This is extremely interesting----thanks Austrailia. In the USA a 'gazebo' is what you call a free standing pergoda and A 'covered patio' either open or enclosed is what we call the attached pergoda. It can either have a rafter/latice top or roofing material for the top, no railing for the sides or with a railing. Some are enclosed with glass and some with lattice/trellis or vines. It is usually 3 seasons as it is not heated for winter use----but in warmer states heat is not required.
A "guest room" --well most people either do not have the extra room if the kids are home and sometimes the "guest room" is all a multipurpose room with a day bed/sofa/couch/davenport or pullout sofa/futon so that the room can be used for other purposes in between guests.
A "foyer" well that is the area just inside the door of a house----and the "hearth" is what we call the floor of a fireplace and also the tile or bricked area in front. It is either floor level or can be a "raised hearth".
Apartment----well in Germany they call it a "Flat", which is what we call a housing unit that has several attached areas for individual families to live. Such has a unit with 6 apartments has attached or joining areas for 6 families to live(this including bedrooms, living area, kitchen, bathrooms dining room, depending on the price range.)Each single family house or multi-family house is listed by rooms, and usually only bedrooms and bath(such as a 4 bedroom house or apartment with 1 full bath and 1 half bath) FULL BATH meaning complete sink, toliet, bathtub and/or shower and HALF BATH meaning only a sink and toliet)
Except the high priced houses have huge bath areas almost many little "rooms" Sink area, bathtub or whirlpool area, private toliet area and powder room or dressing room all included in the term Complete or full bath.
Ground Floor is the term for first floor or main floor, basement is below ground. For example a 4 story building has a basement level, ground level/first floor/main level and 3 floors above that. I think in some area this would be a 3 story building.
Well Thanks so much for all this interesting info. By the way, we live a house which has a walkin basement and we have remodeled it for a family room w/fireplace. But it is still the basement and we only have a 1 and a half story house--the first floor living area with 2 bedrooms and a remodeled attic (which is now an open two bedroom or one large bedroom with a half bath) And we have a huge covered "deck" attached to the side of the house---it is a "deck" not a patio, as it is 14 inches off the ground--the patio is the cemented area next to the deck.
Thanks again for the interesting info.
jrj
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