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Some people prefer to live in a house, while others feel that there are more advantages to living in an apartment. Are there more advantages than disadvantages of living in a house compared with living in an apartment?

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Although
 some
people
 choose to live in a
house
, others believe living in an
apartment
 has much more benefits.
This
 essay will argue that the advantages of living in a
house
 outweigh the disadvantages. One of the main advantages is having the chance to have a backyard. For all the
people
 who like having a garden, planting flowers and having the feeling of being in contact with nature, backyards are really important.
Also
 having that space of open air in your
house
, allows you to invite friends and relatives to a barbecue, or for the lovers of bone fires, makes it possible to have a place for a fire pit. A good example is the
house
 where I use to live, it has a huge backyard where my partner and I use to enjoy spending the whole arvo with friends, having some drinks around the fire pit.
Furthermore
, living in a
house
 allows you to have more privacy rather than in an
apartment
.
People
 who live in apartments have to deal with their neighbours really often,
while
 if you live in a
house
 you barely see your neighbours.
However
, houses usually demand more time and money for maintenance. So for
people
 with a low income would be a bad choice for a
house
.
For instance
, living in an
apartment
 you only have to pay for the electricity
while
 living in a
house
 means you have to pay for electricity and water. In conclusion,
although
 living in an
apartment
 is cheaper it doesn’t give you the privacy and the green space a
house
 can provide.
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    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
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