ᐅ Preliminary Floor Plan Sketch – Room for Improvement?

Created on: 23 Dec 2016 22:39
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ravosch
Hello everyone,

I would really appreciate your help with my situation!

Plot: 605 m² (6500 ft²), width 18.7 m (61 ft) – length about 32.x m (105.x ft)
Current house size: width 8.09 m (27 ft) – length 11.84 m (39 ft) (length and width can still be changed)

At the moment, I’m really struggling with the layout of the ground floor. I’m quite unsure about the arrangement of the rooms. Everything is still open to change.

The living room should be relatively large and face west, the kitchen definitely needs to be closed off, and there should be a pantry, a study, and a utility/technical room. The layout of these rooms is still completely flexible. What do you think of this current floor plan? The double garage will be built right on the property line, so there will still be a passage about 3 to 4 m (10 to 13 ft) wide at the bottom leading to the backyard.

In the southwest corner of the living room, there are currently two fixed large windows designed to replace a conservatory. The upper door is meant to be a terrace door leading out to the backyard.

All doors could also be sliding doors, although that might only make sense for the pantry or for the entrance to the living room from the kitchen/hallway.

An advantage of placing the pantry here is that it wouldn’t require a window, since the double garage is blocking the exterior wall.

Once I have the ground floor roughly finalized, I can focus on the upper floor, otherwise it’s driving me crazy. I think that the arrangement of the halfway staircase landing will make it somewhat easier to divide the upper floor into four reasonably sized rooms.

I would be very grateful for any further tips!!

Best regards,
ravosch
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ravosch
20 Feb 2017 17:24
Here is the floor plan again, showing roughly how I imagine the furniture layout.

2D floor plan of a house with kitchen, dining area, living room, office, and utility room
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Nordlys
20 Feb 2017 17:30
The north entrance would be simple if the garage wing is shifted westward and placed directly against the house, without a path in between. The entrance would then be located where the 180 cm (6 feet) staircase is now. The staircase would be positioned straight next to the entrance. This would create a very cozy southwest corner in the garden.
11ant20 Feb 2017 17:49
The swing directions of the living room and kitchen doors look messed up to me. 29.98 instead of 30 square meters (322.9 square feet) for the living room: no one will notice the difference ;-)
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RobsonMKK20 Feb 2017 20:13
Before relying on the door frames for support, the interior walls do not align properly at the front or back. I assume a thickness of 10cm (4 inches)? For a realistic calculation and to avoid unpleasant surprises, set it to 18cm (7 inches) instead (17.5cm does not work, unfortunately).
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ravosch
20 Feb 2017 21:22
You’re right, even the architect drew it incorrectly. The interior walls are "ready for technical installations" and 12.5cm (5 inches) thick. Thanks for the tip.
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j.bautsch
21 Feb 2017 08:13
I would swap the utility room and the WC, so there isn’t an extra door right at the entrance and there is more space available for a coat rack. The WC can then also be aligned with the staircase depth. Additionally, this way you won’t have to walk through any grit or melted snow when you want to go to the WC in your cozy socks during winter 😉