ᐅ Preliminary floor plan design for a 220 m² single-family house

Created on: 20 Jun 2017 22:41
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R.Hotzenplotz
Hello!

We have already gone through several plans with our architect and I think we are almost there, about to start the detailed planning phase. Before that, I’m looking forward to getting feedback from other users.

Development plan/restrictions: §34 – two full stories

Plot size: 1,085m² (1,1679 yd²)

Basement, floors – 2 full stories plus partial basement

Number of people, ages – 3 people (37, 34, 1, second child planned)

Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor – the requirement was that bedrooms and the study should be about 17m² (183 ft²) each; the entire house should be approximately 220m² (2,368 ft²)

Office: family use

Guests per year: 1

Open or closed architecture: closed

Traditional or modern design: modern

Open kitchen, kitchen island – no open kitchen, but yes to a kitchen island

Number of dining seats – 6

Fireplace – yes

Music/stereo wall – TV wall

Balcony, roof terrace – balcony

Garage, carport – large garage

Additional wishes/special features/daily routines, preferably with reasons why certain things should or should not be included – everyone should be able to sleep as undisturbed as possible in their bedrooms, even if other family members are awake. The husband is sometimes up as early as 4 a.m. Otherwise, watching TV in the evening should be possible without disturbing those sleeping upstairs.

House design
Who created the design:
- Architect (freelancer for a general contractor)

What do you like most? Why?
The upper floor with well-sized rooms and the location of the rooms exactly where they should be (only the washroom area we would still like to move to the outer right corner so that you don’t have to pass it every time you use the toilet). On the ground floor, the access through an airlock, the kitchen, and the dining area with the study next to it are especially liked.
Also appreciated is that after adjustments, the study now faces the garden instead of the street.

What don’t you like? Why?
We originally wanted the distance from wall to wall where the sofa and TV stand is to be about 6.40m (21 ft) (large screen & surround system), but so far only 5.69m (19 ft) has been realized.

Laundry room as described.

Kitchen larger in square meters than needed; the approx. 3m² (32 ft²) could theoretically be used well in the living area.

Price estimate according to architect/planner:
720,000 euros (including construction incidentals)

Personal price limit for the house, including equipment:
800,000 euros

Preferred heating technology:
Gas

If you have to give up on something, which details/features can you do without?

- Can do without:
Technical systems like controlled residential ventilation

- Cannot do without:
Space (except for the kitchen)

Why is the design the way it is now? For example:
Is this a standard design from the planner?
The architect has largely implemented our wishes; the only issue is the living room situation.

What makes it particularly good or bad in your opinion?
Patient, quick to implement, has already gotten to know us well.
No negative points.

Do you notice any other points that might not fit or that we should consider, which we might have overlooked?

In the basement, the room currently labeled as home cinema might possibly be used as one medium- to long-term. For the foreseeable future, it will be a storage room.
truce14 Sep 2017 22:32
I always wonder with bathrooms like these where you store all your toiletries?

I don't really see much space for storage or cabinets except under the sink.
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R.Hotzenplotz
14 Sep 2017 22:34
truce schrieb:

I don’t see much space for storage or cabinets there, except under the sink.

14.39m² (155 sq ft) for a bathroom is not enough? I know smaller bathrooms than that.
truce14 Sep 2017 22:41
R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
14.39m² (155 sq ft) for a bathroom is not big enough? I’ve seen smaller bathrooms.
I’m not talking about the size/area here, but rather the possibility to place, for example, small cabinets in the bathroom with this layout.
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R.Hotzenplotz
14 Sep 2017 22:42
truce schrieb:
I’m not talking about the size or area here, but about the possibility of placing small cabinets in the bathroom with this layout.

That’s why I wrote:
R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
6) We still need to finalize the bathroom plans. The furnishing, positioning of showers, toilets, etc. have just been sketched in for now.

So you can currently imagine a completely empty room that still needs to be planned from A to Z. As shown, I find both bathrooms poorly designed.
truce14 Sep 2017 22:45
Then everything is fine. [emoji6]
11ant15 Sep 2017 00:15
R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
It was also originally agreed that the kitchen window facing the street would be a wide, shallow window rather than a tall one. We might still have that changed.

2) Otherwise, the only things that bother us on the ground floor are the floor-to-ceiling windows in the hallway (partially) – at least in the WC. Clearly, you can use frosted glass, but somehow that contradicts our sense of comfort,

On the one hand, I am quite relaxed about the suggestion to use frosting, but I still propose (didn’t I say this recently?) to simply change the height of the two floor-to-ceiling windows and the kitchen window to 76cm (30 inches).
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