ᐅ House with a 45-degree roof pitch and a knee wall height of 1.20 meters (approximately 4 feet)

Good morning,
we have built a house in a new development area.
The house has a 45-degree roof pitch and a knee wall height of 1.20 meters (4 feet).
We chose this design because we like it and it fits well into the local streetscape.
Around us, only houses with two full storeys and taller knee walls are being built.
Are there any other builders here who have built like us and can help ease my concerns? The rooms upstairs cannot be fully used.
The house has 150 square meters (1,615 square feet) and is smaller than the other houses.

I believe our neighbors have the same values. Personally, I find that the rooms are almost fully usable.

Good morning, what is there to worry about? If you like it, it doesn’t really matter how others build, does it? I’m also not sure if I understand what you’re saying. Are you concerned about whether the rooms upstairs can be used and are still in the building phase, or have you already built and know for sure? In the latter case, you should have discussed this with the architect beforehand. As you can see, I’m a bit confused 🙂

unsicher schrieb:

The house has a 45-degree roof pitch and a knee wall height of 1.20 m (4 feet).

With this pitched roof, you already have a ceiling height of 2 m (6 feet 6 inches) at 0.8 m (2 feet 7 inches) from the knee wall. So, everything is fine.
If the knee wall measurement is taken from the shell structure, it shifts by about 0.2 m (8 inches).

If you have already built, then you can see that it is usable, right?

unsicher schrieb:

Are there any other homeowners here who built like we did and can help ease my worries? The rooms upstairs are unusable.

What do you mean by that? Is the attic not accessible? Is there no staircase? Have you moved in but are only staying on the ground floor because you… no idea… don’t use the attic???
Around 80% of houses worldwide have the kind of layout you describe—are their attics all unusable???
We definitely use our attic—bedrooms and everything. Next door there’s a two-story house 😀