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breno785au

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This is a thread with questions to all my American friends out there...

Every now and then I catch this show on TV called House Hunters and it's basically about following a couple who are looking for a home to buy. Whilst watching this show I made some observations that I would like explained.

One, I have noticed that a lot of American homes (on this show at least anyway) do not have a fence, I see no fence on along the sides of the house! You can walk out a side door and right into your neighbours property and you can see right into their house..Why wouldn't you have a fence? This is odd...

And two, a lot of the houses come with appliances like microwaves and fridges! I find that to be odd, in Australia we ALWAYS move with our appliances. I've never heard of a house coming with a fridge or a microwave...is this common all around America?

If you're ever gonna find a miscellaneous topic...this is it :p lol
 
Demi777

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its normal that when you move in theres a fridge,oven etc.
some houses have fences but usually they dont lol
and usually all homes come with AC
 
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It depends on the area you're in.
I'm a residential appraiser and I see fences in subdivisions all the time, especially when the lots are getting smaller and smaller. And in most cases I see, the appliances stay, or at least are a regular part of the negotiating process.
 
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Demi777 said:
its normal that when you move in theres a fridge,oven etc.
some houses have fences but usually they dont lol
and usually all homes come with AC
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In Australia there are many homes with built in AC too.. But for the majority of the time when people move house they take their ovens fridges and stoves with them.. Some houses also have built in stoves too,, like built into a kitchen counter, I think a lot of homes in Australia have fences as a privacy enhancer because people having a BBQ or doing other things in their back yards do not want to get stared at by their neighbours..
 
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Adstar said:
In Australia there are many homes with built in AC too.. But for the majority of the time when people move house they take their ovens fridges and stoves with them.. Some houses also have built in stoves too,, like built into a kitchen counter, I think a lot of homes in Australia have fences as a privacy enhancer because people having a BBQ or doing other things in their back yards do not want to get stared at by their neighbours..
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Here in germany unless you get a flat and pay for a kitchen...you have a empty apartment.. In the US you get most things you need right in there. Even I was surprised lol
 
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I'm offering on a house now (fingers crossed, I haven't told anyone yet except one of my sisters) and it is missing a dishwasher, which I thought was a little strange ...I would prefer that there was one already but I love the place, we'll see how this pans out.
 
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Hellooo said:
I'm offering on a house now (fingers crossed, I haven't told anyone yet except one of my sisters) and it is missing a dishwasher, which I thought was a little strange ...I would prefer that there was one already but I love the place, we'll see how this pans out.
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Do most houses in the USA have built in appliances like Dish washers built into a wall? Or are they separate enclosed appliances..
 
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Well if the democrats have their way...soon we'll be building walls around our yards with broken bottles mortared into the top.
 
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Appliances in newer homes are usually built in
 
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Well if the democrats have their way...soon we'll be building walls around our yards with broken bottles mortared into the top.
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Can't we have a topic that doesn't deteriorate into a partisan issue?
 
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I know in my area most people only have a fence if they have dogs, some put them up for children to have bounds.
Appliances are usually provided by the owners if renting. If buying they were usually left bc it's easier.
 
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I heard that in Germany when you move out you take everything, to include the cupboards
 
RickyZ

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You don't need a fence if you like and trust your neighbors, and don't plan to sunbath nude in the back yard.

Appliances are heavy, bulky, and difficult to move... and we're too lazy to even use a car key anymore. It's easier on everyone to just leave them in place
 
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I want to add a question to this thread:

Are most houses over there really huge? (or is it just that the TV shows like to show off the expensive ones?)
I sort of imagine having to work 12 hours a day until I m 150 to afford something like that :p
 
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depends on the area. im in Ohio but we have mansions and apartments in north east and everything in between
 
breno785au

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In Australia there are many homes with built in AC too.. But for the majority of the time when people move house they take their ovens fridges and stoves with them.. Some houses also have built in stoves too,, like built into a kitchen counter, I think a lot of homes in Australia have fences as a privacy enhancer because people having a BBQ or doing other things in their back yards do not want to get stared at by their neighbours..
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I don't know anyone who's ever moved with their oven, they generally stay.

I can understand it would definitely be easier to move without a fridge, lol perhaps us Aussies are doing it the hard way but unless it was part of the culture to leave the fridge, you'd have to buy a new one every time you moved lol

When I watched the show last night prior to creating this thread, a house didn't come with a fridge and the couple discussed that as an issue and I was like, in Australia, we bring our own fridges lol
 
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HisHolly said:
depends on the area. im in Ohio but we have mansions and apartments in north east and everything in between
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The show was set in Ohio last night, in Columbus I think it was? Nice, big houses over there that have no fences lol
 
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breno785au said:
The show was set in Ohio last night, in Columbus I think it was? Nice, big houses over there that have no fences lol
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in neighborhoods with big homes you wont find fences. they think it detracts from the aesthetics of the property.. if you are in an allotment, some have regulations about fences and types.
 
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now some who are well known and live here will protect with huge fences, but the average ceo or coo ect, will usually keep the lot clear.. in my experience..
 
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wwjd_kilden said:
I want to add a question to this thread:

Are most houses over there really huge? (or is it just that the TV shows like to show off the expensive ones?)
I sort of imagine having to work 12 hours a day until I m 150 to afford something like that :p
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If you are comparing a middle class suburban US home to an average single family home in a suburban European community, US homes are absolutely larger. For sure. Significantly larger than the average single family home in South America as well.
 
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