ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a 150 sqm Single-Family Home Urban Villa

Hello everyone,

I have been quietly gathering tips here for some time, and now our house construction is becoming more concrete! Therefore, I would appreciate any advice and suggestions, as we are beginners and afraid of overlooking something.

Here are the details:

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 785m² (9,121 sq.ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Gross floor area index (GFAI): 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary: standard distances, see plot image
Edge development: garage will be built approximately 1m (3 ft) from the property boundary, which is allowed
Number of parking spaces: 2 per building
Number of floors: 2
Roof style: no requirement
Architectural style: no requirement
Orientation: no requirement
Maximum height / limits: max eaves height 6.5m (21 ft)
Other requirements: none

Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: modern, tent or hipped roof, urban villa
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2, both 31 years old
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: 150m² (1,615 sq.ft), large open living/dining area, guest room, 2 bathrooms
Office / home office: office space in guest room for occasional use
Overnight guests per year: rarely, only during holidays
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: undecided, either open or with glass sliding door, no dining table in kitchen
Number of dining seats: at least 6, extendable to 10
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: 1.5 garage + 1 carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, reasons why certain things should or should not be included

House Design
Who designed it: architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
- guest bathroom with shower
- large upper floor, large children’s rooms
- bedroom with walk-in closet
- covered entrance
What don’t you like? Why?
- kitchen too small

If you have to give up any features or expansions
- can give up: children’s rooms could be smaller
- cannot give up: garage, utility room, guest room

This is currently a draft plan with the window positions not yet finalized. Window positions and exterior views will be developed in the next step. The fireplace is also planned for the west wall between living and dining rooms.

I would still appreciate initial opinions and ideas on how to enlarge the kitchen. At the moment, our total area is about 152m² (1,636 sq.ft) and we do not want to go any larger overall.

Thank you very much!

Personally, I would find the bedroom too large. Keep in mind, you are only there to sleep and nothing except the bed is placed in this room.

Utility/technical room is very small, especially since you don’t have any storage space on the ground floor.
There is no cloakroom, which adds up quickly for 4 people.

Consider redesigning the upper floor to include a small utility room there. The bedroom/walk-in closet is quite large, and you could probably take at least 1 sqm (11 sq ft) from the other rooms as well.

What ceiling height are you planning for the rooms?
In the current design, the staircase covers 2 steps plus the landing. If I were you, I would ask the architect for a section drawing that clearly shows the ceiling height at the landing. With typical ceiling heights of about 2.50 meters (8 feet 2 inches), that could become very tight or even impossible.

But this is actually @kbt09’s area of expertise.

How do you plan to furnish the living room? Probably not as shown in the drawing, right?
If you place the sofa on the right side of the plan, I could imagine there might be an issue with the TV placement because of the window on the left side of the plan.

MIA_SAN_MIA__ schrieb:
Personally, the bedroom seems too large to me. Keep in mind, you’re only sleeping there and nothing except the bed will be placed.

The ironing board might also be placed there.

@TE
Please explain the hallway: is that really supposed to be a double half-landing staircase? And is it closed or open?
Where have you planned your coat storage?

I initially thought you could easily do without the horizontally aligned wall in the kitchen. If the staircase is closed and there is a coat storage somewhere, the hallway becomes completely overcrowded!
I’m not very fond of the split hallway. How wide are the legs (sections) supposed to be?
There isn’t enough clean storage space. I see potential upstairs if you give up the wasteful T-shaped layout in the bathroom.

But maybe you should simply consider a staircase that takes up less space.

Best regards in brief

That is certainly possible, as I am still inexperienced myself.