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Jan 18, 2023 07:13
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English term

further back is the top to below living room

English Other Architecture
further back is the top to below living room big selling point for the house need to show the high ceilings
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Discussion

Yvonne Gallagher Jan 18, 2023:
@ Tony @ Ice Scream Really looks wierd to these eyes. And I have translated and proofed a lot of architectural and real estate stuff.

Double-height space very popular these days. All the makeover programmes have several but usually, in this part of the world, the living/dining/ kitchen is on the ground floor and part or all of the mezzanine is given over to a lounge area, and sometimes a master bedroom on the other side. However, never seen it described in such a bizarre way
Tony M Jan 18, 2023:
@ Yvonne I think you'll find this is a perfectly standard (though possibly AE) real-estate term.
I believe it just means that you enter the living room on the 'top' level, and then go down into the lower part, so if you like, the reverse of a classic situation with say a mezzanine.
Christopher Schröder Jan 18, 2023:
I'd say it's native English in note form.
It's not 100% clear what is meant, but it's quite common in "architect-designed" houses for living rooms to extend upwards a storey with loads of glass and a galleried landing, so it's probably something like that.
Agree it'd be best to check though!
Yvonne Gallagher Jan 18, 2023:
@ Asker This was not written by an English native or perhaps was badly translated trom some other language. You should ask the client for pictures or plans to help you work out what's intended

Responses

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High ceilings

What they were trying to say în a bad way is that the living room had high ceilings, probably 2 storey high (from the top of the house to the ground bellow)
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further back is a double-height space

with elevated ceilings

Sometimes this space can act as a lightwell but in any case it adds drama to a room
Peer comment(s):

agree danya : what if the house has three stories? it'd be triple-height then ;)
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