Hello everyone,
My wife and I are currently planning a semi-detached house with 125 m² (1,345 sq ft) of living space.
During the planning process, I realized that having a second shower would be beneficial. However, with only 125 m² (1,345 sq ft), space is limited, so I need to carefully consider how to use the area most efficiently. For this reason, I tried to make use of a "dead" corner in the master bedroom, which was originally intended as a dressing or makeup area.
In the original plan (makeup area), there was a window on the outside wall of the semi-detached house. When I informed the general contractor about my changes regarding the shower, the responsible architect removed the previously existing window without any explanation.
I am not happy about this because
I would like to know if it is advisable to install a window or something similar next to the shower anyway. If you have alternative suggestions on how I might fit an additional window in the bedroom, I would appreciate your ideas.
Thank you! 🙂
My wife and I are currently planning a semi-detached house with 125 m² (1,345 sq ft) of living space.
During the planning process, I realized that having a second shower would be beneficial. However, with only 125 m² (1,345 sq ft), space is limited, so I need to carefully consider how to use the area most efficiently. For this reason, I tried to make use of a "dead" corner in the master bedroom, which was originally intended as a dressing or makeup area.
In the original plan (makeup area), there was a window on the outside wall of the semi-detached house. When I informed the general contractor about my changes regarding the shower, the responsible architect removed the previously existing window without any explanation.
I am not happy about this because
- I had planned to be able to immediately ventilate humidity by opening the window, and now this option is lost.
- this results in less natural daylight in the room.
I would like to know if it is advisable to install a window or something similar next to the shower anyway. If you have alternative suggestions on how I might fit an additional window in the bedroom, I would appreciate your ideas.
Thank you! 🙂
Hardi88 schrieb:
The living room faces west. The side of the house with the window dilemma faces north. It’s obviously unfortunate that no sunlight comes into the house from the south. So the goal is to bring in as much light as possible through the other windows. What’s actually wrong with having a large window on the north side above the kitchen countertop? With clever kitchen design, the countertop can be extended into the window recess. This eliminates the need for a windowsill and provides more usable workspace on the countertop. You just need to coordinate the window height, the top edge of the finished floor, and the height of the base cabinets, but the effort is worthwhile. And wall cabinets above the countertop are generally overrated anyway.
This is how we did it:
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pagoni202013 Apr 2021 10:16Hardi88 schrieb:
In my contract, I simply can’t move load-bearing walls however I want; load-bearing walls just can’t be changed. But that’s not just because of your contract 😀
Hardi88 schrieb:
I was a bit worried about posting this here because it’s just a very standard, unremarkable situation. Nonsense, go ahead and post it. People here probably appreciate “normal” concerns and needs more than too much fancy stuff.
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Aloha_Lars13 Apr 2021 10:36Hardi88 schrieb:
I’m now uploading the ground floor and preparing myself for the technical knockout. Just to be sure: You’re building without a basement, right?
If yes, how is a utility room of 3.44 sqm (37 sq ft) supposed to work? According to the plan, the house connections will also be installed there.
Aloha_Lars schrieb:
Just to be sure: You’re building without a basement, right? This is what the ground floor plan looks like. Where the basement stairs would be, there is a small storage room drawn under the stairs leading to the upper floor.
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Myrna_Loy13 Apr 2021 11:52Countertop surface apparently as well. 😉
AxelH. schrieb:
It’s really unfortunate that no natural light comes into the house from the south. So, the goal is to bring in as much light as possible through the other windows. What’s the downside of having a large window on the north side above the kitchen countertop? With clever kitchen design, the countertop can be extended into the window recess. This eliminates the need for a windowsill and provides more free workspace on the countertop. You just need to align the window height, the top edge of the finished floor, and the height of the base cabinets—but it’s worth the effort. Besides, upper kitchen cabinets are generally overrated anyway.
This is how we did it:
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Hausbautraum2013 Apr 2021 13:37I don’t think your plans are bad, and I’ve seen bathrooms like that in about 10 other modern semi-detached and detached houses, so it can’t be that bad.
The shower positioned in the bedroom wouldn’t work for me, but with frosted glass, it might be okay. With an exhaust fan, the moisture would surely be manageable.
Personally, I would make the kitchen narrower and instead make the toilet and utility room larger. Definitely install that door to the kitchen.
Overall, you have a lot of space in the rooms for 120 m² (1,292 sq ft); we have less with 140 m² (1,507 sq ft), so at least space-wise it’s optimal.
The shower positioned in the bedroom wouldn’t work for me, but with frosted glass, it might be okay. With an exhaust fan, the moisture would surely be manageable.
Personally, I would make the kitchen narrower and instead make the toilet and utility room larger. Definitely install that door to the kitchen.
Overall, you have a lot of space in the rooms for 120 m² (1,292 sq ft); we have less with 140 m² (1,507 sq ft), so at least space-wise it’s optimal.
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