ᐅ Floor Plan / Exterior View of a "Urban Villa"

Hello everyone,

We have started over with a different architect. The corner windows from my previous thread have now been discarded. We look forward to your opinions and suggestions for improvement.

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 454m² (about 4,888 sq ft)
Slope: no slope
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Floor space index: 0.8
Building envelope, building line and boundaries: see plan
Border development: garage on boundary, 1.5 meters (5 feet) from the street
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: hipped roof
Style: modern
Building orientation: eaves-facing
Maximum heights / limits: 6.5 meters (21 ft)
Additional requirements: max 0.7 m (28 inches) roof overhang, no roof eaves, roof pitch 30–35°

Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: two-story single-family house
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 (26 years old), 2 children planned
Space requirement on ground floor and upper floor: approx. 75m² (807 sq ft) each
Office: family use or home office? Mostly family use
Overnight guests per year: 5–10
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes
Music/sound wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: 1 garage, space for 1 car in front of garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons why certain things should or should not be included

House Design
Planner: architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Floor-to-ceiling windows, appearance
What do you not like? Why? Staircase design in the plan (alternatives?)
Price estimate according to architect/planner: ~250,000 (plumbing/heating/drywall as DIY)
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 260,000
Preferred heating technology: gas + solar thermal for domestic hot water

Why is the design as it is now? For example:
Standard design from the planner? We had little time due to complete replanning and used a design from a large prefab house company that we liked. This was then optimized and adapted to the house dimensions.

Questions we have:
- The utility/technical room with 8m² (86 sq ft) will probably be too small, I assume. Where could space be saved? Controlled ventilation/heating, washing machine, our small current kitchen (along the wall on the right when entering, could be “shortened” accordingly) and a drying rack should fit there.
- Do you have a better idea for the position of the fireplace? Between the two windows seems a bit tight. We would actually prefer the wall opposite, but then the chimney does not fit with the room layout upstairs.
- Is the entrance area possibly too narrow, or is there another way to place the stairs? We would actually like to place the front door in the center, but then according to the plan the stairs are in the way.

If any more information is needed, just let me know.
We look forward to your comments!

Best regards

I find it very nice,

but I feel that 260,000 might be quite tight.

Best regards,
Daniel

... and what are the house dimensions? A few measurements on the floor plan would be helpful. A north arrow on the plans is also always useful.

Regarding the plan:
- Walk-in closet ... very narrow
- Window placements in the walk-in closet and child’s room 1 prevent practical furniture arrangement
- Symmetry of windows all around is overrated
- Window in the utility room .. what is the purpose of the niche in the room in front of it?
- Try furnishing the living/dining area ... it looks very tight in width, but almost too deep (practical TV placement, etc.)
- Child’s room 2 ... how wide is the room? It looks somewhere between 240 and 280 cm (94 and 110 inches).

Thanks in advance for the feedback. Here are the floor plans including measurements and a north arrow.

Definitely much more appealing than the previous design with the four clipped corners.

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kbt09 schrieb:
- Symmetry of the windows all around is overrated

But in this case, it looks very nice!

However, you can definitely skip matching the sides on the upper and lower floors here.

Mat91 schrieb:
Standard design from the planner? We had little time due to the complete replanning and based ourselves on a design from a large prefab house manufacturer that we liked. This was then optimized and adapted to the house dimensions.

The staircase doesn’t fit the house dimensions. Many things don’t fit here.

If you were to give up the large glass facade on the upper floor (where the staircase is), you could even create a small room by rotating the bathroom 90 degrees. The children’s room is very narrow, and the dressing room, at two meters (6.5 feet), can fit one wardrobe, but not two opposite each other.

The cloakroom barely fits the usual winter coats and shoes for four people.

The bathroom is on the south side, as is the guest toilet. For that, the children won’t get any sun in winter when the sun rises in the southeast. In winter, the sun sets in the southwest... Keep that in mind for the living room.

Why is the garage on the left and not on the right?

Unfortunately, I can’t access your posts and therefore not your initial discussion. But since I’m also struggling to wrap my head around this from all angles, this gives me a bit of déjà vu.