á What features did you include in your house, and what did you decide to leave out?
Created on: 30 Jan 2015 14:18
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willWohnen
Hello,
When planning and building a house, you focus on the essentials and the budget. Some wishes get dropped along the way. But certain small luxuries or nice features are important to you, even if they are not strictly necessary, and you end up including them anyway.
For us, a heated conservatory was an unattainable dream. However, we treated ourselves to tiled, walk-in showers, even though they take up more space.
I would love to hear what you have given up and what you managed to include.
Best regards
When planning and building a house, you focus on the essentials and the budget. Some wishes get dropped along the way. But certain small luxuries or nice features are important to you, even if they are not strictly necessary, and you end up including them anyway.
For us, a heated conservatory was an unattainable dream. However, we treated ourselves to tiled, walk-in showers, even though they take up more space.
I would love to hear what you have given up and what you managed to include.
Best regards
@willWohnen:
Although I have spent some time browsing this forum, we made a mistake in the floor plan by placing the staircase in the entrance area. We didnât think it through early enough.
In one of the apartment blocks, I saw a floor plan with a really nice concrete staircase. I just liked it. Iâm not sure if it has significant advantages or disadvantages.
As a small âmake-up,â we will stain the staircase instead of using beech wood. Iâm not particularly fond of beech.
Cheers, torsan
Although I have spent some time browsing this forum, we made a mistake in the floor plan by placing the staircase in the entrance area. We didnât think it through early enough.
In one of the apartment blocks, I saw a floor plan with a really nice concrete staircase. I just liked it. Iâm not sure if it has significant advantages or disadvantages.
As a small âmake-up,â we will stain the staircase instead of using beech wood. Iâm not particularly fond of beech.
Cheers, torsan
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willWohnen2 Feb 2015 23:43@torsan: Hmm, I didnât quite follow 100%. You would have preferred the staircase to be in the living area? In the entrance area, well, thatâs also quite common, right?
We didnât want the staircase in the living area. It also transmits noise more strongly to the upper floor. What if someone is still sitting downstairs with friends, and another person has already gone to bed upstairs â then the person sleeping might want a glass of milk or something but doesnât dare to go downstairs. Thatâs the kind of scenario I imagine.
A steel staircase definitely doesnât make noise and is more durable than wood.
We didnât want the staircase in the living area. It also transmits noise more strongly to the upper floor. What if someone is still sitting downstairs with friends, and another person has already gone to bed upstairs â then the person sleeping might want a glass of milk or something but doesnât dare to go downstairs. Thatâs the kind of scenario I imagine.
A steel staircase definitely doesnât make noise and is more durable than wood.
Bautraum20152 Feb 2015 23:43Exactly @ willWohnen, without compromising on openness.
Torsan, for this reason, we changed the staircase run from a quarter-turn to a half-turn staircase so that it is not located in the entrance area. I actually only realized this here in the forum, even though I've only been here for a short time.
Torsan, for this reason, we changed the staircase run from a quarter-turn to a half-turn staircase so that it is not located in the entrance area. I actually only realized this here in the forum, even though I've only been here for a short time.
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willWohnen2 Feb 2015 23:45Oh, by entrance area you mean right next to the front door, now I understand.
Bautraum20152 Feb 2015 23:45I believe torsan is referring to a staircase located directly next to the front door. The issue raised here concerns the dirt tracked in during winter, which the kids have to walk on with socks if the staircase leads straight up from the entrance.
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