Conversion: No direct access from the apartment to the cellar?

  • Erstellt am 2012-02-15 21:35:10

maike321

2012-02-15 21:35:10
  • #1
Hello everyone, we are currently planning the renovation of our attic apartment. Today our architect came by with the first plans. We live with my parents in a 60s two-family house. My parents have about 80 sqm on the ground floor and we have about 55 sqm (including sloped ceilings) in the attic.

Since we unfortunately have very limited expansion reserves (attic + small extension), our architect suggested completely tearing out the staircase in the house to use the space as living area. Since we want to have a separate entrance anyway, entering the apartment would not be a problem. However, our washing machine + dryer are in the basement, so I would have to go out of our apartment every time with the laundry, walk a few meters across the yard, and then back in through the old front door. My husband wouldn’t mind, as long as he gets a bigger bathroom (but he doesn’t do the laundry either :rolleyes:). Putting the machines in the apartment is not really an option for me, but do I really want to go outside every time?

Does anyone have experience with this and can share their experiences? It would be really great to hear some neutral opinions. Best regards, Maike
 

TomTom1

2012-02-16 06:45:27
  • #2
Good morning! According to my own experience and that of acquaintances, someone who lives under the same roof with their (parents-in-law) has the following problem in the long run: They live with their (parents-in-law) under the same roof:D! Sounds funny - but it is not:p. Everything else is at worst just an inconvenience. Best regards, TomTom.
 

Meecrob

2012-02-16 09:33:14
  • #3
What do you want to hear? I wouldn't do it that way. But I also wouldn't want to live in the attic, nor with the parents-in-law, or effectively use an attic space. 55sqm is too little for me and it would bother me to have to go from the attic to the basement to get to the washing machine.

That's surely something you have to decide for yourself. Please send photos of how you carry the laundry basket with [Badeschlappen] through the deepest slush.
 

maike321

2012-02-16 13:13:49
  • #4
My question was neither whether you want to live in a house with your parents/in-laws, nor whether the living space would be enough for you. We have already thoroughly considered all of this ourselves and have decided that it is the best solution for us. And now we also have to go to the basement to do laundry, so that would be nothing new and I don't find that a problem either. It’s actually just about whether the stairwell stays in the house, or whether we get to the basement via an open staircase. In our minds, each opinion is simply already fixed, and that’s why I thought some suggestions from outside might be quite helpful!
 

Meecrob

2012-02-16 14:06:30
  • #5
Sure. The further examples were only meant to illustrate how impossible it is to sensibly answer the question. Taste questions cannot be plausibly classified. If now 5 people say, "no, I wouldn't do that," will you then not do it? Expect that the average consumer does not find your living situation nice. This also includes the stair question. Would a spiral staircase be something for you, possibly? With a partition wall, it only takes up a few square meters.
 

E.Curb

2012-02-16 15:58:40
  • #6
Hi,

how about a mini-elevator to the basement? Then at least you save yourself the carrying ;)

Regards
 

Similar topics
18.02.2011Architect totally messed up - experiences?17
18.08.2013Massive house with basement. Is our budget enough?11
03.02.2017Single-family house 2 floors without basement - floor plan - costs - feasibility?24
05.08.2014First offer, 157m2 with basement, KFW 70, garage14
06.11.2014Houses without basements: Storage space, hobby basement?49
08.02.2015Floor plan single-family house, approx. 200 sqm without basement - assessment172
02.02.2015Building with or without a basement - experiences49
09.04.2015Sacrifice the basement for 20m² more living space?15
30.09.2015Floor plan of a single-family house with basement19
27.04.2016Floor plan design basement, ground floor + attic floor12
02.06.2016Sat multiswitch in the attic or basement?22
04.01.2017Attic not convertible14
17.10.2017Construction costs for a single-family house 190m² + basement including a granny flat28
10.11.2017House plan by architect 2 floors with basement18
02.12.2019Single-family house (2 floors + residential basement + developed attic) approximately 200 sqm - changes162
15.01.2020Semi-detached house feasibility assessment ideas notes108
01.07.2020Calculation for a single-family house with 175m² living area, basement, and double garage79
22.01.2024Construction progress: Duplex with WU basement and developed attic813
26.10.2021Evaluation floor plan approx. 145 sqm single-family house basement/ground floor/upper floor111
19.09.2022Washing machine and dryer in the basement or upstairs?14

Oben