ᐅ Open-plan kitchen and living room on the top floor or the ground floor
Created on: 9 Jan 2019 12:28
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Schnee12Good day, dear members!
I wanted to ask how you decided on the room layout for your houses.
In my situation, my partner and I are building a house, and we already have the floor plan (L-shape, ground floor and upper floor, so two levels), but we are unsure how to allocate the rooms. I would really like the living room and open-plan kitchen to be on the upper floor. The view would be much better, there would be a nice exposed roof structure, and more light, since the upper floor gets sunlight from morning until evening.
Our bedroom and a small children’s room would also be upstairs, while two children’s rooms, an office, and a utility room would be on the ground floor.
My partner thinks that if the living area is upstairs, we would hardly use the garden anymore. So, how did you decide? What are your thoughts on this?
Thank you
Best regards,
Maria
I wanted to ask how you decided on the room layout for your houses.
In my situation, my partner and I are building a house, and we already have the floor plan (L-shape, ground floor and upper floor, so two levels), but we are unsure how to allocate the rooms. I would really like the living room and open-plan kitchen to be on the upper floor. The view would be much better, there would be a nice exposed roof structure, and more light, since the upper floor gets sunlight from morning until evening.
Our bedroom and a small children’s room would also be upstairs, while two children’s rooms, an office, and a utility room would be on the ground floor.
My partner thinks that if the living area is upstairs, we would hardly use the garden anymore. So, how did you decide? What are your thoughts on this?
Thank you
Best regards,
Maria
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nordanney9 Jan 2019 13:58Living space on the upper floor? I find that terrible.
The living room and garden belong together. In the garden, you have even more light than on the upper floor (so why is there more light there than on the ground floor with the large windows facing the garden?). What kind of view would be worth enjoying?
I had neighbors with a living room on the upper floor and bedrooms on the ground floor—after 1.5 years, it still hasn’t sold because every potential buyer first calculates how expensive it would be to convert it into a "normal" house. ;-)
The living room and garden belong together. In the garden, you have even more light than on the upper floor (so why is there more light there than on the ground floor with the large windows facing the garden?). What kind of view would be worth enjoying?
I had neighbors with a living room on the upper floor and bedrooms on the ground floor—after 1.5 years, it still hasn’t sold because every potential buyer first calculates how expensive it would be to convert it into a "normal" house. ;-)
I can’t say more than your partner already has. He is absolutely right. There’s nothing more to add… except if you feel that the windows and patio doors on the ground floor don’t provide enough natural light, you can simply make them larger to enjoy the view.
If you manage to get your way, you’ll feel like you’re in an apartment without a roof terrace or balcony in the attic floor. The downside is that you’ll always have to carry everything up and down, often multiple times. It’s like having a shared garden in a housing complex :-p
If my wife had put me in that position, we simply wouldn’t have built.
If you manage to get your way, you’ll feel like you’re in an apartment without a roof terrace or balcony in the attic floor. The downside is that you’ll always have to carry everything up and down, often multiple times. It’s like having a shared garden in a housing complex :-p
If my wife had put me in that position, we simply wouldn’t have built.
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