brash_stryker said:
Bingowings said:
Plenty of houses have cellars, garages and the last castle of the British, garden sheds but not in flats but I doubt if many American apartments have basements (especially on the upper floors). We do have air conditioning (it's called a window) and we often have to pay for healthcare (or just go without it).
Well I've never met anyone in the UK with a basement/cellar. Obviously they exist, all I'm saying though is that they're pretty uncommon. And by free healthcare, I meant the NHS.
I hope you never find yourself or your family in need of medical attention which the NHS refuses to fund it's very common, the time of free health care for all is long gone.
Cellars are not a common feature of modern built houses (though attics are) but are quite common in older houses where they were often used to store coal which fuelled the other end of the air conditioning system...a fire, I've lived in a few and known quite a few friends with cellars but I've never seen one on a new build.
Almost every new build house I've lived in has had one shed but flats don't have cellars or sheds even in other countries (I think the downstairs neighbours would object).