Advantages and Disadvantages of Open Floor Plan

Are you trying to build your own house? You must have been confused between open floor plan and privacy rooms. Open floor plans are popular specially in English speaking countries. They are mostly popular for tourists in case of AirBnb . Tourists are out for fun and entertainment and you get most entertainment in your night stay in open floor.

But when you are staying at your own house, you may favour open floor plans or you may not like them at all. We present you with various perspective you have to see and the advantages and disadvantages of open floor plans and privacy space rooms with respect to those perspectives so that you can make a choice for your next building project.

Privacy

Privacy is one of the things which most of the people want. Privacy depends on your personalized habits. If you love to interact with your guest while you are still cooking or munching food at your kitchen or dining, open floor plan is the most valuable thing you will ever have.

But if you are a couple who wants romance in the kitchen while your adult children live together with you, open floor plan might not be comfortable for you. For kids, open floor plans give very comfortable means to handle kids while you are carrying out your activities. You don’t have to miss what your kids are doing while you are cooking in your kitchen.

Natural Lighting

If you are a person who loves natural lighting in your home rather than artificial lighting, you could design open floor plan for yourself. Having more wall partitions will make your home get less amount of natural lighting. Natural sun has various advantages. If you take sunbath in the morning, your body will have optimum level of vitamin D. Having natural light will remove filthiness in your room, make your room fresh and warm.

Space Management in your floor

One example of poor space management in most of the residences with private rooms is that dining room is used only twice or thrice in a day while it has got no use during the day time. This problem is easily solved in open floor plan space. You can use your dining table both for dining and small family meetings. During the gathering, people don’t have to crowd in the kitchen while you are cooking for your guest because of having open space. Your children have the flexibility to do their homework while watching their favourite cartoons from far away. This makes them able to concentrate more in their homework and gives them ability to multitask in the long run.

Dirt and Smoke on the floor

If you have room enclosure, dirt and smoke gets localized. The oily smoke from the kitchen doesn’t go to other places if other space has got wall partition. The dirt in other spaces will come to kitchen and the smoke from kitchen will go to other rooms in open floor. You must manage an automatic chimney in your cooking area with pretty high suction power. And remember, space for your chimney needs to be planned beforehand to make your modular kitchen look well managed and beautiful.

Difficulty in home management

People have got habits of cluttering items like clothes and personal belongings. If you have similar habits, residence with open floor will become a nightmare for you. Open floor requires more cleaning and more management of your personal belongings. You just cannot throw away your personal belongings in your apartment with open floor plan. This means you can’t afford to have a busy lifestyle.

Cost of Energy

If you live in an area where you require heating or cooling, the energy bills in open floor plan building will skyrocket. Apart from partition, the walls also act as insulation. Get a calculation about energy requirement in your open floor plan building before actually deciding to get a municipal approval and start construction.

Noise in Building

If your children are of quiet nature whereas you love being noisy, go for the open floor space. But if you have a large family, we advise you not to go for open floor plan. Activities like doing homework, meditating and reading can be troublesome in open floor space if you have a lot of members in your family. You can reduce noise by putting a lot of furniture but this will obstruct the whole concept of open space floor plan.

High market value

This depends from place to place. In some countries, open floor plans have been increasingly popular whereas this trend hasn’t touched some countries. If your local market has adopted a lot of open floor plan buildings recently, you will get a high market value for your property while on sale. Otherwise, you should go with the conventional partitioned room design if you plan to sell the property for a profit later on in your life.