Modern design of a two-room apartment of 52 meters for a family with two children

Layout

To make the apartment as comfortable as possible, the kitchen and living room were combined into a single space.
The bedroom was supplemented with a small work area, and a small children’s room was planned in such a way that it would be comfortable for two kids at once. The area occupied by the kitchen was slightly increased, taking away space from the bedroom. To do this, we had to move the wall, which made it possible not only to expand the main room in the apartment, but also to make it more convenient: a niche for a sofa appeared in the living room, and a niche for a storage system in the bedroom, of which there should be a lot in a two-room apartment for a family with two children . The entrance area was not fenced off from the living room in order to preserve as much open space as possible and make the hallway bright.

Pay attention to compact furniture

If your family members rarely get together around a large communal table, then there is no need for it. You can get by with a small folding table. And if you often have guests visiting you, the table can be disassembled and everything will fit perfectly.

You should also not place too much furniture in the bedroom. A bed, a small bedside table and a wardrobe are enough, so you shouldn’t look closely at a dressing table and an oversized pouf in a furniture store. This way you will feel more free in the room, even if the size of your room is negligibly small.

For the children's room, install a bunk bed, children simply adore them, and there will be much more space. If you don’t have a separate bedroom and you sleep on a folding sofa in the living room, then place a screen next to it. And an even better choice would be a rack on which you can lay out the necessary things and books.

If you simply cannot see life without a TV, then hang it on the wall instead of a cabinet. And it’s better to attach all the furniture that can be placed on the wall to it. This will free up space and everything will look neat.

Kitchen-living room 14.4 sq. m.

The white color of the walls, characteristic of the Scandinavian style, is complemented in the interior by complex blue and green tones. Blue wooden “blinds” on the storage system echo the blue apron of the kitchen area, adding a play of textures to the play of colors.

The dining room chairs are upholstered in faded blue, and the bright blue stripes on the Roman blinds add a touch of nautical romance. The design of the apartment does not look cold, despite the abundance of blue tones. They are softened by the delicate beige shade of the sofa upholstery and the warm creamy tone of the kitchen furniture. An unpainted wooden table and matching chair legs add homey warmth.

On the floor in the living room combined with the kitchen, a material with unique properties is laid - quartz vinyl. Tiles made from it are very resistant to abrasion, since almost 70% consists of sand, and not ordinary sand, but quartz. These tiles look as beautiful as wood, but will last much longer.

The walls are finished with matte paint that can be washed, since the designers from the very beginning planned that only very practical finishing materials would be used in the apartment for a family with two children.

A white brick wall came into the apartment from the loft. A sofa was placed next to it, and lighting was built in from below into the voluminous storage system suspended above it for easy reading.

It was not possible to allocate space for a dressing room, but instead, the designers placed spacious wardrobes in each room, as well as additional storage space. Almost all cabinets are built-in and reach the ceiling - this way they can fit much more things. Despite their considerable dimensions, the cabinets do not clutter up the space - decorative techniques have turned them into interior decoration.

two-room apartment for a family with two children

It would be very funny if it weren't true.

(c) - spoiled

“We, of course, knew that Luka would take cruel revenge on us. Any self-respecting embryo would harbor a grudge against its future parents in its place.

Winter. Train Delhi - Gaya. The drive is a little over a day. But now is the foggy season. And therefore there are no schedules in the country. It’s coming - and thank God. The train is not the same as in the movie "Darjeeling Train". But the real one. Indian train. It seems that half of India is traveling in it, fleeing civil war, cholera and Nikolai Baskov’s Indian tour. As if this is the last train escaping from the burning capital. And everyone who could climbed into it. The carriages are so packed that it is impossible to go to the toilet to pee. If you risk leaving your seat, then most likely you will never return to it: a million ticketless Indians with black smiling mustaches will simply stretch out their legs at the same time - and there will be no place for you. In short, a normal Indian train. There were no more business class tickets. And my pregnant wife and I found ourselves among all these people. There were also refugees from Tibet. Neatly shaven little Tibetans in their perfectly clean red dresses were traveling to the tiny village of Bodhgaya. There is a Mecca for Buddhists. There Gautama, under a special Bodhi tree, decided everything for himself. The 14th Dalai Lama sometimes spends the winter there. We are going there too. Me, my wife Julia. And the three-month-old embryo Luca is my son. I don't believe in signs from above. Yes, and sometimes I doubt the existence of Siddhartha. But the Lord definitely sent a curse on this train. My wife’s toxicosis began right here and now. Yulia was vomiting like Jim Morrison before a concert. Endless. For a long time. Excruciating. What is strength. Just have time to change the bags that you somehow miraculously took with you. The frightened Indians did not know what to do with themselves. They offered some folk remedies, roots, and a toke of hashish. Vendors poured tea for free. Tibetan refugees beat their drum and continuously recited “Om mani padme hum” for the health of my wife. There was even one conductor for the whole train: a fat, sweaty Pakistani with a wrench and a toothpick between his toothless gums... Nothing helped. Luka rebelled: “Where have you gone, idiots? Now you have me!” I was told that life would change. Before that, we wintered in India for six years in a row. We wanted to continue spending the winter. But the son decided that it would be different. The next and next winter we sat at home and ate New Year's Olivier instead of masala dosa. This was the first and most harmless victim. God be with him, with Hindustan. After all, even the price of a rickshaw has not changed in Varanasi over the past ten thousand years. It won’t change in my old age, when I’m freer. But then we lost Moscow too. In Moscow we had a not very cozy and not very comfortable rented apartment, into which three people could hardly fit. In Moscow there are a lot of cars, entertainment and no grandmothers. I had to move to the Moscow region, to my native Dmitrov. There is something to breathe, compassionate grandmothers and the only entertainment is the Spar supermarket on weekends. But it will be better for my son. When your baby is still a toddler, he sleeps a lot. Eating. And goes to the toilet. And it seems to be very simple. You just roll his stroller like the wheel of Dharma. You roll and roll. You roll and roll. You roll and roll. He sometimes wakes up, you feed him. You change clothes. He falls asleep - and you roll again. That's all enlightenment is for you. A meditative cycle, devoid of any fuss. Pleasant gaping Buddhist emptiness. You breathe a lot, listen to your iPod and think about things you never had time for. Only the wheels squeak. And the child is snoring. “Are you crazy that you whine all the time? It's a thrill. You walk all day, and he sleeps,” I reproached my always upset wife. My wife looked at me with the sad eyes of a tired St. Bernard and asked... at least for understanding. But I didn’t understand what I had to understand, and I left for another business trip, overflowing with events, new people and emotions. I’ll understand everything in a couple of months, when Yulia, due to the most crap circumstances, will have to go to her sick mother for a month. And leave me alone with my own son. Well, I think it's bullshit. My ancestors wandered around the desert for forty years without water or food. And nothing. A month with a six-month-old son? Pf. All the instructions were posted on the refrigerator. In the morning - 240 grams of the mixture with the addition of three tablespoons of porridge. Lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Different numbers, exactly what time he should sleep, what time he should swim, what time his favorite cartoon is on the moronic propaganda, but the only children’s TV channel in the country “Carousel”. On the shelf there is a whole strategic supply of horse meat in jars. For some reason, Luka did not eat other meat then. Only horse meat with the addition of prunes. A billion diapers under the bed. The vinyl player, records and all the MacBooks are under the ceiling: Luka has recently become interested in them, and Yulia decided to save them. We spent our first night together, like all the following. Luka was sleeping peacefully in the middle of his parents' large bed. I lay on the very edge, tenderly held his hand and guarded his sleep, only falling into some kind of oblivion in the morning. But not for long. Seven in the morning. My son has been on his feet for a long time. On my knees, to be more precise. On my face, to be even more precise. There are people I will never be able to understand. These are the liars who, choking with happiness, tell us all how cool and simple it is to have a small child. Who do you have to be, tell me, so that every day for a year, no matter what, despite the insomnia, despite the fact that they washed the floors until two in the morning (and this is sometimes the only time when there is time for this, excuse my Russian, time), despite the fact that the baby had a stomach ache all night and he screamed at the top of his lungs about it for three hours straight... So, in spite of everything, wake up for a whole year at seven in the morning and get sincere pleasure from it? Of course, yoga masters teach us to wake up every day with the first rays of the sun... But this is different. Who on this planet is sincerely happy that they haven’t slept properly for a year? Nobody. I'm talking to you, mothers with black eyes! Stop lying. You are all suffering. You are still too young to wake up like an old man with the first rays of the sun and, with a smile, leaning against the radio point, have breakfast at seven in the morning. You are not pensioners to get high from this. You are worse. You are young parents. You can't get used to this. I really want to sleep. Well, please, Luka, another half hour. Just lie next to me. Dad didn't get much sleep. Everyone is still sleeping. All dogs. All kittens. All the birds. Everyone, even the fucking positive DJs of the morning radio broadcasts, is asleep. Come on, let's get some sleep. You say all this with your eyes closed, you don’t believe that a new day has begun. It started indecently early. You fall into a kind of numbness. And not even from the fact that I desperately want to sleep, but from the realization that there is a new day ahead and it will be no damn different from yesterday or tomorrow. No new events, people or emotions, like on interesting business trips. A small child is a terrible discipline. The key word is “monstrous.” Worse than the army. You clearly understand what awaits you in five minutes. And in five hours. We got up, ate, and played with the toy steering wheel. We got dressed, rode down the slide, and fell asleep. We woke up, ate, played with the toy steering wheel, got dressed, went down the slide, and fell asleep. Sometimes the toy steering wheel changes to a pyramid. And the slide on the swing. And already this insignificant diversity is perceived as diversity. This set of actions destroys you as a person with two higher educations. After four days, I started trying to squeeze out at least ten minutes for myself. But every time you lie down on the sofa and open Facebook, such self-loathing rolls in... Your own son is lonely and bored on the floor with the hated tumbler, and you, a pig, are staring at the feed of friends who senselessly hate Putin on the Internet... What trait? As a result, I crawled to Luka and the tumbler or trudged to the kitchen to cook horse meat (cooking is a strong word, you just need to open the jar). That's what's still scary. He doesn't talk. Of course, I tell things, comment and sing all the time. We turn on the news, I explain to Luka where the correspondent is lying and why the prime minister has blood up to his elbows. We sit down to leaf through the book, I read with expression and try to get used to the image of the lyrical hero of “Doctor Aibolit.” We eat horse meat, I gallop like a horse and talk about vivisection and vegan Morrissey. But is this communication? You, lying mothers with bruises under your eyes, tell me how to get pleasure from communicating with a person who does not answer a single question or remark from you - week after week, month after month? This is worse and more painful than unrequited love. One way conversation. I know that someday he will speak, but he does not speak. He just looks at you. And sometimes gives a silent smile. But this is so little. We have a forest in our city. Well, it’s like a forest—more like a small pine park. It's quiet and nice there. Nothing happens there, the air is good and, like in Varanasi, nothing has changed in the last ten thousand years. An ideal place to hang out with children. That's what they do there. Luka and I went there too. We didn't leave there for four hours a day. We talked to the trees, looked for woodpeckers and played our provincial picnic game “Afisha”. I turned on a small tape recorder with songs by Junior Boys and Courtney Love, and Luka fell asleep to them - just like in Kolomenskoye. If you count the kilometers our stroller traveled in this park, you can definitely get to St. Petersburg and back. There I attempted my own socialization in my new status. Sitting within four walls in the company of a silent son needed to be diluted with at least some dialogue. All my friends are at work or at Glastonbury. Parents are renovating their dacha. In general, having written myself off, I decided to plunge into the new world of mothers with strollers. The same ones who haven’t slept for years, don’t wash much, have little sex, have forgotten the last time they got their nails done, are fighting with clueless pediatricians and have already despaired of finding a good nanny (because there seem to be fewer of them on the planet than there are non-corrupt politicians). These poor women are the entire sorrow of the Russian people. These people have become wallpaper in their dull two-room Khrushchev houses. They, like me, push their creaky strollers and, like me, miss a full life, but for some reason they are afraid to admit it out loud. Instead, I heard about fourteen thousand stories about different types of food allergies. About the fact that juice is cheaper at Korablik than at Karapuz. About the fact that regurgitation is normal up to a year. About the fact that diapers are better than panties, because they don’t leak and are more convenient to put on. By the third week of my socialization, I had finally become quite familiar with women's breasts. Out of boredom, I could immediately determine who was still feeding and who had long been gone. Some have very damaged nipples, and some are holding on well. Some people abuse bras with hard cups to hide the inevitable postpartum losses, and some, on the contrary, favor openness and naturalness. I finally found out that there are women who deliberately refuse breastfeeding from the very birth of their child in order to preserve their shape. I didn't even try to make friends with them. In my opinion, these are fascists. I wedged my stroller into groups of unhappy mothers and just talked. Mothers fell in love with me within ten minutes. Firstly, because not a single pine tree saw other men in this park. Even the tallest and oldest. This is a very feminine place. And a man, and even with a stroller, is very cool by local standards. Secondly, I could easily carry on conversations about food allergies, panty diapers and Chicco pacifiers. Thirdly, at this time I cut myself a pretty big mohawk and was as handsome as Maxim Semelak in his best years as a writer. Well, fourthly, and this is the saddest thing, every third mother with a stroller turned out to be a single mother. They want to fall in love so bad. At least someone. And this completely plunged me into postpartum depression. Dmitrovsky Park is, of course, not Bodgaya. Instead of a Bodhi tree there are just pine trees. And I’m never Gautama. But I also decided something for myself. To endure this hellish physical labor, this endless maternal loneliness (and motherhood is always loneliness, no one will fully understand a mother’s suffering) without a husband who is at least somehow able to do something between his interesting business trips is a real human tragedy and the end light in a separate poorly heated apartment in a panel house. The army of single mothers is some kind of special caste of humiliated and insulted people (more humiliated, perhaps, than hijras on Indian trains), partly engaged in self-flagellation. These women, smiling in public, are actually sadder and more doomed than the scripts of all von Trier’s films. And those mothers who still have families are about to destroy them with their own hands. And they themselves are to blame. Almost all mothers make the same mistake when they have a baby. I don’t know who told them that the baby is the center of the universe, that everything should only be around him. Time, attention, worries, love, irritation and everything else... Stop lying, mommies. A child in a family is not the most important thing. The main thing in the family is, again, pardon my Russian, family. Limiting your universe to diapers and a tumbler is a mistake (one that I myself made every day). Running headlong at seven in the morning to cook porridge is a mistake. First, kiss your husband (if you have one), and then porridge. Otherwise, your husband (if you have one), without even noticing it, will start kissing the porridge, and not you. Not looking around, not listening to music, not reading Facebook about Putin and not having a single topic of conversation (except diapers) with your family is a mistake. You won’t notice how, to use Andrei Loshak’s terminology, you yourself will become a diaper. And used. And we shouldn’t have gone to India next winter in vain. Luka would probably have liked this train, and this masala tea, and even one toothless Pakistani conductor for all the cars. Julia returned in the last days of August. Luka and I were just breaking up the tumbler. - “Well, how are you here?” - "I love you". Roman Super

Bedroom 13 sq. m.

The finishing materials of the bedroom are designed in an ecological manner: these are the colors of nature, different shades of greenery, and a print on the wallpaper that transports you to the atmosphere of a fairy-tale forest, and even a decorative element - a white deer head above the head of the bed.

The bedside tables on both sides of the bed work on the general idea - they are wooden stumps, as if they had just been delivered from the forest. They simultaneously decorate the bedroom, give it a natural charm, and do a good job as bedside tables. Another decoration is a chair. This is a replica of an Eames designer item.

The bedroom is lit by ceiling lamps, and there are additional sconces at the head of the bed. The floor was covered with wood - parquet boards.

Girl's bedroom

There are many styles in this apartment, despite the predominance of loft.

Snow-white furniture goes well with a fashionable shelving unit, which has a worktop, and there is also a brutal cabinet made of noble wood. All this is located in the bedroom of the owners’ daughter.

Minimalism style in a children's room

A convenient storage system is located under the window: it is covered with decorative fabric on top. In addition, it became a cozy resting place for the girl.

Pastel colors of the little princess's room

A stylish chandelier and a “live” poster transform this room. Under the ceiling there is a spacious shelf for children's toys.

A room equipped according to all the girl’s wishes

Children's room 9.5 sq. m.

An important place in a two-room apartment for a family with two children is occupied by the children's room. This is not the largest, but perhaps the brightest room. Here, natural shades give way to rich red and blue tones. This color will be pleasant for both boys and girls. But the expressive blue-red ensemble was not without environmental notes: owl pillows on the sofa, decorative paintings on the walls soften some of the harshness of the bright colors.

For the nursery, fabrics made from natural fibers were chosen, and parquet boards were laid on the floor. The children's room is illuminated by spotlights built into the ceiling.

The design of the apartment is 52 sq. m. there are many storage spaces in all rooms, and the children's room is no exception. In addition to the closet, it has a shelving unit, and, in addition, there are large drawers under the bed that can be easily rolled out.

Consider the needs of family members

Do not rush to immediately rush into battle and start exploring online stores, trying to immediately look for suitable furniture for a new design and layout.

First, sit down and think carefully about what your family members do at home and who should be allocated what space. For example, grandma loves to cook, and everyone in the household is delighted with the food she prepares, so allocate space for her in the kitchen so that it is convenient and not troublesome (for example, remove kitchen appliances that she does not need), and for the whole family you can put a larger table so that everyone can easily fit at it.

Does anyone at home like to soak in the bath for a long time? So make a separate bathroom so that it doesn’t bother anyone. Such reorganization is not just a way to add convenience, but also an opportunity to maintain peace and well-being in the family.

Bathroom 3.2 sq. m. + bathroom 1 sq. m.

The bathroom is designed in a combination of white and sand - an ideal combination that gives a feeling of cleanliness and comfort. In the small toilet room there was room for a narrow but long sink. The main part of the furniture had to be made to order according to the designers’ drawings, since the size of the room did not allow us to select ready-made sets.

The smaller the room, the better

The first step is to give up huge bedrooms. Yes, everyone needs their own room, but not always a big one. This is especially true for children, for whom 5 square meters is enough. m. It makes no sense to allocate more than 8-9 square meters for an adult bedroom. m.

You should not put all children (especially of different ages) in one large room. It is better to divide it into several small ones and give everyone their own place for study and reflection. As you grow older, the need for this intensifies. In a common room, the child will feel cramped, and this does not have the best effect on the psyche.

In modern living conditions, both children and adults spend little time in their rooms. During the day they study, work, meet with friends, and in the evening they all gather together in a common area (dining room or living room). The total waking time spent in a personal room, as a rule, does not exceed 2–3 hours.

It is good to buy apartments in former tenement buildings, where the windows always face two sides: narrow ones to the courtyard, wide ones to the street. The first usually concealed service premises: a maid's room, a kitchen, a service bathroom, and a cleaning room.

It is in these small rooms, which still have windows, that it is quite possible to place children’s rooms, bedrooms for grandparents, as well as guest rooms. If the apartment has few windows, then rooms without natural light can be allocated for these purposes. The main thing is not to designate them on the technical plan as residential.

A small bedroom will fit everything you need for a comfortable stay.

Small crib

A big age difference is not a problem. An older child will not be interested in sleeping in the same room with a baby who often whines and does not allow him to get enough sleep and learn his lessons, so the best option in this case is to use a separate small crib next to the parent’s bed. The baby grows up and is placed with an older brother or sister.

Related article: Why did old houses have a window between the bathroom and the kitchen?

Project of a two-family house: advantages, disadvantages

The times when several generations had to be crammed into communal apartments or tiny Khrushchev buildings are over. Now you can live together, because separately from each other, but still almost together. The project of a two-family house provides such an opportunity. Parents and children will exist under the same roof, but will have different living spaces and their own entrance.

Autonomy during coexistence is not the only advantage of a building for two families. Another advantage of this solution is savings. When compared with conventional buildings, the projects of combined houses win in several “categories” at once.

1. Lower costs during the construction phase of the building. Less money is spent on building materials, since families have the same foundation, roof and common walls. If we talk about costs, they are 1/8 less compared to a building for one “cell of society.”
2. There is a benefit when laying communications, because one house is a unified water, gas, heat and energy supply system. Heating just three external walls instead of four promises savings - family costs are reduced by 25-30%.
3. Territorial benefit. A house plot designed for two families is usually larger, but the costs of its arrangement are divided in half.

The advantages are undeniable, but one cannot help but write about the disadvantages. These include the need to register real estate as shared ownership, long discussions when choosing the layout of the site and house, and lengthy discussions of all the details of construction.

To some, these shortcomings may seem serious, but for children and their parents this option is ideal. A suitable, carefully selected project for a two-family house gives an excellent chance for a cloudless, peaceful existence of several generations under one roof.

Kitchen area

The kitchen front will be laid out in a U-shape, with a third of it dedicated to an area for quick snacks. Ventilation holes will be made in the countertop located along the window to allow warm air from the heating radiators to escape. Hanging sections will be placed in two tiers. The top one will be used to store rarely used utensils, the bottom one will be used to place dishes that are used daily.

The calm interior palette will be complemented with bright red, yellow, blue accents.

Kitchen area

Children's

The design of a children's room for two girls was developed by our designers with special pleasure. They were so inspired that they developed two design projects at once. As much as we wanted, during the redevelopment we had to sacrifice the area of ​​the children's room, otherwise we would not have been able to carve out space for the living room.

Pay attention to what combination of colors was used in the interior. The first option has a pastel color scheme. In the second, bright blue is added to the delicate pastel. Let's tell you a secret - the first option was approved by the girls' mother, and the dad liked the second. Of course, in such a situation, the right to choose remained with 4-year-old Alina. Which of these design projects do you think Alina chose? You will find out the answer at the end of the article.

Project No. 1

Project No. 2

Living room

We chose elements of the loft style in the interior of the living room because it appeals to the owner of the apartment.

To zone the space in the room, it was decided to use a sliding wooden partition - it separates the kitchen from the living room.

Let us remind you that the living room appeared as a result of dismantling the walls and combining the space, so there is no natural light in it. The lighting problem was solved by using lamps of different power: spots on the ceiling and floor lamps in the recreation area.

Some of the walls are made of white brick. The loft mood is emphasized by photo wallpaper with an industrial landscape, a custom-made table made from a wooden pallet (you can read about other interesting models of designer furniture from the best Russian workshops here) and metal floor lamps standing along the edges of the sofa.

Pay attention to the combination of colors in the interior: white and black brick look organic next to each other.

How to avoid turning your family home into a hostel

What distinguishes a real apartment for a large and friendly family from a hostel is the presence of a zone where everyone can gather together. Its environment needs to be thought through, creating conditions for communication.

It should be quite large in area - about 40 square meters. m. If the square meters are less than 30, then more than 6–8 people will not be able to accommodate comfortably.

If there is a bay window, you should not build an additional wall to divide the room into two parts. If a work area is needed, it is better to isolate it with a mobile partition or curtain.

In any case, there is no need to force the room; it is better to maintain a feeling of spaciousness and freedom. Medium-sized furniture with tall, graceful legs will help avoid overloading the space.

The room can be solely a salon or additionally serve as a dining room. In the latter case, it is worth placing small soft chairs around the table.

Sitting everyone in a row on a long sofa, on the other end of which a person may feel isolated, is highly undesirable. There should be enough furniture for everyone, and it should be divided into two or three functional zones. It is better if the seats are smaller in area, but in sufficient quantity.

Around the table you can place several small sofas, canapés, and elongated sun loungers (beds). Don't forget about small chairs. Additional groups of furniture will come in handy near the window and near the bookcases.

Construction technologies

Various technologies and materials can be used to construct a duplex. The most popular construction of houses today is from:

• Brusa;
• SIP panels;
• Brick;
• Foam concrete;
• Monolith.

A two-family home should be designed to last as long as possible. It must also be environmentally friendly and have high heat and sound insulation properties.

House made of timber

Timber is an environmentally friendly material. With proper antiseptic treatment and appropriate care, such structures have a long service life. Another advantage of this technology is that construction will not take much time. The installation of a “heavy” foundation is not required; the “well” of walls itself is also assembled quite quickly. In addition, you can save on interior and exterior decoration. Such houses look very aesthetically pleasing and fit well into the environment.

Frame houses

Frame technology also involves the use of wood as the main building material. In this case, the construction of someone else's foundation is also not required. A timber frame is erected on a strip base. Subsequently, it is sheathed using insulation. SIP panels or boards can be used for cladding.

Frame houses are inexpensive, usually they are even cheaper than timber buildings. Their main disadvantage is the thermos effect. In such a house, it is necessary to take care of installing supply and exhaust ventilation.

Brick houses

Brick houses are considered the most durable and reliable; they have increased heat and sound insulation. With proper care, a building can last hundreds of years. Load-bearing walls are assembled in two bricks; half-brick masonry is used to construct internal partitions.

Brick houses are a presentable, practical and durable option. However, it will be quite expensive. The construction of such a duplex requires the participation of professional masons. In addition, the construction process will take quite a long time.

Houses made of foam concrete

Concrete blocks have recently become very popular as a building material. This is an environmentally friendly material. It is made on the basis of sand and cement. A special foaming agent is added to this mixture. Foam blocks are perfect for the construction of residential buildings. Their relatively light weight makes them easy to work with. Their structure provides high levels of noise and heat insulation.

The main disadvantages of the material are that it requires external finishing and insulation. In addition, foam blocks do not tolerate high humidity. The house must have a ventilation system.

Monolithic houses

Monolithic houses are highly durable. The concrete mixture is poured into the formwork with reinforcement added. This technology is cheaper than building a brick house. However, monolithic structures require external finishing and have low noise insulation.

The design of a house for two families can be standard or custom-made. This solution will be convenient for close relatives. It allows you to provide comfortable housing for two families at once with minimal financial losses.