How to Avoid Bad Apartment Layouts

For a property buyer, the worst thing that can set off his or her mood is a bad apartment layout.  It is indeed disappointing to travel to the building site located at another end of the city only to discover a badly planned apartment.

This is also important from the point of view of a builder as a small mistake in this area can prove to be a costly one as it can put off the deal. So whether you are a buyer or a seller, from both sides of the coin, it is important for us to know what these layouts are so that we can avoid them.

This article helps you with the bad apartment layouts that you should be wary of, should you come across these while hunting for your dream house.

Meaning of a Bad Layout

Before proceeding to the different types of bad layouts, we must make it clear what bad layouts mean. A bad layout basically means that the apartment is set up in such a way as to make it inconvenient, visually appalling or embarrassing for the buyer.

Inconvenience means that you cannot move from one part of the house to another without disturbing others. Embarrassment means that you don’t have any privacy and all your actions can be viewed by people all over the house and even outside. As a house buyer, we must avoid houses with both these gaffes as it amounts to a waste of investment.

Let us now see what these bad layouts can be.

1.    No Privacy of the Master Bedroom

The privacy of the master bedroom is lost if it is too close to the entrance. Whoever is sitting in the bedroom can be seen from anybody standing at the front door causing major embarrassment. Hence, a refined and sophisticated property buyer will reject this apartment outright without even bothering to see its price.

2.    Isolated Drawing Room

The guests leave with a bitter feeling if the drawing room is isolated from the rest of the house. They feel segregated from the rest of the family reflecting an element of seclusion. This does not augur well for public relations. Hence, this must be avoided at all costs.

3.    Centrally Located Dining Room

A dining room that is located at the heart of the living room is another big put off. This caused inconvenience to the family members should they decide to have a meal when somebody has just come home for some work. Hence, the dining room should be located closer to the kitchen than to the living room so that families can enjoy their meals in peace.

4.    Segregated Bathrooms

The modern trend for builders is to provide bathrooms that are connected with the master bedrooms for ease of use. Hence, if the builder is providing bathrooms that are separated from them, then it is a big put off owing to its inconvenience.

5.    Bad Flow of Rooms

Last but most importantly, the flow of rooms should be such that one moves logically from one room to the next. It should neither be disconcerting nor disorienting for people to move around the house. Hence, one must definitely avoid a bad flow of the rooms.

The Ultimate Developer

From the above, it is clear that all of the above factors must be taken into consideration when a builder or developer is starting a project. Among these builders, a special note must be made of Oswal Group. The renowned real estate developer is constructing 2 BHK and 3 BHK apartments inB.T. Road, North Kolkata. Their upcoming project, Orchard 126 has apartments that are free of any of the bad layouts mentioned above.

In this way, it makes for one of the most lucrative offers coming your way. Hence, don’t miss this golden opportunity and make the best use of it by checking out these apartments before they get sold out!