Hi
We have bought a plot which already has full plans for an upside down house. The bedrooms and bathroom are downstairs and the living room and kitchen/diner are upstairs. Does anyone live in a house designed like this?
Pros -
You get the view (there wouldn't be one downstairs)
Cons -
Lugging shopping up the stairs.
Kids and dogs running up and down the stairs all the time to go outside.
Guests going past the bedrooms to get to the living areas (in all likelyhood people wouldn't remeber to shut the doors).
Heat from woodburner wouldn't circulate the house i.e. you wouldn't get the benefit of the heat rising upstairs.
ALSO - you have to have a bathroom downstairs for part M of building regs for disabled access. Fair enough. BUT whats the point of that if they cant actually get to the kitchen to cook or make a cup of tea?!
Am I being pessimistic? Does it actually work quite well?
We have bought a plot which already has full plans for an upside down house. The bedrooms and bathroom are downstairs and the living room and kitchen/diner are upstairs. Does anyone live in a house designed like this?
Pros -
You get the view (there wouldn't be one downstairs)
Cons -
Lugging shopping up the stairs.
Kids and dogs running up and down the stairs all the time to go outside.
Guests going past the bedrooms to get to the living areas (in all likelyhood people wouldn't remeber to shut the doors).
Heat from woodburner wouldn't circulate the house i.e. you wouldn't get the benefit of the heat rising upstairs.
ALSO - you have to have a bathroom downstairs for part M of building regs for disabled access. Fair enough. BUT whats the point of that if they cant actually get to the kitchen to cook or make a cup of tea?!
Am I being pessimistic? Does it actually work quite well?