Useful Expressions

Rooms In A House

There are certain rooms that you usually find in every UK house. Some of them are the same as other countries and some are not.

In 1, the kitchen is often the centre of life in a UK house. Many families eat most of their meals in the kitchen and you often a find a TV set there too.
2. Some more modern UK homes have a toilet in the bathroom, but still most houses have separate toilet and bathrooms. You don't usually find a bidet in English bathrooms.
in 3, nearly every house in the UK today has at least one indoor toilet. But up to fifty years ago, toilets were outside in the back garden.
In 4, the 'hall' is usually the first room that you come into after you come through the front door. It's often a long narrow room with doors to the other ground floor rooms.
In 5, the 'landing' is the area of floor at the top of each flight of stairs. The landing on the upper floor is often like an upstairs 'hall' (see 4).
In 6, the lounge or living room is the room where people can relax. In the past, the centre of the living room was the fireplace. Now it's usually the television.
In 7, not every home has a dining room and many families never sit down all together but prefer to eat in separate rooms or eat sitting around the television.
In 8, most people have enough rooms for parents to have a bedroom and each child to have their own room also.
In 9, the attic is the space inside the slopiing roof of the house. Some people put a room up there and this is called a 'loft conversion'.
In 10, some older houses have a small room below ground level. Traditionally this place was used as a store for wine and coal.