ᐅ Floor plan design for a hillside house with 5 children's bedrooms
Created on: 17 Jun 2017 12:31
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Arifas
Dear fellow contributors,
I’m sharing our first attempt at the floor plan. Unfortunately, I can’t fill out the list because copying it over on my phone doesn’t work properly, sorry.
Key data:
5 children between 0 and 11 years old
2 adults in their mid-thirties
Plot of about 900 sqm (9700 sq ft), facing north
Building window edge on the street side: 17.35 m (57 ft)
Sloped site; within the building window, the ground rises about 2 m (7 ft) over 10 m (33 ft) from front to back
We want 5 small children’s bedrooms, a slightly larger office for working from home, a master bedroom, three showers, three toilets, a bathtub, and access to the garden through the living room on the upper floor. One wall in the children’s rooms should be removable later.
The attic is walkable.
We are allowed to build 2 full stories, with a ridge height of about 12 m (39 ft) and an eave height of 11.6 m (38 ft).
We would prefer a hip roof.
The current drawing is 9.5 by 11 m (31 by 36 ft), but we would like to have around 195 to 205 sqm (2100 to 2200 sq ft) of living space later; garage or storage will be added.
The back wall of the house is embedded up to about 2 m (7 ft) into the slope.
I will try to attach a rough overview of the plot.
I’m sharing our first attempt at the floor plan. Unfortunately, I can’t fill out the list because copying it over on my phone doesn’t work properly, sorry.
Key data:
5 children between 0 and 11 years old
2 adults in their mid-thirties
Plot of about 900 sqm (9700 sq ft), facing north
Building window edge on the street side: 17.35 m (57 ft)
Sloped site; within the building window, the ground rises about 2 m (7 ft) over 10 m (33 ft) from front to back
We want 5 small children’s bedrooms, a slightly larger office for working from home, a master bedroom, three showers, three toilets, a bathtub, and access to the garden through the living room on the upper floor. One wall in the children’s rooms should be removable later.
The attic is walkable.
We are allowed to build 2 full stories, with a ridge height of about 12 m (39 ft) and an eave height of 11.6 m (38 ft).
We would prefer a hip roof.
The current drawing is 9.5 by 11 m (31 by 36 ft), but we would like to have around 195 to 205 sqm (2100 to 2200 sq ft) of living space later; garage or storage will be added.
The back wall of the house is embedded up to about 2 m (7 ft) into the slope.
I will try to attach a rough overview of the plot.
Arifas schrieb:
I really like the idea with the Post-its! I’ll try that soon (right now, three kids are sick. So unfortunately, it might take a while...)Sick children can join in toohttps://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Arifas schrieb:
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Haydee, my husband would absolutely agree with you regarding the co-sleeping forecast for two years from now. I’m thinking about it.
I find the kitchen by the garden quite difficult to imagine. Hmm. Is it just habit? Or is there a reason behind that uneasy feeling?Co-sleeping. My little one sometimes needs her own bed, sometimes closeness.
For me, if she sleeps in her own bed, I sleep better; if she’s sick or going through a phase like the “never-ending caterpillar,” it’s better for me that she sleeps with me. That’s when she is more clingy.
When we move, she will have her own room, hopefully sleep through the night, and can come to our bed when she’s not feeling well.
For me, having the kitchen next to the garden simply means shorter distances. Dishes, food, drinks—everything is right where you need it.
Since you spend quite a bit of time working in the kitchen, you can keep an eye on the kids outside and at the dining table.
You also have the added advantage that the living room stays quieter since fewer people walk through it.
In the evening when it’s dark, the view doesn’t matter much, and if you happen to have some relaxing time during the day on the sofa in the living room, you still get the view.
Don’t forget that your first child will soon reach a phase where parents become difficult, and they tend to pull away in some areas.
Ultimately, you have to feel comfortable with it and you have to make it work for you. The kitchen can’t just be swapped around. Its location has to fit. Just take a moment to think about everything you do, your whole daily routine, what you like now, what annoys you, and how it might be if things were different.
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Steffen8027 Jun 2017 17:12Arifas schrieb:
Steffen, your plan to opt out of tax benefits related to working from home sounds reasonable in your case. These are substantial amounts, after all.
But is it reasonable for us as well? As I said, I’m not familiar with this. We will be paying an installment of about 1600 euros, roughly the same as we currently pay for our older property. My husband is a civil servant. We need the space. It’s very unlikely that we will ever sell. Or am I missing something? What would you do? If you can save less in taxes, it makes even less sense. Put it solely depending on expected appreciation. If that is high, leave it as is. Even if you don’t sell in old age, eventually you stop working—and then the tax authorities come.
Steffen80 schrieb:
If you can save less on taxes, it makes even less sense. Put simply: base your decision solely on the expected increase in value. If the appreciation potential is high, keep it. Even if you don’t plan to sell in old age, eventually you’ll stop working and then the tax authorities come into play. Hmm. I think I really don’t know enough [emoji85] [emoji23]
I’ll have to change that and get more informed here as well.
By the way, we now have a verbal fixed-price agreement for a turnkey house, including the foundation slab, plus floor coverings, walls, and additional construction costs. The house, as drawn in the plan, is now around 250,000, built solid with 30cm (12 inches) Ytong blocks. As long as the “overall size” doesn’t change, we can move walls around as much as we want.
Tomorrow we will receive the written confirmation.
Arifas schrieb:
Hmm. I think I really don’t have enough knowledge [emoji85] [emoji23]
I’ll have to change that and gather more information on this too.
By the way, we now have the verbal turnkey price, including the foundation slab but excluding floor coverings, interior walls, and additional construction costs. The house as designed on the plan is now around 250,000. Built solidly with 30cm (12 inches) Ytong blocks. As long as the overall dimensions don’t change, we can move the walls around as much as we want.
Tomorrow we’ll get it in writing.And what are the dimensions of the “good” part now?
Best regards,
Yvonne
First of all, like above. 11 by 10.75 meters (36 by 35 feet). But the interior obviously needs to be optimized. With KfW 55 standards, the interior space shrinks by 6cm (2.4 inches) on each side. Then we would definitely need to extend a bit further toward the back.
Converting the attic would be significantly more expensive.
Converting the attic would be significantly more expensive.
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