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.
So, the staircase will be rotated. The architect was rather grumpy, and it might be that we will have to cover additional costs now, as this is the third "house design." According to the contract, we are only entitled to 2 complete house designs. But to be honest, the architect hasn't really delivered any original designs so far...
Arifas schrieb:
So, the staircase is being rotated. The architect was a bit grumpy, and it’s possible that we will have to cover additional costs because this is now the third "house design." Ah, rotating the staircase is already considered a separate house design. Maybe he should find a job that better suits his interests :-(
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Arifas schrieb:
So, the staircase will be rotated. The architect was a bit grumpy, and it might be that we now have to cover additional costs because this is already the third "house design." According to the contract, we are only entitled to two complete house designs. But to be honest, the architect hasn’t really delivered any original designs so far...
If by any chance you are not paying the architect according to HOAI (the official fee schedule for architects), I would advise caution now. Otherwise, it can quickly happen that they will start charging hourly rates or stop working based on HOAI rules, turning what should be a fee of 4-5k€ for phases 1-4 into 12k€.Our architect does not bill phases 1-4 according to HOAI, but the contract roughly states that if we exceed the scope of the design planning phase, fees will be charged on an hourly basis after the second design. Please don’t get me wrong—our architect is professionally excellent and personally great. But there still has to be a limit regarding the effort involved, especially when it’s just a staircase rotation… well.
Zaba12 schrieb:
but the contract basically says that if we exceed the scope during the design planning phase, then from the second draft onwards it will be billed on an hourly basis. I’d say the client and forty pages of forum discussion have planned this house more than the architect.
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11ant schrieb:
I’m saying, with this house, the owner and forty pages of forum discussion planned more than the architect.Just that realization should be enough to wake people up.
We had exactly two drafts and didn’t have to make any compromises, except for our budget. The wife is happy and I am happy.
Zaba12 schrieb:
Just this realization alone should be enough to wake you up. Either the architect isn’t competent, or you don’t know what you want, or overall the project is an impossible task given the area in square meters, budget, and floor plan requirements.
We had exactly two design drafts and didn’t have to make any compromises, except with our budget. My wife is happy, and I am happy.Similar topics