Climbee
2016-11-10 09:06:27
- #1
Personally, I would also prefer the living area to be on the ground floor, but I think that's really a matter of taste. I have a friend who loves sitting on her balcony, even though she has a garden... So if someone wants it that way, fine. However, I would at least plan a staircase from the balcony directly into the garden.
The entrance area is totally cramped; if this really comes from an architect, then that alone is a reason to doubt his qualifications, sorry. There are many doors, little rooms without any space for furniture, but how are you supposed to find space for four people when you all come home together? Or even with strollers? This needs to be re-planned, and if only the extended utility room is removed, i.e., directly from the garage into the hallway, with the utility room being rectangular.
Both bathrooms are personally too small for me; I like them a bit more spacious. But again, that's a matter of taste.
What is a total no-go, however, is the walk-in closet in the bedroom. There is no room for any wardrobes at all. If my poor eyesight does not deceive me, the depth at the bottom of the plan is calculated as 70cm INCLUDING the wall. So barely 60cm of actual inside measurement. A wardrobe is at least 60cm deep, and you don't nail it to the wall, so it stands a few cm away from the wall. On the other side, 49cm INCLUDING the wall is indicated. I do believe that you don't need two 60cm wardrobes because you can lay T-shirts, sweaters, etc., and I only need 60cm if I hang something on hangers, but this here is too tight! There's still plaster on the wall, and you need at least 40cm internal measurement to lay T-shirts, sweaters, etc. properly. In short: both sides of the walk-in closet are too small for a 60cm or 40cm (45cm would be better here) wardrobe! The window is now planned at 1m, so the distance between the wardrobes as it is now is probably less than 1m, and you inevitably block the window a bit. Well, you could install a narrower window, but still, there remains less than 1m space between both wardrobe sides. That is not very generous, and if the window stays like that, you can't even open it properly. Honestly, something like this simply must not happen to an architect!
What I also don't quite understand is the open space above the living area. Is a gallery planned there? Why then isn't there a staircase directly from the living area upstairs? That would make sense to me. As it looks now, it’s just open upwards and increases heating costs, nothing else. I find a gallery quite nice; there would also be the possibility here, but as I said, accessible from the living area. Up there, you could set up a library and create a cozy little nook for reading, for example. Or move the TV upstairs. But I see something about a cold room. And I have no idea how you are supposed to get up there. Is there some kind of retractable staircase planned? Then I would really skip the open space above the living area or build a real gallery (that is nice but expensive) and at least partially use the upstairs space and only separate off part of it as a cold room/storage. As it is now, it makes no sense to me at all.
The entrance area is totally cramped; if this really comes from an architect, then that alone is a reason to doubt his qualifications, sorry. There are many doors, little rooms without any space for furniture, but how are you supposed to find space for four people when you all come home together? Or even with strollers? This needs to be re-planned, and if only the extended utility room is removed, i.e., directly from the garage into the hallway, with the utility room being rectangular.
Both bathrooms are personally too small for me; I like them a bit more spacious. But again, that's a matter of taste.
What is a total no-go, however, is the walk-in closet in the bedroom. There is no room for any wardrobes at all. If my poor eyesight does not deceive me, the depth at the bottom of the plan is calculated as 70cm INCLUDING the wall. So barely 60cm of actual inside measurement. A wardrobe is at least 60cm deep, and you don't nail it to the wall, so it stands a few cm away from the wall. On the other side, 49cm INCLUDING the wall is indicated. I do believe that you don't need two 60cm wardrobes because you can lay T-shirts, sweaters, etc., and I only need 60cm if I hang something on hangers, but this here is too tight! There's still plaster on the wall, and you need at least 40cm internal measurement to lay T-shirts, sweaters, etc. properly. In short: both sides of the walk-in closet are too small for a 60cm or 40cm (45cm would be better here) wardrobe! The window is now planned at 1m, so the distance between the wardrobes as it is now is probably less than 1m, and you inevitably block the window a bit. Well, you could install a narrower window, but still, there remains less than 1m space between both wardrobe sides. That is not very generous, and if the window stays like that, you can't even open it properly. Honestly, something like this simply must not happen to an architect!
What I also don't quite understand is the open space above the living area. Is a gallery planned there? Why then isn't there a staircase directly from the living area upstairs? That would make sense to me. As it looks now, it’s just open upwards and increases heating costs, nothing else. I find a gallery quite nice; there would also be the possibility here, but as I said, accessible from the living area. Up there, you could set up a library and create a cozy little nook for reading, for example. Or move the TV upstairs. But I see something about a cold room. And I have no idea how you are supposed to get up there. Is there some kind of retractable staircase planned? Then I would really skip the open space above the living area or build a real gallery (that is nice but expensive) and at least partially use the upstairs space and only separate off part of it as a cold room/storage. As it is now, it makes no sense to me at all.