Choosing a house for a large family in which no one will interfere with each other

I have heard many stories when a family wants to build a house not only for themselves and their children, but also for their parents (parents of a husband or wife) to live with them. All together imagine happy scenarios when they will get together for breakfast on the terrace or in the living room, how they will spend evenings and holidays.

It's one thing when it's a house as a summer cottage, for weekend trips. For a week you have not seen your parents and each other has something to tell and discuss something. But when everyone lives together in the same house every day for months or years, then this idyll can malfunction.

Imagine two housewives (daughter-in-law and mother-in-law) and each of whom feels like an owner. There can be conflicts here. Even if everyone has an ideal relationship (and jokes about mother-in-law are not about you), then the noise from everyone can interfere with others.

For example, in the evening, children want to listen to music, young parents have a creaky bed, and the elderly want to be in silence (or maybe, on the contrary, listen to TV loudly). Sounds are especially strong in wooden houses. But even concrete floors and walls are not strong in noise absorption. What to do? Reduce the interior space of your home with thick walls and soundproofing? This will not fundamentally resolve the issue.

I believe that if you decide to live outside the city with your parents, then it is better to build a house for two families.

Such a house can be small, for example, up to 120 m2, but with separate front entrances and inside a door on the ground floor so that you can visit each other. Everyone feels like a master in their own half, but at the same time you live in the same house.

There is another version of the house, where no one bothers others - it consists of three sections.

This is a one-storey house offered for construction using CLT panel technology from cross-glued boards. But it can also be built using conventional frame technology.

The owners, their children and parents each have their own space, which does not intersect with other rooms in any way and does not have common walls. Shared here is only the kitchen, where, most likely, a large family will meet. Noises will not disturb others, but at the same time, everyone is in the same house.

Due to the larger area of ​​the outer walls, this option will be more expensive than one with shared walls. You also need to provide three bathrooms.

In the long term, your children, as part of their families, can come and settle down each in their own section. And everyone will feel like masters in their own part of the house. How do you like this concept?