we don’t get any sun there during the day. We don’t like that at all.
The granny flat can’t be on the south side because our garden is on the south side.
As it is, it suits all of us. The window area in the basement living area was widened.
The clear questions and criticisms, which are not about self-interest but at least about empathy for others, are conveniently ignored, as is the decent, equal claim to a sunny home as well ("but we want a garden there"). To at least bring the thread to a somewhat proper conclusion, and also as an appreciation of the participants here, a clear call must first be made, only to have it ignored just as carelessly as planning the granny flat.
No matter how Pinterest-fancy the house may look from the outside, inside it will probably be drafty and cool, that’s what you read in the thread, and otherwise the responsible people wouldn’t have remotely considered such an attitude of the mother-in-law in the basement hole; you really can’t make up something like that being sunk in the basement! The motivation and background become quite clear to the reader.
All I read is "I" and "I and I want" bang, and mommy is already moving one floor deeper into the dark, “because that fits everything so well” haha. But ultimately, she is now getting 20cm wider holes in the wall and is also much safer during the next bombing raid than in the summer-flooded rest of the house.
“Windows,” according to one definition, “are usually glazed openings that let light and air in as well as offer a view in and out,” so the topic is missed here. At least some insight is necessary for moles or similar underground creatures.