Building a 9000SF house without 2 story foyer, is that ok?

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Anonymous wrote:For 9000 sqft, absolutely a two-story foyer. It makes your house look grand and inviting (which is part of these reason you're building a house of this size).
We built a 8000 sqft (3 levels) and has a two-story foyer. It looks stunning.
Ignore the sour grapes complaining it's a waste of space. You'll be living in the house, not them.

Can I ask why you didn't go with a 3-story foyer? I built a 12,000sf home with a 3-story foyer and turret and really think it improves the space. Maybe you can add on?

Ugh. You should be embarrassed to have anything under 20,000 and without a moat. The floods when it rains more than half an inch are a total bitch on the wine cellar and movie theater flooring, but these are the sacrifices one must make to live in faux grandeur.

The 12,000 sqft house is just the guest cottage. It's attached to my main home by a drawbridge (made of hardiplank and the finest in curated Home Depot "stone") over the moat. And the foyer doesn't even have a ceiling, it reaches to the stars!

How in the world do you heat that in the winter? Your bills must be through the roof. Oh wait....

There is no winter in LaLaLand. Eternal spring.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate 2 story foyers. I think they look McMansiony plus the sound all goes right upstairs and wakes the kids plus you can never get the temperature right and you can't change the lightbulbs in the stupid chandelier. If you're going to actually live in this house and it's not just for show. I vote no.

You need a motor to raise/lower the chandelier. Duh!

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Anonymous wrote:I hate 2 story foyers. I think they look McMansiony plus the sound all goes right upstairs and wakes the kids plus you can never get the temperature right and you can't change the lightbulbs in the stupid chandelier. If you're going to actually live in this house and it's not just for show. I vote no.

+1. I had a house with a 2 story foyer and a 2 story kitchen, and the noise level upstairs was incredible. OP, if you do this, put the bedrooms a looong way from the foyer. Also, there is always a dead bug on the sill of the second floor window (that you can see from the second floor landing) and somebody's got to go up on a ladder to dust it off.

Thanks you, Captain Obvious. Yes, of course "somebody" has to go up on a ladder. The "somebody" is called a butler. If you can't afford one, you obviously have no business with a two-story foyer. Newcomers. Sheesh.

A butler's job is to clean the house? That's something new!

What, you think butlers just stand around with a white towel draped over their forearms? What do you think the towel is for, genius?

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Because even a grass tiki shack deserves a two story foy-yay if one is classy enough, dear.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you have the appropriate entablature, OP, I would not recommend it. You must also be careful of how your colonnade is designed along the the exterior and interior sprandrels and crestings.

It is not as simple as what you describe.

Oh Lovey!

I do so enjoy your wit and your eye for all things beautiful and tasteful. Bravo dear. Bravo.

With fondest regards,

Always yours,

Thurston.

Thurston, you old dog,

Why do you always insist on spelling my name incorrectly?

Deeply yours (and I do mean deeply),

Lovi

FTW!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Please share what you plan to do with all that space of yours. I am as wealthy as the next person but I cannot understand such waste. Here is something in your price range that wastes fewer resources. https://www.redfin.com/DC/Washington/3021-P-St-NW-20007/home/9929928

You should be ashamed of yourself, OP.

NP here. I'm with you on the fact that very few families actually need 9000SF, but you picked a significantly smaller house w only 3 bedrooms. I'm guessing the OP has 3-4 kids and would want more than 3 bdrms. You could have found a bigger house for her (and she's apparently got another $1.5+ to spend ...).

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Anonymous wrote:I hate 2 story foyers. I think they look McMansiony plus the sound all goes right upstairs and wakes the kids plus you can never get the temperature right and you can't change the lightbulbs in the stupid chandelier. If you're going to actually live in this house and it's not just for show. I vote no.

+1. I had a house with a 2 story foyer and a 2 story kitchen, and the noise level upstairs was incredible. OP, if you do this, put the bedrooms a looong way from the foyer. Also, there is always a dead bug on the sill of the second floor window (that you can see from the second floor landing) and somebody's got to go up on a ladder to dust it off.

Thanks you, Captain Obvious. Yes, of course "somebody" has to go up on a ladder. The "somebody" is called a butler. If you can't afford one, you obviously have no business with a two-story foyer. Newcomers. Sheesh.

Oh dear, another nouveau riche. The butler does not "go up a ladder." The butler supervises the second footman who "goes up the ladder" to polish the chandelier, replace the candles, and retrieve any insects (I'm talking to you moths) who are suckered in by the glowing light.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate 2 story foyers. I think they look McMansiony plus the sound all goes right upstairs and wakes the kids plus you can never get the temperature right and you can't change the lightbulbs in the stupid chandelier. If you're going to actually live in this house and it's not just for show. I vote no.

You need a motor to raise/lower the chandelier. Duh!

Having seen these in action, I would love to have a house with a chandelier on a motorized chain. I may build a house with a two story foyer just to have an excuse to put one in.

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I have a serious question: How do you heat and/or air condition a two story foyer? I mean, I know how you heat it, but how do you prevent it from becoming too hot in the summer without having to pump an enormous amount of air into the room? I once visited a house that had a two-story foyer/living room that had this problem, and am legitimately wondering whether this problem was specific to that house.

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You can try a ceiling fan but the air will never be correctly conditioned at the upper part of the foyer. This is one reason they are out of fashion.

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This is so silly. If your HVAC system is working properly, there are no issues with two story space.

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Anonymous wrote:This is so silly. If your HVAC system is working properly, there are no issues with two story space.

The laws of physics beg to differ with you. Hot air rises which means the lower part of the foyer is always chilly with air conditioning or lack of heat, while the upper part of the foyer is overly warm to hot.

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Anonymous wrote:This is so silly. If your HVAC system is working properly, there are no issues with two story space.

The laws of physics beg to differ with you. Hot air rises which means the lower part of the foyer is always chilly with air conditioning or lack of heat, while the upper part of the foyer is overly warm to hot.

Oh physics, so déclassé.

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Anonymous wrote:This is so silly. If your HVAC system is working properly, there are no issues with two story space.

The laws of physics beg to differ with you. Hot air rises which means the lower part of the foyer is always chilly with air conditioning or lack of heat, while the upper part of the foyer is overly warm to hot.

You see, the other part of this is the location of cold air returns, heat exchangers and ERV units, all of which regulate the temperature of fresh air and also have something called zone control where you can put more warm air or cool air in different parts of the house, within the zone.

You aren't getting this in a simple two zone system.

I am taking it easy on you because I understand that you have no idea what you are talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:9000 square feet?

9000 including loft and basement (sorry not 9000 first and second)

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Anonymous wrote:This is so silly. If your HVAC system is working properly, there are no issues with two story space.

Thee are 1950s rambler dwelling idiots....I doubt they have actually even stepped into a to story foyer. Haters.