Tried to make +layout groups and cannot make it work?

[JimNayzium]

I have a folder in the roote named (group1) and inside it one +layout.svelte file and one folder with "folder/folder2/folder3/+page.svelte" in it.

And in the root next (group1) I have +layout.svelte.

No matter what I do, the deeper +page.svelte catches the +layout.svelte from the root also and combines them in an odd way. I tried removing the from the deeper one and no joy.

Will I need only paranthesis folders in the root and that is all? like

(group1) ---> / folder1/folder2/folder3

and (group2) ---> /rest of the routes?

I am so confused on how to do this I have taken almost embarrassingly all my saturday trying to just create the simplest of versions.