Floor plan optimization 1st floor (if possible)

2021-07-04 15:26:14

So these aren’t really our rigid ideas, but rather what we’ve thought of so far ;) Although we do want to use the upper area as a parent zone, since the roof terrace is located there and we don’t want to give it up to the kids without a fight :cool: “Parent living room” means that there will be a TV, wine cabinet, and other stuff, and we plan to spend our evenings there after work, while the living area downstairs with open kitchen, dining room, sofa, and terrace access serves as a (chaotic :eek:) family area (without TV etc). I’ve attached the (very rough) draft for furnishing the living-dining area on the ground floor.

It always sounds great in theory but in reality it’s always different. I don’t know anyone with a studio, i.e. 2nd attic floor, who a) voluntarily goes up and down and in summer it’ll get unbearably hot so you won’t want to spend a minute there longer than necessary. You might as well install air conditioning right away. Studios are like balconies in single-family homes. Everyone loves them, spends money on them, but nobody uses them because everyone sits in the garden.

My parents have a studio. I had to sleep there 3 weeks ago. It was a total disaster at 35 degrees. It’s used as a storage room. My mother-in-law has a studio. The guests have to suffer there in summer too.

That means for you, either plan with split A/C or use it as a torture chamber for guests for at least 3 months a year.

2021-07-04 15:35:34

I can only agree with that. We are planning the children's room for later in the attic - but with [Klima].

2021-07-04 15:44:39

That always sounds great in theory but in reality it is always different. I don’t know anyone with a studio, meaning the 2nd floor, who a) voluntarily goes up and down and in summer it will be unbearably hot so that you don’t want to spend a single minute there longer than necessary. You might as well install an air conditioner right away. Studios are like balconies in single-family homes. Everyone thinks they’re great, spends money, but no one uses them because everyone is sitting in the garden.

We live in a semi-detached house with an upper and top floor. Child 3 sleeps great upstairs. If it’s hot, you have to air out early in the morning and then lower the blinds / shutters. Then air out again in the evening. Works perfectly without AC and we are in southern Bavaria where it can get pretty hot.

We also enjoy our roof terrace. With a plot under 200 square meters, not much garden will be left. Then you’re happy in the evening on the roof terrace where you are not surrounded by sand toys and Bobby cars. For the same reasons, I completely understand what a “parent’s living room” is supposed to be!

2021-07-04 15:54:36

We definitely need a guest room somewhere, since the entire family including grandma and grandpa live far away...

Then I would plan the parents' area at the top in the medium term and the children's zone in the middle. Upstairs there will probably be room for a desk permanently. A small retreat when the kids are in bed. And if you don't end up using it, at least there is a workspace. A children's room will be cleared for grandma and grandpa or a holiday apartment rented.

I don't know anyone with a studio, i.e. 2nd floor who a) voluntarily goes up and down and in summer it will be unbearably hot so you won't want to spend a minute longer there than necessary. You might as well install an air conditioner right away. Studios are like balconies in single-family homes.

I know some who have children's rooms and living kitchens on the ground floor, and the TV room upstairs in front of the parents' area. I don't know what you want to achieve with your post because this is a BT house after all, where everyone gets their roof terrace (whether they want it or not). You make the best of it. And we don't know at all which direction the roof terrace or the windows face, so I would simply leave such generic answers like "this is all crap (exact quote: unbearable) what you're planning" alone. I am not advising anyone to have a roof terrace, but here something that is offered is seen positively, and that's how it has to be.

2021-07-04 16:17:22

while the living area downstairs with open kitchen, dining room, sofa and terrace access is intended to serve as a (chaotic :eek:) family area (without TV etc). I have attached the (very rough) draft for the furnishing of the living-dining area on the ground floor.

I would reconsider placing the kitchen by the terrace and planning a sofa corner in the area currently planned for the kitchen.

2021-07-04 16:27:16

Then I would plan the parents' area at the top in the medium term and the children's zone in the middle. There will probably be space for a desk at the top on a permanent basis. A small retreat when the kids are in bed. And if you don't use it after all, at least there is a workspace. A child's room will be cleared for grandma and grandpa or a holiday apartment rented.

I know some who have a children's room and living kitchen on the ground floor, and a TV room upstairs in front of the parents' area.

I don’t know what you want to achieve with the post, because it’s a BT house after all, where everyone gets their roof terrace (whether they want it or not). So you make the best of it. And we don’t know at all in which direction the roof terrace or windows face, so I would just leave such blanket answers like “this is all crap (quote: disgusting), what you’re planning” alone. I wouldn’t advise anyone to get a roof terrace either, but here something offered is viewed positively, and it has to work that way.

Calm down a bit, I think you’re interpreting something that wasn’t brought up at all. I didn’t say that a mid-terrace house and the floor plan are nonsense. On the contrary, a functional floor plan is generated on limited width. You just have to plan the summer use of the studio as a parents’ living room, since this usage behavior is fundamentally not planned by the developer and just because it is bearable in others, it does not have to be so in developer buildings, because omitting material means more profit for the developer. The OP can gladly tell us something about the roof construction!

Also, going up and down 10-20 times a day between 2 floors in the parents’ living room is not common with the current laundry chute and smart home generation.

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