cross cultural communication

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1 Houses through the ages

2 Types of modern houses

3 Owning and renting

4 Homelessness

5 Comparison

HOUSES THROUGH THE AGES

1.The Celtic houses

(500 BC)

Round house

 Mud: woven stick

 Straw: roof

 No windows

A fire … in the middle of the house

 Keep warm

2.The Romans houses

(AD 43)

What was a rich Romans house like?

Under floor heating

Mosaic floors

Collumns

+ Simple flats( insulae)

+ No running water

Where did poor Romans live?

3.Saxon Houses

(450)

Simple rectangular houses made from

wood

•

The houses had a fire which was used for cooking, heating and providing

light.

4.Viking houses

(793)

Long rectangular house

5 Georgian houses

(1714-1736)

The Georgian period is the time when the Kings on the throne of England had the name George

Senate House, Cambridge

CHARACTERISTICS

Characteristics of Georgian

houses

Pillars in the front of the house

Fan light above the door

Sash window

(windows which slide up and down.)

Square symmetrical shape

6.Victorian Houses

(1837 – 1901)

The Victorian period is the time when

Queen Victoria ruled Britain.

No garage

Chimney

Detached house

Structure of house

• Shapes, with all those little corners

• Large front garden with a tree and bushes

The garage (on the left) is hidden discretely

away

Advantages of detached house

• the free space surrounding the building is

private to the owner and his family

• You would not have to worry about getting a permit from a landlord to do renovations

• You would not need to pay property

management fees like those paid by

condominiums and townhouse dwellers

Disadvantages

• all repairs and maintenance of the house and lot is at the expense of the owner

• Every site improvement like adding a patio or

a pool or a garden is at the expense of the

owner too

Semi-detached house

Definition

• A semi-detached house is a pair of housing

units that shares one common wall

• The two houses are built to mirror each other

Structure

• Each house is the mirror of the other , inside and out

• The separate front garden for each house

• At the back sides will also be two garden

• The typical semi-detached has two floors and three bedrooms

Advantages of semi-detached house

• there is still a level of privacy even if one wall

is shared by the two houses

Disadvantages of semi-detached

house

• A glaring disadvantage is that the upkeep of your side of the property still falls solely on you

• you cannot just plan extensive renovations and extensions as you have to consider your twin house

Terraced house

• The end units of this row of housing are called end terrace

• Some have garden back and front

• Other only at the back and others no garden

Advantages of terraced house

• it is relatively cheaper than a semi-detached built in the same location

Disadvantages of terraced house

• One great disadvantage is that there is no

typically no yard or garden that comes with a unit

Flat or apartment

• a unit of a self-contained housing that is a part

of a larger building

Structure

• Often have three or more floors perhaps including a basement or semi-basement

Sometimes these are self-contained flat( have

washing and cooking facilities)

Sometimes they are bedsits (residents have one room

to themselves and share washing and cooking

facilities with other residents)

Advantages

• you don't have sole responsibility on the

property as you are only renting

• In case you feel like changing locations, you can just finish your lease term and leave after

OWNING AND RENTING

• Most British people desire

to own a house.

• House prices are high to buy a house by the

mortgage system.

• About 70% of all the

houses are occupied by their owners and were

bought with a mortgage.

• Half of these houses are borrowed 80% of their price and are

now paying this money back month to month.

• Pay back the money

over a period of

twenty to twenty-five years.

• When house prices

increase, people take out mortgage

 sell their house in order

to make a profit and

move into a expensive house.

 the phrase such as time buyer’ and second- time buyer’ are well-

‘first-known.

The growth in home ownership.

• Home ownership has

been an important

political issue in the UK

• In the post war period,

rising affluence

 a marked rise in home

ownership

 more families could now

afford to buy outright

rather than rent.

The growth in home ownership.

• 1950 – 1960, million homes were built by local

government authorities.

• 1977, 2/3 of all tenants lived in these council houses.

• 1950 – 1980, the number of owner-occupiers gradually increased.

• In the 1980s, the

Conservative government aggressively promoted the idea of a ‘home owning

Reasons for Home Ownership

• The traditional benefits of homeownership include:

 Benefit from rising prices and hence rising wealth.

Reasons for Home Ownership.

 Potential of living rent

free during retirement

years.

Provides greater security,

can’t be asked to move

Who owns and rents houses ?.

• In the middle years of the

20 th century, they owned or

rented a house marked

their class.

 owned house, they were

middle class.

 lived in a council house, they

were working class

Who owns and rents their home ?.

• Levels of home owner-ship according to factors:

their age, the composition of household (numbers of adults and

children).

Their income and the region in which they live.

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings, 1991, 1996 and 2001

In Britain, there are large

numbers of people:

→ who can’t afford to

rend somewhere to live

privately

→ who are not eligible

for council

accommodation

→ who certainly can’t

afford to buy a house or

a flat

In 1993, it was estimated that there were half a

million homeless people

in Britain

Since 2003, the number of nearly homeless households has fallen sharply each year.

The 2009 figure of 60.000 homeless households isonly Just over a quarter of the 2003 number

(202.000)

Homeless people sleeping

Although most prevalent in London and the West Midlands, homelessness is to be found throughout the country

- In 2008, there were 74.690 households in

temporary accommodations in the UK

- In the first quarter of 2010, there were around 65.000 homeless households

The other causes:

Dealing with homelessness

- Most homeless families are provided with temporary accommodation in boarding

houses by their local council

- Some families and many single people find even more temporary shelter in hostels for the homeless

- Besides, thousands of single people simply live on the streets- “sleep rough”

However, solving problems of homelessness is not a political priority for British government

- In many cases, the homeless are those with personal problems

- And in some cases, they are the people who simply don’t want to “settle down” and who won’t class themselves as homeless

The government announced that they planned to build 3 million new homes by 2020.

• Difference between housing in

Britain and Vietnam

The way to people divide their house.

• They just divide house into 3 rooms,

4 rooms…

 British

• The number of people who live in flats are less

• Only 4% of the population live in flat

 Vietnamese

• However, people tend to live in flat in VN

especially in the big city like HN, HCM

 Why they are different?

• Individualist …

( )

- They can sell their

house and buy new

house whenever the

time and price is

right

VN

• People try to preserve and protect their house where

Another difference

Britain

• Many houses can

have the same

design ( sometimes,

hundreds of house

might have the same

purpose design for

economy

VN

• We rarely see hundreds of house that have the some designs

The decoration inside the house

Britain

• British people are

very desire to have

VN, “open fire” in VN

is not common

• House often include 2

general living rooms

– Front room for

• In Britain, if people

want to buy or sell

house, they usually

need estate agents

to help them do that