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British Couple Reacts to US Culture Shock: I Just Bought My First American House
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His mudroom looked more like a sunroom. Mudrooms usually don't have so many windows, no carpeting, and often a sink setup and are usually heated. Sunrooms are rarely heated, mostly used in the warm seasons, and used by plants and cats.
Agreed, in fact it looks like a screened in porch that was converted to a room (which is common in older homes).
In the west or south we call those sunrooms or back patios that we usually use in the summer to escape the sun, heat & bugs.
Always love a Beesleys/Laurence combo!
agreed!
I call the mud room/boot room an “airlock,” similar to what you would find on a spaceship. I have one in my house. It keeps the warm air from being sucked out of your house when you open the door! The idea is to open one door at a time, and close the first one before opening the second. Most stores and restaurants in the Midwest have them, although they’re ineffective when the place is busy and all of the doors are open at once. They’re much less common in warmer climates.
The only places I've ever seen them here in Texas is at farm or ranch houses.
Here the idea is more about changing out of dirty or muddy footwear.
Never seen a mud room or a basement in California. But I do have an interior service-porch/laundry-room, with no central heat duct, but with a separate side exterior entrance, and an interior door. So, it can be used as a mud room.
Would kind of refer to that as a "three seasons room"
all I had to do was look at your profile pic and everything made sense
@Denise Martin
Airlock. Me too. As a bonus, it keeps one of my cats who wants to bolt outside from actually getting out. But admittedly, restaurants don't use them for that. 😁
Yes British bathtubs are just a couple inches higher than the floor which almost caused my death when I went to England. Getting out of the tub forgot that it was a little bit higher went to step down and it was much further down than I expected it was a close call.
Oh man, I hate that feeling. Like accidentally missing a step on a staircase.
I think it depends on the house in the US. I have used some that are even with the floor, some that are above the floor, and some that you have to step down into from the floor.
@@tweter2 I think that’s pretty rare in the US. In all the houses, apartments, hotels etc. that I have been in, in the US in 60 years I have never encountered that with the one exception being my grandmother’s old-fashioned clawfoot tub. And these are places that were built from the turn of the century (1900), 1920s, 50s, 60s up to 21st century construction. All the bathtubs were at the same level as the floor.
@@tweter2 after watching a lot of escape to the country, they have a variety over there too
Where I grew up in Nebraska, it was sometimes the mud room, sometimes the back porch. It serves as a place out of the elements to remove boots, coat, etc. And with drying racks, a place to dry those things before they are put away in closets. My grandparents had such a room on their farm which was also used for sprouting garden plants, the milk separator, inside clothes drying line, and cottage cheese crockery. Yes, homemade cottage cheese in 10 and 20 gallon crocks can smell rather potent at times.
In Minnesota, I would refer to porch as being the entrance of the house and a mudroom as being inside the actual house (although usually only a farm house).
A closed in porch/storage room and with the fireplace you put some wood in there so it’ll stay warmer and dry
I call it the sunroom in Nebraska at my house
@@tweter2 Yes !
It appears that RUclips is being very good to Laurence!!!
A mud room is a room in the house where boots.,coats ,mittens are taken off. Usually accessed from the garage or the back door. If attached to the house but between the garage and the house it is a breeze way. If not between the garage and the house it is a porch.
In the Midwest, that's a screened-in (or enclosed) porch. It's not heated because it was built as a porch, but then it was enclosed. A mudroom is usually integral to the house -- like a foyer for the "servants'" entry...in a time when we are our own servants.
When I'd originally watched the home tour from Lawrence, I cheered when he mentioned you two! 🥳
The American farmer championed the Mud Room, who wants to track what's all over a farm into your house, since most people lived in rural areas the concept of a mud room caught on with those homes that wasn't on a farm.🌞🚜
That's an enclosed back porch. You can use it as a mud room, or an enclosed patio type thing. Sit outside in the nice weather, have a beverage, and not get eaten by mosquitos.
Tumble dryer? In Texas, it’s just a dryer.
When I first watched this and now again. His walking around on those wood floors with just his socks on, I’m worried he is going to slip and fall.
I grew up with a basement all my life...they're great for lots of reasons!!!!!
No homes in my area have a basement. We do have a separate laundry/utility room. Two features our home has that we love is a coat closet at the entrance and a linen (sheets, blankets, etc) closet in the hall outside the bedrooms.
I live about 317 miles North of Chicago .Here most older houses have what we call an enclosed porch. One reason is it serves as an air lock. At present the temp is 3 F, around -16 C give or take a wee bit. Or as you might say BLOODY COLD.
Enclosed porch is what we’ve always called a room like that
That house is at least $1.5M in the Bay Area!
It’s like 150k in my area. It’s super small for an American house in my area.
@@rachel1760 where do you live?
@@rachel1760 That initial house he showed is much to *big for him, his wife & cat* & would be a bear to heat & cool... Unless he plans to have 5-kids(?) I think the house he purchased will suffice...
Yeah, the bay area is waaay overpriced. It's a crime that the middle class gets pushed with gentrification. The mansion is what should be 1.5 mil not his actual house.
thank you for do this for us!!
In the Midwest we use are basements for additional living space. Mine has a bar, fireplace, seating area with a big screen tv.
Depending on how it's set up or the owner's ultimate use of the room - it could be called a mud room, enclosed porch, or a 3 season room. At least here in the St. Louis, MO area, those are the common terms you will hear for that room. Also, many "mud room" also is where the washer & dryer would be. Especially if the mud room is fully enclosed with in the house (i.e. normally right off the kitchen between the kitchen and the garage. And the room will be often be included in the house's heating and cooling duct work).
Take the lid off the toilet back and jiggle that stick thing to stop the water running.
Until Col. Von Trapp arrives
Yes, it's called a mud room; a place where when you can hang up your coat, umbrella, and store your muddy shoes. Also, for homes without basements, it is common to have a sink and a washer and dryer in the mud room as well.
The bathtub is only on the same level if it isn't on the ground floor of a slab foundation home. In areas with high water tables, the houses are usually built on slab.
In America the older bathtubs had legs. My grandma had one but now most are connected to the ground
sometimes a mudroom is called a breezeway
I have an 1880s New England home. My side porch was closed in and serves as my mudroom and laundry room. I have 3 sons and it comes in handy to keep the dirt at the door before entering the kitchen. Wet snowy clothes go directly into the dryer.
Yup.. It's a mud room.. Or a 3 season porch (too cold in winter) it's where boots and coats are taken off and put on. His recroom/office is in the basement.. better for sound when making videos. Basements aren't really that scary, I'd say at least 1/3 of them are semi finished and have recreation rooms.
I recently bought my first home, 3 bedroom 2 bath 1800 sq feet on 2.5 acres of land in a private subdivision which sits on top of a mountain. Has a long narrow gravel road to get to my house which sits at the top.....
Only paid $75,000 which was a steal, it was a foreclosure home and it needed some work done but after about $20,000 worth of work done it's a great house, and was recently appraised at $160,000....
Best thing is I paid cash for it, so no mortgage payments.
My family always called it an enclosed porch. Although I've had friends that call it a mud room.
That room that enters the house is definitely called a mud-room. They are common in cold-weather areas of the USA where it snows. It is designed to remove snowsuits, jackets, gloves, galoshes, and shoes prior to entering the main house. In most houses though, it is usually just inside a side door, and is usually heated / cooled. It is usually not enclosed, more like an entry way with hooks for coats, hats, shoe rack, and a bench to sit down.
I have an area between the outside and the kitchen, this area is where I come in at. I call it my breezeway.
We have a screened in back porch/mud room and take off our boots and muddy shoes there. The Midwest has a lot of snow and mud and since weather varies wildly coats and jackets of varying thickness. It all adds up! As far as the office/guest room why not a nice Murphy bed and furniture that double duty? Just use it for both.
The glass doors on the fireplace are common in more recent houses, because without them your heat, which you pay $$$$$ for, goes up the chimney. Older houses with fireplaces sometimes have steel (or iron?) doors, but sometimes they have nothing but a mesh grate. Fireplaces are nice for ambience but not for heating.
So much fun! Love the fact that he got the "dungeon" for his space. I agree with Millie about going down in some basements..... some scare the crap outta ya! Some are incredibly beautiful! Plus he knows the "happy wife, happy life" scenario!😁
Depending on what it is used for will depend on what it is called. Some may call it a mud or bootroom if that's all it is used for, some may call it a porch that is enclosed, some may call it a sunroom if they use it as a place to sit in when it's nice outside and maybe read or catch a nice nap in a recliner whilst enjoying the sun beating in on you. If it is attached to the front of the house it will be more likely to be a porch or mudroom whereas if it is located on the rear or the side it is more likely to be a sunroom.
I live a couple hrs from Chicago and we also call that room a mud room
In northern Minnesota, we called that a porch. I never heard mudroom until I was older. Note. My ancestors were from Poland Germany. Im the first generation who only spoke English.
Growing up in the upper midwestern US, it was common when families got together to send the kids down into the basement to play, if it's too cold or raining outside, to allow the adults to chat in peace in the livingroom. It's also a great place to party with louder music so you don't annoy the neighbors.
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Personally, I prefer a more unfinished basement so that I have easy access to plumbing and wiring without having to slice and patch drywall (drop-tile ceilings, ftw!). Also, never ever put wall-to-wall carpeting in a basement, unless you like mildew and that classic musty aroma (vinyl flooring, ftw!).
I hadn't seen this one and I loved every second of it. So sorry to hear that he lost his dad, but He handled telling so very well.
Thats a porch. A mud room is fully furnaced and used as like a storage area for seasonal decor…
In ranch style houses which are single level, the washer and dryer hookups are in the garage, utility room, or laundry room.
The mud room/boot room is also used as additional insulation against bad weather.
12:32 .. "Does he have a balcony?" .... ummmm .. noooo .. he is in the basement still
My family is from Michigan, yeah.. the mud room is essential.
In Kansas we call it a back porch/mud room
Yes, please do reactions to his upcoming laundry room/basement videos. 🙂
the great thing about a project is that you can make it the way that suits you best. hope all is well James and Millie!
I don't like people taking off their shoes because some really stink!
my basement is fully done like with carpet and everything. Thats where our family room technically is.
I will say that we normally buy new toilets when we get a house. At least we do for our bathroom in the main bedroom bath.
In older home the washer/dryer is usually in the basement. The kitchens were generally seen as a utility space and designed with a just enough room to operate thinking, which leaves little to no space for a washer/dryer.
In a house built today there usually is a dedicated laundry room on one of the living levels.
Also, in a house built today it is common to have a "finished basement" and is another, usually, informal living area, some have pool tables, arcade games and the like, hence the name recreation (rec) room.
Some are dedicated party🥳 areas for large get togethers.
I live in Texas. Our older homes have the washer & dryer in the garage or a porch that has been enclosed & made into a utility room. VERY few homes down here have basements.
Rec rooms are also called family rooms, playrooms, or dens. I'd say that rec room is the least common of the choices.
American bath tub plumbing is in the basement so that's why it level with the floor.
if selling it on Facebook "fully enclosed back porch"
Your faces when he called y'all out was priceless. 🤓
As far as selling prices in houses bedrooms have to have a closet or it cannot be classified as a bedroom.
His “mud room” was likely a porch that a previous owner enclosed, but since it was originally outside of the house, there is no heat. I’ve never lived in a house that had that.
I have, twice. Didn't like it either time. Neither of them functioned as mud rooms. To me a mud room is by the FRONT door and is really only a small passageway. Regional differences obviously.
My (American) bathtub is raised. On claw feet!
So happy Laurence got that house, 💕 but so sorry about his father. 💔
Basements are pretty common, but a basement in Illinois is an extremely good idea because they get tornadoes because Illinois is in tornado alley which is a scary part of the country that goes from Texas to Arkansas and Kansas. It’s like a belt and you want to be in a basement if that happens because if the house goes you need to be holding onto something that’s connected to the basement so you don’t go with the twister so maybe jump into the dryer if you fit! Ha ha! Some basements are scary, but a lot of people hook up their basements with furniture and televisions. It just depends on how big it is! If it’s a big room I would convert that into maybe a guest room split up or a man cave or just like a smaller family room but again it just depends on the size and that’s old house so it’s gonna be a little nightmare on elm street looking. But
He also has a rec (recreational) room in that basement, which is really nice because that’s gonna have great acoustics! And there is a lot of potential in that room, and I would have a great time hooking up that room! But like I said, that is a normal size house around here! Mines a little smaller because I’m in a brownstone here in DC
But I also pay the price too because of where I am, which is about a mile from the White House n my rent for my two bedroom two bath is $1900 a month, which is insanity for a single mom! Ok done venting. Time to go pay the electric bill! 😢 😅but I love my house and it’s in a great area and everything is in walking distance and I mean everything!!!! Jibber jabbering is out. Good night
You’ll find basements in the northern parts of the country because building foundations have to be dug below the frost line, which in northern Illinois and similar climates is at least four feet. If the digger is going down that far, most builders just dig a few more feet and thus can offer an entire floor of extra living space.
I’d call it an enclosed porch
Looks like Lawrence got himself a
*Typical Chicago Bungalow...*
Most Bungalow's were built before 1950 & are made of brick🧱 & make very good use of space-because the lots or properties are not huge. You can be as close as *6-feet from your neighbor.* I see he has gourgeous wood floors, a working fireplace & the home appears to be updated
(from it's original state) to include forced air heat/a.c. & modern wiring.
It's really a well appointment house, probably w/a detached garage and small-ish back yard.
That back room is usually called a *Porch/3-Season room here.*
It can be adapted into an year round porch.
*Lawrence has done really well for* *himself*
I'm sure his old man is smiling down at him...
Based on that paneling I bet it was originally a regular porch and they put walls up later. I would think it was more of a mud room than a three season room. I think a three season room is a place where you hang out and look out the window and appreciate nature (I have one in my house built in 2005) that is more of a porch converted into a mud room. Actually that’s pretty common in the Chicago area my great aunt used to have a similar set up in her house. It was a porch closed in to create a mud room and she used it to store things she wanted to keep in the winter (especially around Christmas when there was too much for the refrigerator/freezer - The prodigious amount of cookies that my great grandmother baked were always out on the porch). She came from the old country and they were very practical.
Great reaction, as always. Thanks, guys.
Hi again guys. As I've stated previously I'm 74 years old and have lived in about 5 States in America since I left my parents home. The only word I used or heard describing the entrance room where you remove your shoes et cetera, is Vestibule. I must admit though that I've never lived in one of our Midwestern States. But I have lived in the northeast the Southeast in Florida the West Coast in California and another Southern state Arkansas. So in those States I've only heard the word vestibule.
By the way, I was just a tad surprised when you were surprised that he mentioned you guys in the video, because when he 1st did this video some weeks ago, I remember writing to you in the comments that He had mentioned you in the video.
Anyway, Still love you guys!
I'm also 74 and have lived most of my life in the Northeast (Massachusetts and New Hampshire), and I've only heard it referred to as a mud room in homes, except on a few occasions where people called it the front hall. I knew it could be called a vestibule or a foyer, but oddly I've only heard those terms used for public buildings and churches. I lived in California and Las Vegas, but I don't remember seeing any in either of those areas.
I live in Bentonville, Arkansas, and my house here doesn't have a foyer, but the house I sold in Little Rock did. I referred to it as a foyer, but my guests would sometimes call it a vestibule as well. Most Arkansas homes do not have a basement because the water table is too close to the surface. I do have a fireplace (just one) but have converted it to gas with fake logs. It turns on and off with a regular light switch.
I'm wondering if the vestibule would be a front entryway, and the mudroom is just inside the back door, for when you come in from the garden.
mud room, back porch, pantry room, utility room.
The “ rec “ room in the U.S. can go by a few other names, such as; bonus room, rumpus and family room, the last because the “ lounge “ upstairs is usually referred to as the living room.
We always called" worst end the stick' the shity end of the stick.
We also call or have some porches that are enclosed, but now they are added into new homes and are called a 3 season or 4 season rooms. Depending on climate control i.e. Heat and/or AirConditioning. Thus usable during hot or very cold weather.
A mud room is called a ... "mud room". 9:30...joggle the handle
Not all mud rooms are that big or a entry. We have a smaller one just inside the door.
I have lived my entire life in the US, different states. I have never seen a "mud room" like the one in Lawrence's house until I lived in Michigan, which is right by Illinois.
I have had basements, that didn't look anything like his. I think sometimes it's a state by state or age of the house
The giant astronaut is on Rte 66 in Wilmington, Illinois. The little restaurant is called The Launching Pad and it’s south of Chicago about 50 miles.
We have a large screened in porch that is a 3 season room that we use as a "mud room". People take their shoes off here before entering the regular house. The 3 season porch is not heated or air conditioned and is more used during the warmer months. During the winter it's just a covered entryway.
That house and kitchen might look small to some, but in Chicago, if he’s in the actual downtown area or close to it, is very nice and very expensive!!!
Knew Millie would love that fridge!
That room is a mudroom. It is not a porch, because porches are completely outside. Mudrooms are for wet/snowy/dirty clothes. You remove all these clothes before going inside.
Not all porches are completely outside. Some of them are screen porches and screen porches often evolve into outside rooms that are more like the inside than they are like the outside. Add some windows for winter protection and a ceiling fan for summer comfort and suddenly your porch is practically a room but not actually a room it’s still the porch.
@@pjschmid2251 Yes, screened in porches do exist and I know many people who have one or two. But that room in the video did not have a screen. And it had all its walls. Something with full walls is a not a porch.
@@ESUSAMEX oh I definitely agree it’s a mud room. I was just saying that not all porches are completely outside. That probably was originally a back porch judging by the wall material it looks like they enclosed the back porch at a later time and turned it into a mud room. My great aunt lived in Skokie and had a similar set up in the back of her house.
I’m in Texas and our porch is enclosed. It’s like a mudroom. We call it the front porch. Our back porch is like a deck sort of thing. It’s the back porch. I have heard people refer our front porch as a vestibule.
@@pjschmid2251 Yep, and there are sunrooms or solariums as well. These rooms tend to be enclosed in glass. My neighbor had one on the side of her home and she would go to read in hers. Her sunroom was decked out with plants and flowers. It looked like tropical oasis with a large couch.
We call the mud room a porch or breezeway. But mainly known has a porch in South Dakota.
Mud room I. Some places, wind break in others.
I am aware that wearing shoes indoors is not done in many cultures, and just about every culture has some presence in the U.S. But, here in New England, I have never encountered in my nearly 53 years a house or apartment where everyone took their shoes off. I've only seen it done when there was snow on the ground, or maybe mud. Perhaps it's just the ethnic demographics of my part of the U.S.
I guess that's an enclosed porch? Never really dealt with many in real life in either Canada or the USA.
Hi James and Millie, great to see you guys. Hope you are doing well. I sent another couple of pics of San Francisco to you via Twitter. Watching your videos and Mr H and Family's videos make me want to visit Jersey and Bristol. I only been to London. Have a blessed day!
Only because he asks, what he calls a vestibule (which is rather big for that), is what Americans call an "enclosed porch." It's not a mud room, which is only in the back of the house (usually with a back door) and not as big. He reminds me of why I hate moving... those horrible days of transition.
If he's being serious, what Tara wants for her studio would be the master bedroom; balcony doors are usually reserved for the master bedroom. If he is being serious, then Tara is taking advantage of his ignorance.
Of course, basements are actually only in homes in the northern states. Houses in the south and southern states very seldom have them-- some areas can't because they'll just flood. It has to do with the ground freezing. Or, not, as the case may be.
Definitely a mud room but I am from the Midwest.
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Where I'm from, most houses don't have entryways at all (and we say foyer the "non-American" way...the pronunciation of foyer is actually regional and not a countrywide thing). We didn't have the weather that would require a mudroom, and houses were built at a time where entryways just really weren't a thing. Most houses have the front door open directly into the living room. We who take off our shoes typically either just put them next to the front door or have cabinets/shelves for them.
No basements or mud rooms commonly in my state. Just wondering how the bath tubs differ ??
A mud room and a porch are different.
Instead of mudroom, it would also be sunroom.
Our house has a Hugh mud room where you can undress the shoes, coats, etc. It's about the 3rd largest room in the house next to bedroom n living room. It comes in handy for more than storing shoes, etc. Also good for keeping things like weed eaters, snow shovels n other utilitarian items. Nice react to this video. Sorry to hear he lost his dad. Prayers for his fily and God's blessing on all
Entry way is porch and fouyere is entry way for me in Nebraska
Gen X and younger all seem to prefer laundry rooms on the same floor as living areas - preferably the same floor as the bedrooms. Basement laundry rooms are a negative in the mind of most buyers, as they will likely want to move them upstairs, which isn't cheap. Basements are, in fact, creepy as heck.
He's in for some outrageous property tax bills. Illinois property taxes are ridiculously high.
Basements are a northern half of US thing, very rare to have a basement in the south. Much of the southern soil is sandy or has clay which tends to contract and expand when wet, so basement walls don't fair well to that type of movement. Mud room is our term here in the south, although they aren't as prevalent as up north. Laughingly, a vestibule to me is usually associated with a camping tent, and it's the small entrance you crawl through before entering the main tent and the place to leave muddy shoes and wet garments.
I love basements. Set it up and spend as much time down there as possible.
Mud room in the south is an exterior room to remove muddy, wet outerwear. The one he has is huge!
style in houses depends on where you live in thr US
I always wanted a two story home when I was younger. Now that I am old and renting a 100 year old house in the midwest, I miss the ranch style house. The steps are smaller in older homes and narrow. I've fallen down the stairs 3 times already and I have to walk up and down sideways because my feet( size 13) are too big.
Nope! It is a MUD ROOM!
His office is paneled with Car Siding.