And I have hit a minor road block - partly on account of my OCD and my inability to wrap my head round the spatial differences.
In the FF that I am currently writing, the ML lives in a penthouse and the FL would occupy the apartment below the penthouse.
Fine so far. Since I needed to visualise, I searched the net for apartment plans and selected one for the FL. Nice going.
For the penthouse, I decided to get creative, so I drafted the plan (from a few floor plans which I liked) discovered an online site that actually allows you to draft the floor plans (it is really cool and was great fun) and now I have a beautiful plan (considering the non existent skills I have with regard to drafting, it is good😊)
So my unfortunate reader you must be wondering, what is she cribbing about? Wait, I shall come to it, I am not able to align the plumbing.
Not clear???? Well, in any apartments, if you notice, the plumbing lines are constant, which means that all the bathrooms would be "stacked" one above the other as well as the kitchens. You can make a bedroom into a sitting room and vice versa but any builder would rarely agree to shift the bathroom or the kitchen (could agree on the kitchen but bathrooms raise a tantrum)
Now I decided to turn to the net for some research - and the definition of penthouse apartments as per UrbanEdge.com is as follows:
"The strict, architectural definition of a penthouse apartment is a single-occupancy living space actually built onto the rooftop--an additional floor (or, in the case of a duplex apartment, an additional two floors), if you will, piled atop the building--with setbacks all around providing terraces with spectacular views.
Because the rooftop setbacks comprise considerably more square footage than standard terraces, penthouse apartments such as these are ideal for people for whom private outdoor living space is at a premium. Depending on individual building codes and restrictions, penthouse apartments of this type can feature amenities more often found in suburban back yards.
There are plenty of penthouse apartments that meet the above criteria, but many buildings use the term a little more loosely. A penthouse can also simply mean a single-occupancy living space that takes up the entire, uppermost floor of a building, and not one built onto the roof with setbacks. This is particularly true in new high-rise buildings, where a terrace on the 50th-80th floor may not have the same appeal.
These top-floor penthouse apartments are, needless to say, often huge, with private, locked elevator entrances; higher, vaulted ceilings; fireplaces, Jacuzzis and even "endless pools" for swimming; balconies and terraces; and oversized windows"and, in contemporary luxury towers, floor-to-ceiling windows"that take full advantage of the glorious, often unobstructed, views of the cityscape.
Sometimes apartments such as these also afford residents access to private rooftop decks, with dining and sunning and exercise areas, adding to the special nature of the space. Because the term "penthouse" has come to be synonymous with a luxurious, even hedonistic, lifestyle."
So in the case of penthouse apartments, since they are designed separately from the rest of the flats, the plumbing need not align. Gives me some peace but then...
Edited by Nynaeve - 8 years ago
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