I'm a U.S. speaker, and I'm editing a text using Australian speech. The way they are using this term "out the front" sounds like the way U.S. English would say "out front", meaning in the front part of a building or some sort of enclosed location, but I can't find this anywhere, and I want to make sure. 

e.g. *The buildings were all the same, with the same colour roofs and with gardens out the front.* 

Thanks for any help you can provide,
Michelle