05-09-2023, 11:16 PM
(05-07-2023, 07:02 PM)dtkmelissa Wrote: I thought this was an interesting article about why we don't have a lot of larger family units being built in multi-residential buildings. https://www.centerforbuilding.org/blog/w...th-america
Interesting. And odd. Especially the USA. So many codes to protect everyone, yet, no care what goes into your food!
Also to add, the codes are likely required more so in the USA (and Canada) due to build quality. But it is a good explanation on why we'd not likely ever see units with 4 bedrooms. However, I do have to wonder if there are merits to having 2-floor units. There are some 2-floor apartment buildings in the region (Mooregate comes to mind).
https://www.padmapper.com/apartments/521...on-n2m-2e9
Also, it's more likely in Europe that they are used to those style of apartments, and are OK with the smaller units, and the layout. Around here, not so much. My father-in-law lived at The York in DTK. It was a 3 bedroom unit. Place was huge. Bedrooms were huge. High ceilings. Kitchen, though...it was cramped. Only downside. Literally marginally larger than the bathroom (which was also small). It also had heating elements (long since disconnected) in the fireplaces (I am assuming they were this way from the start).