Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Unit design for efficiency

[Howard Landman (howard]

> Make the stairs as small as possible. The stairway would ideally be straight
> and on the wall, so that the area underneath would be useful space.

Yup.  I had to pay to redesign this for my unit.  Our living room is
now 3 feet wider than any other D unit's, and that's AFTER adding built-in
bookshelves!

> And lastly, for the love of Pete, don't put carpet in the entryway!

I didn't have an entryway.  Had to rotate the kitchen 90 degrees to make
one.  It's slate.  If I had to do one thing over about that, it would be to
have the entry slightly lower than the rest of the house, and no raised lip
between the entry and the porch, so that it would be easier to sweep dirt out
the front door, and harder for dirt to spread from the entry to the house.

        Howard Landman
        River Rock Commons
        Fort Collins CO
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