The basement and two floors will be okay. The build I have in mind has a third floor that is in the attic. With a lack of proper dormers it'd have been a challenge. Doable but a challenge. Now the "dormers" will be just for show.
@BuildnShare my home requires an above ground basement, is this permitted?
@gmcrozier@4Sanne - Do you mean that you have the ground floor on the first floor?! So that it is built 'into' the landscape?! If, so, yes, we just shouldn't be able see the basement from the exterior of the house.
@BuildnShare that budget really seems lean. Any chance you can multiply it by 3?
Agreed. I keep scaling back what I want to do in an effort not to go over. And I've only got the kitchen, part of the first floor, and the outline of the second floor done so far.
Also, does that three floors include the basement? Or is it meant ot be 3 floors above ground plus the basement?
@TresaofPern - as long as you have at least 3 floors total (including the basement) you are good to go.
My build requires dormers to look like the house I found. In order to make them I needed to add a false third floor and added fake dormers. I hope this is okay.
See attached photo for a similar house.
PS when the challenge is over I intend to make that floor accessible and functional. It's a cool space.
My build requires dormers to look like the house I found. In order to make them I needed to add a false third floor and added fake dormers. I hope this is okay.
See attached photo for a similar house.
PS when the challenge is over I intend to make that floor accessible and functional. It's a cool space.
You can have 3 upper floors should you wish @Cebu2cool - the brief states at least 3 levels (including the basement).
@BuildnShare this is why I wanted the basement above ground......
The grand entrance, just isn't as grand without the stairs.
Yeah, that's what I had in mind... Lots of regency buildings look like that
I hope that's within the rules. (Kinda breaking my brain right now to work around it, so I hope I don't have to )
@BuildnShare I know that I am being a pain, however could I please get some clarification. I was unclear on some of the rooms that were requested for this build. This is what I found....
"Parlor is a dated word to mean a sitting room in a private house. Generally it means a room in a private house used to receive guests; it could also be a room in a convent.
Drawing room is a room in a large private house where guests are received."
So based upon this definition... A parlor, a sitting room and a drawing room are the same thing.
@BuildnShare I know that I am being a pain, however could I please get some clarification. I was unclear on some of the rooms that were requested for this build. This is what I found....
"Parlor is a dated word to mean a sitting room in a private house. Generally it means a room in a private house used to receive guests; it could also be a room in a convent.
Drawing room is a room in a large private house where guests are received."
So based upon this definition... A parlor, a sitting room and a drawing room are the same thing.
I've made them each distinct in my build. Drawing room - withdrawing form the dining room to sit and chat. It's more formal. SItting room - like a living room, more for family or to tell the employs what to do that day.. Parlor- for entertainment.
Earlier I asked an English friend on Twitter, Cinderellimouse, if she had any insight. I think she's a literature major and might have a clue.
Here's her response.
"I know all those words but I always thought they were the same thing!
Lol!
Ok, so I gather a parlour in the Regency period would have been
the best room in the house and used for entertaining guests and for
parties and events like for wedding receptions.
The word 'parlour' is derived from a word for speaking, so it's 'The Talking Room'.
The Drawing room is similar but it's more private.
It originally meant the 'withdrawing' room because the hosts and a few special guests
would leave the main entertaining space and go to that room to talk a bit more privately.
In the Regency period it was often upstairs and it would lead to the main bedroom.
So it was like a reception room for people close to the host.
I'm less sure about the sitting room, but I think this would have been used more for
reading and casual social events. So it was quieter and less formal than the other two rooms.
It might have been less fancy as well because it wasn't as 'public' as the other two rooms.
So comfortable and homely with lots of books, I guess."
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@TresaofPern - as long as you have at least 3 floors total (including the basement) you are good to go.
See attached photo for a similar house.
PS when the challenge is over I intend to make that floor accessible and functional. It's a cool space.
You can have 3 upper floors should you wish @Cebu2cool - the brief states at least 3 levels (including the basement).
The grand entrance, just isn't as grand without the stairs.
Yeah, that's what I had in mind... Lots of regency buildings look like that
I hope that's within the rules. (Kinda breaking my brain right now to work around it, so I hope I don't have to
yeah, but the two arches lead to the servants and delivery entrance. No worries, I'm re-doing my build anyway.
@gmcrozier - it's really not a basement though is it? It's entirely up to you how you wish to interpret the brief though.
"Parlor is a dated word to mean a sitting room in a private house. Generally it means a room in a private house used to receive guests; it could also be a room in a convent.
Drawing room is a room in a large private house where guests are received."
So based upon this definition... A parlor, a sitting room and a drawing room are the same thing.
Thanks for asking! I was wondering myself.
Earlier I asked an English friend on Twitter, Cinderellimouse, if she had any insight. I think she's a literature major and might have a clue.
Here's her response.
"I know all those words but I always thought they were the same thing!
Lol!
Ok, so I gather a parlour in the Regency period would have been
the best room in the house and used for entertaining guests and for
parties and events like for wedding receptions.
The word 'parlour' is derived from a word for speaking, so it's 'The Talking Room'.
The Drawing room is similar but it's more private.
It originally meant the 'withdrawing' room because the hosts and a few special guests
would leave the main entertaining space and go to that room to talk a bit more privately.
In the Regency period it was often upstairs and it would lead to the main bedroom.
So it was like a reception room for people close to the host.
I'm less sure about the sitting room, but I think this would have been used more for
reading and casual social events. So it was quieter and less formal than the other two rooms.
It might have been less fancy as well because it wasn't as 'public' as the other two rooms.
So comfortable and homely with lots of books, I guess."