cold-water flat

• Terme historique désignant un appartement sans chauffage central ni eau chaude courante, courant dans les vieux immeubles, surtout à New York. De nos jours, l'expression est rarement utilisée, car les normes modernes de plomberie ont rendu ces conditions inhabituelles.

A historical term for an apartment or flat that lacks central heating and hot running water, common in older buildings, particularly in New York City. The phrase is now rarely used as modern plumbing standards have made such conditions uncommon.

1. Basic apartment without hot waterB2formalbritish

   A type of apartment, typically in older buildings, that does not have a hot water supply or central heating.

   Appartement sans eau chaude

   • In the 19th century, many workers lived in cold-water flats.
   • The rent was cheap because it was a cold-water flat.
   • He moved out of the cold-water flat into a modern apartment.