| When one of the architects in my company offers to | | | | answer is often a resounding yes, and the extra |
| customers that the elevator could be the answer to | | | | money. If the cost of one-level homes 25% premium |
| some questions in their new construction home, the | | | | over two stories, the elevator home could be saving |
| reaction is often predictable: "lift?" It makes no sense, | | | | money for the consideration of even a relatively |
| does not it? "Are not they very expensive? | | | | inexpensive home. What do you do when the family |
| Residential elevators are in the homes of more than | | | | was still young, I want to live in the house forever, but |
| you think - and not always extravagant, but often as a | | | | can not justify the cost of installing the elevator, they |
| practical and cost of design. With age, the American | | | | do not need many years? The decision, which we, as |
| homeowners, they become interested in their ability to | | | | a set of elevator shaft - no elevator - and use the |
| remain in their homes. They would also like to dwell on | | | | space for temporary closets. |
| the golden years, but most of the residential elevators | | | | As it happens, the area should be on every floor of |
| all the families of the bedrooms on the second floor, | | | | the elevator shaft is about the size of the cabinet ... So |
| including the apartment owner. At sixteen years or | | | | that's what we do - put a temporary floor at each |
| more steps between the first and second floors, stairs | | | | level and use of space as a closet until they are |
| can quickly become difficult (and often dangerous) | | | | needed for the elevator. Installing the elevator years |
| obstacle for adult homeowners. This is the main | | | | later is a simple matter of removing and installing the |
| reason why empty nesters move to one level homes. | | | | cabin floors, doors, controls and related equipment. A |
| But while one level design home more easily adapt to | | | | second staircase is often added to the design when |
| changing family structures, single level home is more | | | | the house becomes so large that a staircase is too |
| expensive to build. He may have nearly twice the | | | | remote to effectively serve the entire second floor. |
| foundation and roof area comparable two-story house | | | | This is the second stairway takes place, however, and |
| without any additional space, adding significantly to the | | | | may be difficult to work in the background. |
| cost of the house. And so most families build a | | | | But the elevator is much smaller than the ladder and |
| two-story, when they are young and move to a | | | | can be much easier to work only in the right place at |
| single-level home later in life. | | | | the house design. It can also be "hidden" in the plan - |
| It is cheaper to build a two-story house, but the | | | | Customers do not know what an elevator in the |
| difference between the two-story and single level | | | | house. |
| sufficient to offset the cost of the elevator? The | | | | |