SOUND ISSUE: I’m seeing comments about the sound being low. Everything is okay on our side, and I’m using a professional new microphone for recording. I’ve heard other KZitem channels are also having sound issues. I wonder if this is a technical issue in YT’s side? Anyway, I’m really sorry this is happening!! 💕💕💕
@ContemporaryMama
3 жыл бұрын
Sound is perfect for me but I’m listening on my air pods
@A3aan1959
3 жыл бұрын
The sound is fine, i'am using my iPad
@mariadebake5483
3 жыл бұрын
Sound is fine for me too, I'm using my mobile phone
@conscious_choice
3 жыл бұрын
🇳🇱 beetje laag geluidsniveau op mobiel. Sound a little low on cellphone. Not too bad
@remconet
3 жыл бұрын
I've seen (well heard) this in your videos before. It has to do with normalizing your sound levels. Something your editor should look into.
@manoni75
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jovie, many people have a toilet in their bathroom in The Netherlands. Maybe even most of them! For me a big difference between American and Dutch bathrooms is that the sink and toilet bowl are wall mounted nowadays, which looks way more modern and makes a bathroom so much easier to clean. Also it's more common to have a fridge incorporated with the cabinets in the kitchen, so it looks sleek. In American kitchens the fridge looks to me like a giant monster crammed into normal sized cabinets :)
@xXTheoLinuxXx
3 жыл бұрын
Jovie there are some difference between the Randstad and everything outside that. I live in Drenthe and we have more space, so garages/carports are more common next to your house. To make it clear how different it is between the Randstand and the Lower Saxon region of the Netherlands is that we love to have a cabin in the garden to use like some kind (wo)mancave, the groundprice differs a lot ;) The main reason why we have hallways is that we don't like to share the view everything in case someone is using the doorbell. Back in the day houses had a seperate room (voorkamer) in case of visitors. The 'achterkamer' was the room for normal life. The sofa, well since we aren't exactly dwarfs a lower sofa hurts your back, so we like them a bit higher (in general). A microwave? well for a lot people it is for just in case.. or they are to stupid to cook. I'm not saying they are, but it is just one of the labels. Build in closets, wel my house is from 1954 and pretty standard for that time and has build in closets. And we have plenty of houses with a toilet in the bathroom, but to be honest, no one likes the smell of number 2 when they want to take a shower ;) At some points there is a reason why we do things different.
@MarcJagt
3 жыл бұрын
Until the sixties it was common to have build-in wardrobe's in houses, most times in a corner of a room. This was abandoned to give the tenant or future owner more freedom of choice regarding storage space. On the other hand builders were saving costs when they did not fit in wardrobe's. And by leaving out build in wardrobe's the number of livable square meters went up so the rent or selling price could become higher. Scrooge McDuck is a Dutchman.
@-ParisTexas-
3 жыл бұрын
Actually, the older houses do have built in storage. I think that they stopped building like that in de sixties. :) Houses from the thirties and older definitely have built in storage. But it is smaller than what you are used to. I guess people had less stuff. If you can see under your furniture the space seems bigger. The houses here are smaller. We try to maximize the space visually.
@lindaraterink6451
3 жыл бұрын
Most of the buildins have been torn out aswell when remodeling.
@AnimalDreams86
3 жыл бұрын
Probably more like in the seventies. Our previous house was built in 1969, and had built in storage.
@supadupasumi
3 жыл бұрын
Can confirm, we have a rental house (yes whole house lol) that is from 1965 or something and two out of the 4 bedrooms upstairs got built-in closets. Small ones but definitely there. The two rooms that have one are also the biggest ones.
@gianmartina
3 жыл бұрын
The people I know, who have a garage, don't use it as a garage but rather as a space for storage. We have used half of our garage to create our new kitchen. The other have is in use as a space for storage.
@mariadebake5483
3 жыл бұрын
Yes most people I know do so too
@martianpudding9522
3 жыл бұрын
The other week my dad send a picture that he cleared out his garage and put his car in it, and my sister and I were like "what are you doing??"
@JoviesHome
3 жыл бұрын
That's so funny!
@lindaraterink6451
3 жыл бұрын
All the people I know use their garage where it's meant for to put the car in because our dutch weather kills them way to early when they are parked outside. So not always a storage room.
@aeiouaeiou100
2 жыл бұрын
We use it for like 8 bikes
@ryn2844
3 жыл бұрын
Dutch people also tend to go into their house through the back door, and people who are close friends come in through there as well. Strangers would use the door bell/ front door. Why would you want strangers to immediately see the living room?
@Romir01x
2 жыл бұрын
I just realized that I have never entered my best friend's house trough the front door.
@leDespicable
2 жыл бұрын
That's interesting. The concept of a back door doesn't reall exist here in Germany. Most houses/apartments just have the front door and a balcony/terrace door, that's it.
@rakoda
2 жыл бұрын
Depends on where you live. Me and my friends live in a appartement the front door is the only door accessible
@henryhuijbers3158
3 жыл бұрын
About the microwave. The inner walls of a conventional microwave are made of metal too. It’s all about the placement of the beam, it doesn’t hit the walls and rack holders.
@jwenting
2 жыл бұрын
and which metals, and if there's proper insulation, etc. etc.
@helenehuydecooper3534
3 жыл бұрын
´Mostly we have two toilets: 1 downstairs and one upstairs in the bathroom. An extra separate toilet upstairs is also possible when the lay out of the house allows it.
@nomadgigi4051
3 жыл бұрын
I worked in architectural drawing for years and designed many houses. If you do the maths you'll find that a build in wardrobe of say 60cm x 180cm takes up the same amount of overall floor space as a loose standing wardrobe of the same size. The difference is that build in is neater but fixed and loose is more flexible in room layout. I prefer build in but have sometimes found it frustrating to place the furniture.
@tiablasangoriti8347
2 жыл бұрын
If that microwave wowed you, wait till you see the washing machine that doubles as a dryer. Loving the Specs!
@Oxygenefrl
3 жыл бұрын
Built in closets: because we like to keep the space open to different ways of using it. If you put a built in closet in a bedroom, then there is only 1 way to place your bed etc
@ZaeranosNL
2 жыл бұрын
I always found it interesting to see how international people view the Netherlands. I am born and raised in the Netherlands so it is really insightful. I have to point out a few things though. 1) The garages: you have a lot of different types of garages in the Netherlands. The ones you showed a picture of are garageboxes, which come with row houses. But you have garages that are attached to the house and also with a lot of different conveniences. That you don't have an automatic door is because you decided not to install it. I could make a whole video on different garages. 2) Entryway/hallway: Many families enter their house through the backdoor. It again depends on the type of house such as farmhouses, rowhouses, two-under-one-roof houses, stand-alone houses. I have always entered a house through the backdoor at my own and my friends. Again something that can take up an entire video. It all depends on where you live and how you have been raised. 3) On account of bathrooms. Again it all depends on where you live and in what type of house. There are many houses that have more than one bathroom and there are toilets in bathrooms. We aren't that different from the US. 4) Built-in closets: Yes in the Netherlands you do not see them that much. That doesn't mean they aren't there. The way I see it is. A house has a fixed amount of space and you either sacrifice space for a built-in closet or you sacrifice space for a room closet. It's kind of a practical thing.
@betsytodd3511
3 жыл бұрын
Entering through the garage may be a reason for not needing an entrance hall in larger American houses, but I think another reason is to maximize room sizes and not lose space to hallways. My house was built in 1949 as a modest low cost house. The only hall is about 6 or 7 feet (2 meters) long, between the 2 bedrooms. There’s no garage and I do normally enter through the front door directly into the living room. I would love to have a front hall but it would take way too much space away from my small living room. Besides letting the cold air in, if someone comes to the door they can see if my living room is a mess - I hate that!
@lindaraterink6451
3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly why Dutch (Europeans) find the 'step into my livingroom thing' weird. Main thing I don't like it is that some stranger that is f.i. trying to sell some thing or collect for a good cause, can see everything in my house that way.
@DenUitvreter
3 жыл бұрын
@@lindaraterink6451 A hall is also a heat sluice. If you have one visitor in the winter, you have got to get your whole living room up to temperature again.
@hesseldijkstra5327
2 жыл бұрын
I am now living in the USA for 10 years, the toilets in the houses I have lived in easily gets blocked and you need a plunger to push things free. In the Netherlands my whole life I have never seen a blocked toilet bowl. I figured out that in the Netherlands the holes in the bowls are much larger.
@BartSanneMassee
Жыл бұрын
Hahahah! Yup! Scott’s septic safe is the way to go! Way stronger, lasts forever and just works. Even prefer it to Dutch wc papier:-)
@HomeWorkouts_LS
3 жыл бұрын
As a designer, I wish those amazing windows were more common in the US! They're just so expensive here :(
@michaellust
3 жыл бұрын
I've followed you now for some time and it seems that Sweden and The Netherlands are so much alike in so many ways. Did not now that. Thanks Jovie. Your videos is uplifting and informative.
@HYDROCARBON_XD
Жыл бұрын
Bruh,both are extremely safe/developed countries,both are very good countries for business,the language is “similar” (both are Germanic,but not that similar,the way how Spanish and French are similar) and well both are European countries so yeah obviously they are similar (they also have A LOT of EDM DJs)
@Ter_ror
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jovie, coming back to the combined microwave. A lot of combined/new microwaves use a different wavelength/power output on the magnetrons (the thing that actually makes food warm). This way metal doesn't spark but actually gets heated. For Example if you want to heat up a glass of milk you can put a metal spoon in it this way the milk gets heated faster and more evenly. Most of these machines have (when you open the door) a little symbol that actually says to put a spoon is it. Also a lot of the combined ones can use the hot air element as well as the microwave element to heat up food quicker, more evenly and nicer.
@ilonkagootjes858
2 жыл бұрын
The reason of a separate toilet comes from the old days, the days where we didn't have plumming. Most city's had an open sewer in the middle of the streets. The "toilel" wasn't much more than a kind of closet, next to the frontdoor (hence the hallway, you don't want a toilet in the livingroom) and there was just a "poopbucket" in the closet. They would take the bucket right out the frontdoor to empty it in the sewer. Later when we got plumming, we also got a shower, (no baths) and those where almost always on the second floor, by the bedrooms. Funfact, that's the reason why we call it WC ("waysay") meaning watercloset. 😁
@claudioferrara4455
2 жыл бұрын
Italy: Mattress: You may have either one x2 mattress or 2 separate mattresses in king size beds. It’s personal. I’d say one two-place mattress is more common, but it’s just my experience. Windows: same as in the NL and I think it’s a continental European standard. In newer homes, they open both ways; in older ones, they open only horizontally, but you can still open it completely. Closets: Italians have a lot of clothes and a built-in closet would be impractical. In Italy, the closet is usually a HUGE two-story piece of furniture that often takes up an entire wall in the bedroom. The lower level is for clothes for the current season (e.g. t-shirts if it’s Spring-Summer or sweaters if it’s Autumn-Winter) and the upper level for clothes for the other season, and you switch them twice a year. This is called “changing the closet” (cambio dell’armadio) and I used to think it was something universal, but in my first travels abroad I was shocked to find out it’s a typical Italian thing. Some larger apartments or some houses may have a little dedicated room (cabina armadio), but it’s not common. Garages: separate garages are usually in estates built between the 50s and the early 70s, when car culture wasn’t so widespread yet in Europe as it was in the US. I live in a 1960s apartment block in a Milan suburb and my garage is in a nearby street, in a row of garages like the one you showed in the video. Yes, most garage doors are NOT automated, especially in separate garages that usually aren’t wired into the power network. Bathrooms: Most newer homes will have a main bathroom and a service bathroom. The toilet is usually in the bathroom and not separated. I’m sure someone has pointed this out before me, but the most striking difference is that bathrooms in Italy ALWAYS have a bidet. Another striking difference between American homes and EU homes is that you use SO MANY dry walls in the US. Here, walls are brick and mortar and dry walls are used only in special circumstances (for example, you want to split one large room into two smaller rooms and you mount a dry wall to separate).
@johansilwouden3403
3 жыл бұрын
With regards to garages: many of the garages that came with homes built in the 60s, 70s and even 80s are way too small for today's cars! Although they may be still small by American standards, many types of cars in Europe have become bigger over the last decades. And protection against rust has also vastly improved, so no need to park your car inside! So we can use our garages to store our many bikes and other stuff we have!
@halapunjete
3 жыл бұрын
It's not a need but convenient to park the car in the garage. No need to de-ice the car in the winter if you store it in a garage
@JasperJanssen
3 жыл бұрын
@@halapunjete ice? What is ice? I think I remember it from my childhood…
@sharonp4446
3 жыл бұрын
We live in the country. We park only 1 car in garage. If we come home with groceries we enter through garage door which opens/closes with a punch of button. No rain, no cold hard wind, no creatures coming inside. I love my garage!
@nelsonkaiowa4347
2 жыл бұрын
Remote controls for everything is an American concept where convinience is number one (and also the cause for obesity). And trust me , newer garages in Europe also have remote controls.
@martianpudding9522
3 жыл бұрын
I think the toilet might just be a your house thing? Most houses I've been in have a toilet in the bathroom upstairs and a seperate one downstairs. I live in an apartment and we have a toilet in the bathroom and a seperate toilet right next to the bathroom.
@Pannenkoekenplantje
3 жыл бұрын
I actually prefer standalone closets because of the variety, both in styles and in room layout
@Richard-ox6zk
2 жыл бұрын
A big walk-in closet is a dedicated room for your clothes.
@wilmascholte7607
3 жыл бұрын
My old home, from 1895, had built in closets in the kitchen, living room (2), front room (2), master bedroom (2) and small bedroom (1). I think it's modern homes that are kind of gimped in this way.
@janwillem2656
3 жыл бұрын
the high sofa is actually great to put the robotic vacuumcleaner under. every once and a while it will drive from underneath the sofa, and when its done it will park itself there. nobody really notices.
@Roosmarijn035
3 жыл бұрын
and an excellent hiding place for the cat and her toys too. I always have to check when vacuming.
@sandyruitenberg2928
3 жыл бұрын
I as a Dutch person actually prefer one big matras , where we both sleep on. I even select hotel rooms based on having one matras. But me and my husband like to cuddle througout the night. When we do have a hotel woth 2 seperate one person matrasses, we prefer to sleep on the one person matras together over sleeping on a different matras.
@Catzeyz
3 жыл бұрын
Think the garage thing differs for people. For us, we would love one for protection of the car in bad weather, and if lucky to have a large enough one, use also as a workshop or extra storage, but we are lucky to have a carport that offers some protection. The front door thing is the same in Australia as in the US, usually walk straight into the living room. As an Australian, when I lived there, the front door was still the main way to enter the house as the garage was under the house, not attached or used as a separate entrance. I also had to get out of the car to unlock my garage in Australia. I do like the hall here, though some are very narrow. Couches depends on what you buy....both of our most recent ones are only about 1 cm off the floor, just enough for our furballs to lose a spring toy underneath, but not enough to get it out easily or clean without moving the couches. The 2 mattresses can be good in terms of having a mattress which suits each person, but in our case even with a topper a gap appears in the middle often as my husband tends to prop up on his elbow to watch tv before sleep and that is where he leans his elbow and weight, then falls asleep and through the night with movement etc., it become a gap....also once the mattresses begin to age a gap or ridge is more likely. When I first moved here, I was told the 2 mattresses were because of the typical Dutch houses with narrow stairs which made it impossible to get a wide queen or king mattress in. Not having built in closets doesn't bother me so much as it allows for more choice where to put furniture, but I do miss having a built in linen closet, or any type of storage space in the home. When we have been buying a new home here, real estate agents are mystified as to why I would want storage....my husband says I just need to have less stuff!!! Not sure how to do without clothes and linen though which is mostly what I need it for. The bathroom situation? In Australia I was used to 40+ years of bathrooms with a separate toilet next door to them, no toilet in the bathroom, and that is what I prefer for so many reasons. Works better to separate them when more than one person is using them, and if you ever get the chance to see a video demonstrating what happens when a toilet is flushed (how germs spread out in the air etc.), you never want a toilet in the bathroom again. I admit, after 19 years of trying to adapt to the toilet in the bathroom here, I still hate it, and feel it is not hygienic.
@coralarson8192
3 жыл бұрын
I was surprised about what you shared about the matrass. I am Dutch and always sleep, with my husband, on one big matrass. That is still very common in the Netherlands. I don 't know how you come up with the idea of two matrasses.😉
@thereisnofinishline5773
3 жыл бұрын
same
@Dani.Torres
3 жыл бұрын
Recently, I've been looking for furnished apartments to rent in Utrecht, all I see is beds with two mattresses.
@thematriarchy2075
3 жыл бұрын
It's just so she can have the ad playing in the video.
@ContemporaryMama
3 жыл бұрын
Always happy to help out my favorite youtuber!! So interesting to see these differences 😁
@JoviesHome
3 жыл бұрын
You're the best!
@BlueStarDragon
3 жыл бұрын
My childhood home had a garage connected to the house. Also at some point we had a remote control. This was in the eighties. People were amazed to see the door open automatically. #Sofa's were like that before I knew of the existence of Ikea. #WC. In my previous house because it was smaller I had my toilet in the bathroom. I prefer separated. Now I don't have shower in the smell
@mffmoniz2948
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jovi, I really liked this video but I can't help but make one tiny remark. To make it easier you often compare USA VS Europe but you say "Europe" when a lot of the times it's just in certain parts of Europe, or it's just in some homes. For example, apartments with a toilet and a bathroom with no toilet. That's not the norm for most European countries and it's not even the norm/most common case in the countries where it does happen. I'm from Portugal and it was a shock seeing that in my first apartment in Belgium. But what you'll usually find all over Europe is a family bathroom with a toilet and a separate toilet. Sometimes only the family bathroom. The couple bed with two matresses. Kinda new. Not everyone joined it yet. Wardrobe vs incloset. You'll find both. It depends how old or how big the house is. Access through the garage directly into the house. Yes, it's not common. Hallway. If the space allows, yes. Windows. In Europe they open a little bit or they open fully. Open fully is the more common, I'd say. I hate the ones that only open a little. How are you going to clean the windows? Microwave. Some kitchens with incorporated machines have the combi. But it's easy to find an oven and a micro separated or just simply buy one. Sofas. Nope. Depends on the style you buy.
@TheDenzel2012
3 жыл бұрын
Awe the dog so cute 💞
@adriiteach
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Jovie. My husband and I have had a split-king adjustable bed for several years. We each have our own XLtwin mattress, and we have duel controls to raise the head and or foot of our part of the bed. It has been a game changer for sleeping. My husband is a big guy and when he rolls over in a regular bed, it's like a tidal wave. Now, I never feel him moving and vice versa. I noticed you didn't mention this feature of separate mattresses. Also, we each have our own duvet. No more stealing the covers! BTW, my mother was from the Netherlands and I still many cousins there. I have been there many, many times since childhood and I am now 73. I would love to be 20 years younger and move there! I love all things Dutch!
@LunaJo67WDHTMJ
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jovie! The house I grew up in the 60;s/70's had built-in-closets in the bedrooms and kitchen. I think now people want more freedom to decorate as they please. And you can choose the closet that fits you. Hallways are a more classic form, I think. And that stayed over here and I love hallways. It's a nice way to greet people or to put your coats and shoes. The separate mattresses being a European thing is new to me :) I never had that. I don't know anyone in my family who has that. I live in a 100 year old house that has the regular one-way-open windows. I think it's mainly the newer homes that have that. These old houses have been turned into apartments, one down stairs and one up stairs with bedrooms in the old attic. Anyway always love to see the differences between our two countries. Sometimes I never knew... :) LJ
@lasb6211
3 жыл бұрын
Not sure about this but I think the homes door opening to the living space might have more to do with the regions weather. I live in Washington state and most of the homes open into a foyer or a space to close umbrellas, take off wet shoes etc. When I lived in California most homes opened into a living space. Anyway just a thought. Love this video, so interesting!
@sachadee.6104
3 жыл бұрын
my sofa in the Netherlands is low to the floor, because it's old. Those sofa's with higher legs are just the modern thing of the moment.
@firedude3337
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jovie! I've been binge watching your channel since I found out I may transfer from Singapore to Amsterdam working for Philips. I've been in Asia for 10 years now and I think the chance of living in Amsterdam would be such an interesting opportunity. Thanks for all the great info.
@JoviesHome
3 жыл бұрын
That sounds like an exciting change! I hope my channel has been helpful and I wish you all the best in your potential transition!
@MSchipper
2 жыл бұрын
You probably will end up in Eindhoven, not Amsterdam if you will be working for Philips. Eindhoven has more affordable housing than Amsterdam and it is the City of Lights, thanks to Philips.
@M0T0.M.B.
2 жыл бұрын
@@MSchipper and the best city of Brabant 😊
@nagranoth_
3 жыл бұрын
1) it's not that we wouldn't want a home with a garage, it's that most houses aren't standalone and most plots don't even have room. US houses are extremely short lived and suburbs are spread out like crazy. In the Netherlands, unless you're lucky, in most cases to even be able to have a garage attached to your house you'd have to buy the house next door and make it into one... 2) if we have a garage or back entrance that's what we'll use. But a hall is a reception area for guests either way. It's just weird to have guests stumble into the middle of your house. 3) separate matrasses is a relatively new thing. And very probably not widely spread in the whole of the EU. 4) windows that open 2 ways are also not really common. It's mostly in newer houses and office buildings. 5) simple: it's _your_ house, you have to be able to make the interior like you want. It's not on the builder to decide how you have to want your closets and thus your entire layout of a room. Which often forces you to waste space. Where your storage is should be your choice, and you should be able to change that if you want as well without needing a construction crew just because you want to change the layout of a room.... If you want them build in, do so. And an inbuild closet _does_ take up space in the room obviously. Either the entire wall is pulled into the room, or it's taken from the room on the other side. And worse, you don't get to decide how much space, or where it's taken. If it isn't build in it's your choice how much and where, and you can still build it in the way you want as well. And what? Walk in closet rooms are _very_ American, I've never really heard of them in any other context. 6) high legs is also pretty recent. A few decades ago most sofas had little room below them. 7) metal never actually was a problem with microwaves, what was a problem is the energy in the metal not being able to disperse. Put a big spoon in a soup bowl, no problem because the large surface area allows the energy to safely transfer into the soup. A fork on the other hand has tiny prongs, energy releasing there gets sparky. So rather than trying to get people to understand it and hope they're careful it's just easier to make them afraid of using metal at all... but of course someone designing a microwave oven combination just engineers it so it's safe, there's no chance of user error with fixed parts of the device.
@JoviesHome
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts!
@peterkoller3761
3 жыл бұрын
there was a time when garages had to be a certain distance away from the house due to fire regulations - at least here in Austria.
@sachadee.6104
3 жыл бұрын
I hAted it that visitors had to go in my bathroom to use the toilet here in Canada. So one of the first things we changed to our house is to build that separate toilet space (washroom with just a toilet and a small sink for hand washing). Now my bathroom is private and stays clean.
@biancadijk3845
3 жыл бұрын
It's not true that we usually do not have a toilet in the family bathroom. Most common is in newer one family houses to have a separate toilet downstairs and another toilet in the upstairs family bathroom. In older buildings or city apartments the toilet is often only inside the family bathroom. It indeed happens sometimes to have them separate, often in bigger houses with multiple bathrooms or in houses they tried to modernize and didn't have room to have two toilets, but it sure isn't "the most used design" And yes, many garages are storage rooms and for bikes/motors etc outside of cities.
@gert-janvanderlee5307
3 жыл бұрын
I think most of those garages like you saw in the video were built in the 60's and 70's. Times when there was an advantage to keeping your car in a garage because cars would rust a lot outside. Houses that are built today either have no garage, or the garage is built right next to the house. And those seperate garages are used for storage like mentioned by others, or are used by the few people who still want to park their car inside. But most cars are just parked outside.
@mythicalnightkraft3752
3 жыл бұрын
0:32 I was like: How many pillows? 😂
@JoviesHome
3 жыл бұрын
Just a few! 😂
@fionaalgera3391
3 жыл бұрын
Every upstairs bedroom in my Dutch house has built in closets. In my downstairs bedrooms just one of the two. I depends on the kind of house you live in in the Netherlands. Of the four houses I had in my adult life three had built in closets 🙂. And your theory of the front door opening into the main living space in the US is interesting. We only use our front door for guests also. We enter our house through the back door into the ‘bijkeuken’. Our garage is connected to our house, but I don’t use it for our cars. They are on our drive way. We use are garage for laundry drying on racks and storing our bikes, outdoor toys, garden tools etc. The toilet thing is also a choice. Most bathrooms have a toilet, but it isn’t used as often as the separate toilet (I lived in a house with two full bathrooms with toilets and one seperate toilet) But I agree that the ‘eenheidsworst’ houses on the new built market are all made following the principals described in your video (and I hate it)
@Caelo1
3 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to tell you, that you were told wrong as a kid. The manual of most modern microwaves will inform you that if you want to heat any food that is made mostly of water you need to put some metal like a metal spoon inside the container. There's even a sticker they will add onto the device. This is so it actually acts as a heat source for the food and prevents overheating of the container itself and superheating of the fluid. And superheating is really, really bad. Also as for the metal racks. The entire sides of any microwave I've ever seen are made of metal. There's even a metal mesh inside the door. There's no danger in having metal inside of a microwave as long as it holds to certain constrains. No sharp, pointy edges being one. And the racks hold to that. For safety reasons it will probably still be made of non-ferro metals though.
@rebeccacarter1914
Жыл бұрын
Interesting, thank you!
@modernfamily9560
3 жыл бұрын
This was really interesting, please do a part two!
@JoviesHome
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
@floris3239
2 жыл бұрын
4:00 Old farm houses in the Netherlands also often have a front door that leads directly into the living room. However this door is rarely used. And in daily use the side or back door is where residents and guests will enter. The front door is more or less exclusively for when entering the house after getting married and for exiting when a resident leaves the house for good in a coffin.
@DantharIndustries
2 жыл бұрын
In most modern Dutch houses, you'll find a toilet in the hallway, as there is legislation that requires you to allow people with certain 'medial' conditions (e.g. pregnant women) to make use of your toilet when they ring your doorbell. Introduced to prevent people from having to urinate in public; public health issue. FYI: Not a lot of Dutch people are aware they are obliged to allow these people in your home to use your toilet... Instead of allowing stangers to roam through your house to reach your toilet (i.e. prevent potential criminals doing reconnaissance of your valuables), houses nowadays have a toilet in the hallway.
@richardbrinkerhoff
2 жыл бұрын
Twin beds are the norm in the Netherlands. So each has a mattress of his choice and it's much easier to make the bed. Separate bottom sheets are also the norm as is having two comforters. So no exposing your partners when you tug on your own sheet or comforter.
@paulhill1665
3 жыл бұрын
What I have noticed, having watched lots of American house make over shows, the television is always high above a fireplace, literally, a pain in the neck, Ovens all tend to have the controls at the back , means reaching over hot and steaming pans, the microwave is installed above the oven, same issue. Much of the other differences are due to the available land, America has far more land available, bigger houses, for me that just means a lot more cleaning, and the build quality, a subject by itself, with some houses made using cardboard. I also do not have a microwave, I use a steam oven in its place, but then I do not use prepared meals, that is a subject worth filming, the difference in American and European eating habits. Although I have to admit, I am not sure what the Dutch food culture is, apart from Edam, of course, I don’t think I have ever seen a Dutch restaurant in the UK.
@MarkDDG
3 жыл бұрын
I am actually surprised that you don't have a toilet in your bathroom in your Dutch house! All Dutch houses that I have been to have a toilet in the bathroom and than an other one in its own dedicated room (often downstairs).
@exarder1377
2 жыл бұрын
Another reason to have 2 seperate matrasses is to prevent 'kuilen' in the middle :)
@dickvanderpijl6218
2 жыл бұрын
Dear Jovie. You got it when it comes to the advantages of two mattresses. One additional but important argument for this is yet still missing. If one partner moves or turns while lying, the effects of the movement are not transferred to the space where the other partner sleeps. He or she will not notice the partner’s change of position.
@EvyRoth
2 жыл бұрын
I take an advanced German class for people who are fluent or native speakers in the USA and we just talked about the lovely European windows in our last class. Also love separate duvets when you share a bed with someone. I just don't get how couples can share a blanket without someone ending up without any blanket.
@Sapphire901
2 жыл бұрын
I have several build in closets since I live in a very old house in the north of the Netherlands
@ingeborgsvensson4896
2 жыл бұрын
Did you ever notice that when you put a key in a lock the teeth of the key are pointing down but in the US they point up? First time I was in the US in a hotel in NYC I assumed they had made a mistake during construction or maybe they got them for cheap because they were meant for doors with the hinges on the right. But later I found out that every lock in the US is installed upside down. From my perspective that is. :) Nice channel, liked and subscribed!
@HomeWorkouts_LS
3 жыл бұрын
Alot of US houses in the north east and older homes in general have closed off entries, and most that I've been in didn't have garage to enter through a mud room anyway. Lately it's not common because Americans are obsessed with "open concept" and don't want to walk into a wall at the front door.
@garykoblitz4932
2 жыл бұрын
My wife and I have owned a GE Profile microwave/oven with interior metal components for over 10 years. I'm not saying that's common here in the States, but it does happen.
@diegosemerene
3 жыл бұрын
We missed your videos. Please post all the time. Love the nail color. You forgot to mention Dutch toilet bowls. A lot of them are set up where the ejected feces don’t fall straight into the water but on a porcelain surface. This forces you to look at your own “stuff” with clarity before flushing it down. I heard it comes from medieval times when people were supposed to check for worms and stuff.
@lindaraterink6451
3 жыл бұрын
she was taking some time of for family her daughter had a big operation coming up before. That's why she didn't post for a while.
@PetraStaal
3 жыл бұрын
And vacation.
@barupp123
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh! I agree with this design flaw in toilets there. I was visiting my cousins and I brought my handy bottle of Poo-Pourri with me, but spraying the water before you go wasn't any help when my poop landed on a shelf!! Hahaha!
@JoviesHome
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for saying that. Life has been very busy and intense. That's an interesting thing about medieval times design influencing modern toilet bowls!
@gert-janvanderlee5307
3 жыл бұрын
It never hurts to admire your own accomplishments.
@theburpman8006
3 жыл бұрын
I like travelling internationally and watching videos based on living and going on holiday abroad
@dutchgamer842
3 жыл бұрын
Newer houses have the garage next to or inside the house (wel not inside, but it has a room above it and you can enter the house from the garage)
@StephanSpelde
3 жыл бұрын
Nice video, as always. :) I did miss the difference between the American mailbox and the Dutch brievenbus. Having your mail delivered outside of your house freaks the Dutch out quite a bit. :p On a sidenote: this is also the case for packages being left at the front door. Could you please explain why this isn't considered a problem for people in The US?
@Roosmarijn035
3 жыл бұрын
Lots of Dutch people have a mailbox outside of their house. If your frontdoor is more than 10 meters away from the public road, you need to have a mailbox said public road. I've never had issues with packages left at the front door but that's probably because the delivery guy only gets paid if he's handed over the parcel.
@marjonmaf4684
3 жыл бұрын
In more rural areas the mailbox is also near the road. This as there is a max distance from the road to the mailbox for the mail man
@yvescallaert7923
2 жыл бұрын
Garages: the attached garages were a thing decades ago. Mostly for suburban (style) semi-attached or detached houses. However, this kind of building fell out of favor, especially the close one gets to cities, where the usage of space is limited and the need for creative usage of space high. The type of garages you refer to as the American ones are still being built; and often tend to come more with the automatic opener now. Still, this type of construction is mostly to be found more in villages and relatively recent building sites. Reasons why a lot of garages are detached or not automatic are plentiful. Still to understand a lot of it one first has to look at the sixties and the seventies of the 20th century. That was the time in the Netherlands and in a lot of other parts in Europe where, once they had recuperated from the war, a new era of massive building started. And a lot of that building in cities involved building apartment blocks (often without a personal garage) and in suburban neighborhoods and villages it was customary to build a lot of similar looking (and measuring) units that did have a garage. At that time it made sense to work that way and it also was long before automation of garage ports was something the existed (at least on an affordable and applicable level). Over time people who lived in the newly built apartment blocks would start needing garages too, and sometimes others who already had a first car grew to need a second one. And there you saw the need grow to construct garage lots that were close to apartments and so on. But over decades the density around cities often grew. Owning and needing car has become a standard. This means that a lot more people are living closer together, and most of them or their family unit need to place their car somewhere. This made the demand for garage lots go up, but it wouldn't be able to satisfy the demand. Not in the least because when you own a plot of land in or nearby the city, often building housing on it is more profitable than building garages on it. And so parking in the streets became a common practice. But it was about to become a practice that needed regulating too, hence the parking prices and zones. By the time automated garage ports became a technical and affordable possibility, the density of building had already gone way up. Still, even in a lot of suburban areas or villages where you could make the argument for updating their mechanical carport to an automatic one, there are several obstacles to actually make that idea get traction. One of the first is that so many of the garages, attached ones or the ones in lots next to each other, often are built to strict measurements. This is also the case in so many suburban ones where you see semi attached housing with the garage attached to the house. In several of those cases, the measurements really are tailored to a mechanical garage door and that then again is factored into the total amount allowed for the size of the house. Any change to the size of the carport would or at least could have ramifications for the size of the house when doing reconstructions. Such a change is likely to need approval from the municipality too. Factor in that people would have to go through a lot of trouble, the extra cost for an automated carport, all while they're already used to the mechanical one, and you start to see that there would be many to whom this simply isn't appealing. They'd have to really want it, be able to afford it, and still get approval to make the change. For the city based garage lots a similar logic applies. These lots often are often older structures, but as long as they aren't in a crappy condition, they still are wanted by people and bring in quite a bit for their owners. What's their incentive to make the change to automated carports, while the current structures are still earning them quite a bit, and the automated carports only would be a cost and reconstruction might even ultimately make them lose out on space (that's a cost that actually might even see them lose future revenue). This all together makes that automated garage pôrts a really not so common. They might be growing in numbers now, but it will be mostly in newly built housing. Still, from the moment they became available and affordable as a commercial option to the public, there were already a lot of regulations, restrictions and other circumstances that were hindering them really booming here. One of the other things to keep in mind here is that difference between the USA and the Netherlands when it comes to space (density)but also in building materials. The fact that in the Netherlands building often happens with bricks and concrete, doesn't make placing an automated garageport impossible once the build is done, but it does make refitting things also sometimes a slow, arduous and costly work. And that again tags on an extra reason why people really would have to be very motivated in order to replace their mechanical port. Don't get me wrong, there are several situations where it makes sense to incorporate this relatively new technology in buildings, but i'm guessing that this mainly is when it involves newly built structures or structures where serious reconstruction is required anyway.
@marielvanhees9531
3 жыл бұрын
All of the typical American things you mention like build in closets etc. Is what my mother made sure our house had when she helped design our house in NL with an architect. She also made sure those Dutch windows would have custom mosquito screens, which wasn't a common thing in the 80s to have. I do miss having a defined hallway at the front door now that I've been in the States for 22 years. It's nice to have the shoes, coats and toilet out of sight from the main living spaces.
@cristakampert8740
3 жыл бұрын
Nice video! I feel like, when people already have a garage, it is mostly not used for a car, but to put stuff you do not want or need inside. Way more people have their bikes in the garage than their car, haha
@mannydcbianco
2 жыл бұрын
The mattress thing, for someone who has made the opposite of your journey; from Europe to America: I hate that when my wife and I got our mattress we, in the end, had to find a compromise that none of us is really happy with. I need a firm mattress and my wife wants a soft one. We ended up with something in between, and none of us is all that happy with. Next time we're mattress shopping in 4-5 years from now we're definitely going to try for the European solution. Just have to find half-king mattresses so they fit in our bed frame.
@barupp123
3 жыл бұрын
I would love for you to do a makeup tutorial! You always look so pretty! I would love to know what products you use.
@invernessvilla8060
3 жыл бұрын
Overall, in general, the lots and houses in the States are just bigger. Covers up most of the differences, like build in closets, garages not attached to house (most houses here do not have a garage) toilets in bathrooms etc. Buttttttt, there is a new housing plan here in Westland where all new houses DO have a seperate toilet (I like) on the first floor and an attached garage. Awwww yeahhhh. Most bathrooms in older houses come with a toilet, blehhhhh.
@davenwin1973
3 жыл бұрын
I will start with the bathroom. Your style bathroom is also found in older UK homes, where the toilet is separate from the tub or shower. My house is small with 3 small bedrooms and 1 bathroom. Your mattresses are about the same as they are in Germany. An American lady who lived in Germany for a while (Kelly Does Her Thing) talked about this very subject. Unlike most US homes with the mattress, where most of our beds have a box spring, that's nearly non-existent on European beds. Garages: attached garages on American hones are standard on homes made since 1990, maybe 1980. I'm in a subdivision outside of Gary Indiana USA, where the houses didn't cone with a garage. Houses with garages were added later, and often detached. As crazy as this sounds, but I hate attached garages. I worry if the house is on fire, that if it spreads too fast, that I'll lose my cars. Or if the garage is on fire, that unless there's an explosion, that unless the detached garage is close to the house, then it might not reach the house to burn it too. Right now, I don't have a garage. The microwave oven you have is known as a convection microwave oven. The US has those too, and my Aunt Dawn had one of those in the 1980's and 90's. She liked that if she was that busy, that she could put something small in the convection microwave to reduce cooking time for everything. I wish you focused on the kitchen more, because I would have liked to compare it to the typical US kitchen. But I will tell you that my kitchen is small with very little cabinet space. I would hope your kitchen is not like Germany's kitchen, where you must furnish your own kitchen. In the US, we're at least supplied cabinets and a sink, maybe a dishwasher (my kitchenistoo small for one built into the cabinets). I learned with German kitchens, that you literally have to furnish your own kitchen, cabinets, sink, range, and dishwasher, if you plan to use one. When you move, you take your furnished kitchen with you. On the US, we might take the fridge, range, and anything that isn't attached to the kitchen. I didn't get to comment on a previous video on washing machines. Yes, top loaders are still the most common.washer in both the US and Canada. I've been using a front loader washer since 1999, and when I bought my first one, there were just 2 American made front loaders, one by Frigidaire, and the other by Maytag. I got the Frigidaire for cost reasons, and because it had a window on it. The Maytag Neptune front loader did not have a window on it, and I didn't like it. We were still using laundry detergent made for top loaders, and the manual for my washer said to use half the amount that a top loader used. Most liquid detergent called for ½ cup. I used ¼ cup in the front loader, in order to reduce sudsing. I wish the capacity was larger, but I liked that the cycles were 40 to 50 minutes to do a wash, a spray rinse as the wash water was drained, and 3 short rinses. I had to replace that washer and got an LG. I hate it, because unlike my last washer, where the clothes got wet with the water spraying directly on the clothes, to fill the tub faster, I got the cheapest model, and it sends all the water to the bottom of the shell, creating a rising effect. Then under the default settings, it barely filled with any water, that my clothes never got washed. After letting the machine fill without clothes, and I saw that a shallow puddle isn't going to wash the clothes. So I literally had to hack the washer, so it would use almost as much as my last washer. It still takes forever to fully fill up, but it now uses enough water to get my clothes clean. But this washer now takes a minimum of 1 hour to do a wash and 3 rinses (default is 2, but my clothes rinse out better with 3, and add an extra rinse). My next washer will still be LG, but I'm going to spend more money to get the turbo wash feature, where it sprays water on the clothes. Unlike the Frigidaire front loader, where it filled directly on the clothes, in the main drum, the LG still fills the shell first, but the turbo was feature actually recirculates the water, and draws wash water from the bottom of the shell, and sprays the water on.tbe clothes throughout the cycle. So it's a compromise for me.i just hope the next washer uses enough water. I hate the EPA standards on newer washers. They think 11 to 13 gallons is sufficient. My last front loader by today's EPA standards, uses too much, as it used between 18 and 27 gallons of water (depending on fabric washed).
@JoviesHome
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for such a detailed comment!
@emilybakker3742
3 жыл бұрын
question is there a lock on your bathroom / toilet door? For me that is the hole reason way I love separate toilet
@renefrijhoff2484
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, the volume of the sound is definitely at least a half of it's normal volume. Since there are more people having this issue, either it's on the recording side (but you already ruled that out) or it's KZitem.
@harrybruijs2614
3 жыл бұрын
It is Just the Opposites. We had build in closets in the old houses, but they stopped building them in in new houses. I don't know why
@helenehuydecooper3534
3 жыл бұрын
the reason was that it needed an extra door in the bedrooms and therefore limited the use of the space: you cannot put a bed or a desk in from of a door. Leaving out the built in closets allowed the bedrooms to become bigger and you could place a wardrobe yourself against any wall you wanted.
@harrybruijs2614
3 жыл бұрын
@@helenehuydecooper3534 you also cannot place a bed or a desk in front of a wardrobe. We never had a problem with the interior decoration of a old home with closets. A room has four sided. As everything it will be connected with costs. Easier to build a box than a box with coves.
@mrt6768
2 жыл бұрын
I think built-in closets aren't that useful. At the other side of the wall there actually is a corner visible, except for when there's a built-in closet on the other side too. But when there is another one on the other side of the wall it might lead to parts of the wall that are very thick, which is not needed for any other building than a bunker (and it uses up space). If there aren' t thick parts of the wall the ground use is efficient, but then you don't have the option to move your closet because it's built in. Also when the built-in closet is too big or too small you cannot easily do something about it.
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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@billkurtz5029
2 жыл бұрын
we have windows like that here in Canada to.
@PropagandasaurusRex
3 жыл бұрын
In Germany windows usually open outward instead of inward.
@Nynke_K
3 жыл бұрын
Really? Also when they tilt vertically?
@mariadebake5483
3 жыл бұрын
@@Nynke_K Happens here in the Netherlands too, although not often
@PropagandasaurusRex
3 жыл бұрын
@@Nynke_K These tilt/open inward windows are from a brand named De Vries. I havent seen them anywhere else except in NL and occasionally in Germany right across the border. German windows usually either only open outward, open upward or tilt only.
@Moira1309
3 жыл бұрын
I am sleeping in the Netherlands on one mattress with my husband and recently slept in a hotel in Amsterdam also was one big one. I have had never two separate mattresses as a Dutchie. I am in a older house in Amsterdam and it has build in closets and love it.
@deannaeagle7187
2 жыл бұрын
I hwve lived in three different apartments eirh entrance hallway. Much better then opening straight into the living room.
@MarcJagt
3 жыл бұрын
Your home has not a regular fitting regarding the bathroom and toilet. It is normal in The Netherlands for an average one family house (eengezinswoning) to have a downstairs toilet and a combined bathroom toilet on the first floor.
@inwe1205
2 жыл бұрын
The 2 seperate matrasses isn't in every house in europe. I am Belgian(-German) and it really depends. I have 1 big matras, so does most of my family in both Belgium and Germany. Some of my friends ( I do think most of them) also have 1 matras. It really depends on the house. I would never be able to sleep on 2 seperate matrasses. There are other differences between the Netherlands and Belgium (and Germany). Each country does have their own little things. I do find the perspective of an immigrant really interesting.
@Henkieboy51
3 жыл бұрын
Mooie bril Jovie!
@sachadee.6104
3 жыл бұрын
Built in closets take up MORE real estate. The room looks more 'square' or decluttered but that closet space comes out of the total square feet of the house. Right? And I would argue that the "a whole room as a closet" sounds pretty much like a walk-in closet to me. Which is apparently very high on the wish list of all my (Canadian) friends. I think, they are a waste of space. A reach in closet takes up so much less space.
@QkeleQ10
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think we use garages for cars as much these days. And if you don't live in the city centre, you usually have a parking spot or a driveway just for you. On the bathroom thing: a lot of houses do have a toilet in the bathroom. I think newer homes don't have it as often but they still do sometimes.
@colete677
3 жыл бұрын
Garages aren’t next to the houses because there are less! In the city you have to rent a garage separately.
@tatjanameyer4022
3 жыл бұрын
I never thought about the built in closets. But you are right. At least in mid-Europe you have so called kleidschranks which usually take up a big chunk of the floor spase. In Scandinavia we have built in closets in each bedroom as well as in the hallway. It so conveniant. I lived in an apartment in Helsinki, Finland. One of those old buildings. T130sqm and only 2 single built ins. The building was from 1928..
@metalvideos1961
3 жыл бұрын
those windows you talk about are pretty modern. no old house have that kind of mechanism. it goes open 1 way and thats it. if you want a window that you describe you have a pretty new house. or you have a old house and choose to get a window like that. its not typical european its just what you preferer. not even sure if other european countries have windows like that what you describe they could have but not sure. so its kinda strange to say its a european thing because thats a pretty big assumption.
@grewdpastor
3 жыл бұрын
This kind of windows can at least also be found in Germany and Austria. Only in modern (younger than 20 years) buildings.
@ronaldderooij1774
3 жыл бұрын
I don't understand the physics of microwaves either, but I think the metal in your oven will be non-magnetic? Something like aluminium? Just a guess as microwaves are a form of light and thus electromagnetic radiation. If the aluminium is separated from ground by rubber or something, it should work. Again, this is just a guess from me.
@laurajames723
Жыл бұрын
Your sofa looks pretty similar to mine. Mine is a wee bit lower, but the cats can still get under though. Ps. I'm in Canada.
@williamknopic7915
3 жыл бұрын
I live in America and my garage is not connected to my house. Of course the house was built in 1960. The garage was built about 1980. I don't want a garage connected to the house. The newer more expensive homes are junk. They don't build homes like they did in 1960. The materials are real, not fabricated. Real marble window sills. Real hardwood oak floors, real 2x10 Douglas fir floor joists. Real birch wood doors and cabinets. The new multi million dollar homes are made of junk. Not for me. Glad to have the real thing. Bought in 1962 for 18,000. Paid off in 5 years with absolutely no interest rates. When America was a different country. This isn't the only house I own and live in. I'm a rolling stone and wouldn't want to live in the same place all year long. My living room furniture was hand made for me in Romania like furniture from 1700s manors. Love it. Microwave? I don't want any radiation treatments, so I don't own one. I'm old school. I'm the dishwasher. I'm not lazy.
@krokodilen31
3 жыл бұрын
LoL maybe its like in Sweden, in the garage there are very often no space for the car anymore 😉
@Dija-says-freePalestine
2 жыл бұрын
I live in an apartmentbuilding (in the Netherlands) and we do have a garage underneath the building that automatically opens with some kind of key, so you don't have to get out of your car. But to park your car there you have to pay an x amount a month and because street parking is free I decided to park on the street. Why pay when it's free right? If streetparking wasn't free maybe I would've consider the garageparking but that would also depend on what is cheaper. Streetparking or garage. 😇
@stepheng9607
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative. Thanks. One of the strange differences between American and British English is the term bathroom to refer to the toilet. Despite several visits to the USA and watching lots of American tv, it still seems rather funny to hear someone in a restaurant in the USA or Canada say they are just going to the bathroom or the restroom. It makes me think they are going for a long time. When we think bathroom we don't think toilet. Perhaps this reflects in our architecture?
@mariadebake5483
3 жыл бұрын
Yes in the Netherlands too
@JoviesHome
3 жыл бұрын
Are you thinking- good luck taking a bath at this resturant!
@stepheng9607
3 жыл бұрын
Actually I think the term restroom sounds hilarious. I always imagine people on the floor
@goldjd1
3 жыл бұрын
My house was built in 1953, and it has built in closets in the bedrooms
@davidc.w.2908
2 жыл бұрын
A bathroom without a toilet isn’t that common in the Netherlands. I have lived there for 45 years, and have seen many homes from the inside. All of them had a toilet in their bathroom. The built in closets in the U.S. are done for a reason: money. When a room doesn’t have a built in closet, you can’t call it a bedroom. The more bedrooms a home has, the higher the value of the home. Most homes in the U.S. indeed have a garage. 80% Isn’t used for their car though, but to store stuff they buy in bulk and lots of machinery and items that they don’t need but just have, until one day they decide to sell it at a garage sale. I have seen many, many homes in the U.S. with a garage that won’t even fit a car. Many other garages are just wide enough to fit a car but leave little room to exit the car. That way it can still be sold as a garage for cars, but many don’t use it for the car because then they can’t use it for the other “crap” they have (oh boy it seems many Americans love to collect all stuff they don’t need). BTW: I personally love the built in closets in the U.S. for me it is very convenient. For others it might be inconvenient because the built in closets kind of decide for you on where to put the rest of the furniture. The majority of the windows in the U.S. is single or double hung and are opened by either sliding the bottom part up, or the top part down. Less common but increasingly popular are casement windows that can be fully opened as well, they are operated by a crank and so it’s less easy to fully open them.
@destiny035
2 жыл бұрын
Intro: Wow, how many pillows do you have on your bed? :D
@connieachterstraat5880
3 жыл бұрын
het badkamer verhaal heeft denk ik veel te maken met ruimte, de nederlandse huizen (zeker de oudere) zijn niet heel ruim, ga je dan ruimte opofferen voor een 2e badkamer. Ik persoonlijk zou dat niet doen want hoeveel breng je nu eenmaal door in een badkamer en kan je die ruimt niet beter gebruiken voor iets anders. Dat veel garages geen automatische deuren hebben lang niet iedereen zet zijn auto in de garage daarbij lijkt het me ook iets kostbaars om te installeren (we blijven hollanders 😉)
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