Penthouse – apartments located on the roof of a high building or a large separate area occupying the entire last floor of the house. In a literal translation from English, this is a stamped house. Penthouse must have an open terrace.
In today’s understanding, the penthouse can be considered elite apartments, most often two -level ones, on the top floor with a good panoramic view of the surrounding nature or city. Such apartments are considered the most expensive type of housing. The owner of the penthouse can have its own tennis court, pool, small garden, and sometimes a helicopter platform.
Initially, in the American sense, a penthouse meant a chic house for one family, occupying the entire roof of a skyscraper. It is believed that the first mention of penthouse dates back to the 16th century. But more plausible may be the version about the emergence of “houses in the fields of the hat”, and so you can translate this word, in the twenties of the last century. Their first owners were people from high society who did not spare money to satisfy their needs. Gorgeous parties, bathing in a huge pool, musical evenings, fireworks – this is how life flowed on the tops of skyscrapers.
In Russia, prestigious upper -story superstructures appeared only at the beginning of the twentieth century. The distinctive non -standard thinking of the Russian person rethought the meaning of the word “penthouse”. They began to call a two -level apartment on the top floor, the top floor of the building with a chic panorama, and sometimes just an attic.
The main characteristic of the penthouse, as mentioned above, is the personal open terrace. Unlike an attic that has broken shape according to the bends of the roof, the external walls of the penthouse are mainly vertical and even.
Glazing plays considerable importance. In such elite apartments, it is complete or partial. The feeling of freedom, the presence of open space is added by high ceilings, reaching in some buildings ten to two meters. The penthouse is equipped at the request of the customer, according to the flight of his imagination and financial capabilities. Almost all are exclusive options. And if we talk about prices, then they hesitate from one to fifteen million dollars. In some individual cases, they can be more expensive.