Fitness corner in the utility room?

Not for me. Then I'd rather create a garden and shovel snow from one side of the street to the other in winter. I'd rather sweat outside than in the utility room next to the heat pump and the washing machine (and the fresh laundry). Outdoor sports are much more fun. But to each their own.

I don’t know if the neighbors would look weird if I put my power rack outside. Or I’ll just keep going to the usual gym... :)

For that, I'd rather have my own room. Of course, that doesn't fit into the standard floor plans living roomchildren's roombedroomkitchenbathroom. But if you already have the opportunity to design your own floor plan, then a room (or two) should be provided for hobbies, otherwise you might as well stay in the rental apartment. For example, we have a huge playroom (we have no children, it’s for us!) and three rooms just for the animals (there aren’t that many, but they have the space). Somehow you have to allocate 200 sqm to 2 people ;)

A large floor plan is really not an argument for a house, there are apartments with 200 sqm and more. Arguments for a house: real ownership (and not a condominium share certificate) and distance to immediate neighbors. Everything else you can also have in an apartment, including garden and terrace, but with proximity to neighbors (ground floor apartment with garden share) instead of distance. I can’t think of anything more than real ownership and distance to neighbors.

Apartments with 200 sqm are rather rare, and you don’t plan the layout yourself there either. A house doesn’t need 200 sqm to be individual; we wouldn’t have needed that much now, but the house was otherwise ideal. With a house, you can simply tear down walls, even load-bearing ones (with appropriate replacements for load-bearing elements); that’s not so easy or sometimes not possible in an apartment. Also, redistributing rooms in an apartment is more or less out of the question. For example, we didn’t just have the main entrance on a different floor now, but also moved it to the opposite side of the house because it simply fits better. Or completely relocated the kitchen. That’s not possible in an apartment since you can’t just tear down all the walls and reroute the pipes differently. Besides, you can’t just change the facade, choose different window colors, and you have to take the heating system that’s there. So it’s more than just distance and real ownership; there’s also the entire freedom of design and choice. Without that, in my opinion, ownership makes no sense.

Hello Grym,

Jochen certainly doesn’t mean the device that should be outside, but he means actual movement, which the house already provides anyway. And honestly: somehow these home trainers, whether weight benches or steppers, are a bit from the 80s. They only work for a certain time anyway, mostly they just gather dust. Since you think you can calculate everything, calculate for yourself how often you can go to the gym monthly for 4 saved sqm. Nowadays you can get those for about twenty a month. In a 7 sqm utility room the thing definitely doesn’t fit (haven’t we told you often enough that it’s too small anyway?)!!!

But I don’t want to digress. I find your questions somewhat admirable: I’m already waiting for the question why not just plan a simple bed in the bedroom, since your wife always sleeps alone while you just sit in your PC corner at night anyway. Every question has its reason for existence, but don’t be surprised at the often incomprehensible reactions from the other users.

By the way, many plan a kind of all-round room for hobbies, sports, PC, and other things. Most call it an office ;)

I know some training equipment from initially convinced friends and acquaintances - and truly every single one is covered with a thick layer of dust in the basement, the garage, or the attic...

I am not talking about those funny training devices but about a PowerRack and a barbell for deadlifts, squats, bench presses...

I'm not talking about those silly training devices but about a PowerRack and a barbell for deadlifts, squats, bench press...

I know!