ᐅ Townhouse Floor Plan – What Do You Like and What Don’t You Like?

Dear Forum,
We have been silent readers for some time and have now reached the point where a first draft has been created for our building project (planned start spring 2018). Before we proceed with the planning, we would appreciate any tips and suggestions regarding the design. Thank you very much!

Development plan/restrictions No
Plot size approx. 1900 m² (20,451 sq ft)
Slope No
Number of floors 2
Roof type hip roof
Style urban villa
Orientation southeast

Owner requirements
Style, roof type, building type none
Basement, floors no, 2
Number of occupants 3
Room requirements on ground floor, upper floor
Office: family use or home office? family
Fireplace yes
Balcony, roof terrace no
Garage, carport yes, separate

House design
What do you particularly like? Why?
Gallery in the entrance area, side entrance, large utility room, spacious kitchen, orientation of all main rooms (living room southeast, utility room north), large windows on the south side
What do you dislike? Why?
Children’s room with a corner, position of the chimney (a tile stove is planned on the shared wall on the ground floor)
Cost estimate according to architect/designer: approx. €290,000
Why does the design look like it does now?
Research and "combining" of various floor plans, own ideas

What is the architect thinking with the bathroom design? How does he plan to manage the water disposal with the room below?
And the bedroom feels too cramped to me. Karsten

Nordlys schrieb:
What is the architect thinking with the bathroom? How does he plan to deal with the water in the room below?
And the bedroom feels too cramped for me. Karsten

This can be solved by mirroring the rooms on the upper floor.

The old problem of the walk-in closet as a trapped space: again here, although it would be more logical to design the walk-in closet as a passageway, so the person sleeping doesn’t have to be disturbed constantly. But that can be fixed quickly.

I would rotate the staircase and plan a built-in wardrobe on the ground floor.

I’d be interested in the elevations. I suspect the windows should be adjusted a bit.

Regards, Yvonne

research86 schrieb:
Plot size approx. 1900sqm

That doesn’t sound small; I would want to build something a bit more upscale on that.

research86 schrieb:
Why did the design turn out the way it is now? Research and "combining" different floor plans

Every repurposed inspirational floor plan leaves a mark somewhere in the overall composition, resulting in something like this, for example:

research86 schrieb:
What do you dislike? Why? Children’s room with corner, chimney placement

ypg schrieb:
I suspect the windows should be shifted a bit

For instance, you can already suspect that in the dressing room without even seeing elevations. The utility room corridor has an exterior door with a sidelight (?).

By the way – and this doesn’t just apply to this design but to this house planning software in general – I find that these detailed symbolic kitchen floor tiles make it harder to perceive the spatial dimensions.

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By the way, the corner in the children's room is not too bad, and the position of the chimney is acceptable (if you disregard the central location within the wall on the ground floor).

Regards, Yvonne

What I don’t like is the position of the window in the kitchen. What is the reason behind this placement?