ᐅ Where should the terrace or living rooms be located if the street is on the west side?

Hello.
I have tried to accurately draw the surroundings of our plot to scale because we are having a hard time deciding where we would like to place the terrace and our living spaces.

The plot has a street with a 30 km/h (about 20 mph) speed limit zone on the west side. This is a street in a new development area that will consist of 40 single-family homes, so all the corresponding cars will be passing by our property. Our car parking spaces must also be located in the northwest.

I have often read that the terrace is preferably oriented to the west if you enjoy the sun. We do. However, for us, west would mean having the terrace facing the street side. We are somewhat unsure about the noise from the cars. It is hard to assess that with a 30 km/h (about 20 mph) zone.
There is also a maximum 80 cm (about 31 inches) high fence allowed, so people would be able to see directly onto our plates if the terrace faced west. The same would apply if we placed the dining room on the west side. And ideally, we would not want to be watched so much in the living room either...

I know the perfect solution (sun from morning until evening plus total privacy) does not exist...
Still, we would be interested in where you would place the garden terrace if you were in our position and which rooms you would locate on the west side of the house.

Looking forward to your ideas and suggestions.

Peter

infors schrieb:
West, in our case, would mean having the terrace facing the street side. We are a bit unsure about the noise from cars. It’s hard to judge in a 30 km/h (18.6 mph) zone.
Also, there can be a maximum 80 cm (31.5 inches) high fence, so people would be able to see directly onto our plates with a west-facing terrace.

Since people can’t be at Schnuckline in Baden-Württemberg and with you in North Rhine-Westphalia at the same time, the crowd of onlookers will be limited.

There are two types of 30 km/h (18.6 mph) zones: streets that only serve a residential area and are not used as shortcuts or traffic light bypasses for commuters (and don’t lead to a supermarket) tend to be quiet.

With low fences, speeding drivers worry that you can clearly see their license plates, so they tend to stick to the noise limits. As long as the municipality doesn’t install speed bumps on the road, there shouldn’t be much noise. By the way, you’re safest from such crazy ideas in the street where the building official lives.

Side privacy screens for terraces can definitely be taller. I wouldn’t worry too much about that.

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... furthermore, a wide terrace on the south side would fit wonderfully here, which also receives sunlight from the west. On the west side, a narrower terrace with a bench to enjoy the evening sun.

Is the fence allowed to be only 80cm (31.5 inches) high on every side of the property, or just on the street side (open front yard)?
For example, I would enclose one corner of the terrace with some form of privacy screen (such as a shrub or hedge) anyway, and then plant a solitary shrub between the terrace and, for example, the driveway along the sightline to provide privacy.
I will try to sketch it out.

Best regards, Yvonne

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