Thank you for being someone who also follows my line :) That is exactly my opinion: 4 toilets in that semi-detached house are totally overkill, and having the shower in the basement is a real added value. And I'm also one of those: I prefer having three doors between me and others when the meeting goes longer. We have also already considered the sliding door. However, since the stairs are to be without risers (for light), the sound travels every way. I’m still unsure how much sound insulation I need and want. Currently, it is very noisy (plasterboard walls and simple doors) – we are currently planning with appropriate doors and different walls. Regarding the sound issue and two boys who will eventually be teenagers, I prefer to be safe and would plan a normal door.I find the variant without a guest WC quite feasible. I consider going down the stairs to the basement absolutely reasonable, and by having more distance and the option to shower, you also create real added value in the basement. Always arguing with the broken knee is, in my opinion, pointless; then you have more problems than just the toilet. You can also go directly from the garden into the basement; you can certainly get the kids used to that as well. I would plan the door from the hallway to the kitchen as a sliding door. It will usually be open, but you can also close it when you want peace upstairs or downstairs. Overall, I like the planning given the external circumstances.
Thanks for the pictures - I'll use them directly for the discussion tonight! We still don't really know the details of how the kitchen will turn out. That's so annoying about building a house: when you plan a kitchen separately, you spend 100 hours just on that planning. In house construction, everything has to happen simultaneously and you hardly have time for anything properly ;)I wouldn't give up a bathroom on the ground floor. I don't know how your elementary school kids are, but mine don't like to use the school bathroom; as soon as she unlocks the front door, she goes straight to the bathroom on the ground floor :D Our kitchen will also have a 3m custom-built wall unit, with 2 pantry cabinets planned, so no separate pantry is needed anymore. Maybe that helps you get an idea?
Exactly right. In the basement near the garden entrance, and right at the foot of the inner basement stairs also easily accessible from the ground floor, howeverThank you that finally someone follows my line :) That is exactly my opinion: 4 toilets in that semi-detached house are totally overkill and in the basement with the shower you really have an added value.
maybe with an "Occupied" light on the ground floor, so that you know you have to go upstairs after all.And I am also one of those: I prefer three doors between me and others when the meeting goes on for a longer time.
Exactly right. In the basement near the garden entrance, and also directly at the foot of the inner basement stairs, well accessible from the ground floor, however
maybe with an "Occupied" light on the ground floor, so that one knows that they actually have to go upstairs.