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?
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?
ypg schrieb:
Play around with the rooms a bit. Where would the office be?
Do you have a slope? Would it be an option to use the basement as the living level, the ground floor for the children’s rooms, and the top floor for the bedroom?
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Jokes aside: how old are the children? At the moment, I have planned the office on the ground floor. I’m not sure yet if the land has a slope because I haven’t seen the property in person. I only know the maps... I just like to start planning early whenever something interesting comes onto the market because that doesn’t happen often.
There are no children yet, but there should definitely be two, three optional or then guest rooms or something similar.
You don’t have to believe me, but I know that’s how it is. The house was built in 2005. A new build might be somewhat better, but as I said, we had external wall insulation and floor-to-ceiling windows in the basement.
We also had a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery, as well as underfloor heating and radiators. Still, it was extremely uncomfortable.
In summer, it was actually even worse because of the humidity. I wouldn’t have thought so either; our idea was “it’s nice and cool in summer, so you can sleep well.” No way!
We also had a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery, as well as underfloor heating and radiators. Still, it was extremely uncomfortable.
In summer, it was actually even worse because of the humidity. I wouldn’t have thought so either; our idea was “it’s nice and cool in summer, so you can sleep well.” No way!
Bookstar schrieb:
You don’t have to believe me, but I know that’s how it is. It was a house built in 2005. New builds might be somewhat better, but as I said, we had external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) and floor-to-ceiling windows in the basement.
We also had mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, as well as underfloor heating and radiators. Despite that, it was extremely uncomfortable.
In summer it was actually even worse because of the humidity. I wouldn’t have thought that either; we assumed “it’s nicely cool in summer, so you can sleep well.” No way! I can’t agree with that at all. I spent most of the time in my parents’ basement bedroom (the house is built into a slope, so there are regular windows facing the garden). The house was built around 1989/1990, the basement even older, and I didn’t find the climate unpleasant at all. It was nicely cool in summer, and thanks to a cork floor it wasn’t too cold in winter. When I moved out for university, I was back in a basement room in a shared apartment, and I found it comfortable there too.
Niloa schrieb:
I can't really imagine having heating and mechanical ventilation in a new-build basement? Darkness isn’t an issue since it’s a bedroom. At the moment, we keep it 100% dark 24 hours a day because we only use it for sleeping. The blinds are also down in the dressing room so no one can look in. That’s why I don’t see much difference compared to other rooms in the basement. Well, I can only understand 24-hour blackout if the neighbors have set up a telescope 3 meters away; otherwise, I don’t get why you wouldn’t want to let some light in. This should be planned accordingly, for example with clerestory windows instead of boarded-up regular ones.
Bookstar schrieb:
You don’t have to believe me, but I know it’s like this. It was a house built in 2005. New builds might be a bit better, but as I said, we had external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) and floor-to-ceiling windows in the basement.
We also had mechanical ventilation, underfloor heating, and radiators. Still, it was extremely uncomfortable.
In summer, it was actually worse because of the humidity. I wouldn’t have thought that either; our idea was “in summer it’s nice and cool; you can sleep well.” Not at all!That surprises me. I also know a few basement bedrooms, and it doesn’t have to be like what you describe. Almost all of them were comfortable.
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