Thank you very much for the feedback.
What do you understand by age-appropriate or up to which handicap do you want to live in the apartment?
So far there are no handicaps, so this is just precaution and takes into account what we have seen with relatives and friends. We mainly thought of the following:
[*]no stairs;
[*]walker-friendly doors;
[*]if possible: care bed can be moved from the bedroom (through the dining area) to the terrace;
[*]deep windows also in the bedroom;
[*]no or very low thresholds at entrances and in the shower;
[*]bathroom door opens outward;
The planned doors are not only "barrier-free" (80 cm clear width), but even "wheelchair accessible" (90 cm). The bedroom door would have to be a bit wider if a care bed is to fit through (at least 100 cm). Have we forgotten anything regarding the floor plan (light switches etc. will come later)?
The two bathrooms and the bedroom are not age-appropriate.
I wanted to discuss the
floor plan. The furnishings, e.g. in the bathroom, were "just sketched in" by the architect, that is still completely open (and could be addressed later).
Unfortunately, I find the facade articulation very uninspired, unless extremely sophisticated materials are used. It reminds me of cheaply built, expensive semi-detached houses that stand everywhere here in the south in new development areas. Surely more is possible.
Can you explain a bit what you mean here? I find the symmetry quite good. "Sophisticated materials" are not planned, but rather contrasting bricks (e.g. between floors and around the windows), as is often seen on brick buildings. I am attaching a picture of a (foreign) facade that I like very much.
Is the other house already planned? It will be difficult to enable the windows with only 2 house walls.
How is the apartment on the upper floor supposed to be?
Just like downstairs?
Yes, the apartment on the upper floor looks almost the same. The second house is also already planned. But I do not want a discussion about multiple apartments at the same time here, so I am not posting that yet. But the window problem is certainly correct.
