Keywords / Subtopics: rooms, furniture, decorating, small spaces, storage, appliances and electronics, having guests, extra features of a home, heating and cooling, types of buildings
- What is the best room in your house?
- What room is the most spacious?
- What makes a room comfortable?
- Where do people eat?
- Tell me about the entranceway and the front door; wherever people usually come in?
- Do you have enough storage space?
- How do you heat your home? How is your home / your building heated?
- Where do you entertain guests? Do you have people over a lot?
- Where do you park? Where do you keep your bicycle?
- What floor are you on?
- Do you have a lot of home electronics?
- Do you have a lot of small appliances in your kitchen? Do you have a lot of clutter in your drawers and cupboards?
- What is the best house-warming gift?
- How many rooms are off your living room?
- What do you have on your walls? Mirrors? Calendars? Pictures? Drawings? Family photos?
- What are your signature colours? If I asked your friends what your personal style is, what would they say?
- Do you have a doorbell or do people just knock?
- Do people have to buzz you when they arrive at your apartment building? Do you have a secure entrance? Do you have your home hooked up to a security system?
- What’s in the lobby of your apartment building?
- Do you have just one elevator?
- Can you hear your neighbours? Do you usually hear your neighbours?
- Do you have a backyard? A basement? A balcony? A front porch? An attic? A swimming pool in the basement of your apartment building? Is there a jungle gym for kids near your building?
- Where do you store your tools? Do you put winter clothes away for the winter? How organized are your storage areas? Where do you keep your computer stuff?
- How do you keep track of paper (bills, receipts, invoices, warranties, brochures, agreements, notices)
- Are you windows covered? Do you have Venetian blinds or curtains? Which window in your home has the best view? Does your living room window overlook a park, a main road?
- If you could change something about your home, what would it be?
- Has your basement ever flooded? Do raccoons or bats live in your attic? Have you had mice in the kitchen or wasp nests under the eaves?
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