Spacious corridors

I often take long walks in my neighbourhood which is filled with both houses and those that partially constructed (house shells) because I almost have no control over my curiosity especially when it comes to houses.

I often ask the caretakers permission to walk through these shells and I can tell you, the ideas you people come up with with leave me wondering. Some ideas and designs are breathtaking. I keep asking myself why I never knew about them before putting up mine? And others, are downright awful. It is unbelievable!

My husband often gets the short end of the stick during these walks because he is the one I find myself putting on the question firing board.I Why would they do this? So I ask.How can they put this wall here? Why make a small entrance on this sid? why? how come? when? What? etc

There is this particular house with an incredibly amazing view of the housing estate from many angles but the corridor! You may think I am exaggerating but this corridor, which is on the ground level, is not more than 60cm wide.

Only one slim person can go through at a time without bruising their shoulders against the walls.My mind keeps racing. Does the owner have children? Has he actually entered the house physically or is he living abroad and he has got someone building it for him? I was speechless. I could not get answers to all the questions in my mind.

Some of the possibilities one should take into consideration are that for some, with age, comes increased in body weight.
Also, as we get older mobility can becomes difficult. Therefore ,corridors should at least be 1-metre-wide to make it easy for a wheel chair to go through if needed.

Leave enough space for mobility incase hand rails or grab bars are installed along the walls for support. Elderly people tend to get exhausted easily so these would be handy.

As we build or re-model our houses, it is important to remember that the end game is for the house not to become unhabitable to live in as we grow older.