Unit 5: British houses!!!

90% of the population live in towns. There are a lots of different kinds of houses. Terraced houses are joined together, sometimes in a long row. There are detached houses it means there aren't any other houses joined on to them. lots of people live in flats, especially in big towns and cities. Houses in different part of Britain can look very different. Some houses are very modern and some are hundreds of years old. These are traditional thatched cottages. Thatch is made from reeds and is used for the roof. Cottage is the name for a small house in the country.