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 aparment? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Nowadays, to
chose
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were
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where
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to live is a big task. Some claim that living in
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an appartment
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appartment
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apartment
is more comfortable rather than in
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house
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the house
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. Others believe living in the
flats
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more
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peacefull
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peaceful
. In
this
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essay, I will discuss both sides of
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issue and I will include my own viewpoint. On the one hand,
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house
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the house
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is
a
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huge and private and there is more space in the
houses
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. People who
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an extended family usually choose a
house
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. There are many rooms in
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house
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the house
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and it will be easy to place all
family
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the family
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members.
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, in big homes being gardens and residents can plant flowers and it is said that planting is useful after stressful work days.
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, it is more easy to keep pets in the
house
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and spend
time
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with them and at the same
time
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you can have a picnic in your garden.
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, my mother lives in a
house
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and she has many chickens. Looking after them is
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activity for her.
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, there are disadvantages of living in big
houses
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. Big
houses
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are
being
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far from city centres and it is
being
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difficult to
by
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buy
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something you need or to go
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every
time
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.
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, when you plan to go out for a long
time
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you will need to find somebody to look after your plants and pets. Turning to the other side of the argument,
flats
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are more affordable. People who have low
income
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incomes
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prefer to live in accommodations. Because
,
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flats
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easy
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to keep for their taxes.
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, in my opinion, it is more safe to live in
flats
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.
To conclude
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all above mentioned,
houses
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are big and there is much space for every family
members
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.
However
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,
flats
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are more compact and it is easy to keep them
due to
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big taxes. In my opinion, people
,
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should rent both
house
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and
flat
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a flat
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before buying a home.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • residential preferences
  • property ownership
  • private dwelling
  • shared facilities
  • urban vs suburban living
  • customization
  • sustainability
  • appreciation of property value
  • real estate market
  • housing tenure
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