A corner apartment has pluses and minuses in approximately equal proportions. In a multi-storey building, this is an ambiguous option. It became a subject of controversy from the very beginning of the construction of panel high-rise buildings in the early sixties. There are both supporters and opponents of this living space. In a corner apartment, the pros and cons depend on its location. This housing can be divided by geometry. There are rooms with an outside corner. There is also a living space with an internal corner. When choosing between them, preference is usually given to the one that has an external corner.
The layout of corner apartments depends entirely on the project documentation, according to which this or that house was built. Apartments can be either open-plan or divided into separate rooms. They can be with one, two, three or more living quarters. Let's take a closer look at this property in the most common types of multi-storey buildings.
Apartment in a panel house
Cons in a corner panel apartmentoutweigh the positives. At the same time, such housing can be safely attributed to the most problematic type. Often this is due to the fact that a lot of errors were made during the construction of these houses. The walls are quite thin. They usually do not have insulation. Also, the seams between the panels are poorly made and, accordingly, freeze strongly. In view of this, these buildings are the coldest.
Cons of a corner apartment
It's cold in these apartments. The temperature can be 2-3 degrees lower than that of the neighbors. Corner housing with an external corner is subject to such a strong loss of heat. The location of the living space on the top floor of the building also contributes to intense heat loss. If the room is located on the windy side of the house, then this can further aggravate the situation. In especially advanced cases, the difference can reach 10 degrees.
You can get rid of this, but it will cost some investment. First you need to check all the seams. If they are in an unsatisfactory condition, then they must be repaired. Next, you should insulate the room with a layer of thermal insulation. If the panel house is already old, and the windows in it have never been changed, then you need to pay very close attention to them. Most likely, they no longer cope with the function of thermal insulation. Wooden windows begin to rot and mold over time. Also, water condensate appears on the glasses themselves. If you see this on your windows, then they are already letting in the cold and it's time to change them.
It is also important to pay attention toheating system. There are cases when there are simply not enough heating batteries in the corner rooms. In this case, it is necessary to mount additional sections of radiators. It is also important to control the cleanliness inside the batteries themselves. To do this, it is necessary to clean the internal cavities in them once a year so that hot water can circulate freely through them and give off heat to the room.
Mold and condensation may appear on the walls of the corner room. This is due to the fact that they freeze. In such a situation, the temperature on the inner surface of the walls in the room falls below the level of air heating. Consequently, a difference of heat and cold is formed and moisture begins to condense on this surface. A wet wall is a great breeding ground for all kinds of mold. Mushroom spores, as well as their metabolic products, have a very negative effect on the he alth of the inhabitants of the apartment.
Also, moisture on the walls and pockets of mold spoil not only the aesthetic appearance, but also gradually destroy the surfaces on which they appeared. Wallpaper, carpets, paintings - everything is gradually falling into disrepair.
To get rid of this scourge, a number of measures must be taken. The first is to eliminate the source of cold (measures already indicated above). The second is to carry out regular airing of the rooms. You can do this both manually and install the air conditioner. After that, problems with mold and damp walls will disappear.
Drafts are another headache that needs immediate attention. draftsindoors are extremely undesirable, as they very quickly lead to colds among the residents of this apartment. They are eliminated by sealing the seams between the panels and filling the joints between the window and the wall with mounting foam. This problem cannot be put up with and put off, as the cost of permanent treatment can be much higher than the cost of correcting the causes of drafts.
In the warm season, another problem may manifest itself - excessive heating of the corner room by the sun's rays. To avoid this, you can leave the room for ventilation, as well as close the curtains so that sunlight does not get in excess inside.
Corner rooms, especially if they are on the lower floors, often become the object of close observation by neighbors living in neighboring houses on the upper floors. Only closed curtains or curtains can solve this problem.
Pros
A corner apartment in a panel house has its advantages. On the positive side, such a living area is usually cheaper than the neighboring one, which is not a corner one. This is due to the fact that buyers try to avoid buying such housing. Accordingly, if you buy such a property, you can save a lot of money. It is worth noting separately that the amounts spent on finalizing an apartment are usually lower than the difference in price. Therefore, such an acquisition is a profitable investment.
If the windows in the corner room face different sides of the horizon, then fromyou can benefit a lot from this. Firstly, it is natural ventilation in the room. It is enough just to put on airing both windows. Everything else will happen without your participation already. Secondly, you can choose your favorite view from the window and enjoy it all the time. Thirdly, with such an arrangement of windows, you will always have a lot of sunlight in your room.
Apartment in a brick house
And in such a house, a corner apartment has pluses and minuses. The walls in brick buildings, especially those built during the Soviet period, are quite thick. In some cases, they reach a thickness of half a meter or more. Therefore, you should not worry about freezing of the outer walls.
Flaws
The disadvantages of a corner apartment in a brick house are the same as in panel houses - it is cold. Brick buildings are usually old, which means that windows and radiators have already served their purpose. Replace windows with modern plastic or high-quality wooden ones. Batteries are also better to put new, but in extreme cases, you can just clean.
Dignity
Thick walls have their advantages. So, for example, a thick brick wall retains heat much better and cools down more slowly. If your heating is turned off for half a day, you won't even notice it.
In the summer, as a rule, these houses are cooler than others. Even during extreme heat outside, the room will maintain a comfortable temperature. There is no great need to install forced air conditioning systems. Multi-row brickwork also provides such a pleasant effect.
In such houses, window sills are usually very wide. It is convenient for growing indoor plants on them, as well as seedlings of vegetable crops in the spring.
Apartment in a new building
A corner apartment in a new building has pluses and minuses too. Housing in such buildings usually meets modern quality standards, but there are exceptions here. You need to be very careful about buying suspiciously cheap apartments. Often such a structure was erected with violations of building codes and may be fraught with any defects.
Negative sides
So, for example, a construction company could save on insulation and soundproofing. In the first case, the corner apartment will be cooler than the neighbors. The apartment will have to be additionally insulated.
If you can't sleep because of street noise, then most likely there are problems with soundproofing. In this case, it remains either to put up with the problem, or to repair at your own expense.
Positives
There are pluses and minuses for corner apartments. Usually they are the sunniest, it is pleasant to be in them. It is also worth noting that there are much fewer neighbors in corner apartments, especially on the first and last floor of the building. And the likelihood that they will annoy you is naturally lower.
Owner Reviews
The opinions of the owners of such housing are very different. Considering when buying the "pros" and "cons" of a corner apartment, you can meetmany opinions. Some got the property without problems and complaints. And they are completely satisfied with it. Others bought it with some flaws and modified it to suit their needs.
Some owners are trying to simply get rid of such real estate, so as not to burden themselves with worries about landscaping. A certain part of the population does not consider the presence of any defects in their housing a cause for concern at all and live quietly in it, despite the problems.
Individual families generally tend to buy a corner apartment on the top floor of the house. They explain this by the fact that there is the smallest number of neighbors. And the cost of such housing is often much lower than average prices.
