900 Crazy English sentences for daily life

Lesson 6

Lesson 6: House Hunting

āĻĒāĻžāĻ  6: āĻšāĻžāωāϏ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ‚

It will be easier to get a house after we are married.

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

How much is this house worth?

āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϤ?

This house just needs a few repairs.

āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ.

I love the neighborhood around here.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āφāĻļ⧇āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĨ¤

We need a house with a two-car garage.

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āϜ āϏāĻš āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤

We should fix the front door before we sell the house.

āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ.

I’ll call the real estate office right now.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāχ āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϟ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻŦāĨ¤

Should we rent or buy a house?

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧇āύāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ?

I like how that roof looks.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤

Does this house have a basement?

āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϏāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āφāϛ⧇?

I found a couple of possibilities in the homes for sale category of the newspaper.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ.

Our lease of our apartment is almost up.

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϞāĻŋāϜ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧇āώāĨ¤

I’m sure that we will find one before our lease ends.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞāĻŋāϜ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤

How much longer will it take to get through all the red tape?

āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻĢāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āφāϰ āĻ•āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŦ⧇?

The seller has already moved out so you can move in as soon as the paperwork is signed at the end of the week.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž āχāϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āϏāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻžāχ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤