I also find the idea of the utility room on the upper floor better than the laundry chute. Friends have a laundry chute and still don’t know how to properly "protect" it so their child doesn’t fall in, so at the moment there is a piece of furniture standing over it. Other friends have handled laundry disposal better – there, the laundry is simply thrown down the stairwell (old building over 4 floors).
Ideas for house construction that make everyday life easier:
- Roller shutter stopper as a strip instead of two knobs; first for the look, secondly the holes in the knobs are used, for example, by bumblebees or hornets or who knows what, friends have therefore all sealed their knobs
- Protect the facade against woodpeckers, other friends are currently having problems with this; and protecting against woodpeckers also works with a polystyrene facade
- If the towel radiator really wants to become warm, then it must not be on the same heating circuit as the underfloor heating or with a heat pump maybe not possible at all; if a really warm towel rail is desired, then possibly electric (note: for us this is not important at all, just as info)
- A walk-in shower without a glass wall saves the corresponding cleaning
- Not having the staircase directly in the entrance area avoids carrying dirt from the entrance area upstairs
- There is a coating from the manufacturer for the bathroom fixtures
- A controlled residential ventilation system saves multiple daily window ventilations
- E-roller shutters save cranking or pulling (although pulling with a strap is still faster than cranking)