Hello everyone,
after reading through this forum a bit, I see that many of you have the necessary experience to provide valuable advice.
We plan to design our house with an architect, but some initial input wouldn’t hurt :-)
We do not want a prefabricated house.
Our half of the semi-detached house has a length of 12 meters (39 feet) and a width of 7.50 meters (25 feet).
We want to include a basement. The wall height is specified in the building plans as 6.20 meters (20 feet), and the ridge height as 8.25 meters (27 feet). The roof must have a pitch angle between 0 and 20 degrees. A maximum of two full stories are allowed.
Our dream is an open kitchen with dining and living areas (where the living area should be somewhat separated by a fireplace).
One bathroom on the ground floor, and possibly a small office.
If an attic level is possible, we would build two children’s bedrooms, a playroom, and a bathroom on the first floor.
In the attic, we would want the master bedroom, dressing room, bathroom, and possibly an office.
If an attic is not possible, then the master bedroom and dressing room would need to be included on the first floor.
Do the experts here know if an attic level is feasible or if this is impossible?
Which additional features would you consider indispensable or recommend?
Perhaps someone could even help us with a nice floor plan. :-)
Thank you very much in advance!
after reading through this forum a bit, I see that many of you have the necessary experience to provide valuable advice.
We plan to design our house with an architect, but some initial input wouldn’t hurt :-)
We do not want a prefabricated house.
Our half of the semi-detached house has a length of 12 meters (39 feet) and a width of 7.50 meters (25 feet).
We want to include a basement. The wall height is specified in the building plans as 6.20 meters (20 feet), and the ridge height as 8.25 meters (27 feet). The roof must have a pitch angle between 0 and 20 degrees. A maximum of two full stories are allowed.
Our dream is an open kitchen with dining and living areas (where the living area should be somewhat separated by a fireplace).
One bathroom on the ground floor, and possibly a small office.
If an attic level is possible, we would build two children’s bedrooms, a playroom, and a bathroom on the first floor.
In the attic, we would want the master bedroom, dressing room, bathroom, and possibly an office.
If an attic is not possible, then the master bedroom and dressing room would need to be included on the first floor.
Do the experts here know if an attic level is feasible or if this is impossible?
Which additional features would you consider indispensable or recommend?
Perhaps someone could even help us with a nice floor plan. :-)
Thank you very much in advance!
ypg schrieb:
I think there could be a recessed top floor/attic for the parents 🙂Or maybe not:
Floor plan 90, GF 180 could mean floor area ratio and floor space index, then not.
ypg schrieb:
Or maybe not:
Floor plan 90, GF 180 could mean floor area ratio and gross floor area ratio respectively, then not.I haven’t fully understood this point yet. The ground floor area is 90m² (7.50 x 12m). But what does GF 180 mean in this case? Am I allowed to build a maximum of 2 full storeys with 90m² ground floor area each?
Dre87 schrieb:
I haven’t fully understood this point yet. The floor area is 90m² (970 sq ft), 7.50 x 12m (25 x 39 ft). But what does GF 180 mean in this case? Am I allowed to build a maximum of 2 full stories, each with a floor area of 90m² (970 sq ft)?Sorry, my answer should make it clear that the details in your drawing are rather unusual.
Who sets the 90 m² (970 sq ft) limit here? Usually, there is a setback requirement of 3 meters (10 ft), not 3-point-something. And there are two factors that limit the floor space index and the floor area ratio.
What are the blue lines? Building envelope/planning boundary?
Maybe @Escroda knows. [emoji2]
Dre87 schrieb:
The rest can be seen in the development plan excerpt, which also shows our plot I would rather call this excerpt a "little snippet," as it does not reveal much.
By the way, the building envelope stands alone in the middle of the forest without any further explanation.
The building zone for this plot is clearly very limited in width (7.50 m (25 feet)), and the depth is only indirectly defined by the floor plan (exactly 90 sqm (970 sq ft)). Only if you insert a perfectly rectangular shape does it practically result in a building depth of 12 m (39 feet).
The schematic drawing mentioned in post #16 is missing, so I cannot verify my speculation about the setback floor. Based on the 90 sqm (970 sq ft) floor plan and 180 sqm (1,940 sq ft) gross floor area, one could infer (with about 72 to 76 sqm (775 to 820 sq ft) of usable floor area per full floor) a possible setback floor of 28 to 36 sqm (300 to 390 sq ft). That would really only be enough for one bedroom, since a roof terrace is also considered. Maybe the office goes upstairs instead?
A plot size of 353 sqm (3,800 sq ft) here would effectively correspond to a site occupancy ratio (building footprint ratio) of 0.25 and a floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.5, which are actually not bad figures.
My question
11ant schrieb:
What exactly does this mean: no catalog design or no timber panel construction? has so far remained unanswered.
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
11ant schrieb:
I would rather call this excerpt a "tiny snippet," which doesn’t really reveal much.
By the way, the building envelope template just stands alone in the middle of nowhere without any explanation.
The building area for this property seems to be strictly limited in width (7.50 m (25 feet)) and only indirectly limited in depth through the floor plan (a maximum of 90 sqm (970 sq ft)). Only if you place a perfectly smooth rectangle there does it practically result in a building depth of 12 m (39 feet).
The schematic drawing mentioned in post #16 is missing, so I can’t verify my speculation about the setback floor. From the 90 sqm (970 sq ft) floor plan and the 180 sqm (1,937 sq ft) total floor area, you could have a possible setback floor of 28 to 36 sqm (300 to 390 sq ft), assuming roughly 72 to 76 sqm (775 to 820 sq ft) of floor space per full floor. That would realistically be enough for only one bedroom, since a roof terrace is also part of it. Maybe the office could be placed upstairs instead?
A 353 sqm (3,800 sq ft) plot here would practically mean a site occupancy index (building coverage ratio) of 0.25 and a floor area ratio of 0.5, which are not even bad values.
By the way, my question is still unanswered.I forgot to give the answer here ;-)
We want to build with solid construction (not a prefab house) and be individual. However, in the end, it will probably be one of the many examples you find on the internet or at least very similar.
Attached is a larger excerpt; we have the 27.
As always, many thanks for the great help here 🙂
It’s always a problem when you hardly know anything yourself.
Is it actually advisable to have a building plan drawn up by a draftsman (without an architect, but then with construction supervision or site management)?
Or is it better to hire an architect right away?
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