Hello,
My wife and I visited a model home park for prefabricated houses yesterday, and we noticed that each house offered various features and floor plans whose practical benefits I don’t quite understand. That’s why I’m starting this thread, hoping you can explain the advantages of these choices or point out what I might be missing and why it still makes sense to design a house that way:
1. Almost every house had floor-to-ceiling windows installed. What’s the purpose of these? I imagine they would be terrible both in summer and winter. Wouldn’t it get extremely hot in summer? And in winter, don’t you constantly have to lower the blinds so that anyone passing by can’t look directly into the living room or inside the house? Also, isn’t the effort to clean those windows huge? Am I missing something? Do they have advantages that I don’t see?
2. There wasn’t a single house where the kitchen and dining area were separated from the living space; at best, the kitchen was separated from the dining area. I understand that having everything open makes the space appear larger and is better for hosting many people, but isn’t it very impractical? If I’m frying or cooking something in the kitchen, doesn’t the whole living room end up smelling like food? It would also bother me that as soon as my wife or I have guests over, the other person couldn’t sit in the living room and watch TV quietly, for example. This might sound a bit picky, but for me, it’s important that everyone can invite their friends without the other person always being within earshot or needing to get out of the way somehow. Why are open-plan ground floors so common? What are the real advantages?
3. The balconies on the upper floor are always accessible from one of the children’s bedrooms and the parents’ bedroom. Doesn’t that significantly affect privacy? I can’t imagine it’s great if my child can constantly knock on our bedroom door via the balcony, for example. Also, if you have two children, wouldn’t the one without a balcony be at a disadvantage?
I don’t want to bias you with my opinions here—I’m completely open to your views because I’d like to be convinced of the benefits. So I would like to know your reasons for including such features in your plans. Alternatively, has anyone built in a more “traditional” way and can speak to the practicality of these layout choices?
Best regards
My wife and I visited a model home park for prefabricated houses yesterday, and we noticed that each house offered various features and floor plans whose practical benefits I don’t quite understand. That’s why I’m starting this thread, hoping you can explain the advantages of these choices or point out what I might be missing and why it still makes sense to design a house that way:
1. Almost every house had floor-to-ceiling windows installed. What’s the purpose of these? I imagine they would be terrible both in summer and winter. Wouldn’t it get extremely hot in summer? And in winter, don’t you constantly have to lower the blinds so that anyone passing by can’t look directly into the living room or inside the house? Also, isn’t the effort to clean those windows huge? Am I missing something? Do they have advantages that I don’t see?
2. There wasn’t a single house where the kitchen and dining area were separated from the living space; at best, the kitchen was separated from the dining area. I understand that having everything open makes the space appear larger and is better for hosting many people, but isn’t it very impractical? If I’m frying or cooking something in the kitchen, doesn’t the whole living room end up smelling like food? It would also bother me that as soon as my wife or I have guests over, the other person couldn’t sit in the living room and watch TV quietly, for example. This might sound a bit picky, but for me, it’s important that everyone can invite their friends without the other person always being within earshot or needing to get out of the way somehow. Why are open-plan ground floors so common? What are the real advantages?
3. The balconies on the upper floor are always accessible from one of the children’s bedrooms and the parents’ bedroom. Doesn’t that significantly affect privacy? I can’t imagine it’s great if my child can constantly knock on our bedroom door via the balcony, for example. Also, if you have two children, wouldn’t the one without a balcony be at a disadvantage?
I don’t want to bias you with my opinions here—I’m completely open to your views because I’d like to be convinced of the benefits. So I would like to know your reasons for including such features in your plans. Alternatively, has anyone built in a more “traditional” way and can speak to the practicality of these layout choices?
Best regards
ypg schrieb:
but just read somewhere that the kid is in a $1000 car Wow, with a built-in cradle, rattle, and bottle warmer?
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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toxicmolotof13 Oct 2017 16:3311ant schrieb:
Wow, with a built-in cradle, rattle, and bottle warmer? You can't get that. You only get four wheels and a tub for that. [emoji16]
11ant schrieb:
Wow, with a built-in cradle, rattle, and bottle warmer?No, none of that... The tricky part was that the mom got upset because someone had dirtied this very expensive item in the restaurant (the waiter spilled sauce). That’s the story about a practical item.
toxicmolotow schrieb:
You don’t get that for it. You only get 4 wheels and a tub. [emoji16]And a membership card to the club of busybodies. They even try to define themselves through the stroller when they have nothing else left.
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stefanc8413 Oct 2017 18:22A staircase in the living room would also be terrible for me and apparently extremely expensive – I know at least one example where such a stylish designer staircase for the living room cost a huge amount. It wouldn’t be worth it to me, even if I liked it.
However, you can’t deny that it saves space in the hallway, which I hadn’t really considered before.
However, you can’t deny that it saves space in the hallway, which I hadn’t really considered before.
stefanc84 schrieb:
A staircase in the living room would be terrible for me, and apparently extremely expensive as well – I know at least one example where such a stylish designer staircase for the living room cost a huge amount. I don’t understand this connection: show staircases are expensive, no matter where they are located. And building no “visual barrier” between the staircase and the living room doesn’t cost anything extra.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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