1.	Place where I live

2.	What my flat look like

3.

My room

4.	House of my dream

5.	Living in a house or in flat (advantage and disadvantage)

6.

Household

7.	British houses

8.	Housing in the US

9.	Living in a town or village (advantage and disadvantage)

“ Housing in the US
In the United States two-third of population have single family house. Americas’ housing industry is a largely unorganized group of entrepreneurs who construct houses in their own geographical area. The Americans use to live at the suburbs. They have bigger houses than the British, but they are same comfortable. In America is absolutely necessary to have the air condition control in the house, because of the tropical temperatures which are there during the summer. Americans move on average every seven years.
In the US, there are many different sizes and styles of apartments and houses, in every city, small town, and village.
The early settlers in America usually made houses out of wood, because the lands were covered with thick forests. As the country began to develop, houses were made of wood, brick, or stone. After World War II the US government tried to help every returning soldier find work and buy his own little home. Then, owning your own home became an even bigger symbol of individual rights, independence, and the ability to live your own life exactly in the way you choose.
Over 80 per cent of the population in USA live in the cities. There are more than two hundred of metropolitan regions now. Some are so large that they have begun to merge together. This new urban network is called "megalopolis". The largest of these covers the area on the Atlantic coast from Boston, through New York south to Washington, D.C. People in USA live in family’s houses or in big buildings in the centre of big cities.
In cities and towns, people own private homes or apartments. In small towns, and the countryside, they might own an apartment, a farm, or a ranch. The way they decorate their home both inside and outside - whether artistically, traditional or modern, or quite crazily - is a very important statement of their individuality. Not many Americans own a summer cottage; however, almost every American can own his own home - a symbol of freedom for them. Young people usually live in rented apartments.
Americans have a lot of gadgets at home because it makes job easier and quicker. For example: garbage compactor that squeezes garbage into small cubes or sinks with three faucets. Some houses have a small computer system. It will turn the heating on, switch the light and radio on and make a coffee, intercom systems, air- condition system, the latest dish machines, garbage mashers, and electric knives.

Apartment house/building - a big building containing many apartments (block of flats in Br)
Ranch house - a flat, long house, and one story house surrounded by a yard on three or four sides, spacious, "modern" (here, "ranch" means the style, not that it is located on a ranch)
- in the southern states are made of bricks
- are usually made of wood and built by carpenters
Split level - a "modern" house like a ranch house, but with one part 2 stories tall
Two-story house - a square house with 2 floors, 6 - 12 rooms
Duplex - one house split into two, either side by side or upstairs and downstairs (semi-detached in Br)
Bungalow - a small, wooden house, maybe 2-4 rooms
Trailer - a long truck with many windows, used as a home and usually found in small towns or the countryside
- many trailers are put close together (in Britain there are caravan parks, where people live in caravans)
Apartment - a set of rooms rented for living in an apartment building (flat in Br)
Condominiums (“condos") - an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the family living in it but the building and shared areas are owned together
- they often have a lot of communal amenities, such as laundry rooms, fitness rooms or swimming pools
Housing development - a neighbourhood of private homes or apartment buildings
- all in a similar style
Victorian style - houses painted in bright colours, especially blue; San Francisco
Mobile homes - there are located in mobile home parks
- inexpensive way of living
- for retired people
Rented apartments - for young single people, who can´t afford to buy a house or a condo
- are almost always furnished"