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Support material: Explaining Housing and surroundings Types of houses Buying and selling Features of a property terraced house bungalow semi-detached house town house mansion skyscraper flat basement flat block of flats high-rise building penthouse cottage farm house to market a property to make a profit to consider an offer good profit margin to have to change features can be fixed estate agent to purchase a house asking price property market mortgage to stay on budget to accept an offer Victorian front layout of the house/flat small bathroom plumbing kitchen fittings beautiful features timber features traditional features garden front/back garden terrace conservatory garden shed Describing where properties are located residential area nice area urban area rural area industrial area neighbourhood village town city suburb market town country town countryside in the country on the coast Housing development prices rise/go up prices fall people sell people buy/purchase people move out of the city people move to the countryside people can afford sth./to live in people lose money people make a profit people look for a good profit Phrase builder: Explaining a) Combine the phrases on housing with phrases that are often used to explain and form meaningful sentences. b) Write down at least ten of these sentences and memorise them. The reason for … . It was like this: … . It’s like this: … . This is all due/down to … . We can put it all down to … . All stems from … . … can be attributed to … . … is caused by … . Why is it that … ? … is connected with … . That is exactly why … . That is why … . It has turned out that … . It emerged that … . The trouble is that … . The thing is that … . There is only one explanation for … . This leads to … . Example: The reason for people to move out of cities is that house prices have gone up enormously over the last few years. 1 2 7 2 Home and surroundings Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv