Hello everyone,
after reading here for a while, I would now like to ask for advice.
We are planning to build a bungalow. At the moment, we keep going in circles with the floor plan.
I will first answer the questionnaire
Development plan.....not available /restrictions
Plot size.....1000 sqm (12,000 sq ft)
Slope.....no
Floor area ratio.....0.4
Site coverage ratio
Building envelope, building line and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of storeys
Roof shape
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights/limits
Other requirements
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type.....Bungalow with hipped or gable roof
Basement, floors
Number of people, ages....2 adults and two children (8 and 14)
Space requirements on ground floor, upper floor.....see floor plan
Office: family use or home office?.....will be a multipurpose room: guest, hobby, and office
Overnight guests per year
open or closed layout.....closed kitchen with dining area
conservative or modern construction style
open kitchen, cooking island.....cooking island
Number of dining seats.....6-10
Fireplace.....no
Music/stereo wall
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport.....double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for preferences or refusals.....storage room to replace a basement
House design
Who designed the plan:
-Builder's planner
-Architect
-Do-it-yourself....designed by ourselves
What do you especially like? Why?.....west terrace with access from the kitchen, children’s rooms with shower bathroom as one unit
What do you dislike? Why?.....kitchen may be too dark, cloakroom in entrance vestibule hard to implement, pantry without a window
Price estimate according to architect/planner:.....Builder approx. 1300 €/sqm (approx. $150/sq ft) plus painting, flooring, and landscaping costs
Personal price limit for the house including equipment:
Preferred heating technology:.....air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details/finishes
-can you do without:
-can’t do without:
Why is the design the way it is? For example
Standard design from builder?
Which requests were implemented by the architect?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What makes it, in your opinion, particularly good or bad?
Some key data about the plot: the south border (street side) is about 20 m (66 ft), the access road to the property must be here. The middle of the plot is about 21 m (69 ft) wide, and the northern border about 23 m (75 ft), surveying was done last week. The plot is bordered on the south and east by a wall; the other two boundaries will still be built. There is an opening in the wall on the east side leading to a lane, so we would like to create a short access path to the property and house there.
The floor plan was basically determined by the number of rooms, all of which must be included. However, I am concerned that the roof over the terrace and the narrow window will make the kitchen too dark. Otherwise, I would also like improvements in the entrance area and bathroom; I imagine a T-shaped layout rather than the current arrangement. The layout of the children’s rooms with the shower bathroom is more or less fixed, as is the distance between the parents’ area and the terrace.
Any ideas what could be changed? I keep going in circles. I have made a whole stack of sketches but keep returning to this layout. There is no development plan. We have submitted a building code pre-application; the land was previously classified as garden land, and building permission was granted under §34.
Thank you very much for reading, it got quite long.
Yvonne
after reading here for a while, I would now like to ask for advice.
We are planning to build a bungalow. At the moment, we keep going in circles with the floor plan.
I will first answer the questionnaire
Development plan.....not available /restrictions
Plot size.....1000 sqm (12,000 sq ft)
Slope.....no
Floor area ratio.....0.4
Site coverage ratio
Building envelope, building line and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of storeys
Roof shape
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights/limits
Other requirements
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type.....Bungalow with hipped or gable roof
Basement, floors
Number of people, ages....2 adults and two children (8 and 14)
Space requirements on ground floor, upper floor.....see floor plan
Office: family use or home office?.....will be a multipurpose room: guest, hobby, and office
Overnight guests per year
open or closed layout.....closed kitchen with dining area
conservative or modern construction style
open kitchen, cooking island.....cooking island
Number of dining seats.....6-10
Fireplace.....no
Music/stereo wall
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport.....double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for preferences or refusals.....storage room to replace a basement
House design
Who designed the plan:
-Builder's planner
-Architect
-Do-it-yourself....designed by ourselves
What do you especially like? Why?.....west terrace with access from the kitchen, children’s rooms with shower bathroom as one unit
What do you dislike? Why?.....kitchen may be too dark, cloakroom in entrance vestibule hard to implement, pantry without a window
Price estimate according to architect/planner:.....Builder approx. 1300 €/sqm (approx. $150/sq ft) plus painting, flooring, and landscaping costs
Personal price limit for the house including equipment:
Preferred heating technology:.....air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details/finishes
-can you do without:
-can’t do without:
Why is the design the way it is? For example
Standard design from builder?
Which requests were implemented by the architect?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What makes it, in your opinion, particularly good or bad?
Some key data about the plot: the south border (street side) is about 20 m (66 ft), the access road to the property must be here. The middle of the plot is about 21 m (69 ft) wide, and the northern border about 23 m (75 ft), surveying was done last week. The plot is bordered on the south and east by a wall; the other two boundaries will still be built. There is an opening in the wall on the east side leading to a lane, so we would like to create a short access path to the property and house there.
The floor plan was basically determined by the number of rooms, all of which must be included. However, I am concerned that the roof over the terrace and the narrow window will make the kitchen too dark. Otherwise, I would also like improvements in the entrance area and bathroom; I imagine a T-shaped layout rather than the current arrangement. The layout of the children’s rooms with the shower bathroom is more or less fixed, as is the distance between the parents’ area and the terrace.
Any ideas what could be changed? I keep going in circles. I have made a whole stack of sketches but keep returning to this layout. There is no development plan. We have submitted a building code pre-application; the land was previously classified as garden land, and building permission was granted under §34.
Thank you very much for reading, it got quite long.
Yvonne
Hello Yvonne
The toilet in the storage room is great: can the furnished space even still be accessed?
Basically, the design could work if a wardrobe is added. This design hasn’t reinvented the bungalow—a simple sequence of rooms.
It’s positive that the children have their quiet space "upstairs."
On the downside, the open-plan kitchen and living area feels more like a very dark cave and can be quite uninviting as a passageway with three doors.
A bungalow can be designed to offer much more than just a plain, dark corridor layout accessed through a narrow entrance vestibule.
Personally, I’m not fond of this house.
Regards, Yvonne
The toilet in the storage room is great: can the furnished space even still be accessed?
Basically, the design could work if a wardrobe is added. This design hasn’t reinvented the bungalow—a simple sequence of rooms.
It’s positive that the children have their quiet space "upstairs."
On the downside, the open-plan kitchen and living area feels more like a very dark cave and can be quite uninviting as a passageway with three doors.
A bungalow can be designed to offer much more than just a plain, dark corridor layout accessed through a narrow entrance vestibule.
Personally, I’m not fond of this house.
Regards, Yvonne
ypg schrieb:
It’s unfortunate that the open-plan kitchen/living area feels more like a very dark cave, and with three doors as a passageway, it can feel quite uncomfortable.A single high-set window alone probably doesn’t bring much light—in addition, skylights could be added, but that wouldn’t be an ideal solution. Overall, the living-dining area still seems to have a lot of potential for improvement. If one of the patio doors already hits the sofa in the drawing, it won’t be any better in reality. The balance—both in terms of room layout and space allocation—between living and kitchen/dining areas still seems somewhat far from resolved.
ypg schrieb:
The toilet in the storage room is great: can it even be used if the room is furnished?This room also has an exterior door. In my mischievous imagination, I picture a scene where a Herbalife representative wants a customer and staff toilet for their “farm shop,” well separated from the private part of the house. That seems like a simple yet clever solution.
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What exactly is clever about this, @11ant? Two walls in a storage room create a tiny space, called a WC, which wouldn’t be conveniently accessible for guests. If there were at least a connection to the living area, you could still adjust the size to make it worthwhile to invest in a third restroom.
@yvonnebo I would suggest starting the planning from scratch. Possibly move the bay window upwards to create a southwest-facing courtyard so the rooms benefit from natural light. By designing a children’s bathroom, you could arrange the children’s bedrooms on one side and the master area on the other. Place the storage room near the guest room with a toilet that could possibly serve as a connection, allowing both areas to benefit from it. A better-structured open-plan kitchen and living area with a large south-facing front. The master area could then be sensibly placed “behind” the living room.
Regards, Yvonne
@yvonnebo I would suggest starting the planning from scratch. Possibly move the bay window upwards to create a southwest-facing courtyard so the rooms benefit from natural light. By designing a children’s bathroom, you could arrange the children’s bedrooms on one side and the master area on the other. Place the storage room near the guest room with a toilet that could possibly serve as a connection, allowing both areas to benefit from it. A better-structured open-plan kitchen and living area with a large south-facing front. The master area could then be sensibly placed “behind” the living room.
Regards, Yvonne
ypg schrieb:
What exactly is clever about this, @11ant? Two walls in a storage room enclose a tiny space labeled as a WC, which wouldn’t be easily accessible for guests. If there were at least some connection to the living area, you could consider adjusting the size so that investing in a third bathroom would actually make sense.I would rather have private guests use the private bathroom than build a fourth bathroom just to separate private guests from occasional business visitors (customers, sales or packaging assistants, or inventory helpers). For me, providing separate bathrooms for these two “external” user groups is less important than keeping customers out of the private area.
Of course, you could place the utility room (HAR) in the corner and attach the guest WC to the entrance area (vestibule). At first glance, this would seem like a solution that avoids adding another bathroom simply by rearranging the layout. But then the business area would become a passageway, which is less favorable from a tax perspective. As drawn, I think the design is better.
ypg schrieb:
The parents’ wing could also be placed “behind” the living room very well.With the consequence that the roof shape would change from an “L” to a “T,” wouldn’t it?
In terms of appeal, this wouldn’t be my house, but I would only deduct points – significantly, though, giving an overall grade of “three” – due to the still clearly optimizable living-dining-kitchen area.
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11ant schrieb:
I would rather let private guests use the private restroom than build a fourth bathroom just to separate private guests and occasional business-related restroom users (customers, sales or packaging helpers, or inventory assistants).In my post, I am not talking about a fourth bathroom!
11ant schrieb:
With the consequence of changing the roof shape from an "L" to a "T," right?No, I am even sticking with the basic dimensions of the L – a projection is not necessarily required on the north side.
To explain: I am referring to a completely different floor plan.
Something like
11ant schrieb:
Of course, one could also place the utility room in the corner and attach the guest WC to the vestibule. does not improve the flaws of this floor plan in any way.
Ultimately, though, it is pointless to think about this bathroom space if the original poster does not explain why certain things need to be as they are.
Business, trade... all fine and well. But why this room? Why the storage room in the south? Why are the children’s rooms in the north?
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