ᐅ Basement bedroom

Hello,
we are visiting a plot of land tomorrow, and I am already planning whether it will meet our requirements. The problem is that it is very narrow, allowing for a house width of only about 8m (26 feet). I can’t design a suitable upper floor that includes a bedroom, walk-in closet, master bathroom, children’s bathroom, and three children’s bedrooms. Then I thought about moving the parents’ rooms to the basement, which we plan to build anyway.
Does anyone have experience with living rooms or even bedrooms in basements? I believe it can be designed quite well in a new build so that it doesn’t feel like a typical basement. We would mainly just sleep downstairs. The only disadvantage I see at the moment is that you would have to use two staircases to reach the children’s bedrooms, which wouldn’t be a long-term problem.
What are your thoughts on this?

Niloa schrieb:
Does anyone have experience with living rooms or even bedrooms in the basement? I think it is quite possible to design this well in a new build so that it doesn't feel like a basement. We would mainly be using it for sleeping.

The latter comes from someone who wants three children's rooms.

What your state building code says about habitable rooms is important: sufficient lighting, ventilation, a second emergency exit on the floor, ceiling height, heating...
You can certainly sleep in a basement room that lacks some of these, but it would not be permitted or comfortable. Health issues develop gradually; there are reasons for all these requirements.

ypg schrieb:
The latter is said by the one who wants three children’s rooms

Good point! But that’s not the case for us...
I quickly skimmed the building regulations; they specify 2.20 meters (7.2 feet) and 1/8 of the floor area as window size. The basement is definitely intended to be officially developed as living space, including heating, etc.
In terms of cost, I don’t think it should make a big difference, since the basement is planned anyway and the heating would just be located on a different level, along with the mechanical ventilation system for living spaces, and so on.

Niloa schrieb:
The basement is definitely going to be finished as official living space, with heating, etc.

Great!

Play around with the room layout. Where would the office be?
Do you have a slope? Would it be an option to use the lower ground floor as living space, the ground floor as the children’s area, and the top floor for the bedroom?

You could set up the office (on the ground floor or upper floor) as an emergency sleeping area. The double bed plays a smaller role here.
Joking aside: how old are the children?
Usually, it’s the parents who worry about not being close enough to the children rather than the other way around.

A bedroom in the basement is a really bad idea. You won’t be able to control the climate there. It’s too cold in winter (walls) and too humid in summer. It’s also too dark and uncomfortable.

I lived for years in a basement-level apartment where the cellar was even exposed, and still, sleeping there was far from pleasant.

I can only strongly advise you not to do it.

Bookstar schrieb:
You can’t really control the climate there. It’s too cold in winter (walls), too humid in summer. Also too dark and uncomfortable.

I can’t really imagine that in a new build basement with heating and a controlled mechanical ventilation system. Darkness isn’t a problem since it’s a bedroom. Right now, we keep it 100% dark 24 hours a day because it’s only used for sleeping. Likewise, the blinds in the dressing room are down so no one can look in. That’s why I don’t see much difference compared to rooms in the basement.