ᐅ Window sill height 130 cm in the bedroom / home office?

Created on: 23 Nov 2021 17:37
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audiophilone
Hello... we have the following issue. Since we don’t want too many different window heights in the house and also don’t find the transition from a 130cm (51 inches) sill height to a low window in the same room or at the junctions particularly attractive, we are facing the above-mentioned problem. Actually, I’m not even sure if it’s really a problem.

West elevation of a two-story house as an architect’s design drawing with windows and entrance door.


South elevation of a modern building with garage on the left, multiple windows and flat roofs.


North elevation of a modern building, two levels, rows of windows and dimension lines.


East elevation of a modern house with flat roof, large window front and doors.
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audiophilone
28 Nov 2021 20:42
1. Yes, we are aware of the setbacks and projections and will definitely get help from a friend who works in the industry.

2. In theory, you could mirror the rooms, which would probably work, but then what do you do about the window sill heights on the south side of the rooms...

Well, I’d say a sill height of 130 cm (51 inches) is quite common in houses, so it can’t be that bad... of course, where it makes sense. For me, it makes sense in the bathroom. Honestly, I wouldn’t know where else to have a sill height of 55 cm (22 inches).

We have also noticed the issue with the doors... The utility room... we wanted to have direct access from the garage to the storage room or kitchen. The garage won’t have an additional room anyway; it was just marked here for illustration. The garage has only one door leading to the garden and one to the house. The bathroom having two doors makes sense to me, opposite the children’s room, right? And having to walk around from the bedroom is inconvenient. Under the stairs is the storage closet, and I don’t see why I should omit it.
11ant28 Nov 2021 20:48
Hangman schrieb:

The various projections and recesses between the ground floor and the upper floor mentioned by @11ant: I find them visually appealing, but they do cause significant additional costs and can be a potential weak point if poorly executed.

I would even go further and say (or rather, I have already hinted at this): I almost expect that the additional costs (but not the higher price) will be compensated for by poor workmanship. I suspect the motivation is simply a "fear" of otherwise excessive simplicity (or reasons like the dogma of a specific sofa-to-TV distance, which marked the start of the R.Hotzenplotz disaster https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/grundrissplanung-kurz-vor-bauantragsstellung.25647/).
audiophilone schrieb:

Yes, we are aware of the projections and recesses and will definitely seek help from a friend who works in the trade.

In the building surveyor profession, or what exactly do you mean?
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audiophilone
28 Nov 2021 21:42
@11ant yes, exactly, he is a civil engineer and an expert assessor
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audiophilone
29 Nov 2021 00:10
A quite bold option for the east side... but we actually like it quite a bit... you can just ignore the smokey eyes on the west side.

East view of a modern two-story building with large windows and garage.


South view of a modern two-story house with garage on the left and large glass windows on the right.


West view of a two-story house with garage, windows, and measurements.


Architect’s north elevation of a two-story house with two upper-floor windows, doors, and dimension lines.