To tackle a debate as old as time itself we at torontorentals your base for finding a good ol rental have been soul searching in order to discover the answer to one of the most philosophically perplexing questions known to man.
Ground floor vs first floor which is better.
For many people living in tcc apartments life is better on the top floor.
And now for the very insightful and thoroughly researched analysis.
On the ground floor you also do not have any neighbors below you.
The ground floor first floor and storeys in british and american english the ground floor and first floor in british and american english april 9 2012 by stuart cook 7 anu priya may 28 2014 10 04 pm reply.
The american convention is that the floor inside a building which is on the ground is called the first floor and the floor above that is called the second floor and so forth.
We lived in a first and second floor flat too until ds was 18 months and it was a nightmare getting the buggy up and down the stairs we had stairs up to the front door too especially with shopping too.
I don t have statistics to back me up but it just stands to reason that you re more at risk of break in on the ground floor.
Never a ground floor or a basement and the higher the better really well without getting into towerblock territory.
At that time i was living in a top floor apartment.
This is my theory.
University elevators have a first floor but the ground floor usually floor 2 is denoted with a star to indicate the ground floor.
So if a building has one ground floor and a 1st floor and 2nd floor british.
And with a first floor entry you can show your neighbors what s up and hulk carry all of your groceries in at once.
Ground floor is used to describe the floor on the ground because the first floor is actually the basement.
That friends is the question.
The term ground doesn t need to be qualified there is no such thing as a second ground whereas any building can have one or more floors or storeys.
I absolutely wouldn t consider anything not on the ground floor.
From personal experience i can say that one should not buy rent ground floor at any cost.
Top floor of a three four storey building is perfect.
The stairs will give you a bit of exercise.
To live on the ground floor or to live on an upper floor.