Up until the Celtic Tiger, ‘flat’ was the word everyone used here for a living unit that wasn’t a full house; it was called a flat because all the rooms were on the same floor. During the good times, the use of the word flat gave way to the American term apartment and now here in Ireland if we don’t live in houses, we live in apartments.
Up until the Celtic Tiger, ‘flat’ was the word everyone used here for a living unit that wasn’t a full house; it was called a flat because all the rooms were on the same floor. During the good times, the use of the word flat gave way to the American term apartment and now here in Ireland if we don’t live in houses, we live in apartments.
When doing up a house, it’s all about decisions: big ones such as which windows and floors to put in and smaller choices such as which colours to use and the kind of wall switches and door handles to go for. Then there is the endless decision- making about furnishings. And most decisions are made on the basis of budget.
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