RE: Splits were a trend like town houses are a trend. It's all uslabe above ground space, in theory, you still have to pick one that doesn't have water issues, or settling of the slab. There is one that I particularly like in North Seattle that is set up to be a Mother in Law. It has South West exposure, and the Mother in Law faces the South with the one bedroom, it could be two, but they made one big bedroom, on the North Side of the house. The garages are on the East, so the deck of the upper floor faces West. You can also do away with the split entry by having the stairs going up outside the house. The stair well is constructed to have the doorway up, or down. This particular house has enough side yard to make a nice entry for the up stairs, and reverse the stair well. Just think of it as a box. you can do anything you want with. That was the idea. The city rubber stamped them, but I have seen some really nice work on some. Some you wouldn't recognize. Rate this comment: 2 0

by Josef 06:18:00 AM 2012.05.16