ᐅ Detailed planning for a single-family house, 180 sqm, flat roof, with basement and double garage
Created on: 17 Dec 2017 18:53
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Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot Size: 594 m² (6389 sq ft)
Slope: South-facing slope
Floor Area Ratio: 0.4
Building Envelope, Building Line and Boundary: 12 x 22 m (39 x 72 ft)
Setback: 2.5 m (8 ft)
Number of Parking Spaces: 2 per residential unit
Roof Type: Flat roof
Architectural Style: Modern
Orientation: South
Maximum Height / Limits: Single-family house + 6.5 m (21 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, Roof Type, Building Type: Modern, flat roof
Basement, Floors: Basement with separate apartment + 2 floors
Number of Residents, Ages: 2 (male 26, female 26) + 2 planned children
Room Requirements on Ground Floor and Upper Floor: Ground floor (office, living/dining/kitchen, shower-toilet, storage) Upper floor (2 children’s rooms, office, bedroom, bathroom, dressing room)
Office Use: Family or Home Office? Wife is a teacher, I work from home once a week
Number of Overnight Guests per Year: 2-5
Open or Closed Layout: Open
Conservative or Modern Construction: Modern
Open Kitchen, Kitchen Island: Open kitchen with island
Number of Dining Seats: 6-10
Fireplace: Yes
Music / Stereo Wall: –
Balcony, Roof Terrace: –
Garage, Carport: Double garage
Utility Garden, Greenhouse: –
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also explanations why something should or should not be included
House Design
Who Designed it: Architect from a construction company
What Do You Like Most? Why? Side driveway to garage, direct access from garage to house, separate apartment concept, open ground floor design, upper floor is perfect in our opinion, gallery
What Do You Like Least? Why? Living/dining area is somewhat too large (wife worries it may be hard to arrange cozily), bedroom window position in the separate apartment is tricky, (north entrance → long access route for guests)
Preferred Heating System: Air-to-water heat pump + photovoltaic system + battery storage
If You Have to Cut Back, On Which Details / Extensions
- Can be cut: Office on upper floor, a few square meters in living/dining area
- Cannot be cut: Remaining room program
Why Has the Design Turned Out As It Is Now?
The room program was provided by us. Furthermore, many requirements and the plot itself influenced the design.
Why Was the Drawing Created in Sweet Home 3D?
The architect’s design is drawn to scale but not dimensioned, so I transferred it to SH3D.
What Is the Most Important / Fundamental Question About the Floor Plan, Summarized in 130 Characters?
What do you think of the floor plan? Any ideas on how to make the large living/dining area feel cozier?
Plot Size: 594 m² (6389 sq ft)
Slope: South-facing slope
Floor Area Ratio: 0.4
Building Envelope, Building Line and Boundary: 12 x 22 m (39 x 72 ft)
Setback: 2.5 m (8 ft)
Number of Parking Spaces: 2 per residential unit
Roof Type: Flat roof
Architectural Style: Modern
Orientation: South
Maximum Height / Limits: Single-family house + 6.5 m (21 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, Roof Type, Building Type: Modern, flat roof
Basement, Floors: Basement with separate apartment + 2 floors
Number of Residents, Ages: 2 (male 26, female 26) + 2 planned children
Room Requirements on Ground Floor and Upper Floor: Ground floor (office, living/dining/kitchen, shower-toilet, storage) Upper floor (2 children’s rooms, office, bedroom, bathroom, dressing room)
Office Use: Family or Home Office? Wife is a teacher, I work from home once a week
Number of Overnight Guests per Year: 2-5
Open or Closed Layout: Open
Conservative or Modern Construction: Modern
Open Kitchen, Kitchen Island: Open kitchen with island
Number of Dining Seats: 6-10
Fireplace: Yes
Music / Stereo Wall: –
Balcony, Roof Terrace: –
Garage, Carport: Double garage
Utility Garden, Greenhouse: –
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also explanations why something should or should not be included
House Design
Who Designed it: Architect from a construction company
What Do You Like Most? Why? Side driveway to garage, direct access from garage to house, separate apartment concept, open ground floor design, upper floor is perfect in our opinion, gallery
What Do You Like Least? Why? Living/dining area is somewhat too large (wife worries it may be hard to arrange cozily), bedroom window position in the separate apartment is tricky, (north entrance → long access route for guests)
Preferred Heating System: Air-to-water heat pump + photovoltaic system + battery storage
If You Have to Cut Back, On Which Details / Extensions
- Can be cut: Office on upper floor, a few square meters in living/dining area
- Cannot be cut: Remaining room program
Why Has the Design Turned Out As It Is Now?
The room program was provided by us. Furthermore, many requirements and the plot itself influenced the design.
Why Was the Drawing Created in Sweet Home 3D?
The architect’s design is drawn to scale but not dimensioned, so I transferred it to SH3D.
What Is the Most Important / Fundamental Question About the Floor Plan, Summarized in 130 Characters?
What do you think of the floor plan? Any ideas on how to make the large living/dining area feel cozier?
11ant schrieb:
It is still cramped there, you have to squeeze along the wall. That doesn’t fit with the house. You’re absolutely right, it should be moved a bit more.
Regarding the garage: depth is 5.70 meters (18.7 feet), which I think is sufficient even for a car just under 5 meters (16.4 feet) long.
The headboard in the bedroom would face north.
I don’t think a bathroom with two doors is practical. The children will lock the door to the parents’ dressing room and won’t unlock it when they leave. You will then always be standing in front of a locked bathroom door. Personally, I find the bedroom too small and the dressing room too large. How do you fit a shower toilet in less than three square meters (about 32 square feet) on your ground floor?
Best regards,
Sabine
Best regards,
Sabine
ivenh0 schrieb:
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About the accessory apartment: we are renovating it to be able to accommodate part of the grandparents when needed. In the meantime, it is intended to be rented out.
The problem is that the property’s driveway is located on the south side, which cannot be changed. We have requirements such as direct access from the garage to the house and a ground-floor garden facing south. If you try to fit all these requirements into a floor plan, the accessory apartment can only be placed in the southeast.
Do you have any specific suggestions for improvements?Explanations don’t make it any better: the bedroom in the accessory apartment next to the casemate is _not_ a living space.
If there are some who honestly wouldn’t rent it, then it is not a solution even for relatives. Always design an accessory apartment as if it were for yourself.
How about orienting the garage entrance to the front? At least then the accessory apartment could have a garden. However, that would not solve the window issue. I think windows and natural light are especially important in an accessory apartment to add some coziness to the basement space.
Also, you can position your entrance centrally next to the garage in the basement level. Some others here have solved similar issues on steep slopes that way. Then the accessory apartment on the east side would have more wall space, because that staircase could be eliminated. It’s somehow awkward as it is. Yes, that’s probably how I would do it: a front door in the basement on the south side for the main apartment.
P.S. An accessory apartment also needs a parking space. As it is now, it probably will not be approved (building permit / planning permission).
A bed on the north side makes the room feel rather small (because the bulky structure is right next to the door) and offers little space for the person sleeping on the left side of the plan to have a bedside surface.
If a car is 5 m (16 feet) long and parked in a 5.6 m (18 feet) long garage, there won’t be enough space in front of or behind the car to comfortably walk around it.
The secondary apartment also receives little natural light due to the garage corner, even if the staircase in the living room is avoided.
Is there a site plan with contour lines available?
If a car is 5 m (16 feet) long and parked in a 5.6 m (18 feet) long garage, there won’t be enough space in front of or behind the car to comfortably walk around it.
The secondary apartment also receives little natural light due to the garage corner, even if the staircase in the living room is avoided.
Is there a site plan with contour lines available?
kbt09 schrieb:
In the bedroom, the question is where is the headboard of the bed located? In front of the window? Doesn’t matter. It’s too tight either way, and I have serious doubts about the panoramic window in the bedroom anyway.
ivenh0 schrieb:
The bedroom headboard would face north. Really? The person sleeping on the east side has to run a marathon to get to the bathroom. That clearly needs improvement.
ivenh0 schrieb:
Regarding the garage: depth is 5.70m (18 feet 8 inches), I think that’s enough for a nearly 5m (16 feet 5 inches) long car. Probably not. For an E-Class station wagon, try opening the tailgate: there won’t even be enough space between the license plate and the garage door for a newspaper, if that’s supposed to work.
Curly schrieb:
The kids will lock the door to the parents’ dressing room and won’t unlock it when they leave. Apart from the fact that in my experience they would only do that exactly o-n-c-e: if they did it at all, they wouldn’t be my kids.
ypg schrieb:
What about having the garage open to the front? That would take away the desired terrace with garden in front of the living room.
kbt09 schrieb:
And driving out is only possible backwards, right? With the northern car driven in forwards, I’d need three maneuvers to also get out forward onto the street. Unless the northern car is small.
Honestly, on page 12 of this thread I don’t see a single foundational element of the original design in the same place anymore.
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So... even with a rotated garage, there would still be enough space on the property for a terrace.
However, I see a fundamental change if a granny flat is planned here. It’s not ideal yet... recessed entrance, staircase layout, windowless basement. But I do think it’s great that the granny flat is allocated more square meters than the two cars.
However, I see a fundamental change if a granny flat is planned here. It’s not ideal yet... recessed entrance, staircase layout, windowless basement. But I do think it’s great that the granny flat is allocated more square meters than the two cars.
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