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Definition of a cottage
When I bought my current home it was described as a 50s cottage
I have sent all sorts of homes described as cottages, from really old houses in the country to new terrace houses in towns. So define what a cottage is? |
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When I bought my current home it was described as a 50s cottage
I have sent all sorts of homes described as cottages, from really old houses in the country to new terrace houses in towns. So define what a cottage is? Or a small house, typically located in the countryside. |
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Who are you defending the cottage from?
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So define what a cottage is?
cottage noun. a small house, typically one in the country. As far as defending a cottage is concerned, just shoot any intruders in the back with a shotgun as they try to escape.
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Small.
Front door opens straight onto main living area. Doesn't work as a definition really though. |
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Who are you defending the cottage from?
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When I bought my current home it was described as a 50s cottage
I have sent all sorts of homes described as cottages, from really old houses in the country to new terrace houses in towns. So define what a cottage is? |
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I always think of cottages as small one or two room houses, often thatched, like the ones that used to be common here in Ireland. People don't really live in them any more and lots of them have been replaced by modern houses and flats, but there are still some in rural areas and holiday cottages are quite popular for tourists.
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Sorry spell correction on my tablet and not checking
It was meant to read "definition" of a cottage!!!! Sorry |
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Sorry spell correction on my tablet and not checking
It was meant to read "definition" of a cottage!!!! Sorry Sorry. |
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I was only joking about shooting intruders in the back with a shotgun as they try to escape anyway.
Sorry. ![]() PS Never mind, I am slow I do get it now |
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Isn't the main difference between a small house and a cottage about two hundred grand?
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I grew up in a typical area of terraced houses in a northern industrial town
people who live in posher areas called those terraced houses 'cottages' people who live in them call them 'houses' |
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I live in a cottage, it was built in 1886 for manual workers, it has a 100 foot garden which is narrow and would have been used by the tenants for growing vegetables and keeping livestock, it was originally 2 up and 2 down but along with all of them in our street has an extension for a kitchen and bathroom it would have had an outside loo and no bathroom when it was built and what is now the dining room would have been the kitchen, we bought it freehold but have a copy of the original lease which stated the tenants were obliged to give a bale of hay every year to the local pub
I have a picture of my cottage taken with Victorian children standing outside, my road and the one opposite were named after local worthies who helped put up the money for building the houses as part of a large building project for the 'poor' the area I live in was once a village with a manor house where some of the tenants would have worked, but now its part of Ryde outskirts My type of cottage is very popular on the IOW and due to the fact they are good starter homes for young people and popular with older people who want to downsize are never on the market for very long. |
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I would not class any house in a town as a cottage.
And a terraced house (of whatever size) is defintiely not a cottage. A cottage is a small detatched house, in the country, with a garden. I would say no more than 2 bedrooms, three at a push. Age comes into it as well. I'd say no younger than the Edwardian period. It needs period features too eg original fire surrounds or exposed ceiling beams etc. |
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I would not class any house in a town as a cottage.
And a terraced house (of whatever size) is defintiely not a cottage. A cottage is a small detatched house, in the country, with a garden. I would say no more than 2 bedrooms, three at a push. |
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Low ceilings, creaky, smells of damp and is described by estate agents as having 'rustic charm'.
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Definition of a cottage = SMALL and POKEY.
But if in a town = BI-JUE. |
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Roses round the door.
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Small.
Front door opens straight onto main living area. Doesn't work as a definition really though. And yes, it was small, quaint, and a bit damp! |
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