ᐅ Single-Family House Floor Plan with Gable Roof – Opinions, Feedback, Suggestions

Created on: 10 Jul 2016 20:30

Hello everyone,

Although our planning is already quite advanced, I would appreciate your feedback, critical opinions, or suggestions (hopefully not meaning "redo everything" :-) ).

Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 454 sqm (4,887 sq ft)
Slope
Site coverage ratio 0.3
Floor area ratio 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary line see attachment
Edge development: new residential area
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 2
Roof shape: None specified
architectural style: None specified
Orientation: south-southeast (SSE)
Maximum heights/limits top edge (of foundation) 11.0 m (36 ft) above ground level
Additional requirements: Extensive greening of garage roofs

Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: gable roof (flat anthracite tiles) with hipped gable (pre-weathered zinc), dormer with flat roof, red-brown clinker brick, anthracite windows
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults in mid-30s; 2 children (1 and 4 years)
Space requirements on ground and upper floor: utility room and study (partly home office)/guest room (combined)
Office: family use or home office?
Number of overnight guests per year
Open or closed layout: rather closed
Conservative or modern building style: classic to modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: partially open
Number of dining spaces: at least 6 (one central dining table)
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: no – TV unit instead
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes/particulars/daily routine

House Design
Planner: architect
-contractor’s planner
-architect
-Do-it-yourself by you
What do you like most? Staircase, bathroom, living room
What do you like least? Actually nothing. Possibly that there is no “real” walk-in closet.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: 410,000 EUR
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings:
Preferred heating technology: gas condensing boiler/solar thermal system

If you had to give up certain details/extensions
-can you give up: basement; full staircase instead of a pull-out attic ladder (currently also planned this way); shower in guest WC (already omitted)
-cannot give up: fireplace

Thank you and best regards
kassiopeia

Otus1117 Jul 2016 15:25

#13

Upper floor: The 11.5 cm (4.5 inches) wall next to the washbasin and the sound of running water will not please Child 2 either....

kassiopeia17 Jul 2016 20:39

#14

kbt09 schrieb:
And this should be checked, to make sure the headroom on the staircase isn’t too low:

Hello kbt09,

thank you for the valuable tip. We will discuss it again with our architect.

Best regards
kassiopeia

kassiopeia17 Jul 2016 20:46

#15

Curly schrieb:
How is that supposed to work in the bathroom? Whether a child is using the toilet or you… every time you first have to walk all the way to the far end of the bathroom and lock an additional door. Later, you have to unlock both doors again. My two kids would never manage that, and I would always end up standing in front of the locked bathroom door having to go around the outside, which is very inconvenient.

Best regards
Sabine

Hello Sabine,

good point, I also mentioned this to my wife (the two bathroom doors are her absolute wish). However, the bathroom upstairs is mainly used only by us, and we never actually lock it. This will probably change once the children enter puberty. The idea is perhaps to have an indicator light in the light switch or something similar to show whether someone is in the bathroom. We will discuss this with our electrician – otherwise, we are of course open to other suggestions :-).

Best regards
kassiopeia

kassiopeia17 Jul 2016 20:58

#16

Otherwise, I would especially appreciate opinions on the placement of the fireplace and the living room in general – particularly regarding the windows on the left side of the plan. Thank you very much.

Curly18 Jul 2016 07:29

#17

kassiopeia schrieb:

This might change once the kids reach puberty. The idea is possibly to use an indicator light on the light switch or something similar to show if someone is in the bathroom. We will discuss this with our electrician – but of course, we are open to other suggestions 🙂.

Believe me, when kids hit puberty, they will lock the bathroom door, so an indicator light won’t help. My children used to leave the doors open most of the time, but that changes as soon as they enter puberty; from then on, ALL doors are ALWAYS locked 🙂. I would think carefully about this before ending up facing a locked bathroom door for years and having to always find a way around it.

Best regards,
Sabine

bluminger18 Jul 2016 14:59

#18

The living and dining rooms have very little storage space if the sofa is placed as shown.

ᐅ Single-Family House Floor Plan with Gable Roof – Opinions, Feedback, Suggestions

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