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
Anthracite-colored windows: this can be done well in aluminum, but they are usually ordered in plastic (PVC). There are no color granulates available in this shade, so foil is used instead. The foil comes with the same warranty period as vehicle decals (three years), which is a joke in construction – apparently, few people consider this. The dark color causes the material to heat up more, which accelerates the aging of the plastic. If you are unlucky, the adhesive may also cause discoloration, and the frames are not even standard white once the foil is removed.
If I haven’t overlooked it, one trend has not yet been mentioned: the kitchen-to-living-room entrance on the chamfered (beveled) corner, because the decision can’t be made whether the door should open into the living room or the kitchen.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
If I haven’t overlooked it, one trend has not yet been mentioned: the kitchen-to-living-room entrance on the chamfered (beveled) corner, because the decision can’t be made whether the door should open into the living room or the kitchen.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
11ant schrieb:
It has the same warranty periods as for vehicle lettering (three years), which is a joke in construction Well, I have a 5-year warranty on my windows, so what now?
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Bieber081521 Jul 2017 08:52There are also supposedly solid-color windows available, although the foil-covered version is by far the most common (and already quite expensive). If I remember correctly, there used to be very dark (black?) painted wooden window frames here as well.
Have we already mentioned spotlights in the roof overhang? And does that count as late Roman decadence yet? :P
Have we already mentioned spotlights in the roof overhang? And does that count as late Roman decadence yet? :P
Regarding floor-to-ceiling windows:
I don’t think it’s a big issue if something is placed in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, like a chair or a bench.
Sure, a cabinet would actually be inappropriate. But do you think absolutely nothing should be placed there at all? For example, I also find it perfectly fine if there is a large window behind the staircase.
I don’t think it’s a big issue if something is placed in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, like a chair or a bench.
Sure, a cabinet would actually be inappropriate. But do you think absolutely nothing should be placed there at all? For example, I also find it perfectly fine if there is a large window behind the staircase.
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