Houses Then and Now

Houses Then and Now

Old house Here is an old house. This house was built in 1903. This house had a lot of rooms. It is in New Zealand.

One of the rooms was called the parlour. It was at the front of the house. Friends and family sat in the parlour. They read, sewed and played board games there.

New house Here is a new house. This house was built in 2003. This house has a lot of rooms. lt is in the United Kingdom. One of the rooms is called the family room. Friends and family sit in the family room. They watch television and listen to music there.

Bathrooms This was the bathroom in the old house. lt had a large bath. There were no taps. People had to pour water into the bath. It did not have a toilet. The toilet was outside. The toilet was in the garden.

Here is one of the bathrooms in the new house. The house has two bathrooms and three toilets. Each bathroom has taps with hot and cold water. One of the bathrooms has a shower.