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

Created on: 23 Apr 2017 12:45
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infors
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

Site plan: Plot with central building area 12×14 m, surrounding 2-story houses.
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ypg
23 Apr 2017 17:18
Hand-drawn floor plan sketch of a house with interior walls and outdoor area


Or like this. Here the main terrace is closer to the kitchen.
Arrows indicate possible sightlines.
For an evening sundowner, people usually set up an additional seating area in another corner of the garden anyway, from where they can see their house.

Best regards in brief
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kbt09
23 Apr 2017 18:11
@ypg .. Yvonne, every user can set this up so that it is not visible.
11ant23 Apr 2017 20:12
ypg schrieb:
@kbt09
@11ant can you see the posts made by @infors through their profile? For me, it seems limited...

When I clicked on their username, I only saw the restriction notice. However, by clicking the number of posts beside the speech bubble icon in the gray box next to the posts, I found nine posts listed and was able to view them. These are spread across three topics; the other two are the elevator retrofit and the integration of the boiler room into the bathroom.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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ypg
23 Apr 2017 20:47
11ant schrieb:
When I clicked on his username, I only saw the restriction notice. Clicking on the number of posts next to the speech bubble icon in the gray box beside the posts, I saw nine posts listed and was able to view them. They are spread across three topics; the other two relate to the elevator retrofit and the integration of the boiler room into the bathroom.

Ah, yes, thanks. I always accessed it through the profile... I thought something might have gone wrong when the moderator status was reset to a regular user.

Best regards, Yvonne
11ant23 Apr 2017 21:31
ypg schrieb:
when demoting Mod to normal user

oh, why is that? (I hadn’t noticed at all) – I was already wondering how a Mod wouldn’t be able to see something...
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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ypg
23 Apr 2017 21:47
11ant schrieb:
oh, why is that? (I hadn’t even noticed) – I was already wondering how a moderator could miss something…

Off-topic: I just wanted to join the crowd again

Best regards, Yvonne