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2015-03-17 18:39:35
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And I think it's okay if we have guests then they can go upstairs to the kids' bathroom.
Nope... before I get sent to a children's toilet by homeowners again, I’ll go! Nothing is worse than a bathroom that isn’t inspected hourly by a tidy resident
Then do it consistently: from the money saved (shower 700€-1000€), you can pay for a hotel for your few guests
However, the wardrobe now seems way too big to me,
Suggestion: leave out the bathroom upstairs! You can have a second bathroom for kids upstairs, but you don't have to at all costs. Kids aren’t here yet and it’s never certain if they will actually be there someday. Instead, make a reasonably sized shower-toilet on the ground floor (where the storage was), then you have a ground-level refuge with an office for later or illness and the kids can also use this.
If this alternative isn’t an option for you, create two adequate children's rooms and a proper bathroom, about 6 sqm will be enough.
Well, maybe I want to sit comfortably once and look outside, or for the kids it’s a play area where they can be undisturbed by the parents
Honestly: sit comfortably and look outside... Sure, sometimes during housework... you don’t actually do that up there and if you do, preferably in the living room.
I am a fan of a spacious gallery... I have one too (a bit smaller) and grew up with it myself. But: the kids aren’t undisturbed there, in the first years they play downstairs, in later years they close the door from inside – a gallery is nice when it’s over! But it’s no substitute for a playroom, and from the location it can’t even be a kids’ TV room.
Better to have a third open room upstairs that can be closed later if needed, so the children’s rooms can also be entered separately.
What you have planned up there now is neither fish nor fowl – but your couple's palace... you can tell right away that you haven’t had any worthy overnight guests or children yet.
Your perspective focuses on what you know, the rest doesn’t really interest you...
Regards, Yvonne