plus Liu Yifei recently quarreled with her mother-in-law again.
That's right, it's still the colleague of my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who is constantly contradictory in my previous manuscript.
The reason for their quarrel this time was that the flowers planted by her mother-in-law on the balcony were accidentally eaten by her daughter-in-law's cat, or they may have been planed, and they were like......
My mother-in-law is not happy: I have raised flowers for so long, this cat will be destroyed if it is destroyed, hurry up and throw the cat away!
My colleague is also very aggrieved: I have said many times not to engage in these flowers and plants, maybe they are poisonous to cats.
She asked me to judge again, and I scratched my ears and cheeks, and could only ask tentatively
Or, move the flowers and plantsLiving balconyGo?”
As a result, she said she didn't have anything like that in her house.
I said okay, well, then next time I change houses, I will pay attention to buying a living balcony.
She said bah, bah, how can there be a house with a living balcony now?
disappearing living balcony
This is to the point, the living balcony seems to be really slowly disappearing from the new market in Guangzhou.
There are now more than 300 new projects for sale in Guangzhou, and I have roughly counted that there are less than 1 3 units with living balconies.
They are either sales projects that have been set up before, or luxury homes that are too large to be afforded by ordinary people, such as:
Of course, there will be exceptions, but that is also a small probability event. What we are currently seeing is that there is no longer a special living balcony for the apartment type in Guangzhou.
Instead, the balcony was converted into a garden
Or the balcony can be converted into a room.
For example, in the figure below, the area of the balcony is directly divided into two secondary bedrooms, others do 3+1 rooms, and it directly does 2+2 rooms.
Obviously, Guangzhou has issued new regulations for house types, and it is clear that the balcony area can be made larger, but there are no developers who design house types with living balconies.
Why is that?
living balcony, who is being replaced
To answer this question, we must first think about another question: what is the most important function of a balcony?
I think there are two main ones, one is to view the scenery, look at the garden ventilation and so on;The second is the daily functional use, such as the needs of my colleague's mother-in-law to make flowers and grass, and the drying needs that most families will have.
In a unit with two balconies, the living balcony takes on the second function.
In other words, if you don't have a living balcony, you must need somewhere else to do it.
This may open up ideas for us to solve the problem.
In today's house types, the viewing balcony is getting longer and longer, and it can take on both landscape and practical functions.
MoreoverNowadays, with the advancement of technology and design, many functions can be "hidden".
For example, when I was looking at the market before, I found that there were projects that directly used a roller shutter door to put away tools such as washing machines, so that the effect would look better.
For example, when drying clothes now, there are also ceiling-type lifting hangers and hidden drawstrings. When you don't usually use it, you can't see it at all:
Ceiling-mounted hangers.
Concealed drawstring.
If the main balcony wasn't big enough, thenThe space in the entrance garden can also be "borrowed".
And because it is a complete enclosed space, it will be more likely, in addition to putting a washing machine and dryer, you can also consider putting some fitness equipment, do not worry about the sun and rain aggravating the wear and tear of the equipment.
From this point of view, it will be more practical than a living balcony.
A real view of the garden at home.
Some living balconies really should be eliminated
However, it is too absolute to say that life is too absolute.
At present, there are two types of common living balconies on the market.
One is the north-south living balcony, the existence of which improves the indoor living comfort is quite obvious.
But the main problem is,It has high requirements for the product itself.
If yesSlab floorsIt can't be a tower, otherwise you might have an awkward look with your neighbor when you go to the balcony to smoke a cigarette.
If yesLarge apartmentIt can't be a small apartment, otherwise you toss and turn late at night, always thinking that the utilization rate of this balcony is not high, and you know that you will have to have one more room instead of one more balcony.
The other is the kitchen connecting to the living balcony, which was very common in the first 10 years and has now been largely abandoned by the mainstream market.
Why is the fate of this kind of balcony so sad?There is only one truth of the matter:
It's so hard to use!
Diagram. I speculate that the original intention of the design of this balcony is actually to imitate the functional partition of the kitchen in the West. Washing machines in Western homes are built into the kitchen and share a drain with the dishwasher.
Theoretically, this is indeed a more extreme way to achieve the dry and wet partitioning of the home, bringing together all the scenes that require water.
But in the life scene of Chinese, how to use how to diaphragm.
The most famous Xi of Western families is not **. I've heard of white rice, two biscuits and slices of meat, and it's a perfect dinner.
However, the Chinese food culture is broad and profound, and the food should pay attention to the wok, stir-fry on high heat, and the seasoning of thick oil red sauce.
This leads to:If the door of the living balcony is not sealed, it is destined to coexist with clean clothes and oil smoke;If the door is sealed, it will be twice as difficult to get in and out.
In fact, this kind of balcony can be called the ancestor who stole the area in the early days, and most families will choose to knock out the balcony and incorporate it into the kitchen.
Diagram. What a brutal truth,Let it disappear, but it's the most utilized way to do it.
This may have foreshadowed the disappearance of the balcony of life.
What about you, under the same area, will you favor a house type with an extra living balcony?