House features

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Last month I went to St. John's for the first time ever (to visit my daughter who's been there for 3 years now). I know, I should have gone much sooner. Not disappointed in the trip!

She is renting a house with three friends. Now from the outside it looks like a house you may see in Calgary. But once going through the front door, I saw something that you don't see around here (Calgary). A boot room (for lack of a better word). Not just a space to keep shoes, but a room with another door to the main part of the house. The room was kind of like an air lock or something.

I thought that's cool. It would be nice if my house had this. Didn't think much of it beyond that. But then we went to the parents of one of her room mates for dinner (another cultural experience I was fortunate enough to take part in), and the parents house had exactly the same feature. But unlike my daughters place, it was a 60's house rather than a 5 year old house.

And the again in an 80's house.

Now three houses isn't every house in St. John's but three in a row seems like more than a coincidence.

So.... Is this a common feature of a house in St. John's? Or maybe Newfoundland in general?