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Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 21Jun 26, 2008 3:58 pm sammy Yes, i am a bit worried about the kids and stairs. Safety gates? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 22Jun 26, 2008 4:02 pm Single Storey - just don't want to walk up and down all the time... Blog - http://clageonewhouse.blogspot.com/ Building Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=10886&hilit=milan I am in, with my husband and my beautiful bunny Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 23Jun 26, 2008 4:32 pm sammy Yes, i am a bit worried about the kids and stairs. After my son was born I lived at home with my mum for a while. It was a single level house but on a sloping block, so had concrete stairs outside at two points. As soon as he was mobile, my son was taught to go down the stairs backwards. He crawled down stairs backwards and walked down backwards hanging on until he was about three. He never had one fall. In my personal opinion it is better to teach them how to navigate stairs than simply keeping them away from them. Inevitably the little escape artists will end up near the stairs when you least expect it and without experience that's when accidents happen. Jo I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 25Jun 26, 2008 9:40 pm Quote: At least one project builder offers a laundry chute in some of their designs ... not sure who it is, could be s*monds from memory AV J*nnings' Savoy has a laundry chute... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Built the Nevada 42 Next project - landscaping! Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 26Jun 26, 2008 10:13 pm Hickinbothams 'Ambassador' has a laundry shute....we were going to have it in our house but at the time decided that with 2 kids it probably wouldn,t just be laundry that would go down the chute
Cheers Mel Building on 9 acres Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 27Jun 26, 2008 10:27 pm LOL, I'm having a chute, can't wait to see what goes down it, surely it won't be big enough for one of the kids to fit? The poor Maltese Terrier might be a different story Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 28Jun 26, 2008 10:31 pm We have some friends back in Perth ( ex neighbours) who are also builders. They've put laundry chutes in the last 2 houses they built. With 3 boys who are the sort who love to get up to mischief I've yet to hear any stories of them fitting down the chutes. Not sure the occasional pet didn't end up down the chute at their first"laundry chute" house though. Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 29Jun 26, 2008 10:41 pm Stairs are not an issue - I grew up ina high set house with a laundry shute from the bathroom to the laundry
Sure we fell down the stairs - especially chasing each other. The shute was a great place to play and get into the house if no one was home, or to nick off from washing up duties Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 30Jun 27, 2008 12:52 am Laundry chutes are an incredibly brillant idea for a double story and I would definetly design one into a double story if i bought one. That said i've never found a double story home that was properly designed. They always have wasted spaces, rooms that don't really have any purpose and never get used. For the noise aspect you need to add in floor sound deadening to most of them (especially PD) I personally prefer a single as i like to feel cosy in my home. As for privacy and quiet my house has been upgraded with sound deadening in most walls anyway. If you have a block with a view you will be much better off with a double as it is far easier to take advantage of those views than a single. Building NB Hampton 19e finishing at end july 08 Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 31Jun 28, 2008 6:13 pm I've always wanted to live in a double-storey house...
Same as what others said, I like the idea of all bedrooms and a leisure area upstairs... and a bigger backyard for the kids. We also don't like wasted spaces (ie formal living and dining). That's why when we were looking for a double-storey house, we chose the one where the formal lounge can be converted into a HT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Built the Nevada 42 Next project - landscaping! Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 32May 17, 2010 9:55 pm I like this post. Note: Lived in a Single storey home half my life and the other half during my highschool- Uni days in a Double Storey We have contemplated on the idea. Between a DS and Single storey home over the past few weeks we have been going round and round visiting display homes. We where 100% sure we will decide with Double storey as a our first home. However we have now changed our minds. Due to the floor plan of single storey homes and primarily because we are a newly wedded couple no kids yet. And after a long hard think we have decided single storey would be the way to go.. I can't imagine carrying kids up and down stairs in the toddler years. We then plan on perhaps once the kids reach highschool... around 10 years time to build a DS when we may need bigger space and yes take advantage of the quieter living areas. However as someone mentioned previously single storey homes do offer privacy between all bedrooms. All in all yep its all about preference and your own situation. Bottom line is both are good. But deep down inside I really do prefer a single storey home to live in forever then a double storey because long term thinking.. it will just be my hubby and I in a large Double storey house one day..lolll. http://dreamzattheponds.blogspot.com To be invited to our blog send a PM with your email. Settled on land 25th June Exchanged contracts on Land April 14th 2010 Building our First Home Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 33May 17, 2010 11:04 pm From a heating and cooling perspective, single storey is a far more sensible choice. Double storeys are usually impossible to keep the top floor cool in summer, and likewise keeping the bottom floor warm in winter. You need really good insulation between the levels, and rooms that you can seal off really well to keep the space where you are heated or cooled. Heating and cooling adds to the cost of running the house, and also th ecost to the environment. Having said that, there are some amazingly well designed multiple storey homes that account for this and even use it to the advantage of the house, but these are few and far between, and generally nothing that you will find being built by a project builder. So even without the worry of lugging potential future toddlers up and down the stairs, a single storey is a really sensible idea =) Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 34May 18, 2010 3:08 pm We have been in our 2 storey home for around 12 months now and we love it Having never lived in one before,we were unsure how practical it would be and how quickly the 'novelty' of the stairs would wear off but we have no complaints so far...we are a family of 4...2 boys aged 7 and 15 yrs....Most of the bedrooms are upstairs as well as the rumpus room...the layout of the house works really well for us.... We have really nice views,so it made sense to take advantage of that. The place is insulated to the max so noise between floors isn,t an issue. We have a large combustion fire in the family room,which is quite central and the flu goes up between the floors so there is no wasted heat.We have been really surprised at how well it heats the whole house..the heat travels up the stairwell and it,s a nice even heat. I think if it were a single storey it would be harder to heat with a combustion fire unless you had it ducted. We thought we might be able to get by without airconditioning as we live in a cooler area,the bottom storey was fine..no probs. but my God..the top storey was almost unbearable so we had ducted evaporative installed upstairs only with an outlet over the stairs and it,s fantastic...cools the whole house. Another reason we chose a 2 storey was as others have mentioned,it,s a smaller footprint so more garden which is very important to us..... There,s pros and cons for both,so I think it probably comes down to preference Cheers Mel p.s window cleaning is a bit of a problem Building on 9 acres Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 35May 18, 2010 3:35 pm I have lived in single story all my life until the last 2 years when I have been renting in a 2 storey house. I prefer the single story hands down, but it does not help that the double storey has a wood floor and the main bedroom is downstairs under the dining room/lounge and you can hear everything happening above especially when you are a shift worker. But despite that it gets real hot upstairs during summer. Also the kids rooms are upstairs, but you can't sneak up on them when they are misbehaving as they can hear you on the stairs so they have time to pretend to be angels, and the climbing an going down all the time for different things gets to you, but part of that is because the house we are in is so badly designed, because I can see it working better if the house is zoned properly. Of course we have the advantage of being on a acre block so we have space to spread our house out on the one storey. Quote: Could you not acheive the same thing with a single story if you had the right design?? ie one in which the bedrooms (and study/ childrens activity, whatever else you want in this area) is sectioned off and you can close the door on that section, haveing it separate to main living areas of house? We can also close off the kids area as we have made the living area pretty central and it hides away all that stuff. We also have a powder room by the front door so then guests don't even have to go into the main bathroom. If I was to win Lotto, I would build with a different builder, now to win lotto Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 36May 19, 2010 12:27 pm Points noted on single storey vs double storey. For double storey: Views, more compound, privacy For single storey: Hassle of stairs, has privacy as well with the new floor plans, will have compounds for larger lots, price Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 37May 19, 2010 1:23 pm Hi, The stairs shouldn't be an issue as your body will get used to it very quickly... My grandma who is 85 years old, lives in a building in Paris, 5th floor, no lift... She is as fit as a 40 years old and her doctor tlod her that the stairs keep her in shape!!! I've always lived in a double storey house, and I've never thought that anybody would find the stairs an issue! ... except of course if you have a medical condition and you can't climb stairs...(could be the case as we get older) We have 2 kids (2 years old, 5 years old)..We have been climbing up and down the stairs with them since they were born...You just have to be careful...and it's good to practice stairs with them at a young age anyway (I think)... I like double storey house... I feel safer sleeping upstairs.. Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 38May 19, 2010 1:28 pm We lived in a double story for a few years but all of our builds have been single story. The stairs drove me nuts! I hated cleaning them! The windows are a nightmare to get clean as well......melanie02 above mentioned heating a single story with a combustion heater possibly being a problem-no way! We had combustion heaters in build 2 & 3 and they were fantastic! It all comes down to personal opinion and what works best for you. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 39May 19, 2010 1:33 pm I say again " I want a laundry chute and a fire pole " and Yak Chat is right - Hiding from kitchen duties. Timeline Aug 08-Land Mar 09-Demo/Titles Sept 10-Handover No1 Sept 11-Handover No2 April 12-Sold No2 Aug 14-Land/Demo Jan 15-Slabs viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25736 Re: Double storey VS Single Storey house 40May 19, 2010 1:37 pm The fire pole could go down to your cellar echo! Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. 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