To speak about houses, you should know the proper vocabulary. Here is the vocabulary connected with this topic.
Detached house - a building is not joined to another building
Semi-detached house - a house has one wall that is joined to another house
Terraced house - a house that is joined to the houses on either side of it by shared walls
Fence - a wood, wire, or metal structure that divides or goes around an area
Gate - the part of a fence or outside wall that opens and closes like a door
Doorbell - a button that you press next to a door that makes a noise
to let someone know that you are there
Roof - the surface that covers the top of a building or vehicle
Path - a long, narrow area of ground for people to walk along
Stairs - a set of steps from one level in a building to another
Balcony - a small area joined to the wall outside a room on a high level where you can stand or sit
Own a house - to have a house that legally belongs to you
Rent - a fixed amount of money that you pay regularly for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc. that someone else owns
Mortgage - a legal agreement by which a bank, building society, etc. lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property, with the condition that the conveyance of title becomes void upon the payment of the debt
Landlord - a person or organization that owns a building or an area of land and is paid by other people for the use of it
Examples:
I pay a higher rent than the other tenants because my room is bigger.
They took out a £400,000 mortgage.
The landlord had promised to redecorate the bedrooms before we moved in.
Atsauce:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org