NorthYorkEd
Active Member
I've noticed a lot of older buildings (c.1980) have enclosed solariums instead of balconies. This usually means that some of the rooms have windows that face into the solarium instead of an outside wall. There might be window or a set of sliding patio-style doors.
It's an odd layout, but it seems relatively common. Does anyone have any experience living in a unit with such a design? We don't mind the solarium, but it seems like there might be privacy issues, especially if you use the solarium area as a living space (den, office, etc) and you have guests staying in a "nested" bedroom.
On the plus side, it would make a bedroom very quiet, as the outside noise has to pass through the outside window, across the solarium, and through the inside windows/sliding doors.
It's an odd layout, but it seems relatively common. Does anyone have any experience living in a unit with such a design? We don't mind the solarium, but it seems like there might be privacy issues, especially if you use the solarium area as a living space (den, office, etc) and you have guests staying in a "nested" bedroom.
On the plus side, it would make a bedroom very quiet, as the outside noise has to pass through the outside window, across the solarium, and through the inside windows/sliding doors.