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
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:
From my perspective, it doesn’t really make sense to place the terrace there to catch the western sun if you put a plant to the west that blocks the setting sun and its rays. Then we wouldn’t have any western sun at all. Or am I missing something?If you live in a residential area with other houses nearby (and not at the edge of an open field), the sun will naturally be behind some building in the west in the evening anyway, and a plant about 1 meter (3 feet) tall won’t block your sunlight.
Best regards,
Sabine
Thank you very much for your many ideas. Thanks to you, we were able to better organize everything and have now created a rough floor plan for ourselves... We would like to show this to the architect soon. Maybe you still have some ideas, criticism, or suggestions.
The entire design should be accessible, with the option to install a small elevator later if needed (top left in the hallway). Since we are not building a basement, we need substitute rooms for basement functions.
The heating room and the office/guest room, which is on the upper floor, will serve this purpose. We will not be using the garage for a car. It will also be used for storage.
As mentioned, this is just our current idea, and we welcome any kind of feedback.
The entire design should be accessible, with the option to install a small elevator later if needed (top left in the hallway). Since we are not building a basement, we need substitute rooms for basement functions.
The heating room and the office/guest room, which is on the upper floor, will serve this purpose. We will not be using the garage for a car. It will also be used for storage.
As mentioned, this is just our current idea, and we welcome any kind of feedback.
infors schrieb:
You probably still have some criticisms, so I will only place the windows and doors into the floor plan afterwards.
For me, the bathroom on the ground floor is too large, and I would personally miss a children’s bathroom on the upper floor, which is very important to me. The distance from the dressing room to the bathroom is definitely too far for me, so for that reason (and because I find the door next to the bed too narrow) I would plan the access to the bedroom from the dressing room.
Best regards
Sabine
montessalet12 May 2017 10:15From my point of view, the house should be positioned as far east and north as possible to establish the best starting conditions. The seating area should be on the south side (ensuring evening sun), so the latest design is clearly the best one so far. Based on my experience, having two seating areas (except in special cases) usually isn’t really practical, similar to balconies on the upper floor if there is a terrace on the ground floor. One well-placed seating area—here: south side—is sufficient.
Regarding the rooms: I also find the bathroom on the ground floor too large, and having a “children’s bathroom” on the upper floor would definitely be sensible. As for the guest/office room: does it need to be that big? I would also miss a pantry: I would place it between the kitchen and living room, and in return give up the kitchen’s cross section and the double doors to the living room. With this change, you could reduce a portion of the (expensive) kitchen furniture and gain a great (small!) storage room. The wide corridor between the living room/entrance/dining area is visually appealing but offers little practical use.
I wish you the best of luck—you will undoubtedly manage to design the house according to your needs!
Regarding the rooms: I also find the bathroom on the ground floor too large, and having a “children’s bathroom” on the upper floor would definitely be sensible. As for the guest/office room: does it need to be that big? I would also miss a pantry: I would place it between the kitchen and living room, and in return give up the kitchen’s cross section and the double doors to the living room. With this change, you could reduce a portion of the (expensive) kitchen furniture and gain a great (small!) storage room. The wide corridor between the living room/entrance/dining area is visually appealing but offers little practical use.
I wish you the best of luck—you will undoubtedly manage to design the house according to your needs!
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