Posted by Bayut.com

A report outlining the advantages and disadvantages of housing in the real estate units "penthouse" category.

Privacy is one of the basics of living in the penthouse.

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A recent report by the Bayut.com website, which specializes in real estate research, identified the advantages and disadvantages of housing in the "penthouse", which has spread recently.

According to the report seen by "Emirates Today", the penthouses are often located on the upper floors of high-rise buildings and towers, where their basic idea is that their four walls are made of glass, providing their residents with stunning panoramic views, and extending over an area of ​​an entire floor.

The report monitored a set of advantages to living in penthouses, which attract those looking for an opportunity to live in large apartments, perhaps the most prominent of which is complete privacy. Penthouses are usually available in the heart of major cities, and their residents enjoy panoramic views.

The report considered that the basics of housing in the "penthouse" that the residents are looking for is the privacy that characterizes it, as it is completely isolated from the surrounding environment, and it also provides space for the residents away from the neighbors.

He pointed out the calm provided by these apartments, where housing in the "penthouse" can help away from the inconvenience caused by the streets and the sounds of cars.

The advantages of the penthouse units include providing wonderful and charming views from all sides, because the walls are made of glass, and therefore the views they provide, whether on the main streets, beaches or green gardens, are among the most prominent advantages of living in the penthouse, according to the report.

The report continued: "Penthouse residents live in large areas, where this space can be used for many things, including outdoor spaces for summer sessions, and this is one of the main reasons why people live in penthouse units."

The Bayut report monitored several drawbacks to living in penthouses, most notably its great impact on summer temperatures. Living on the upper floors, residents feel a significant rise in temperatures more than the lower floors, because they are directly exposed to the sun and heat, as for the summer season. In winter, residents also feel double cold from all sides, as the walls are completely made of glass.

The report pointed out that the possibility of water leakage is one of the most prominent defects and challenges that the residents of the penthouse apartments can face. Other problems.

The report pointed out that the absence of an electric elevator, or its failure, is one of the biggest challenges that residents can face, so you must make sure that there is more than one elevator that serves the residents of the building or tower, so that you do not have to wait long to take the elevator, due to the increased pressure for its use by the population, or in the event of its failure.

He continued: «It is natural that the upper floors are the most vulnerable to the problem of poor water pumping inside the apartments, so you must make sure that the area you are considering moving to receives water in sufficient quantity to deliver it to the upper apartments, in addition to the availability of a separate water pump for each apartment to work better to connect Water, in most towers and buildings, water is delivered to the lower floors without the use of a pump.”

He stated, that in some construction operations, it is difficult to connect the columns to the upper floors, which leads with time to loosening in the walls or the occurrence of cracks, and although this is rare, it must be noted, and to ensure that there are no such Defects.

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