However, there are several disadvantages. First, you need much time to get to the nearest mall. And it is too long to get to the work. You should take the child to school by car, if certainly there is no school bus. All the benefits are far away. Therefore, the family needs at least one car, or even two.
Secondly, sometimes to rent a house more expensive than a flat. Especially if there are several floors in it. And if you do not have a good job, you can not afford a large spacious house.
Still I prefer a house. Because you can even plant the flowers in the garden. And I really like clean air and a breakfast in the backyard.
I've never built my own house. We lived in a big flat with three rooms.
If I could choose I would like to have a house with two floors, spacious rooms. I would like to decorate walls with different gradations of wood. In the large hall on the first floor there will be a fireplace and soft armchairs. Also, I like to cook, if I have enough time. So I would like to have a large kitchen with modern equipment.
In my country, almost all people live in flats. There are about hundred flats in the house. It is very expensive to build or to buy a good house. The people with low wages can not permit it. And almost all live in the town because not all have cars, much less two. Not everyone has the occasion to get to the work or to the shop without public transport. It is very fashionable to live on the main street. The apartments there are very very expensive.