Hello dear members,
Just registered and already have my first question. A brief introduction about us: we are 34 and 30 years old, no children and none planned. We don’t know what the future holds in a few years.
We plan to start building our house, hopefully if the winter weather cooperates, as soon as we finalize the floor plan. Unfortunately, I, Michaela, tend to be a perfectionist (symmetry, etc.). I can’t let it go and want everything to be well thought out and planned, which is starting to annoy me as well.
Since we are building rather small, aiming for about 114 m2 (1227 sq ft) of living space and trying not to compromise on anything at this size, the floor plan design is quite challenging. Among other things, we do not want all rooms to be accessible from the hallway, and we also want to keep a covered terrace. The bungalow will consist of only three rooms. Therefore, we want to keep the option open to convert the attic later if needed. In this context, we are planning space for a future space-saving staircase and the necessary preliminary work; at least that is the goal. The bungalow will have a hip roof, with the roof pitch increased from 30 degrees to 34 degrees, and the hallway correspondingly larger. Ideally, we would like a gable dormer. Since those are too expensive, a skylight window would be a compromise. Of course, a larger bungalow would be the best option but it is too costly. The construction company charges about 700.00 euros per m2. In hindsight, working with an architect might have been more cost-effective, but that is how it is and that is not what this is about.
Maybe you have ideas, suggestions, can give tips, or share what we should pay attention to or consider.
I am of course attaching the floor plan. I hope that something can still be recognized despite the manual changes.
I look forward to reading your replies and wish you a nice weekend.
Best regards,
Michaela
Just registered and already have my first question. A brief introduction about us: we are 34 and 30 years old, no children and none planned. We don’t know what the future holds in a few years.
We plan to start building our house, hopefully if the winter weather cooperates, as soon as we finalize the floor plan. Unfortunately, I, Michaela, tend to be a perfectionist (symmetry, etc.). I can’t let it go and want everything to be well thought out and planned, which is starting to annoy me as well.
Since we are building rather small, aiming for about 114 m2 (1227 sq ft) of living space and trying not to compromise on anything at this size, the floor plan design is quite challenging. Among other things, we do not want all rooms to be accessible from the hallway, and we also want to keep a covered terrace. The bungalow will consist of only three rooms. Therefore, we want to keep the option open to convert the attic later if needed. In this context, we are planning space for a future space-saving staircase and the necessary preliminary work; at least that is the goal. The bungalow will have a hip roof, with the roof pitch increased from 30 degrees to 34 degrees, and the hallway correspondingly larger. Ideally, we would like a gable dormer. Since those are too expensive, a skylight window would be a compromise. Of course, a larger bungalow would be the best option but it is too costly. The construction company charges about 700.00 euros per m2. In hindsight, working with an architect might have been more cost-effective, but that is how it is and that is not what this is about.
Maybe you have ideas, suggestions, can give tips, or share what we should pay attention to or consider.
I am of course attaching the floor plan. I hope that something can still be recognized despite the manual changes.
I look forward to reading your replies and wish you a nice weekend.
Best regards,
Michaela
Regarding ypg, of course I don’t share your opinion. But there’s no point in discussing it here, the viewpoints are too diverse.
About the PDF attachment: all well and good, but how is there ever supposed to be space for a staircase to the upper floor? Take a look at the Scanhaus Marlow catalog, they have floor plan examples for bungalows with an upstairs expansion option. That helped us a lot with planning last year. Karsten
About the PDF attachment: all well and good, but how is there ever supposed to be space for a staircase to the upper floor? Take a look at the Scanhaus Marlow catalog, they have floor plan examples for bungalows with an upstairs expansion option. That helped us a lot with planning last year. Karsten
Michaela1986 schrieb:
Hello Karsten,
Somehow everything I wrote earlier has disappeared.
A very brief summary: We actually need to reconsider the spiral staircase, even though I don’t want one. But if that’s an option, why not.
“Now extend the guest room wall because of the stairs, remove the cut-off edge. Make a true corner. Access to the room possibly under the stairs from the hallway.” We had also thought about the door under the stairs but didn’t know how to explain it during the planning meeting. I can’t quite imagine yet what you mean, I’m a bit stuck.
We will definitely put the suggestion about the heating circuit manifold into practice. We have the same problem in our current apartment. The manifold is in the storage room, which is immediately to the right when you enter. As a result, the storage room is always very warm, and the other rooms, especially the kitchen, are quite cool.
When I think of country living, I always imagine fields, rabbits, chickens, sheep, and so on on the farm, or fresh eggs from the friendly local farm around the corner. We doubt that Mrs. Hansen would come by with a little bottle of homemade liqueur, even though that would be nice. Nowadays, you generally have to make appointments weeks in advance to visit. But maybe that will change.
We had also drawn the type of terrace once but decided against it again because we couldn’t really imagine it working in practice.
Since we would like to have a look at your floor plan but can’t find it, we would appreciate it if you could share it with us. It was said that it’s worth taking a look at yours, and we would like to do just that.Regarding your questions, I have already tried to answer some by message.
I am basing this on your original floor plan. There is a wide main entrance in the center, a door with a sidelight. On either side of it, there is a guest room and a bathroom with a shower.
Currently, the guest room is accessed through a door angled from the living room, so the room corner is cut off.
The attic access is via a hatch in the bedroom section.
To make the attic conveniently accessible, especially if it might be converted later, we need a staircase going up. It has to end roughly in the center upstairs and therefore starts near the entrance.
Solution: Swap the door and sidelight at the front door. Then place a quarter-turn stair, like scanhaus marlow uses, within the sidelight area going upstairs. This staircase will lean against the guest room wall, so the wall needs to be extended. Therefore, remove the angled cut-off door to the guest room, extend the wall to create a true corner, and reconsider where to place the new door. It should probably be under the stairs, accessible from the hallway. Understood?
Karsten
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winnetou7830 Jul 2017 14:44How is it with you? With the staircase, there still has to be a hatch at the top, right?
Nordlys schrieb:
Why? I assume he means to avoid heating the attic through the hallway, to separate the upper and lower floors.
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winnetou7830 Jul 2017 15:04Yes, exactly, Karsten.
You still have your cold roof up there, right?
You still have your cold roof up there, right?
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