Hello,
we have been considering building a single-family house on the existing plot owned by my parents for some time now. The more we have worked on it, the more concrete the project has become, and we are now close to submitting the building permit / planning application.
Based on our own designs, two architectural plans have been developed in the meantime. I redrew the one we prefer to better test our ideas. I would appreciate your feedback on a few points before I share our change requests with the architect.
The questions are marked in bold in the questionnaire.
Development plan
Plot size: 10.20m (34 feet) wide and 30m (98 feet) long
Slope: 0.80m (31 inches) from the sidewalk to the garage entrance
Roof shape: Currently open, a flat roof is planned because we are not allowed to exceed the height of the neighbor’s roof terrace at the rear. Would it make sense to plan a shallow shed roof at the front? Our idea is to place skylights on the south side to make the hallway brighter. Is it possible to get an assessment of which roof shape would be most advantageous?
Maximum heights: approximately 5.60-5.80m (18-19 feet) in the narrow rear section
No basement, 2 stories
Number of occupants: 4
Office: Home office
Music/stereo wall: position open. The load-bearing wall in the living room is to remain, and the TV is planned for the wall on the staircase side.
Fireplace: position open, depending on the load-bearing wall in the living room. Ideally, it would be next to the staircase. However, the chimney pipe would be located at the property boundary there. An alternative would be integrating it into the load-bearing wall.
House design
Who designed the plan:
- Architect; redrawn by me for exploring options
- What don’t we like?
1. We would like to narrow the hallway to 2.20m (7.2 feet) to make the kitchen and the rooms upstairs wider. Possibly, we would also make the narrower part of the house 20cm (8 inches) wider to achieve a kitchen width of 3.90m (13 feet). Currently, in our opinion, the kitchen does not have enough space to integrate a 92cm (36 inches) wide refrigerator. It might be possible to place the refrigerator along the side load-bearing wall next to the hallway. To avoid making the total area too large, we would prefer to reduce the width of the entrance hall by about 30-40cm (12-16 inches).
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 280,000
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump; position unclear. Possibly in the utility room or storage room, as there will likely be a lack of space on the ground floor.
I am looking forward to your comments
we have been considering building a single-family house on the existing plot owned by my parents for some time now. The more we have worked on it, the more concrete the project has become, and we are now close to submitting the building permit / planning application.
Based on our own designs, two architectural plans have been developed in the meantime. I redrew the one we prefer to better test our ideas. I would appreciate your feedback on a few points before I share our change requests with the architect.
The questions are marked in bold in the questionnaire.
Development plan
Plot size: 10.20m (34 feet) wide and 30m (98 feet) long
Slope: 0.80m (31 inches) from the sidewalk to the garage entrance
Roof shape: Currently open, a flat roof is planned because we are not allowed to exceed the height of the neighbor’s roof terrace at the rear. Would it make sense to plan a shallow shed roof at the front? Our idea is to place skylights on the south side to make the hallway brighter. Is it possible to get an assessment of which roof shape would be most advantageous?
Maximum heights: approximately 5.60-5.80m (18-19 feet) in the narrow rear section
No basement, 2 stories
Number of occupants: 4
Office: Home office
Music/stereo wall: position open. The load-bearing wall in the living room is to remain, and the TV is planned for the wall on the staircase side.
Fireplace: position open, depending on the load-bearing wall in the living room. Ideally, it would be next to the staircase. However, the chimney pipe would be located at the property boundary there. An alternative would be integrating it into the load-bearing wall.
House design
Who designed the plan:
- Architect; redrawn by me for exploring options
- What don’t we like?
1. We would like to narrow the hallway to 2.20m (7.2 feet) to make the kitchen and the rooms upstairs wider. Possibly, we would also make the narrower part of the house 20cm (8 inches) wider to achieve a kitchen width of 3.90m (13 feet). Currently, in our opinion, the kitchen does not have enough space to integrate a 92cm (36 inches) wide refrigerator. It might be possible to place the refrigerator along the side load-bearing wall next to the hallway. To avoid making the total area too large, we would prefer to reduce the width of the entrance hall by about 30-40cm (12-16 inches).
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 280,000
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump; position unclear. Possibly in the utility room or storage room, as there will likely be a lack of space on the ground floor.
I am looking forward to your comments
nightdancer schrieb:
So what if I did?There is an architectural plan! It has been signed off by the client.
Therefore, comments about hiring an architect are unnecessary.
He is welcome to ask for our opinion here.
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nightdancer23 May 2016 15:54ypg schrieb:
There is an architect's plan! This has been signed off by the original poster.
Therefore, any comments about hiring an architect are unnecessary.The architectural drafts are based on personal sketches. I did not recommend hiring an architect, but rather to let them work freely without unnecessary restrictions.
Also, why is the draft being reduced in size instead of being photographed? It would be more credible that it is not 100% personal sketches.
Thank you, Yvonne. I didn’t know how to respond.
Caspar, we are planning with around 300,000, 280,000 would be great.
We are aware of the issue with the built-over garage; otherwise, we would need three floors, so the additional cost is probably roughly the same, isn’t it?
Because of the perimeter construction, the attached sections on both sides will only have a thin layer of insulation, and I hope this will save on insulation and plastering costs.
It should be KfW 55 standard.
The heating system will be an air-source heat pump with an outdoor unit. The outdoor unit could possibly be placed on the flat roof.
Caspar, we are planning with around 300,000, 280,000 would be great.
We are aware of the issue with the built-over garage; otherwise, we would need three floors, so the additional cost is probably roughly the same, isn’t it?
Because of the perimeter construction, the attached sections on both sides will only have a thin layer of insulation, and I hope this will save on insulation and plastering costs.
It should be KfW 55 standard.
The heating system will be an air-source heat pump with an outdoor unit. The outdoor unit could possibly be placed on the flat roof.
And then the children's rooms... do they really have to be on the street side and facing north? They would be much better situated facing the garden, to the south/east.
The utility room also gets a sunny spot, so why not somewhere along the top wall in the plan?
TV on the top wall in the plan? Have you checked the distances? It seems way too far from the sofa area.
10.20 m (33.5 ft) building gap
of which
6.13 m (20 ft) interior house width
0.73 m (2.4 ft) exterior walls
0.36 m (1.2 ft) support wall for the driveway canopy
leaves
just under 3 m (9.8 ft) driveway width or parking space. That doesn’t leave much room for passage to the door.
The utility room also gets a sunny spot, so why not somewhere along the top wall in the plan?
TV on the top wall in the plan? Have you checked the distances? It seems way too far from the sofa area.
10.20 m (33.5 ft) building gap
of which
6.13 m (20 ft) interior house width
0.73 m (2.4 ft) exterior walls
0.36 m (1.2 ft) support wall for the driveway canopy
leaves
just under 3 m (9.8 ft) driveway width or parking space. That doesn’t leave much room for passage to the door.
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