Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
middle-income	средний доход	орта табыс
duplex	двухквартирный дом	екі пәтерлі үй
demolish	уничтожить	жою
solely	исключительно	тек қана, мүлде
glaring	ярко светить	ашық жарық түсу
fall on	падать	құлау
property	собственность	жеке меншік

Terrace Housing

Terraced housing is also known as row housing or townhomes. The origin of this type of dwelling was in the 17th century in Europe. A row of identical looking houses sit side by side forming a long row of housing that share side walls. The end units of this row of housing are called end terrace and are far larger than the units in between the said two end units.

Terrace housing used to be only associated with the working class for this type of housing was cheap, small and has very little privacy. The Great Fire of London brought about the building of terrace housing that had façade reminiscent of columnar fronts. Terrace housing, dependent on its location and design, was either for the working class or the wealthy class. As time went by, terrace housing evolved and became known as townhomes or townhouses which were more associated with wealthy people buying properties in less affluent communities.

One of the major advantages of terrace housing is that it is relatively cheaper than a semi-detached built in the same location. One great disadvantage is that there is no typically no yard or garden that comes with a unit. As two walls are shared, there is less privacy too. However in today's terrace housing, most are enclosed in an area complete with gates and guards to check entries and exits to the compound. This makes a current middle class or high class terrace housing (townhome) very much secured.

Match the phrases:

1. terrace cheaper

2. wealthy advantages

3. columnar housing

4. major class

5. relatively fronts

Answer the questions:

1. When did this type of housing appear?

2. Are terraced houses expensive or cheap?

3. What is the major advantages of terrace housing?

4. What is the disadvantage of terrace housing?

5. How do the today’s terraced houses look?

Glossary

English	Russian	Kazakh
reminiscent	напоминающий	ескертетін
evolve	развиться	даму
affluent	приток	тарау
columnar	колоночный	колонналы
wealthy	богатый	бай
dwelling	жилье	мекен жай, тұрғын үй
compound	состав	құрамы

F lats or Apartment

A flat or an apartment is a unit of a self-contained housing that is a part of a larger building. Such building is called an apartment building since it usually consists of several apartments for rent. The apartment is owned by the owner or occupier and may be rented out to tenants. In the UK, some flat owners have a share in the company that owns the freehold (ownership of land and the building). The freehold company has the legal capacity to charge the flat owners ground rent. The freeholder also has the right to develop or sell the building. A flat can be a studio unit, a one- bedroom, two-bedroom or three-bedroom unit.

The main disadvantage of renting out a flat is that the unit will never be yours. You do not have the right to make improvement on the premises to suit your needs unless you ask permission from the landlord. The one advantage of renting a flat is that 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. Interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities that are to take place there.

An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects. Interior design is a multifaceted profession that includes conceptual development, liaising with the stakeholders of a project and the management and execution of the design.

Interior design as carried out in the US is an almost entirely different practice to that carried out in the UK. What follows relates mainly to the US.

Colors play an important role in interior design.

Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

1. Colors don’t play an important role in interior design.

2. The freeholder also has the right to sell the building.

3. A flat can’t be a studio unit.

4. A flat or an apartment is a part of a larger building.

5. Interior design is a multifaceted profession.