The perfect house
“Home Sweet Home, There’s no place like Home!”
English for professional and academic communication
Agnieszka Kuklinska
Erasmus Student
ETSI Topografia, Geodesia y Cartografia
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
7th of December 2011
Abstract
The main aim of this work is to present topic connected with house - perfect house. It should be designed in the way of meeting the needs of the people who will be living in. In the remainder of the work I will try to bring different solutions, and my point of view of the ideal home.
I decided to divide my work on a few parts. Parts of the work: definition of house (main subject), finding the best location, different types of houses and choosing the best one, location of plot in the relation to the cardinal points, legal issues, technical aspects of building a house, external appearance, garden, inner appearance
Building a house is a very big challenge. You have to be really well-prepared in order to not making a big mistake. Before taking the work you should prepare carefully all documents and maps as well. Then choose a place to build, taking into account many factors, such as land formation, climate, distance from the city. I hope this report can make it easier for you.
Purpose of the work
The main aim of this work is to present topics related to house. The most important thing when we would like to choose the ideal home is to determine for whom and where the house will be designed. Ideally, house should be design in the way to meet the needs of the people who will be live in. It is the reason why designing has become a popular subject in Universities. In the remainder of the work I will try to bring the various solutions, and my point of view of the ideal home.
Methodology
At several points I will explain the methodology:
· Definition of main subject,
· Finding the best location for the house,
· Choosing the best type of house for that place,
· Correctly localization of the plot in the relation to the directions of the world,
· Fill out the formalities,
· Specifying technical aspects of construction,
· Making a perfect project of appearance (exterior and interior),
· Final conclusion.
Definition of the house
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures. In some contexts, "house" may mean the same as dwelling, residence, home, abode, lodging, accommodation, or housing, among other meanings.
The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household. Most commonly, a household is a family unit of some kind, though households can be other social groups, such as single persons, or groups of unrelated individuals. Settled agrarian and industrial societies are composed of household units living permanently in housing of various types, according to a variety of forms of land tenure. English-speaking people generally call any building they routinely occupy "home". Many people leave their houses during the day for work and recreation, and return to them to sleep and for other activities. (Source: Wikipedia)
Location
Undoubtedly location is the one of the most important things when we are talking about building a house. As everyone know, there are a lot different places in the word which have different climat, topography ect. We have to take everything into account.
If I were able to build my absolute ideal house, there would be one thing that have to be true: it would be in my original hometown: Tomaszów Mazowiecki , Poland Tomaszów Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland on the banks of the Pilica River
Any place would be finding, but this is my ideal house. My ideal house would be located somewhere on the Pilica River Pilica River , but my ideal location will be near to the Sulejowski Lake
It is an ideal place because it is plain area, in the mild-temperature zone, near to the big water basin, which is good for recreation and sports.
In that neighborhood, I would not generally want many neighbors living near to me. My property would be very exclusive, partially due to the price of the lots. Even though I wouldn't often converse with my neighbors, they would be very peaceful, hospitable and friendly because it is important for every human being.
Different types of houses
Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or detached dwellings and various types of attached or multi-user dwellings. Both sorts may vary greatly in scale and amount of accommodation provided. Although there appear to be many different types, many of the variations listed below are purely matters of style rather than spatial arrangement or scale.
In this area the best solution is building a detached house because it fits perfectly to the surroundings. The biggest part of the buildings in Poland Poland
Location of plot
A house is usually an investment for life. Therefore, in addition to interior design take special care of the proper positioning of the house on a plot against the world and the street.
You should take care the living area - living room, dining room, office, was located on the south side. Comfortable place for the bedroom is the eastern part of the house, and for children room- the western. The kitchen and utility rooms should be located in a fairly darkened northern part of the house.
Really important is also the location of the house in relation to the street. Most preferred is when the road is located on the north side. At the same time, avoids the noise, which usually is associated with the proximity of the street. In the southern part of the house should be not only a living room, but also a garden, which as we all know is the perfect place to relax and a lot of light.
Legal issues
Building a house is such a big project that we divide it into different parts. The first step is obviously the same decision on the location and purchase of land. The second stage is much less interesting - these are all the formalities which must settle before the construction of the house.
ü The first step is to check whether the municipality is prepared local development plan. If your parcel belongs to the areas of construction, then just go to the Faculty of Architecture for permission.
ü The next step is to ask the gas company, energy, water and sewerage for the issue of technical conditions of delivery media.
ü Further steps of preparation building a house you need to complete the required documents, such as cadastral mapsof your own and neighboring parcels. Prepare the characteristics of the object being built - the outline of the building with the proposed location of the plot.
Technical aspects of building a house
The house surface should be about 500 square meters which include: two bedrooms, dining room, living room, kitchen, hall, bathroom and porch. The main part of the house is on the ground floor but the house also has a small attic with a view on the Sulejowski Lake
Everything makes perfect composition in terms of appearance and functionality.
The materials that my house would build out of would be mostly wood, stone and brick. The roof will be made of tiles.
Along with the materials, the style of my house would be a very unique and equally difficult style.
External appearance
Windows of the house are mostly directed towards the south. Thanks to this house have a good light in the most important part like dining room or living room.
It have a hip roof and stone chimney. Terrace is supported by columns. Wide path lids to the house. Garage is located in the other side of the house.
Garden
On the outside, the house would be beautifully landscaped. I would have two maple trees framing the walk-up path.
Around the rest of the house, I would have a lot of shrubs of the holly variety. With every couple of holly bushes, there would be red, white, and black magic rose bushes planted. The grass would be very lush and green, and would not burn easily when the temperature rises.
Inner appearance
Perfect inner appearance is only when you feel great inside your house! All depends of your own character and I can’t agree with sentence that real art has it own definition. For me definition of real art is inside all of us.
Inside my perfect home every single detail is significant! Central point of this must take place a salon with dreamed-of chimney of course. We should all remember that salon represents all house. Mostly salon is a place where all guests are sitting during family and friend meetings. We should care about this place with special precision. We must keep it clean!
Second in hierarchy of importance is without any doubt a bedroom. This is a place where we probably spend the most of our time in home. It must be cosy, comfortable and nice place. We need to take a rest here and find an energy for whole days. It should be projected with attitude on its cossiness. Main point of our bedroom is of course our bed which shoul be convienient and big enough! Not only bed is an important aspect but also walls as well. They should be painted in warm colors. Sleeping room should be also illuminated from the right side, window must be in an appropriate place. We can’t allow sun to wake us up too early every morning, especially in summer!
Previous important room In our perfect palace is bathroom. Nevertheless it isn’t only a place where we are taking baths it is one of the most attractive place for our guests. In almost every polish home visitors are admiring how clean and luxurious our bathrooms are. It’s strange but it’s a fact so we must keep our bathroom clean and shiny all the time.
Conclusion
Building a house is a very big challenge and we should do such a big undertakings with adequate preparation. You really have to be really well-prepared to not make a mistake. Before taking the work you should prepare carefully all documents and maps as well. Choosing a location is a very important point of our perfect plan! We must know that such factors as a place to build, land formation, climate or distance from the city are indispensable to have a perfect house condition. All of these factors have an incredibly big influence to our venture. We must know that decision of building a house is a decision for many, many years or even sometimes for a whole life. We can’t do it as fast as we can, we should be really well prepared and have enough money as well. We must care about external appearance with the same sensation as we care about our bedroom and whole interior. There is also very important social aspect… That how our home looks outside is important for our sense of being accepted – we must know that our neighbors are estimating our backyard all the time! As well as our sense of being accepted is important for our physical health also important is how we feel inside our own home. Psychologists and sociologists emphasize that friendly interior of our house has a great influence on our minds. We shouldn’t disregard these aspects because in my opinion this is why people have been attaching such a big importance to build houses since thousands of years.
List of contents:
· Purpose of work
· Metodology
· Definition of house
· Location
· Different types of houses
· Lacation of plot
· Legal issues
· Technical aspects of building a house
· Appearance exterior
· Garden
· Appearance interior
· Conclusion
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