ᐅ Single-family house floor plan, approximately 180 m², basement with a pitched roof

Created on: 27 Jul 2016 16:59

Hello everyone,

Attached is our floor plan, on which the detailed construction plan will be based in the coming days. We would appreciate any constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement.

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: approximately 850m² (9,150 sq ft)
Slope: yes, see terrain elevation image
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Edge development: yes
Number of parking spaces: 1.25
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof - visible roof truss
Roof pitch: 15-30 degrees
Architectural style: family house, country house
Orientation: north-south (planned)
Maximum cut on plot: 0.75m (2.5 ft)
Maximum fill on plot: 0.75m (2.5 ft)
Knee wall height:
Valley side: permitted up to 0.50m (20 inches) measured from top of raw ceiling to top of purlin;
Hill side: permitted up to 0.75m (30 inches), measured from top of raw ceiling to top of purlin.

Additional Specifications
Basement, floors: yes, 2
Number of occupants, ages: 4 (3, 6, 39, 41)
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Office: home office
Garage, carport: garage
Guest bedrooms: many
Open or closed architecture: open (living area)
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 8 (one central dining table)
Fireplace: yes

House Design
Designer: self-designed
What do you particularly like? Living area
What do you not like? The slope is somehow not being utilized, but we can’t think of any ideas
Preferred heating technology: gas condensing boiler seems appropriate since gas is available, but not yet finalized

Other Notes:

Parcel 4 in the site plan is ours
The 2m (6.5 ft) line is not yet drawn, as the roof pitch has not been definitively determined
Windows etc., especially on the upper floor, are also not yet 100% fixed; we would appreciate any tips
North is at the top
We have a slight (?) slope (from 511.65m (1,681 ft) in the southeast to 507.86m (1,666 ft) in the northwest), but we don’t know how to use it positively… perhaps someone has a good idea so we can take advantage of it
The kitchen island is shown as 60cm (24 inches) in the plan, but will actually be 1.10m (43 inches) wide – hence the space between the chairs and the kitchen island

Mike1234567890129 Jul 2016 08:13

#43

So, "short" is relative... He actually took 2 months for it, also inspected the site, carried out a topographical survey, and so on... but in the end, it was just hot air or nothing except three concept drawings that were completely useless.

An architect is still not ruled out, no question.

j.bautsch29 Jul 2016 08:27

#44

And did you tell him which points you didn’t like so that he could adjust them? Or did you give up right away?

Mike1234567890129 Jul 2016 09:01

#45

j.bautsch schrieb:
And did you tell him which points you didn’t like so he could adjust them? Or did you give up right away?

No, not that, but everything just took forever... 2 weeks here, 3 weeks there... eventually, we just got fed up.

Mike1234567890130 Jul 2016 19:40

#46

Here are a few views.
Compared to the first draft on page 1, the pantry no longer has a door but a window.
In addition, the garage has been moved to the north, as otherwise the bathroom window on the upper floor would not have fit.

The next step will be to review the entrance area again,
and modify the roof once more (it’s not quite how I envision it yet).

Then we will revisit the windows – currently, they still look a bit dull.

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kbt0930 Jul 2016 21:01

#47

Pantry change is fine... but otherwise, I don’t see any improvement? The furnishing is no longer visible, not even the room labels. How much roof overhang is there now in front of the kitchen? I would estimate about 350 cm (140 inches).

The kitchen still has the huge gap between the work aisles and the inconveniently distant fridge location.

Also, furnish the covered terrace. For example, I would suggest making the floor-to-ceiling windows on the right and left of the bay window more like regular windows, so you can at least place a corner bench or something in the niche of the covered terrace.

And then... where are the contour lines? There should probably be about 5 m (16 feet) of driveway in front of the garage. That means the house depth is about 19 m (62 feet) on the south side. According to the site plan:

there is a height difference of around 300 cm (10 feet) from the top left of the plan down to 19 m (62 feet) south on the right side of the plan... how is that going to be handled? Your latest plans offer no clarity on this.

Window solution in front of the staircase:

Hmm... cleaning?

Such a horizontal window in the living area:

I think it doesn’t match the large roof overhangs, and neither do the French balconies. Especially since these are right next to the dividing wall between the two children’s rooms. Furnish the children’s rooms... from the outside you will then have a nice full-height wardrobe wall there.

No, this doesn’t convince me, above all because the elevation concept is completely missing here.

ypg30 Jul 2016 21:29

#48

I thought the knee wall height was set relatively low in the building plan / site development plan. ?

ᐅ Single-family house floor plan, approximately 180 m², basement with a pitched roof

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