What Are the Top 5 Items Which Make a House Habitable?

Assuming you have electricity and water, there are a number of items which your home would not be habitable without. Since man pulled himself out of its cave and started building shelter, he has been looking for more and more ways to make his home comfortable. Nowadays we have broadband internet, dishwashers, satellite television with nearly 7,000 channels and power showers to make us super comfortable. But have you ever thought about what items would seriously affect your ability to live in a property. Here are some suggestions:

Windows & Doors

Without windows and doors, your home would be very drafty indeed. The wind and rain would come in and certainly make your house unbearable. Also, you would have a problem with wild animals being able to enter your home, which, depending on where you live in the world, could mean anything form rats and foxes to bears and alligators.

Furniture

Most people take their sofa for granted. But imagine trying to live in a home without even a chair or a table. If you have ever been camping and been forced to sit on the ground or on a log the whole time you will know the appreciation you feel when you finally get to sit in a chair. Without chairs and tables your home will not be habitable.

Cooker

One of the fundamental parts of a home is being able to cook food in it. Think again about camping...one of the most important parts of camping is the gathering of firewood for a fire to cook food, or the remembering to bring a gas cooker so you can eat hot food. Eating cold food is fine but when you want to feel like you are really living in a house and not just camping, you need a cooker of some kind.

Bulbs

Light bulbs were one of man's greatest inventions. The creation of the very first light bulb meant people could stop worrying about candles starting fires and also cut out the amount of smoke being released in a building. Furthermore the world of lamps and bulbs has become an essential part of society from medical lamps for operating theatres to a vast array of other specialist lamps. Nowadays we have millions of different varieties of specialist lighting solutions such as the 60W bayonet right through to halogen bulbs which make our lives brighter. Without light bulbs, your home would be dark and unbearable, especially in the winter.

Locks

Linked to the windows and doors section above, without locks on your doors, security would be a big issue. Thanks to locks people can keep their valuables, even if they are just a table and chairs, on their home and not worry. Before locks existed, people can't have gone out much.