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Originally Posted by Architype
The split entrances is a thing they've been doing in NL since the 70s, it's more rare elsewhere. In Vancouver the entrances would almost certainly be at ground level. Why would you want stairs on the outside when they could be inside?
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I didn't understand KW's response but was afraid to ask.
So it's not as common elsewhere? Excluding houses from the early 1900s and earlier, a significant percentage have that elevated split level thing. You walk inside to a landing with stairs doing down and up directly in front of you. Often the living room floor is at the same height as this landing, but to get there you go up stairs to the hallway/bedrooms/kitchen, and then down stairs from the dining room and hallway to the living room.
I think it's a cheap way to get high ceilings in the living room, and to not have to blast down as far to provide a basement.