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1.6. The following adjectives are all taken from the advertisements above. Put them in the table according to whether their meaning relate to size, distance, age or quality.

spacious fair purpose-built god-sized prime superb double-fronted pre-war close period impressive luxury open-plan mature well-proportioned not far secluded handy convenient charming

Size

Distance

Age

Quality

1.7. Use vocabulary from the advertisements to prepare a new advertisement for a house or flat you know well (or for an imaginary flat/house). Remember that you can exaggerate its advantages and understate its disadvantages. Aim to get as many people interested as possible!

1.8.  Stuart Bexon has a very unusual house. This article in the local newspaper was written about his house. Work in pairs. Read the article and answer the questions:

  1. Why did Mr Bexon build a house like this?

  2. Is this the first time a house like this has been built?

  3. Name one of the problems you might find with this kind of house.

  4. What are the advantages of a house like this?

  5. How does Mr Bexon feel about his home?

If you can't go up, go down! When Stuart Bexon was told he couldn't build a house on his field in the village of Westonbirt in the west of England, he decided to bury his dream house instead.

Now Bexon is using 600 square metres of underground living space. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a study, kitchen and dining room and a sunken swimming pool underneath glass domes to let in light.

The only part you can see from the road is the doorway with two giant doors.

“My idea was to build a normal house. I was refused permission because this area has such beautiful countryside, so I decided to build my house underground,” Mr Bexon says.

Bexon was advised by an architect, Arthur Quarmby, Britain’s leading expert on “earth shelters”. Quarmby’s own home is underground.

“I spent a long time talking to him,” Bexon remembers. “Quarmby was very interested, and was able to pass on useful tips, because if you build underground, you have to cope with damp and also keep to building regulations.’

The problem of lighting the house was solved by the domes. If there aren’t any windows in the house, you need to use the ceilings as windows.

‘If you don’t have to worry about the outside of a house, you have more money to spend on the inside. The house wasn’t really any more expensive than a normal one.”

Bexon has used the soil which was removed to start a gardening business, and he also now works as a builder. “I always wanted to build my own home, so I found the work very interesting. If, like me, you are afraid of heights, being able to work underground is much better.”