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I’ve been to many old mansion estates, and in hotter climates the maid staff would have the upstairs rooms with potentially the best rooms. (Although the rooms
by yieldcrv 1y ago
I’ve been to many old mansion estates, and in hotter climates the maid staff would have the upstairs rooms with potentially the best rooms. (Although the rooms were designed to be afterthoughts for maids.) I found that interesting, whats desirable has completely flipped based on our ability to make it comfortable.
- anon7000 1y agoI mean, attics and top floors with no AC often get swelteringly lot because heat rises
- arccy 1y agoplus heat transfer from the sun through the roof
- yieldcrv 1y agoYes, you explained the comment AC makes it comfortable if you have it
- bobthepanda 1y agoi think the confusing thing about parsing your comment is calling the maid's quarters the best rooms
- yieldcrv 1y agookay. let me clarify: penthouses and top floor rooms are the best rooms now because they can be kept cool, and have views. in the past the top floor rooms were the worst rooms because couldnt be kept cool, while also having views. in older estates, its interesting to see that the lowest ranked personnel were living in areas that are now coveted for the highest ranked personnel. due to their current ability to be kept cool.
- ashdksnndck 1y agoEven among recently constructed large houses, some of them have in-law or staff units at the top. Due to the huge size of the roof system, they can be awkward places where the ceiling gets low near the outside, few windows and poor natural light, etc.