‘What do UK houses have that others don’t ?’ – 21 favourite suggestions

We’re grateful to GalynSoo for their question to r/AskUK.

“What do UK houses have that others don’t?”

They explained what had prompted it.

“I just read that only about 5% of houses in uk has an air conditioner due to the cool summer there.

Any other known facts like this about homes and architecture or any other cultural differences? I would love to know more.”

As ever, the people of AskUK stepped up to the plate. These were some of our favourite responses.

1.

Borachon31717
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2.

Enough bags for life under the stairs to pay off the mortgage.
HeyKillerBootsMan

3.

Beautiful not-useless-at-all conservatories that are baking saunas in the summer and damp frozen tundras in the winter.

Revolutionary.
UnlikelyCheck3777

4.

American friends who have visited were blown away by the amount of doors we have.
ChipCob1

5.

Insulation and double glazing.

Here in Australia its freezing. Currently 11⁰ inside at 4pm.

To double glaze a house costs approx £15,000. A single story 3 bedroom.

I miss that sweet sweet insulation.
TinyDemon000

6.

A window cleaner who pops round once a month.
MobiusNaked

7.

Letterboxes in the front door.
rumhampolicy

8.

Character-time3261
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9.

A cupboard above the kettle containing tea and coffee, and then the one next to it containing marmite, golden syrup and chutney (one of the three having never been used/ older than 6 months).
soggy-one3317

10.

A hot tap and a cold tap, with no mixing ability.
toenutlookamethatway

11.

How about a structure called a “garage” but it’s really a large storage shed as it’s not big enough for a car.
TomHusband