Writing exercise -- my home

Here are two examples for reference, one is the home where I grew up. One is my present home. I will be careful not to include private information.
自分の家について作文の例を作ります。一つは生まれた家です。一つは現在の家です。個人情報が入らないようにします。

You do not need to write this much. Try for at least six sentences, but if you can only make three or four, that's okay.
これほどの作文でもなくてもいいです。６文を目処として書いてください。３、４文さえできたら、次回のレッスンに持ってきてください。

I will refrain from translating this. Challenge yourself!
ここでは訳しません。チャレンジしてください。

The home where I grew up was a one-story house in west Texas. It had a large yard, in front, in back, and on both sides. There was a wooden fence on the north, and a chain fence on the south. We owned the vacant lot on the south, too.

There were four bedrooms, two on the north and two on the south. My bedroom was on the north-west corner. I shared the bedroom with my brother.

It had a long kitchen with two sinks. My mother didn't like the kitchen because it was too narrow.

There was a large den attached to the north-east corner. We often played Uno and other card games or board games in the den. We sometimes ate in the den, but we usually ate in the kitchen. And there was a large garage attached to the den. There was no TV in the den.

It was a large house, but houses and land where I grew up are cheap.

I now live with my wife and children in an apartment between Osaka and Kobe. It's on the fourth floor. The apartment building includes about 32 units.

The apartment has a living-room/dining-room/kitchen in the center. There are three bedrooms. Only one of the bedrooms has traditional tatami flooring. My children have desks in that room.

We keep a turtle on the veranda

There are no TVs in the house. I am not sure that's such a good thing.