ᐅ Floor plan design shortly before submitting the building permit application
Created on: 2 Oct 2017 23:25
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R.Hotzenplotz
Hello everyone!
As some users have requested before, I’m now starting a new thread with the current planning of our detached house, which is about to be finalized.
These are the preliminary drawings for the building permit / planning permission application, and I have one last chance to review them and point out any issues.
It still seems to me that there is less than 1.20m (4 feet) of space between the two wardrobes in the dressing room. Or am I seeing this wrong? Apparently, the rooms on the left and right were overlooked and not adjusted accordingly.
Two Velux ceiling spotlights are still planned to illuminate the upper floor hallway.
In the basement, on the right side in the upper room, a window similar to the one on the left basement side is an option.
We still haven’t decided on the T30 fire-rated door to the garage, even though it is shown in the plans. Most likely, for safety reasons and the limited use of the kitchen at the other end of the house, we will eventually forgo it.
User 11ant pointed out that the right window in child’s room 2 is suboptimally positioned. However, this could still be changed after submitting the building permit / planning permission application. Our architect thinks moving the window to the left would negatively affect the house’s exterior appearance. We’ll have to see about that.
As some users have requested before, I’m now starting a new thread with the current planning of our detached house, which is about to be finalized.
These are the preliminary drawings for the building permit / planning permission application, and I have one last chance to review them and point out any issues.
It still seems to me that there is less than 1.20m (4 feet) of space between the two wardrobes in the dressing room. Or am I seeing this wrong? Apparently, the rooms on the left and right were overlooked and not adjusted accordingly.
Two Velux ceiling spotlights are still planned to illuminate the upper floor hallway.
In the basement, on the right side in the upper room, a window similar to the one on the left basement side is an option.
We still haven’t decided on the T30 fire-rated door to the garage, even though it is shown in the plans. Most likely, for safety reasons and the limited use of the kitchen at the other end of the house, we will eventually forgo it.
User 11ant pointed out that the right window in child’s room 2 is suboptimally positioned. However, this could still be changed after submitting the building permit / planning permission application. Our architect thinks moving the window to the left would negatively affect the house’s exterior appearance. We’ll have to see about that.
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R.Hotzenplotz25 Jun 2018 10:14I called the architect again, who inherited the project from a colleague no longer with the firm, and asked if it would be possible to install the pipes externally in the children's room for an additional cost. He said that unfortunately, it is not possible.
ypg schrieb:
In every third thread here, experienced users warn about the challenges of drainage. You shouldn’t act clueless now if you previously underestimated it.I’ve been reading this forum for a while now but haven’t come across anything about this yet... what exactly should I be looking out for?
Snowy36 schrieb:
haven't read anything about that yet Well, it’s not mentioned in every single thread, but quite often: that bathrooms should be stacked vertically (since wastewater isn’t magically transported away), and that soil vent pipes "preferably" run straight up.
R.Hotzenplotz has pushed the limits in various areas regarding the balance between aesthetics and technical requirements. Occasionally, this causes some friction.
Until around post #300, it was even planned that the exterior walls of the upper floor would be offset like scissors compared to those of the ground floor. I managed to have that changed at least.
The bathroom issue here mainly stems from it supposedly being part of the detailed planning. This is now causing problems.
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Traumfaenger25 Jun 2018 22:3111ant schrieb:
that bathrooms should be stacked (because wastewater can’t just be teleported away by Scotty), and that ventilation stacks “preferably” run straight up.I completely agree with you; that’s definitely easier to solve. But a good architect can accommodate such requests as well. In our house, the bathrooms on the ground floor and first floor are all offset from each other. Below the bathrooms on the first floor are rooms on the ground floor, and above the bathroom on the ground floor is a room on the first floor. There are no exposed pipes in any room, nor are there bulkheads on the ceilings, despite additional piping for a central vacuum system and so on. We also didn’t need any awkward walls for this. All rooms are well designed, and there are clear sightlines along the corridors. Combined with the structural engineering and so forth, it’s not easy—but that’s why I hire an architect, not a butcher, to solve it.
My impression is that many architects don’t put much effort into single-family houses. They prefer to work on apartment buildings, office complexes, and so on, where larger volumes generate higher fees. That’s understandable in principle, but it’s not satisfying for the client.
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R.Hotzenplotz25 Jun 2018 22:38Traumfaenger schrieb:
They prefer to build residential complexes, office buildings, etc., where large volume also brings higher fees.That was also our problem—that we couldn't work with an independent architect. They all gave us reasons not to build with them. In my opinion, budgets below 1 million in construction costs are not attractive to them if they are good.
Traumfaenger schrieb:
All rooms have a good layout, and there are clear lines of sight in the hallways. Considering the structural engineering and so on, this is not easy, but that’s why I hire an architect and not a butcher to handle it. Did I mention I come from a butcher family?
R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
Budgets under 1 million in construction costs are, in my opinion, uninteresting if the projects are good. Or at least they think so. Truly excellent architects create something completely different, unlike the flashy mansions on the golf course, which are more pretentious.
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