We do typically have automated dishwashers in our kitchens.
I have an old house. We do not have central air, and we heat our homes with radiators. In the summer, if it gets too hot and humid, we put a window unit air conditioner in. It plugs into the wall outlet. It's not the most efficient, but it does the job. The two handled faucet is superior because you can control the exact combination of hot and cold water. I love carpet but it's full of allergens and I have asthma so I just use runner carpets here and there.
The showerheads and taps depend. The taps are like 50/50. The single kind are a little less robust but tend to come on newer sinks. The handheld showerhead is preferred (especially by women) but the fixed kind is cheaper so that's usually what you get when you move in. People tend to replace those at least on the master bedroom's bathroom. Radiators are also extremely common in older homes.
In America we normally have 2 entrances one might be straight into the family room, this is for guests. The other is normally in the garage or near the garage, this leads into the kitchen or hall generally.
She is so off. Do people realize how big the US is?? Do they realize we have 50 states that have and do different things? I cant waste any more time watching nonsense. Lol We have a foyer in our row home also. She just jealous she cant have AC. Lol
I have the front door opening into my living room the backdoor opens to a second stairway and a door to a hallway with bathroom to the right then into the kitchen. I have an old home built in 1908 renovated and enlarged in the 1960s every room has a door, even from the livingroom to the kitchen could have a door.
17:50 most places ive been to (born/raised U.S) have a removable shower head or both, maybe the cheaper/older homes have a stationary one that pivots but most people with those just buy a removable one thats easy to find
Yeah, listen to the comments on this one… The only thing you can say is almost always totally correct is that we have separate spaces for our washer and dryer and most people don’t air dry their clothes because they don’t end up as soft and it takes more time and space. Everything else and I mean everything else is very dependent on which area in the US you’re in and what your personal preferences are in your house, also combined with your budget. My parents have a push button toilet with choices for light or heavy flush, my husband and I didn’t bother paying for new toilets in our house since ours work perfectly fine and I honestly find it easier using a handle in the dark than fiddling with a push button anyway if I need to go in the middle of the night. Same thing with shower heads or windows or floor plan or literally any other thing she mentioned in her video… America has such a wide array of differences in homes that it’s ludicrous to generalize them like this based on her limited regional experience… I’m not offended as I’m sure she just doesn’t realize how unique her experience is living in one very small corner of a really massive country and she really probably just doesn’t know any better, but it was just a tad annoying listening through the whole video and fully disagreeing with nearly everything she said was some kind of “standard” American thing… There really is no standard American thing in any category, we’re all living massively different lifestyles even right next to each other in the same city of the same state, much less across the entire country…
In the US, in order to call a room a 'bedroom" in a real estate listing, it has to have some type of closet space. Otherwise it can't be counted as a bedroom
My shower in my new place is awesome. I have a selector knob which determines where the water comes out. It can come out at the top, with a big rain forest head, or it can come out a built in wand, or come out of two lower horizonal sprayers or two upper horizontal sprayers. It's by far the best shower I've ever had. Most have just been a shower head that you can move a little bit. As for the sink, mine has two controls, one for hot and one for cold, but I've seen plenty of BRs in houses and apartments that have a single control. There's a lot of variety out there, so I think it's kind of hard to say, most are this or most are that.
Okay, I have the exact same "German" door handles throughout my house in northeast Ohio. All of my faucets have one lever, which became standard in the early 1970s... though you can get two faucet handles if you prefer. I grew up in California and houses there are much different. One thing I love about homes here in the northeast is that most have basements. You won't find basements in California, which is a shame. Half of our basement is unfinished (just painted) cinder block and concrete and is where the laundry room (washer, dryer, utility sink) is along with the furnace for the central air system. The other half of our basement is "finished" with carpet and drywall and has a dividing wall to separate it from the unfinished half. It's very cozy and serves as a guest room at one end (no wall, just a curtain) and my wife's office / craft room at the other end. We ripped out the carpets in the bedrooms and living room on the main floor, though we kept it in the finished attic and basement. We much prefer the original 1939 hardwood flooring as it is much cleaner. In the bedroom we have rugs around the bed so our feet aren't touching the cold floor in the morning but they are easily washed. The "attic" is finished but the ceiling slopes at the sides.... and it has a half bath as well. That's just a sink and a toilet, no shower. Oh, and we have a small tiled entryway before you come into the living room. In some homes they are much larger and often called "mud rooms," for obvious reasons. You don't see those in California very often, but they are common in regions that get snow.
So I'm used to Alaskan weather, and on a family reunion to California we stayed at an old farm that had no AC. It was September, and so I was used to things starting to freeze up, and then went straight to having on one day the inside of the house be at 85F. I pretty much just sat around and hoped to survive the day, although once the sun went down it was quite pleasant outside, I even started sleeping in the open. In our summer the sun never really goes down much, and when it does it gets pretty cold if not just downright freezing
I hate the single. I did put it in the tub because the double is hard to find and kitchen because i wanted the removable nossle but I took it out of the bathroom sink.
I live in Texas and my shower head has two heads, one 10" x 12" rain shower that is fixed and one detachable head with a hose. I also have seals on my doors and my windows are large and slide open side to side, not up and down. My old home was built in the 1950s or so and didn't have central air, but instead had huge wooden windows and an attic fan.
In the US all exterior doors have seals. We have single faucets (taps) and it’s split whether there will be separate hot and cold controls leading to the single faucet or a central control for both. We have taps in the US but they’re in bars and beer comes out of them.
the lock she showed is a deadbolt lock, which is an extra lock for added security, it goes further into the door jam and is a thick piece of steel i think? generally designed to make it so the door cant be smashed in (easily) my original home, even the police and fire department couldnt break through our front door due to the deadbolt (friend called a wellness check since all she heared was terrible sounds from my mic, forgot to mute it, an cat decided to play with my mic while i was away) and no, the kitchen, dining and living room arent "one big room" maybe there are houses like that, but most of the time its door into the living room, and the kitchen/dining area is next to the living room, but has a door and a wall blocking it, most homes ive been in, the door to the backyard is also in the kitchen, might be different designs where there is a hallway or the door to the backyard being in a different room, but most of the time its one room away from the living room to get to the backyard (might be for easy exits in case of a fire?, kitchen having 2 exits does make sense since a lot of fires start in the kitchen) and the light switches outside the bathroom, i think the only time (unless possibly asked for specifically when designing a home) is at hotels and motels, probably for safety of the guests? and you can switch out the showerhead for the one thats able to be moved, its an easy fix if thats a preference, did she not look up whether they could be swapped or if one was just stuck with the shower as is? and the faucets, you can also change that out for preferences, my kitchen has the "german" one where its one lever to control the hot/cold and amount, while both bathrooms have the dual control, bathtub as well how many houses has she been to if she hasnt seen drawers in fridges? im pretty sure most have like 2, maybe the owner opted to take the drawers out an make more room for the shelves? my old house, the washer was in the bathroom, with a cabinet above it, and dryer in the kitchen next to the door to the backyard, this one, which is older, has both in its own room i prefer wood floors, easier to clean, no need for a vaccume, just a broom and a dust pan, does get colder in the winter though, tile is worse for that though
Her talking about the wonderful German windows had me dying! 😂 If your homes windows are newer than 1970 they do all the things those magical windows from Germany do as well. I loved her comment about Americans being upset if there is no screen. She’s ridiculous.
@@MsLhuntMartinez79 Where did you gather that she's upset? To me as a German she doesn't sound upset at all, she's just stating her experiences. She has said numerous times that she loves the US, she's just sharing her experiences and opinions
So much depends when the house was built, or redesigned. More modern built homes (under 15 years) have an open floor plan, huge kitchen, nice bathrooms, walk-in closets. Older homes, like my own, opens to a grand room (for guests). The door we mainly use opens to the kitchen, so we can bring in groceries. We have "drop zone" inside the kitchen door for purses, coats, hats, etc. We don't bother taking off our shoes because we have a 120lb dog. In and out, in and out, all day. What would be the point of taking off my shoes? The dog has tracked in enough we would need slippers all the time. Being in the SE US, wearing shoes all the time is not the norm. Too hot, usually. We also have an 80yo home, so the rooms are generally smaller, less closet space, original 1950s bathrooms/tile, and a kitchen that could use a complete makeover, though we've replaced the appliances. You hit your head as a kid? That explains a lot. JUST KIDDING!! The high water in the toilet is still 4-5 inches below the seat. You don't sit in water (or "dangle"). But it is a lot higher than UK. She's wrong about the separate taps. The US doesn't do that at all. Our 1950s home has long, straight hardwood floor in 99% of the house. Only one room, the office, has carpet. We removed carpet from a couple of rooms and put in tile (the den/casual living room & kitchen). I'll add, the wood and tile floors look great. The carpet, which is only 20 years old, is incredibly faded and doesn't match the wall color anymore. Eventually, we'll replace it, but it's a cost. Won't have to do anything to the wood or tile floors for many more decades yet.
North central US states, especially with the German influence do open into a foyer where you remove your shoes, usually because of the snow or mud. In my Florida house the front door opens into a hallway. Some newer houses have whats called a "mud room" which is typically a small foyer type room coming in from the back door, but these houses do typically open straight into the living room.
Our doors have seals. Cincinnati is kind of a semi slum city. Where Tampa Florida, we have seals on all doors because AC is required by law. So hot outside, we have seals. Basically her video is poor peoples homes in America vs people that live in 5800 square foot houses with a pool, billiards room, 10 ft high to 14 ft high ceilings and tile floors.
She did say that houses she have seen in US movies, the house opens into the living room and she did mention in another video, that when she lived in Ohio, she lived in a rental apartment.
She doesn’t understand the huge variety in EVERYTHING that we have access to. I just put in a new shower head that has the fixed (attached to wall but shower head is adjustable) rain shower head with a magnetic clasp hand held adjustable shower wand. So I have a double set. I changed my single handle bathroom faucet out with a new pretty double handle faucet. In my kitchen the faucet is single handle with a companion sprayer hose attachment. It’s a fast and easy upgrade to make in a room.
Omg yes someone who understands! Y’all’s houses are made to stay warm. I live in Texas, so hot af, and my house is made to stay cool. When we had a bad freeze a few years ago, a lot of my friends that don’t live here couldn’t understand why we were having such a hard time. With MANY heaters on and most of my house cordoned off, my house was only 41 degrees Fahrenheit inside. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. I have no fireplace, no central heating, no insulation for doors and windows, hell there’s barely any insulation in the walls 😂. I had a one year old at the time and we just huddled in the bed for days cause that’s all we could do. My house is built on pier and beam foundations so all our pipes burst under the house, even though we were running water through all our taps. It was insane.
Most houses have a removable shower head with a hose. If not they are inexpensive and 10 minutes to install. My windows open normally or tilt. The U.S. is large geographically and houses are built to match the environment. Most of the houses I’m aware of don’t have a front door that opens into the living room. Faucet handles vary, some with two handles, some with one. We have tile floors, easy to clean and a good tile last forever.
Open concept homes are very popular in the U.S. and have been for the last couple of decades. We built a custom home and our great room includes an open space with the living room, kitchen, and breakfast nook. The formal dining room, office, laundry room, bedrooms, and bathrooms are all compartmentalized spaces with doors. Our home is a large ranch style home with a bar/kitchenette/TV room in an upstairs space above our garage. We don't have screens on our windows for a better aesthetic, but we can open our great room windows, which is connected to a screened porch. So, no bugs. ☺
I've lived in 17 different houses in the US and visited my parents in lots of other houses they've owned and rented. There are lits of differences based on when the house was built, where it is located, and how much money the people had who had the house built. I've lived in an old house of "Stick" architecture that had a vestibule inside the front door that then opens into a foyer and I've lived in houses where the front door opens right into the living room. Bathrooms in New England often have light switches on the outside, but in central, west, and southeast US, the switches are generally inside. I've seen new construction houses with tiny closets that are about 2 to 3 foot deep and 5 to 6 feet wide and I've owned a house where my master bedroom closet was about 15 feet by 15 feet with about 24 feet worth of clothes rods, 7 dressers, a shoe shelf unit that holds about 36 pairs of shoes, and a dressing table that was about 7 foot by 7 foot which could be used for folding clothes or laying out clothes or suit cases for packing. I also lived in a large summer home in the woods alongside a river and it had stone fireplaces in every single room and even one outside on the porch. I've also lived in a couple fairly small houses that had tiny closets and small bathrooms. Suffice it to say that there are lots of differences from one house to the next in the US.
The closet thing is only in some states. The window (two or more egress) is a fire safety code, but some older houses never had closets (they had wardrobes = furniture version of a closet) and multi egress might not exist in those houses. They can be grandfathered in in many states, so that updates isn't always a rule. It really does depend on the location.
There are plenty of older houses in the U.S. that don't have closets in bedrooms, especially those built before 1940. There are also many different kinds of door locks.
I'm convinced she's only been in one home in the US 🤣🤣🤣🤣
YES!! She’s very sheltered and is speaking as if she knows everything about every US home just by living in one apartment in Ohio?? Cringe!!
Yeah, this might be true for apartments. but irt very much varies from house to house. some have a mudroom, and some open right to living room. I would agree that most apartments tend to open directly to living room.
I agree. She has only been in one house in the US.
Ikr?! I’m not far from Cincy and the things she states are usually found in historic homes. Single taps, foyers, movable
shower heads, etc… are all in my home. But my old 120 yr old house, still some original fixtures. So you can’t give a blanket statement about any place in any part of our country. We evolve, we change to modernize, we upgrade when money isn’t as big of an issue. I think she needs to get out of her tiny corner of her old college town neighborhood and see what new homes have become.
Agreed! Lol
I have seen a couple of her videos....she tends to generalize the whole US from what she saw in Ohio. The US is huge, what a home is like in one part of the country doesn't speak for the rest of the country. Having lived all over the US home differ a lot. My home in Texas is nothing like the homes up north or on the east coast. I think she needs to go explore a bit...
Shes still better than the blonde airhead that spreads false info
My experience as well. I'm from SoCal, but have lived all over... The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Northeast Indiana, Coastal Massachusetts, Gulf of Mexico in Alabama and Florida, South Central Texas and Alaska. American homes vary so so much just based on geographical location, let alone factors such as the age/decade it was built and the popular styles of those eras. The variation is truly endless. It's frustrating to see how much she generalizes based on her limited experiences, then presents it as though she's an authority on the topic.
Heck, I live in the Cincinnati suburbs, and Idk what the heck she is talking about half the times 😂
Ya I seen a few of her videos aswell and when people like her try to generalize a massive country that has many different Cultures she is one of a few different youtubers who quickly press my buttons.
@matthewlizotte8904 even in Cincinnati. She has 1 experience and think it applies to everyone/everything. She talked about all the instances where she has to use checks, and I was so confused 😂 She talked about how everyone carries cash, I go out to the city quite often I rarely run into anyone with more than 10 dollars on them cause everyone uses their cards , or phones to pay. Heck....lots of places are cashless . I watch her, and be thinking 🤔 "where does she really live, cause it can't be the same Cincinnati I am at" 😂
She couldn't get on Amazon and order a handheld shower head for $10 like EVERY other American??! 😳
Really a little plumbers tape and Wa-la 🪄
I didn’t even know they was that cheap because I never really needed one
I too laughed at the “you can close them”😂😂😂😂 I am starting to think that she’s only been one house in the US.
The shower heads, door handles,faucets and windows...that's all up to style and how much you want to spend on those things. It's silly to say 'this is what they have in the USA' because we basically can have anything. Take a look in a Home Depot store. Entire aisles of choices of knobs, handles, shower heads. This is silly.
I have no idea how many people homes she’s visited but apparently not much lol
She should stroll through a Lowe's or Home Depot, and then she can ask herself, I wonder what they do with all this stuff😂
@@NaxatthedoorIndeed 😊
@@garyporterfield7165👍👍👍😊😊😊
true, a lot of luxury homes have both the fixed shower AND the handheld in the master bathroom.
I am almost certain this girl is not the one you want to see for reference to American home design. She was off on almost everything she addressed, and not by just a little.
She was only in the midwest. I live on the west coast and homes are newer and very different to east coast and midwest.
@@donnabert no, I'm pretty sure most of the houses in Cincinnati are not like her and her friends rent houses
I can tell you things in Oklahoma City are nothing like she describes
@@donnabert You don't think we build new houses every day? You don't have doors, central air, walk in closets, etc.?
The Midwest isn't all the same either. We very much have nice things too. Even older houses are retrofitted with new things
Here in Arizona, the hottest recorded temperature is 129F… in the shade. In direct sunlight the temperature is exactly 20F hotter, so 129F in shade is 149F in the Sun. Yeah, we won’t be opening windows to catch a breeze, lol.
The open floor plan she talked about is a fairly new concept in U.S. homes. Ours was built in the late 1950s and we have definite separate kitchen, living room, and eating areas
People keep saying if its hot just open a window....ITS STILL 102 DEGREES OUTSIDE HOW DOES THAT HELP?!?!
And if there's no screen be prepared to have a house filled with dozens of wasps and hornets. Even just walking in the door wasps or hornets will fly in quite frequently.
But Cincinnati is America! Open that window and feel a cool breeze cool down your non - Cincinnati home! 😂
Seriously… here in Alabama, the AC has to be used almost year round. Of course, it can get really freaking cold as well. But opening a freaking window would only let more of that hot, humid, sticky heat inside. Along with a million bugs.
And here in Illinois, if it’s 90+ degrees and humid then there’s also no breeze so what good does opening a window do besides let more humidity and bugs in?!!!
And sometimes its not even just the temp but the HUMIDITY it could be 80 out but if the humidity level is at 90% it feels 10 times worse
As usual, she is generalizing her personal experiences to the entirety of the country. Some front doors enter directly into the living room, but it depends on the layout of the house. They are all different. Some have a foyer or hallway, and can also be similar to English and German homes. Some American homes have an "open concept", which is where all the rooms are basically one big room. But other homes are segmented off. Older homes were built before the existence of central air, so window AC units or other portable AC units are used, in addition to fans. Also depending on the age of the house, any number of heating methods are employed. As a kid, we had open-flame gas heaters. I'm surprised the house didn't burn down. You can also see space heaters and raidiators, central heat, fireplaces, it all just depends. She is correct about closets; typically, a room can't be considered a bedroom unless there is a closet in that room. Fixed shower heads are not universal, many homes have the detachable shower head, you can always replace the fixed head with a detachable one.
Yes, her generalizations are so irritating and then he just believes her! If you want to know about America, ask Americans, not a German college student!
Exactly. The US has hundreds of different brands and styles of doors and locksets, built over the last 200 years at least, and one would expect that most of those in Munich, at least, are relatively new.
@@vickiecraft2151 Finally someone understands
Just for the record, I'm not subscribed and never watch her Channel, the only time I ever see her is when somebody else reacts, that I do watch
Yes. Exactly!
When I lived in Arizona, USA it was so hot our plastic garbage cans melted on the driveway.
Without air conditioning we would not have been capable of living our lives.
I spent from ages 5 to 25 in Phoenix, Arizona. My little sister and I at about ages 8 and 11 (it was the mid 80’s) stupidly walked 1/2 mile each way to a grocery store just to buy some Little Debbie Brownies, barefoot, and returned home with 2nd and 3rd degree burns on our feet. Swamp coolers were helpful most summer days; but July and August are monsoon season and too humid for a swamp cooler to work, so air conditioners are a must!
@@brandirienecker8988 I don't think you know what a 3rd degree burn is.
@@peaceoutbruh7085 Don’t make assumptions based on limited information in a comment. Medical treatment was necessary.
@@brandirienecker8988 if you didn't need skin grafts it was not a third degree burn.
@@peaceoutbruh7085 Again with the assumptions. I don’t need to provide you with all the details of our medical care that resulted from the situation. I told a brief part of my story to express how truly hot it gets there. I don’t give a damn what you think or what your assumptions are about a situation I’ve given very little information about. If you feel the need to be confrontational about someone’s comment that you truly know almost nothing about, find someone else. I will spend no more time on it, so feel free to get as bent out of shape about it as you’d like.
Light switches:
We have a great variety of light switches. We have what she showed, as well as dimmer switches, panel switches, dimmers that you side, dimmers that you turn and some rooms have light switches for the same light in different parts of the room. (For example a switch for the living room light that has a corresponding switch by the kitchen.)
Her vids are from apartment living and not house living. US homes have seals and better insulated doors than in Germany. We buy our doors and windows based on certain 'zones' within the US that require different amount of insulation. Also, homes most often have a second door called a storm door or screen door that acts as an additional barrier to the outside. Just went through this as we bought and installed new windows and doors for our home. This girl bases everything off of cheap student apartments. Rental properties. Not proper homes. And yes, a home within an urban setting will be small and bunched next to neighbors. She is referring to suburban homes with a lot and space.
She really has no clue. My wife is German and 100% disagrees with Feli.
She should go home since every video is her going on and on about how bad it is here.
You know, deep down I think she’s really jealous of the good ol USA@@liber7773
I disagree with her.
The chick is clueless
I have lived in a house in Germany and own an average house in the US. She gets a lot wrong. She visits one house in Ohio and is an expert.
Me too and she is right about a lot of what she is saying I lived in Germany for 2 years. I have been to 6 countries and 44 states I have been around
We use a Wash Cloth when we shower. A wash cloth is a miniature towel made of terry cotton fabric about 30 centimeters square. You saturate the cloth with the water spray and then use the fabric to lather your liquid soap or bar soap so the cloth is full of soapy scrubby bubbles. Now to clean that a**. Every department store sells them together with hand towels, bath towels and super large towels one would take to the beach to sit on the sand....towels of varying sizes. Wash Cloths are standard in any hotel room coast to coast.
I’ve lived all over the Eastern Seaboard of the US, as well as visited many other regions of the country for extended periods. I think she generalizes a lot about American homes. The wide array of styles and sizes vary greatly from region to region, and Ohio is not completely representative of other places. I currently live in Western Pennsylvania, close to the Ohio border. The houses here, compared to southern climes or desert states are very different!
I cringe every time I see her. She is the definition of "I need content...so I'll just make it up."
CRINGE (all caps)
Yep!
She is so annoying!
I'm from SoCal, but have lived all over... The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Northeast Indiana, Coastal Massachusetts, Gulf of Mexico in Alabama and Florida, South Central Texas and Kodiak Island Alaska. I've also visited all but 3 states. American homes vary so much just based on geographical location, let alone factors such as the age/decade it was built and the popular styles of those eras. The variation is truly endless. It's frustrating to see how much she generalizes based on her limited experiences, then presents it as though she's an authority on the topic.
I'm with you,on this, so called expert 😅😅
I agree, normally she does more research, and presents something pretty close to the "average" but she's very clearly showing upper middle class ohio homes as "average" and that is NOT the case. You can tell by the quality of home she's in, that it's NOT the average US experience. Which means the homeowner has likely picked the furnishings such as the hot and cold tap being separate.
@@CherryGryffon what are you talking about? You think that she is showing upper middle-class homes? No ma'am, I don't think she is
I couldn't' agree more
Agree. And I will add, she has likely been renting apartments during her time here, as most young people do. Unless she is renting a higher end or luxury apartment, the fixtures are going to be the cheapest, sturdiest option available to the landlord, hence the lack of handheld, moveable shower heads.
the blinds aren't outside. most new windows are double paned and have blinds that are between the glass. My mom has a patio door with this feature. It's nice b/c they never get dirty and bent.
As many have said, it depends on which part of America you visit. I live in Coastal New England on Cape Cod Massachusetts as well as Boston. Our homes our often older THAN the usa itself. My current home is 300 years old, as it was built BEFORE we were a separate country and just a colony of England. That home has many old features, including old latches for 'door handles'. Many of our sinks still have (including the homes we grew up in) have separate taps (hot and cold) and you just mix the water in the basin. Our toilets are also more old and some (in our homes) have the wooden tanks that are HIGH up on the wall with a long pull chain. We also usually have a hall entrance with stairway in and then a secondary entrance into kitchens via a mud room or boot room. Many often have a second set of stairs in kitchens which we still call 'servants stairs' tho none of us have had any servants since the 1910 haha.
We do have AC tho, but often it's a window unit of not central air. Also some of our light switches are old push buttons (one on top one on bottom) we even have some of the old phone jacks in our walls from when phones plugged in differently I believe maybe the 1950's and earlier. Our Gardens are more English or Europeaon (as in we have hedges and such BEFORE the lawn whilst more inland Midwest America usually have lawns right up to the sidewalk (pavement). I like to think of New England as a melding point between UK and USA people, we've a mix of both places. For instance we have Electric tea kettles and my local village (which was founded in the 1600's) has 2 Tea rooms...as in you can go there for 'high tea'
Also, in my area at least, most of the homes have wood floors. ON the cape we often have the Large wide old pine floors and then rugs on them. In the city it's more parquet or tightly fitting hardwoods and again area carpets on the floors. We also have slate or brick in service areas, like the bootroom and even the old larder/pantry have brick floors.
It's all an interesting mix and fun to see differences all over.
I’ve never seen a home in America without door or window seals. I would like to know where she found homes without them.
If the house is pre-1960 or so, and not updated, weatherstripping is rare.
@@tomhalla426I've lived in homes older than 1960. They all had weather stripping and storm doors. Few people buy or rent a home and never to any updating especially in over 60 years.
She is comparing her rental apartment to all US homes.
I bet that's an apartment door off of an interior hallway.
@@jonok42 - Most likely they were updated with the weather stripping in later years, but I'm guessing most of the doors without are quite a bit older homes. The first home I owned was built in 1924 and it did not have weather stripping, but there was a "newer" storm door on it that clearly didn't belong. My grandparent's home also never had storm doors or weather stripping.
All Feli needs to do is take a short trip to a local Home Depot or Lowe’s and see the thousands of combinations of doors, handles, windows, fridges, etc that are meant to be used in US home lol at least she could’ve explained that all newer homes are generally built bare bones so the inhabitants can then add in whatever they want to make the home unique to them, and finally for the love of god, we do buy shower heads with the hose attachment 💀
@@g-man8980 I’ll give Lewis the benefit of the doubt since he lives in the UK and probably isn’t too interested really in learning the nuances, the German girl though has been here for 10 years and still generalizes
It costs $30 to switch out a shower head to a hand held. I stayed in a hotel that had a control panel and water came out of a choice of 3 heads (1 was on hose) and could vary the spray itself. My shower head has a built in water massage.
Toilet water level can be adjusted by changing the float. We have toilets that better "hide" the tanks but are expensive. The ones in the wall are harder to repair. The #1/#2 flusher are getting pretty common.
Faucets that only have a single handle vs 2 are 50/50. I had a single lever faucet in my kitchen with a swivel delivery (for 2 sinks & gets out of the way for clean up)The cat learned how to turn it on by pushing it with his head. As he drank, it swung over the counter & 20% ran on the floor (luckily the laundry set tub is below that). I switched to separate handles after 2 "floods".
US Homeowner here: The only door INSIDE that has a lock is the bathroom; and I can lock my BACK door without a key by turning a knob. Front door can only be locked and unlocked with a key but I leave it unlocked often during the day.
Entryway depends on the size of the house. My mom's houses have all had an entry before getting to the main house. Mine is too small.
Air conditioning is regional here. In Oregon, which is temperate, we never had it, but in the midwest everyone has it.
In the US, for selling, a house is not allowed to count a bedroom if there is no closet.--A closet and a window large enough to climb out of.
The switches depend when installed. She shared the old standard, but now you can choose whatever kind you want. My bathroom one is fatter and also has a dial to turn on the fan. Shower head also depends when it was installed. My BFF has a new bathroom and it has both--a choice, the overhead or the detachable sprayer. So my SHOWER has a hot and cold, but my sinks have just one.
I strongly prefer the LOOK of hardwood floors. Mine are sort of golden colored which is common among all the houses in my neighborhood (all built in the 50s).
Mu front yard is open, but my porch is tiny. My back yard is fenced. Overall it is a good sized yard.
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American toilet bowls are deeper than European ones, so no worries about the boys going for a swim. additionally, that toilet shown has a LOT of water in it. most toilets in America only has about half that amount.
Mr Castanza on Seinfrld TV show...splash. Funny stuff
Almost everything she mentioned as being common in Germany, you'll also find in the U.S. They just might not be "the norm". The only thing that is undeniably American, is that you will likely never see a washer and dryer in the kitchen.
I have seen a washer/dryer in an American kitchen. At least there's an alcove for the washer/dryer in the kitchen. The previous owner put a base cabinet in there instead - because this is America after all. 🤪
I grew up in a 2 family built in the 1890s. Only 1 wall on the second floor had water pipes so when my parents decided to get a washer it was installed in the kitchen.
Yep, my grandmother had her washer & drier in her nice large home that had a beautiful grand foyer & 4 large patio doors off the back of the house. Lol.
Depends on the house. Basically the rule of thumb is that if something exists in the world, it's an option in the USA
My house actually has the washing machine hookup in the kitchen. 😂 It was built during the depression by the WPA or one of the other groups FDR put together. I used to actually have to wash my laundry in the kitchen and I thought it very gross and unsanitary. These days I'm washer free in the kitchen and my laundry gets sent out instead. I'm much happier with that.
I don't think you can say what a typical American home is any more than you can say what a typical American person is. The front door to my home doesn't use a key at all. It's a keypad. I have both types of faucets, my windows can tilt in for cleaning, and I have both carpet & wood floors. I live in North Carolina so there's no way I will not have AC. I don't always use it but it needs to be there for this NC heat & especially the humidity. Bless her heart.
😂 Hope she watched the episode on what "Bless Your Heart" means to us down south 😂 I concur and add "Dat'... po baby" in my Texas accent 😉 🤣
@@MsLhuntMartinez79 Ain't she just precious? 🤣
@sw828 I'M DEAD!!! 🤣 😂 You are good at this. Ok... I can't think of any more of our sayings that would align with these.😆
@@MsLhuntMartinez79yeah, I'm from the south also, and I thought the same exact thing, lmao. Bless her pea picking little heart 😂🤣😅
@@TinaW1983 OH SNAP! Not the "pea picking..." 😆 IM ROLLING!!!
We have lots of hand held showers. Usually the house comes with a fixed shower and we just replace it with a hand held.
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gas stoves are more common in the U.S. because we have our own deposits of natural gas, so it's cheap and easily available resource to use. we also commonly use gas to heat homes and heat dryers. this is especially true in the Northern area of the U.S. as it's easier than chopping wood every year. it's also common for grilling. we also have coal so that is another resource that is cheap and abundant for these same uses.
When selling a property in the US, you cannot count a room as a bedroom unless it has a closet.
And a window
Not true in every state. Many older houses never had a closet and you aren't required to build one in. They FEDS do require for a multi egress.
@@bluflaam777 Yes it is State by state. That is correct, but I wanted to post a more general comment because they were comparing country vs country. But your point is valid.
My house only has two tiny "closets". One is just a 'what do we do with this space in the hallway? I know put shelves there!' closet. The other is directly over the basement stairs and has a steeply slanted floor - only good for hanging coats. None of these closets are in a bedroom.
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Remember that the US is a large country with varying climates. When I lived in northern Michigan, we had an AC unit in the window and that was enough. When I moved to Las Vegas, the temperature can reach 48C so we need central AC which nearly every home has.
Where I live in NY, we have both and both are very much needed. We don't get as hot but we get into the 90s typically, we have been into the 100s... The hottest day ever was 105 degrees back in the 1930s.. 😂
People in Michigan have central air. Lol.
@@jamiemoss3633 Indeed they do, but central air is uncommon in the UP…
@@Menace2Society9 in ny the heat has never bothered me, its always been the humidity thats the real killer, but my family is around albany
@@kitten9416 I'm about 2hrs from Albany. I went to Albany medical when I broke my ankle and nearly had to get it amputated(I was in valatia ny at the time)..
But yes humidity is a aids
I am Canadian by birth (mom's side of family) and a US citizen (foreign born to a US citizen) living in the states.
My normal body temp is lower than most @ 96.5-97.5°. I live in the states. The southern states. Here in GA. the summers can be 90+°f and over 75% humidity. After you get out of the shower it takes about a day and a half to dry off. 😊 You feel like you have to swim to your car. With that disparity in temperature, I *can not* (have in the past, barely) live without air-conditioning.
When I lived out west, the heat could hit 115°f but the humidity was often sub-20%. "But it's a dry heat!" is the common, humorous (yet strangely accurate) statement when it's hot. You're not swimming to the car but, opening the door and walking outside is like opening the door to the oven and stepping in. The only time we opened the back door was to (as quickly as possible to avoid heat stroke and burning your feet on the concrete) go straight to the swimming pool. 😊
The climate varies so greatly in the us, often in the same city that A/C is pretty much mandatory. Here in Georgia, winters can be zero degrees f. (or even a bit lower), yet summer can be 100°f. (or even a bit higher but, not often) and terrible humidity. In the spring we can have a freeze warning today and 75°f tomorrow. There's no real "getting used to it" or normalizing to the temps as you can in other places. HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) services are BIG business here... For good reason. 😊
Some homes here have removable shower heads, too. It's up to the homeowner but, standard from the builder in the average home is a fixed head. They do move some and have different stream options and, unless it's a really small bathroom, the head is mounted high enough for most everyone. I'm 6'5" and don't have any problems getting under mine. Washing your body without a removable head means *using your hands* and turning... Novel concept but not rocket surgery. 😉
No, your "man bits" don't dangle in the toilet water, it's not *that* full but not having hardly any water in the toilet is just gross (ive used that type). Cleaning is much more of a "thing" and, well... Yeah. We now have low water consumption toilets that still have plenty in the bowl but use less to flush and are basically "turbo" powered, higher velocity flushing and they're great. If we open the lid and see 4oz of water in the bottom of the bowl, we think the plumbing is broken (and it usually is). 😊
We like having two handles on our bathroom sinks so we can control the exact mix of hot and cold or just one or the other. Although its becoming quite common for newer plumbing to have a single control in the kitchen, it's really a mix in the bathrooms/showers. I hate single handles in the bathroom. My mother's house had them and it's a pain in the ass/time consuming compared to direct flow hot and cold. Bathtubs too. 😆
Garbage disposals are fantastic. You can put most everything food oriented (peelings, grounds, lettuce/cellery remnants from the stalks, egg shells, etc. down the disposal (modern, high powered disposals will absolutely annihilate just about everything you put in to nothing) and reduce household waste going into the cans and that also reduces rotten, smelly trash that attracts bugs and animals, etc.. Reduced waste in the can,refuced smells, reduced bugs. What's not to love about a sink disposal!?? 😊
The majority of new, electric stoves in the US are induction. Gas is still extreeeemely popular and they make veeery nice gas stoves because home cooking at higher levels is a big thing here and, gas is so much easier to immediately regulate the cooking temps and, when you shut it off, it's *off.* No cool down period. If you're cooking and want/need to change burners, *bam.* Burner off, new burner on. Can't do that with electric. 😊
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one other difference with American outlets. we don't commonly have switches on the outlet for that outlet. we CAN get them from just about any hardware store, but most people just don't have them as they are slightly more expensive.
And useless!
She’s describing the places where she lives. It also depends of what part of the country you live in. She not very familiar with home all over the USA.
She did say in another video, she lived in a rental apartment in the US
@@marydavis5234 That’s saying a lot about differences right there. She’s describing where she lives in Ohio. I’m in East Texas and we have the green pastures, trees, Azalea trails, Rose Capital. Texas has mountains, deserts, ocean front homes. A little of everything. I’d say it just depends on where you live as to what “things” you have in your house.
American doors have seals to keep the cold weather out. Oh great, you can't get back into your German house when you step out to check the mail or take out the trash or sweep the front stoop. Huh, that's definitely not the bathroom locks. I don't know where the blazes this chick lives but guessing it's Pluto because all her videos are nuts. Bless her heart. Can't take it anymore so clicking off at the front foyer.
Agree. I don't even know why he watches these because she's always off. It's not helping him at all
I must say I agree with the commenters below. I was raised in the Midwest, lived in a suburb of Boston then moved to San Diego, CA and after I married my husband brought me to TX. Not one house I’ve lived in, has been the same. Most of the houses I lived in have hallways or foyers. One house in a suburb in Dallas had a Rotunda for a hallway. We’ve retired n the house we live in now has a 20 ft tall foyer. Our neighbor across the street lives in a smaller house n their entryway is not like ours but smaller. I like your videos by the way n discovered you a couple of weeks ago. I am going to subscribe because I tend to go to your videos cuz I love ur reactions n opinions, ur questions etc. Keep it up!
You can look online for new homes and see the floor plans. All the homes I’ve lived in here in Texas - were opened into the living room except for one home that had a small entry hall.
I don't think she's been in very many homes I'm from Cincinnati where she currently lives and the homes there are varied in style. You can live in a home that has a main entrance and hallway that's large or you can live in a house where you open the door and you're in an open concept where you see the living room dining room... There are so many different style of homes and different floor plans. I think maybe for content reason she just decided to make it appear one way so there would be a contrast but it's not an accurate representation.
When she was talking about the doors, pay attention to the video. Theres a storm door, which its purpose is to help protect against weather. Plus, normally there isn't insulation going around the door but the door frame, to keep out drafts of air, which you can see it in the video. Also, American homes are made differently. Depends on the person's style, or if renting, what the landlord chooses. I live in an apartment, i have a handheld shower head, which I put on myself, & i have only the one handle to turn water on. Your best bet is not to pay to much attention to her videos. I have watched other videos of yours, playing her videos, and she doesn't get it quite right. She pissed me off in a couple of em. So yeah, dont put all of your faith into her!!
Same...she doesn't know wtf she's talking about.
Many of the things she complains about here in the USA are options that people can put into their homes if they want to. There are different types of windows here. Some slide sideways, some tilt outward and move vertically, some don't open at all, some are like what she is used to in Germany, basically whatever is available around the world can be gotten and used here. The same is true for the shower heads. The shower head where the water sprays from is adjustable with a pivoting ball joint. The range of motion is enough to address the needs of most people. For shorties and other areas at or below the waistline, you require only move a little bit away from the center of the shower's water flow to clean those areas as well. We also tend to use wash clothes to get at areas that may be harder to reach or scrub clean. But we also have shower chairs that are aftermarket add-ons, or they may be built into the shower/tub. We also have tubs with locking doors in them for people who can't safely step over the edge of the tub to get in or out. They also tend to serve double duty as a jacuzzi.
In USA an exterior door that you cannot open with a doorknob but only with a key, would be considered a fire hazard and would be against building code. An auxiliary lock is sometimes installed which can be a single cylinder or a double cylinder deadbolt. The double cylinder has key slots on both inside and outside. Some people do not recommend them and some local codes prohibit them because of fire hazard if it is locked while people are in the house. You can remedy this by only locking it when you are gone or leaving a key in the locked cylinder (interior) when you are home.
Some of the fancier houses in the US have foyers. My daughters house has a long foyer that enters straight to the living room. The back door enters into the laundry room/utility room from the attached garage. Then another door to the back deck and back yard. We typically don't have bathrooms in the kitchen like I've learned you have. It's considered unsanitary to have a bathroom in the kitchen.
We generally keep the swine and goats out of the kitchen too… terribly unsanitary.
Hahaha, the doorhandle "difference" really got me. Yeah, we have those Germany handles too, just go to Home Depot and choose whatever style you want. Same with shower heads. You can have a stationary one, you can have a rain one, you can get jets, you can have all different kinds of handheld showerheads, I wouldn't say any one is a standard for the US. Also, some houses in the US will open right into a living room, but not most by any means, at least not from my experience. Usually it's a hallway or front entrance way that's a little more open.
I've been looking at houses to buy in WV. Even the modular homes. All of them, especially new builds have those stupid just a shower head...i yell at the tv go to home depot and get a decent showerhead!!!
Your reactions made this the best video. Really enjoy your content!!
In America we have some of the same things like germans that she wasn't aware of. I recently had all the carpet taken up & installed luxury vinyl.
Many of the modern & nicer homes have what is called a mudroom where you enter & take your shoes off.
This one will blow your mind. In many public restrooms/bathrooms the flush is automatic, meaning once you get up the toilet has a motion sensor on it & will automatically flush as a way to avoid more germs. They also have the same things with sinks so you don't have to touch handles when washing, automatic soap dispenser & hand dryer or motion paper towel dispenser. Growing up we had wardrobes because our small homes didn't have walk-in closets but every bedroom in the home I have now has one. We have a big yard in the front & in the back. The back has a fence where most let their dogs run & play. I had an invisible fence installed so mine can enjoy the front yard too without worry of them going outside those boundaries. But all of my pets stay inside for the most part. We are even training our new kitten to use the toilet, wish dogs could be trained to do that LOL
My home is red with black shutters.
The more I watch the video, the more I am convinced she lives in a very old home in the USA.
Feli needs to get out and about more.
How many American bathrooms has she been in? One? Two?
In my experience, here in the US homes that enter straight into the living room tend to be less expensive. I’ve lived in numerous houses in the US in 3 different states (Alabama, Idaho, and Texas) and every home, with the exception of one, had a foyer that you entered into after walking through the front door.
Oh my god, I responded too soon. The washing your ass part had me rolling. I don’t know, my shower head is fixed and I’ve never had a problem washing mine. 😂😂😂
Me too, about the homes types that is. There's the front entrance and the back entrance. Unless it's a formal gathering, usually the back entrance is the one used most often. It will have a porch or a mud room/foyer.
Sometimes it's how new/old the house is, or location/weather related. There really are no rules and there are too many variables to compare apples to apples even is the US vs US homes let alone US to Germany.
Same with the doors. Where I live now, the codes for earthquakes prevail over any codes for weather. All our entry doors have weather stripping. Our doors are much thicker on the sunny side of the house. The doors on the shade side are double paned glass sliders.
Locks are a different thing. While types of locks/handles vary, most US homes have crappy locks.
and etc and etc. LOL
@@bluflaam777 Totally agree about there being so many differences between houses just in the US let alone another country. It’s funny you mention mud rooms, the only time I lived in a house that had a mud room was when I lived in Idaho. In Alabama I lived on the coast so rain, wind, and hurricanes were much more of a concern. As a matter of fact, some houses along the AL coast come with functional outdoor shutters that you can close to protect your windows during a hurricane.
I have NEVER invited anyone to come in through the back porch. That's a sliding glass door. No, come to the front door. A mud room? We don't need no stinking mud room!!! It never snows where I live. And there's no basement or attic either.
We use the back door all the time which opens up into a laundry/mud room. We have a full basement and our house is 123 years old, so we have a mix of the old and the new in our house when it comes to switches, door knobs, doors, windows, central air and window units too. We do not have any radiators in our house but lots of houses still have radiators. We have storm doors on all of our doors as it gets cold here. All of our windows are insulated. Matter of fact it’s below freezing (20 degrees F) as I’m writing this but my house is nice and warm because it’s insulated well.
Again, regarding “one large open floor plan” vs individual rooms, it depends on when & where the house/apartment complex was built.
My 1923 Craftsman Home for example. Open fairly large front porch, living room, French doors to the parlor, doorway (which I blocked off so I could remodel) to a small hall with a deep closet (remodeled for a larger closet for the parlor). From the living room, there is another doorway into the kitchen. The kitchen has 2 doorways (one with a door). The doorway with a door leads to the laundry room & basement entrance. The laundry room also leads to a small back porch/back door exit.
The other doorway leads to another alcove with built in cupboards and drawers, as well as to 3 (now 2) doors. One goes to the bathroom & the other to 2 bedrooms. (The 2nd bedroom is an add-on.)
I'm 72 and I have lived all over the USA. This girl is obviously a millennial and has very little experience with anything. I live in South Texas now but I was born and raised in Dayton Ohio - just about 40 miles north of Cincinnati. Also my father was a builder and built everything from houses and shopping centers and schools... There may be a few houses like she describes, but I don't know where. Even Great Grandma's house from the 1920s isn't like what she describes. Yes, some old houses might have double faucets, but not so much for the newer ones. Also many, many houses all over the USA typically have the same shower faucet as the one she showed as German. You really need to come over here and see for yourself! Check out cities and suburbs and country homes. Go to many states. South Texas is radically different from other states.
One of the things I fell in love with is the difference! In Ohio, everything had to be "just so". In Dayton they regulated everything from the grass in your yard to the flowers in the garden and what color you paint your house and so on. Cincinnati is a little more relaxed, but not much. Like I said, I've been in almost every state but when I came to Texas, I saw a trailer house next to a field of cows next to a grand house!! That got me! Here individual choices are valid.
Now lately we've been getting a lot of "Yankees" coming down here and seeing how good it is and wanting to change it. 🤷🏼♀️ A concept I can't understand.
Love your videos! 💕
When it comes to floors, being in the desert southwest, we mostly have tile floors. You can always put down a large area rug in the bedroom or living room. We also have hardwood and carpet too.
Tiled floors, adobe in New Mexico!
Lol, here we go again, she is going to tell us about US homes, based on her experience in Cincinnati Ohio and movie sets😂. My house was built in 1985 and I have a nice foyer. And currently I have the two patio doors going out to the backyard open because it is a beautiful day😂
I live in Cincinnati, and most times, I have no idea what she is talking about 🤦🏽♀️
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She absolutely doesn’t no what’s up in the Deep South! We have very very thick walls and huge doors so as was said, things vary
@@missam3404 I'm assuming the older section of Cincinnati. I also think she's so set in the German way that she can't adjust.
Exactly
US building codes require a built in closet in order to be used as a bedroom
With most newer (post 1960) houses in the US, the weatherstripping on an exterior door is on the frame and threshold, not the door. Knobs or thumb latch with a separate deadbolt set is the common lock type.
For showers in U.S., over the last 20 years, it's become popular to have both type of shower head, in one shower. They are sold as a complete unit, where the handheld part hangs right next to the stationary head.
You can even get a shower head that has a detachable shower head sits IN a non detachable shower head (the one that isn't detachable is a ring around the detachable one)... it's actually pretty cool
The seals are not on the door. They’re in the door frame. Yes, we do have sealed doors. She didn’t look very far apparently.
Tons of homes have a handheld shower head in addition to the fixed overhead one... with a lever to switch water from one to the other. All of our home improvement stores sell handheld shower heads to install. It's kitchen sinks, showers and bath tubs in most newer homes have 1 hot/cold handle. Bathroom sinks are a pretty fair mix between 1 handle and 2. Only 1 faucet though. Hot and cold from the same one.
American homes typically enter into a foyer, except in smaller homes. Also, some homes do have the removable showerhead (mine does).
I have a large home, build in 1920, 3,000 square feet, and the front door opens into the living room.
Shower heads usually have both stationary and a portable. She hasn't been many houses. State to state, the architecture will vary from Victorian, Colonial, Ranch, etc. We build our homes to our designs. I have a jacuzzi and shower in my master bedroom. We love our huge bathrooms. And we use different handles also. My windows are hurricane impact windows that are double hung meaning you can take them both out or move the upper window down. We also have thermal flooring in some newer homes.
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just about every home has a dryer and they are used more in the cities as there is no space for lines. in the country side, it's more common to see lines, but they are slowly disappearing. some places like apartments don't normally have washer and dryers in the apartment, instead there is a common area that has several washers and several dryers. it's usually in a basement if it's in the city or a separate building for apartments in small towns. and some apartments don't have any at all and so there are business that specialize in having several washer and dryers that people can come to the business and pay a small fee (usually a few quarters on the machine itself) to use the machines. this is mostly in large towns or cities.
I have both in my shower. The reason why the water is in the toilet because smells doesn’t come out your toilet.
Hose type showerheads are really common, and going to Home Depot or Lowes will have a selection of hose type or large replacement showerheads. Builders tend to go cheap on plumbing fixtures.
Several builders I know go cheap because their line of thought is you will replace it with one you like better anyway. That is, if you are not involved while their building, then they install exactly what you want.
I would love to see you react to some USA home renovation shows after this. Maybe some property brothers.
Nice idea!!
I would definitely watch him watch property brothers.
Most Homes, the door opens to either the Living Room (front) or Kitchen (side/back door), in larger homes, there is sometimes an antechamber/foyer where all the other rooms spring off of and if more than one floor, the stairs up is usually also there. Multi-family homes here (back when they were actually single family) had the front entry in a foyer, and the back at a hall to the foyer.
The current trend is towards open areas so the cooking, dining, and living areas are all open to one another so people can talk to others in those areas while they cook.
All new homes are built with HVAC, a lot of older homes are retrofitted with it, though window A/C units are still common. The best homes are those with sub-floor heating (and sometimes cooling). Geothermal if you can afford it, heat pumps are becoming more common. LNG A/C is cheaper than electric, unless you have enough solar panels running. Some still run steam, but most have replaced with radiators.
Another thing about US windows, it's rare to find any without a screen.
Blinds are indoor EXCEPT at permanently closed windows, those can be inside or in an outside area, but enclosed in glass so they never have to be cleaned/dusted.
Most homes have closets, and almost all new ones, but some older houses don't, so you have a wardrobe (usually cedar).
Switches and outlets vary depending on who built the electrical system, and the US has some older types still in the homes (most have upgraded) So most are the small switch, new ones often have the larger switch, and old houses might have the dual push-button switches (the twist wall switch is extremely rare). Then there's rotary or sliding switches for adjusting light levels in some places as well. There are about 12 different outlets around the world and a few different ones in the US. Older 110v 2 prong ungrounded, 3 prong grounded, and a couple types of 220v plugs. (voltage is listed as either 110, 115, or 120 on the low, or 220, 230, or 240 on the high). Also not only voltages, but cycles are different, which makes motors rated to only 50 cycles per second burn out faster when run at 60 cycles per second.
The doorhandles in the US feel looser (they basically replaced the knob with a handle) while European ones are more direct, but with a separate lock.
My aunt's house, and my grandmother's house had a light-switch on the outside rather than the inside, both dated back early, probably because of the worry that people would electrocute themselves with wet hands.
Most shower heads moved a little, a lot of people have replaced them with a hose and sprayer, or a dual system (just screws on unless your house is REALLY old). This assumes they don't have a shower stall with multiple heads to hit you all at once. To reach your ass in with an old head, you just move further away in the bathtub until it reaches the correct area.
Yes, if you're hung, you have to be careful not to dip in the water when you sit, some guys pee standing, then sit to poop. Most have the one handle, but the 2 handle or 2 button is becoming more popular, especially in drought areas (Thank the Japanese, they invented it). The original was 2 separate handles (AND FAUCETS), then someone made it so the faucet merged together, then they invented the one-faucet for everything. Most US homes still have two handles (controlling hot and cold) with a single faucet. A few older houses might still have the dual faucet, most new homes have the single.
I had the ice-maker, if I have another, I'd replace the cheap tubing they use to run it with copper or at least silicone when I got it, vinyl tubing will break down and leak. Another thing to consider is how difficult will it be to clean the ice machine when it (eventually) needs to be cleaned. A double wide fridge /freezer side by side is best; chest freezers suck.
There's a rubber area leading to the disposal, you don't put your hand into the disposal to clean it, just throw ice cubes and a sliced lemon semi-regularly to keep it clean and fresh. A little bleach sprayed on the rubber also keeps things clean. Also there's a little catch basket that sits above the disposal anyway. The most common problem is some drops a utensil in the open disposal. 🤷♂
US has a lot of natural gas, so gas stoves are common, but so are electric. Induction stoves will probably replace them over time.
US dries most things in the dryer. Sometimes they hang things because they're delicate or to save money, but most are in the dryer.
A large percentage of homes are wall-to-wall carpet. I still prefer rug on hardwood floors rather than wall-to-wall, with Tile in the bathroom and Kitchen.
Honestly, the benefit of a yard is that you have distance between you and your neighbor, and it's good for kids (if enclosed by fence) or get-togethers (barbecues) in good weather, but it IS a chore to regularly mow, or rake leaves, etc. Luckily, in most areas, a larger yard isn't that much more expensive, but a pool, and a larger house does pay significantly more taxes.
There are some things that need clarification. I'm an American engineer and have owned several houses in my life, two of them I had built. One of the most important differences is the safety of American electrical systems. (I should know, I'm an electrical engineer.) The US has several different systems for different purposes but residential systems are all identical in basic design concept. Industrial and commercial buildings have differences but virtually all of the US appliances work on 120 volts 60 hz. This is for every type of building. In homes we work on a 120/240 volt single phase system. The utility transformer has a central tap which is grounded at each home and becomes both the ground and neutral. The neutral wire carries the return current while the ground wire normally carries no current and is a safety feature. Only large appliances like central air conditioners and electric ovens use 240 volts. The service entrance is the only point where the neutral and ground are connected together. Anywhere near water such as in a bathroom or kitchen sink a GFCI receptacle or circuit breaker is mandatory. Also outside and I think in garages and basements too. This is a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupting device. The device monitors the current going out of the hot leg and returning through the neutral. If the difference varies by more than 4 to 6 milliamps it assumes there is a fault and trips a circuit breaker either inside the receptacle or at the circuit breaker panel. Were multiple bathrooms are on the same circuit, if the GFCI is the first receptacle in the circuit and there is a fault in any one of them, the breaker trips. For those in receptacles there is also a test and reset switch. Now there is a new requirement, AFCI receptacles in bedrooms. If you roll a bed lets say across a power wire for a lamp or an electric blanket and damage the cord, this Arc Fault Circuit Interrupting Breaker will trip. In the US electrical safety is taken very seriously. The National electrical code is a very complete detailed document, actually a book and everyone must follow it. In some cities like New York and Chicago they have their own codes which are even tougher. The NEC is part of the National Fire Code. Its stated purpose is to assure electrical safety.
In Germany and Britain there is a kind of universal electrical code which is the IEC, International Electrotechnical Commission. Its standards are entirely different and the philosophy is entirely different. The system for most applications is based on a 230/400 volt 50 hz system. In residential homes, 230 volts is standard. This is much cheaper because to deliver the same amount of power as the US system it can use much thinner wire. The downside is that if you do get an electrical shock, you are much more likely to die. I thinki the system is ungrounded but I'm not sure. This is why there are no electrical outlets in British bathrooms for electric razors, hair dryers and other appliances. This is also why the light switch is on the outside of the room well away from water. I've designed industrial electrical systems that were based on compliance with IEC and more commonly with both IEC and NEC at the same time. It was one sweet pain in the A$$. Awhile back appliances for the UK came with no plug and you had to buy and install your own. The plug for an electric clock was as big as the plug for a large refrigerator. Now I think they come with plugs. The receptacles are more elaborate too I think with their own fuses rated at 6 amps or 16 amps. The American receptacle system is based on NEMA standards, the National Electrical Manufacturer's Association and is specific. If followed, no mistake are possible. (the IEC systems of plugs and receptacles drove me crazy.
Feli, the next time you are in Walmart, Home Depot, or Lowes go to the plumbing hardware department. You will find every type of bathroom fixture imaginable including all kinds of replacements for standard shower heads, all types of faucets, anything you can find in Germany. Many are not particularly expensive. replacing a shower head is just a matter of unscrewing the old one and screwing in the new one. If it comes with some sort of plate you might have to mount that to the wall. even double sided tape will do. Replacing a faucet is also possible and my house all of them came with the type you described. I also had a choice of doorknobs or handles so I choe handles. there isn't a doorknob in the entire house and it's a big one even by American standards.
Servicing a toilet tank built into a wall sounds like a tough job. The type we use in the US are easy to repair. Anything to do with the toilet tank such as the flush valve mechanism, the flapper, and the handle are easy for any DIYer or you can call a plumber. Eventually they all wear out. The replacement parts are not expensive.
There are many other differences between US and European homes. BTW, the windows in my house are typical having double paned glass with inert gas between them. In my house some windows move up and down, some crank out using a handle and a hinge. There are many types available such as those similar to those in your German house. Insulation in the attic is R20 or better, I think in the walls it is at least R14. Sealing up a house or any building to make it air tight so that it is energy efficient is a bad mistake. That was the theory used by ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (my nemesis.) This is how they created "sick building syndrome." What they didn't realize is that all plastics like formica used on countertops and many other furniture items and carpets slowly give off formaldehyde gas. Normally this gas seeps out through all of the tiny openings in the house and never builds up to dangerous levels. However, when you build homes and other buildings that are so tight it does and make people in them sick.
BTW, my outside doors are made of steel with an air gap between the inside and outside panel so it does offer insulation.
There are countless other differences. BTW some areas of my house have wooden floors, others including all of the bedrooms have carpet. The wood is light oak as are all of the kitchen cabinets to keep the house sunny and bright. Like I said I built a large house 24 years ago in a rural area and I must have about 100 windows.
The doors have seals, they're typically on the frame, not on the door itself.
The only homes that you enter directly into a living area are the older, smaller homes. Even most small apartments generally place you into a small hallway. She lives in CIncinnati (last I watched her) and I grew up there. They have a lot of homes built in the '20s-'40s that were originally around 600-700 sq. feet so they did place you directly into the living room as you stepped inside but they are no longer 'the norm'. I'm guessing this is one of her earlier episodes and she was living near UC, in an old part of town. It's obvious at this point she's had a very limited exposure to these items.
Door knobs/handles/faucets/switches... there are literally thousands of different options that she just hasn't seen.
Uh, there isn't any 'splash back' because whatever is falling doesn't fall so far before hitting the water. Plus, you don't have to scrub the bowl each time from where your 'droppings' smeared their way to the bottom. And no, your junk doesn't dangle in the water. It's only around 3-3.5 inches deep above that 'pocket' at the bottom. Tanks built into the wall are available but who wants to tear the wall apart if it needs maintenance?
Regarding tap handles, again, she's obviously had extremely limited experience. While there are still two-knob faucets (and even with two spigots) from many years ago still in place, the single lever is pretty much the norm in every house since the mid '60s.
She was living in an older home I saw from the picture. Older homes do seem to have thinner doors with less of a seal. New homes are not like that in the US and us the seal is in the frame not the door.
She is adorable, but even though she has lived in Ohio for a while, she needs to travel more. She didn't show.a single thing in Germany that you cannot get in the US. My shower heads have a hand wands, my kitchen sink has one tap for hot and cold, my exterior doors all have a seal, my windows are casement windows (they don't tilt) that can be opened all the way, etc. I spent more than a month in Germany staying with friends. The house was great and made the most out of the space under the roof. That is the biggest difference I noted: If there is space under the roof, German's make the most of it. Most houses in the US have attic space (unfinished) between the living spaces and the roof. My house is more German in that regard. I use all the space--I built it that way. But she is correct about yard size. My house in on 10 acres (40,000+ square meters)
The doors in Germany are not the same. The "seal" she is talking about is a beveled door. Our bevel in the US is in the door frame
She is showing an ancient door in the US. That door is probably from the early 1900s and definitely not modern. Also, she said that there are deadbolt locks on not only the outside doors but the inside doors also. That's typically false. While someone could certainly have a deadbolt installed on an interior door, it's generally not done because interior doors are thin and hollow and someone could easily just punch a hole through the door and reach your hand through and unlock the lock, so there's no real point.
While the front door does typically open straight up in to the living room, part of every living room is a condensed version of a foyer that is usually tiled while the rest of the room is carpeted. There's also usually a closet right there so you can hang up your coat after you've taken off your shoes on the tiled area. That is, if you do take off your shoes. A lot of Americans only take off their shoes right there if their shoes are muddy or very dirty. Also, some homes in the US do have a full-blown entryway/foyer.
Ceiling fans are the bomb. I dont know why they arent all over! Theyre really common in the US.
So I fail to see how fully opening a German window is going to let any more air in than fully opening an American window. It's the same thing, and tilting the window to let a little bit of air in is no different from only partially opening a US window. 🤦♂ Also, American windows are sealed, it's just different from German seals.
In the US we have a good mixture of not only both of the light switches she showed, but also we have a good mix of knobs and handles. Some doors (like my front door) will have a handle on one side and a knob on the other.
I already expanded on this in one of your other videos, but a lot of homes in the US also have detachable shower heads. Also, if you don't have one you can simply buy one, unscrew your "fixed" head and install the removable one. It's not hard to wash your ass with a fixed shower head, water flows downhill.
As for toilets, I can't speak for everyone, but I don't have any issues with my balls hitting the water. There's usually a decent amount of room between the seat and the water. As for splash back, I've also never had any issues with this, but maybe some do? Also, the US is pretty split with between the old 2 piece design with the handle and the newer one piece designs with the two buttons. Typically, old places will have the older design and newer places will have the newer design. As for the sink handles, the US uses both kinds all over. Its just a matter of style.
Again, the stove thing just depends on where you are and how much money you spent on your stove. Generally speaking, most people say gas stoves are the best because it's easier to regulate the heat with them. I have an induction stove, but someone in the projects is liable to have an electric coil stove because they are cheaper.
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the sperate handles are cheaper than the combined handle. that's why most places has the two handles. anyone can buy and install the "mono" handle (that's what it's called here), but most people just wouldn't spend the money to replace something that is already working.
American here and you open my door and you are in the hallway. Love ceiling fans. I have handles on my US doors. My shower head is movable and hand held. I also have a bidet in my bathroom. I have 1 handle in bathrooms and kitchen. Every state in the USA is different. Homes are different. She seems like a nice girl but she is so wrong on most of what she has said. You can’t live in one state and think all the other states are exactly the same. Homes are so different. I have hardwood floors that are made out of wood.
Yeah.. as has already been mentioned by others, she has a pretty limited view of homes in America. When it comes to layout, floor types (and colors), door handles, faucets and shower heads, etc, pretty much everything is customizable depending on one’s taste and preferences.
While I can appreciate what she’s bringing to the table in terms of her experience, it’s a stretch to say “American houses generally have XYZ” as houses will vary GREATLY depending on which region and climate someone lives, the age of the home they occupy (different decades had their own style, layout, materials used-i.e. carpet, hardwood, STYLE of hardwood, etc), and, of course, personal preferences.
It is nice to see some of the unique aspects of German homes though. Having spent a few weeks all over Germany, the toilet “buttons” was pretty fun to use 😂
We have larger washer and dryers, so there is no need to hang anything. We also have small laundry rooms in our houses to keep those appliances in. Our appliances are not in bathrooms, or kitchens. In tropical places, like Florida, it is common to have them in the enclosed garage. We do typically have automated dishwashers in our kitchens.
I have an old house. We do not have central air, and we heat our homes with radiators. In the summer, if it gets too hot and humid, we put a window unit air conditioner in. It plugs into the wall outlet. It's not the most efficient, but it does the job.
The two handled faucet is superior because you can control the exact combination of hot and cold water.
I love carpet but it's full of allergens and I have asthma so I just use runner carpets here and there.
The showerheads and taps depend. The taps are like 50/50. The single kind are a little less robust but tend to come on newer sinks. The handheld showerhead is preferred (especially by women) but the fixed kind is cheaper so that's usually what you get when you move in. People tend to replace those at least on the master bedroom's bathroom.
Radiators are also extremely common in older homes.
In America we normally have 2 entrances one might be straight into the family room, this is for guests. The other is normally in the garage or near the garage, this leads into the kitchen or hall generally.
Texas houses usually have 3 - main entrance, through garage and into back yard.
She is so off. Do people realize how big the US is?? Do they realize we have 50 states that have and do different things? I cant waste any more time watching nonsense. Lol We have a foyer in our row home also. She just jealous she cant have AC. Lol
I have the front door opening into my living room the backdoor opens to a second stairway and a door to a hallway with bathroom to the right then into the kitchen. I have an old home built in 1908 renovated and enlarged in the 1960s every room has a door, even from the livingroom to the kitchen could have a door.
@@SuperDrLisa I have 2 doors in from outside 2 doors in from the garage and 3 doors into garage from outside.
17:50 most places ive been to (born/raised U.S) have a removable shower head or both, maybe the cheaper/older homes have a stationary one that pivots but most people with those just buy a removable one thats easy to find
Yeah, listen to the comments on this one… The only thing you can say is almost always totally correct is that we have separate spaces for our washer and dryer and most people don’t air dry their clothes because they don’t end up as soft and it takes more time and space. Everything else and I mean everything else is very dependent on which area in the US you’re in and what your personal preferences are in your house, also combined with your budget. My parents have a push button toilet with choices for light or heavy flush, my husband and I didn’t bother paying for new toilets in our house since ours work perfectly fine and I honestly find it easier using a handle in the dark than fiddling with a push button anyway if I need to go in the middle of the night. Same thing with shower heads or windows or floor plan or literally any other thing she mentioned in her video… America has such a wide array of differences in homes that it’s ludicrous to generalize them like this based on her limited regional experience… I’m not offended as I’m sure she just doesn’t realize how unique her experience is living in one very small corner of a really massive country and she really probably just doesn’t know any better, but it was just a tad annoying listening through the whole video and fully disagreeing with nearly everything she said was some kind of “standard” American thing… There really is no standard American thing in any category, we’re all living massively different lifestyles even right next to each other in the same city of the same state, much less across the entire country…
In the US, in order to call a room a 'bedroom" in a real estate listing, it has to have some type of closet space. Otherwise it can't be counted as a bedroom
Not true.
My shower in my new place is awesome. I have a selector knob which determines where the water comes out. It can come out at the top, with a big rain forest head, or it can come out a built in wand, or come out of two lower horizonal sprayers or two upper horizontal sprayers. It's by far the best shower I've ever had. Most have just been a shower head that you can move a little bit. As for the sink, mine has two controls, one for hot and one for cold, but I've seen plenty of BRs in houses and apartments that have a single control. There's a lot of variety out there, so I think it's kind of hard to say, most are this or most are that.
Okay, I have the exact same "German" door handles throughout my house in northeast Ohio. All of my faucets have one lever, which became standard in the early 1970s... though you can get two faucet handles if you prefer. I grew up in California and houses there are much different. One thing I love about homes here in the northeast is that most have basements. You won't find basements in California, which is a shame. Half of our basement is unfinished (just painted) cinder block and concrete and is where the laundry room (washer, dryer, utility sink) is along with the furnace for the central air system. The other half of our basement is "finished" with carpet and drywall and has a dividing wall to separate it from the unfinished half. It's very cozy and serves as a guest room at one end (no wall, just a curtain) and my wife's office / craft room at the other end. We ripped out the carpets in the bedrooms and living room on the main floor, though we kept it in the finished attic and basement. We much prefer the original 1939 hardwood flooring as it is much cleaner. In the bedroom we have rugs around the bed so our feet aren't touching the cold floor in the morning but they are easily washed. The "attic" is finished but the ceiling slopes at the sides.... and it has a half bath as well. That's just a sink and a toilet, no shower. Oh, and we have a small tiled entryway before you come into the living room. In some homes they are much larger and often called "mud rooms," for obvious reasons. You don't see those in California very often, but they are common in regions that get snow.
So I'm used to Alaskan weather, and on a family reunion to California we stayed at an old farm that had no AC. It was September, and so I was used to things starting to freeze up, and then went straight to having on one day the inside of the house be at 85F. I pretty much just sat around and hoped to survive the day, although once the sun went down it was quite pleasant outside, I even started sleeping in the open. In our summer the sun never really goes down much, and when it does it gets pretty cold if not just downright freezing
She needs to travel more. I've never seen a home with dual spickets (in the USA). It's always been one for all faucets.
I do get the impression that she's saying every one of the millions of American homes are just like the ONE she's stayed in here!
I hate the single. I did put it in the tub because the double is hard to find and kitchen because i wanted the removable nossle but I took it out of the bathroom sink.
I have dual faucets in my bathrooms but, single in kitchen. I'm in NC.
If this woman thinks we want a million bugs in our house.. hahahaha NO THANK YOU 😂
I live in Texas and my shower head has two heads, one 10" x 12" rain shower that is fixed and one detachable head with a hose. I also have seals on my doors and my windows are large and slide open side to side, not up and down. My old home was built in the 1950s or so and didn't have central air, but instead had huge wooden windows and an attic fan.
I've had hand-held shower heads my whole life, but my parents or I had to install them. It only takes about 10 minutes to switch one out.
In the US all exterior doors have seals.
We have single faucets (taps) and it’s split whether there will be separate hot and cold controls leading to the single faucet or a central control for both. We have taps in the US but they’re in bars and beer comes out of them.
I haven't been in a shower in 30 years that didn't have a hose on the shower head
It's not that hard to get one either.
It's not as if it's some extravagant feature.
@@jack-of-all-trades1234 no doubt, $17.00/5 minute install
Yes, our outlets do look like shocked faces. We have outlet covers that depict funny scenes. They're mostly found in bedrooms and bathrooms.
the lock she showed is a deadbolt lock, which is an extra lock for added security, it goes further into the door jam and is a thick piece of steel i think? generally designed to make it so the door cant be smashed in (easily) my original home, even the police and fire department couldnt break through our front door due to the deadbolt (friend called a wellness check since all she heared was terrible sounds from my mic, forgot to mute it, an cat decided to play with my mic while i was away)
and no, the kitchen, dining and living room arent "one big room" maybe there are houses like that, but most of the time its door into the living room, and the kitchen/dining area is next to the living room, but has a door and a wall blocking it, most homes ive been in, the door to the backyard is also in the kitchen, might be different designs where there is a hallway or the door to the backyard being in a different room, but most of the time its one room away from the living room to get to the backyard (might be for easy exits in case of a fire?, kitchen having 2 exits does make sense since a lot of fires start in the kitchen)
and the light switches outside the bathroom, i think the only time (unless possibly asked for specifically when designing a home) is at hotels and motels, probably for safety of the guests?
and you can switch out the showerhead for the one thats able to be moved, its an easy fix if thats a preference, did she not look up whether they could be swapped or if one was just stuck with the shower as is?
and the faucets, you can also change that out for preferences, my kitchen has the "german" one where its one lever to control the hot/cold and amount, while both bathrooms have the dual control, bathtub as well
how many houses has she been to if she hasnt seen drawers in fridges? im pretty sure most have like 2, maybe the owner opted to take the drawers out an make more room for the shelves?
my old house, the washer was in the bathroom, with a cabinet above it, and dryer in the kitchen next to the door to the backyard, this one, which is older, has both in its own room
i prefer wood floors, easier to clean, no need for a vaccume, just a broom and a dust pan, does get colder in the winter though, tile is worse for that though
Her talking about the wonderful German windows had me dying! 😂 If your homes windows are newer than 1970 they do all the things those magical windows from Germany do as well. I loved her comment about Americans being upset if there is no screen. She’s ridiculous.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but even newer windows in America are mostly not like German windows
But why is she so upset? 😂 How do you say you're here for new experiences and get pissed at new experiences 😂
@@MsLhuntMartinez79 Where did you gather that she's upset? To me as a German she doesn't sound upset at all, she's just stating her experiences. She has said numerous times that she loves the US, she's just sharing her experiences and opinions
@@MsLhuntMartinez79
She’s not upset, she’s just a snarky Gen Z know-it-all with a touch of inherent German imperiousness. 🙄
@leDespicable I know she's not literally upset. Lol Just something we say.
So much depends when the house was built, or redesigned. More modern built homes (under 15 years) have an open floor plan, huge kitchen, nice bathrooms, walk-in closets. Older homes, like my own, opens to a grand room (for guests). The door we mainly use opens to the kitchen, so we can bring in groceries. We have "drop zone" inside the kitchen door for purses, coats, hats, etc. We don't bother taking off our shoes because we have a 120lb dog. In and out, in and out, all day. What would be the point of taking off my shoes? The dog has tracked in enough we would need slippers all the time. Being in the SE US, wearing shoes all the time is not the norm. Too hot, usually. We also have an 80yo home, so the rooms are generally smaller, less closet space, original 1950s bathrooms/tile, and a kitchen that could use a complete makeover, though we've replaced the appliances.
You hit your head as a kid? That explains a lot. JUST KIDDING!!
The high water in the toilet is still 4-5 inches below the seat. You don't sit in water (or "dangle"). But it is a lot higher than UK. She's wrong about the separate taps. The US doesn't do that at all.
Our 1950s home has long, straight hardwood floor in 99% of the house. Only one room, the office, has carpet. We removed carpet from a couple of rooms and put in tile (the den/casual living room & kitchen). I'll add, the wood and tile floors look great. The carpet, which is only 20 years old, is incredibly faded and doesn't match the wall color anymore. Eventually, we'll replace it, but it's a cost. Won't have to do anything to the wood or tile floors for many more decades yet.
North central US states, especially with the German influence do open into a foyer where you remove your shoes, usually because of the snow or mud. In my Florida house the front door opens into a hallway. Some newer houses have whats called a "mud room" which is typically a small foyer type room coming in from the back door, but these houses do typically open straight into the living room.
Your reactions are priceless lol.. you are quite entertaining to watch and I often laugh my ass off during the videos 😂
Our doors have seals. Cincinnati is kind of a semi slum city. Where Tampa Florida, we have seals on all doors because AC is required by law. So hot outside, we have seals.
Basically her video is poor peoples homes in America vs people that live in 5800 square foot houses with a pool, billiards room, 10 ft high to 14 ft high ceilings and tile floors.
Wow , "poor" people dont own homes. Alot of people are happy with their modest lifestyle and belongings, don't be so snobby. Cincinnati is not a slum.
She did say that houses she have seen in US movies, the house opens into the living room and she did mention in another video, that when she lived in Ohio, she lived in a rental apartment.
She doesn’t understand the huge variety in EVERYTHING that we have access to. I just put in a new shower head that has the fixed (attached to wall but shower head is adjustable) rain shower head with a magnetic clasp hand held adjustable shower wand. So I have a double set. I changed my single handle bathroom faucet out with a new pretty double handle faucet. In my kitchen the faucet is single handle with a companion sprayer hose attachment. It’s a fast and easy upgrade to make in a room.
Omg yes someone who understands! Y’all’s houses are made to stay warm. I live in Texas, so hot af, and my house is made to stay cool.
When we had a bad freeze a few years ago, a lot of my friends that don’t live here couldn’t understand why we were having such a hard time. With MANY heaters on and most of my house cordoned off, my house was only 41 degrees Fahrenheit inside. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
I have no fireplace, no central heating, no insulation for doors and windows, hell there’s barely any insulation in the walls 😂. I had a one year old at the time and we just huddled in the bed for days cause that’s all we could do.
My house is built on pier and beam foundations so all our pipes burst under the house, even though we were running water through all our taps. It was insane.
Most houses have a removable shower head with a hose. If not they are inexpensive and 10 minutes to install. My windows open normally or tilt. The U.S. is large geographically and houses are built to match the environment. Most of the houses I’m aware of don’t have a front door that opens into the living room. Faucet handles vary, some with two handles, some with one. We have tile floors, easy to clean and a good tile last forever.
Open concept homes are very popular in the U.S. and have been for the last couple of decades. We built a custom home and our great room includes an open space with the living room, kitchen, and breakfast nook. The formal dining room, office, laundry room, bedrooms, and bathrooms are all compartmentalized spaces with doors. Our home is a large ranch style home with a bar/kitchenette/TV room in an upstairs space above our garage. We don't have screens on our windows for a better aesthetic, but we can open our great room windows, which is connected to a screened porch. So, no bugs. ☺
I've lived in 17 different houses in the US and visited my parents in lots of other houses they've owned and rented. There are lits of differences based on when the house was built, where it is located, and how much money the people had who had the house built. I've lived in an old house of "Stick" architecture that had a vestibule inside the front door that then opens into a foyer and I've lived in houses where the front door opens right into the living room. Bathrooms in New England often have light switches on the outside, but in central, west, and southeast US, the switches are generally inside. I've seen new construction houses with tiny closets that are about 2 to 3 foot deep and 5 to 6 feet wide and I've owned a house where my master bedroom closet was about 15 feet by 15 feet with about 24 feet worth of clothes rods, 7 dressers, a shoe shelf unit that holds about 36 pairs of shoes, and a dressing table that was about 7 foot by 7 foot which could be used for folding clothes or laying out clothes or suit cases for packing. I also lived in a large summer home in the woods alongside a river and it had stone fireplaces in every single room and even one outside on the porch. I've also lived in a couple fairly small houses that had tiny closets and small bathrooms. Suffice it to say that there are lots of differences from one house to the next in the US.
We have all different type of faucet handles. All depends what you like single or double.
Waiting on the video of you trying the U.S snacks. Hopefully they don't expire by the time you get to them
Me too!!!!
That's what I've been thinking 🤔
He’s making them right now. We picked out what he was gonna try for the video on stream 😊
@@starparodier91 where do you see him? I don’t have insta or twitch. Darn it. I might have to get twitch. 😳
I’m so excited!
@@storminight He’s on Twitch almost every day!
A bedroom in the US is only considered a bedroom if it has a window and a closet. If there is no closet, then it is not a bedroom.
The closet thing is only in some states. The window (two or more egress) is a fire safety code, but some older houses never had closets (they had wardrobes = furniture version of a closet) and multi egress might not exist in those houses. They can be grandfathered in in many states, so that updates isn't always a rule. It really does depend on the location.
There are plenty of older houses in the U.S. that don't have closets in bedrooms, especially those built before 1940. There are also many different kinds of door locks.