Window (French balcony or divided)

Hi,
I am currently building a house (semi-detached). At the moment, I am wondering how to design the windows. My ideas can be seen in the picture. The only difference is the windows on the first floor.
Which would you prefer? L1 or L2? R1 or R2? Divided windows or windows with a pane in front?
L: house from the back
R: house from the front

Thanks

I would consider whether floor-to-ceiling windows are necessary everywhere there. It looks like bathrooms and children's rooms and could feel like being on display.

Otherwise, fixed element at the bottom, one should think about how to clean it.

Fixed elements at the bottom are stupid to clean. I speak from experience. I wouldn’t choose these floor-to-ceiling windows again anyway. You can look in perfectly well from outside. We have film on the bottom now. Also not nice but still better than before.

In my opinion, the fact that there are floor-to-ceiling windows should not be problematic, as the house is located far back on the property and not along the street. There is already another house along the street. And the visible rooms are not bathrooms.

Hello,

Fixed elements at the bottom are a pain to clean.

but that applies just as much to the glass version of the French balcony. These things are, in my opinion, complete nonsense.

With floor-to-ceiling windows, I would always make the lower part fixed. The advantage is that you can also put something on the floor directly in front of the window in the children's room and still open a window...
Our daughter loves to sit on her cuddle cushion in front of her floor-to-ceiling window and look outside. That wouldn't be possible with normal windows.

But to the OP: even though I am a fan of lots of window space, it seems a bit too much to me for the exterior views. It might be visually calmer if the outer windows on the upper floor were normal windows. Then the appearance of the upper floors would be closer to that of the ground floor again.

Best regards,

Andreas

A disadvantage for fixed-glass parts at the bottom could be that the roller shutter needs to be opened further to let air in. More light also enters then. For doors that reach the floor, a gap at the bottom of the roller shutter is enough to improve ventilation. Especially in summer, one might want to sleep with the window open but without opening the roller shutter halfway.