ᐅ Classic urban villa with flat roof or double shed roof – any ideas?
Created on: 10 Jul 2018 21:16
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fullkehr
Hello everyone,
I have a question for you, or maybe someone has built something similar and can give me some tips 🙂
We want to build a single-family house with a granny flat. At first, that doesn’t seem like a problem... the challenge is that the granny flat should have a floor area of about 80 sqm (860 sq ft), and our house would have about 70 sqm (750 sq ft) on the ground floor and 80–90 sqm (860–970 sq ft) on the upper floor. How would you suggest dividing the space so the house doesn’t look too bulky? Our plot is 1050 sqm (11,300 sq ft). Everything can be built except a flat roof. The roof must have a pitch of 25°.
My ideas so far were a classic townhouse style with some flat roof elements alongside, or a double mono-pitched roof where one section is one story and the other is one and a half to two stories. I can’t quite imagine it with a gable roof.
I also don’t have a good sense of what would be cheaper or more expensive 🙂
I’d be really happy to get your replies 🙂
Good luck
Volker
I have a question for you, or maybe someone has built something similar and can give me some tips 🙂
We want to build a single-family house with a granny flat. At first, that doesn’t seem like a problem... the challenge is that the granny flat should have a floor area of about 80 sqm (860 sq ft), and our house would have about 70 sqm (750 sq ft) on the ground floor and 80–90 sqm (860–970 sq ft) on the upper floor. How would you suggest dividing the space so the house doesn’t look too bulky? Our plot is 1050 sqm (11,300 sq ft). Everything can be built except a flat roof. The roof must have a pitch of 25°.
My ideas so far were a classic townhouse style with some flat roof elements alongside, or a double mono-pitched roof where one section is one story and the other is one and a half to two stories. I can’t quite imagine it with a gable roof.
I also don’t have a good sense of what would be cheaper or more expensive 🙂
I’d be really happy to get your replies 🙂
Good luck
Volker
ypg schrieb:
No, I’m talking about a full story with an attic! Commonly called a 1.5-story house—but half stories don’t really exist. A gable roof house where two-thirds of the upstairs floor area is counted as living space.
So: a duplex where the entire upper floor belongs to one unit. You think he’s got it now? Explain again! 😀kaho674 schrieb:
You think he’s got it now? Explain again! 😀Below are 2 units, each with its own front door. One unit has no stairs. The unit with the stairs occupies the entire attic. The latter would be the larger unit, while the first mentioned would be the granny flat (accessory dwelling unit).
Evolith schrieb:
Could you share some background information? Will a family member be moving in? Or is the apartment intended mainly for external rental? Is it acceptable for the secondary apartment to be upstairs, or should stairs be avoided?
Why is there a need for 80 sqm (860 sq ft) of space?
Depending on that, you might consider a shared utility room or similar to save space.Thank you for your reply.
The secondary apartment is intended to be rented to my parents-in-law. So, the technical equipment room could be a separate room, but definitely not the utility room. There should be two separate entrances. The secondary apartment should be on the ground floor. The 80 sqm (860 sq ft) space requirement is based on my parents-in-law’s plans:
Living/dining/kitchen area approximately 35 sqm (375 sq ft)
Bedroom approximately 15 sqm (160 sq ft)
Office approximately 12 sqm (130 sq ft)
Hallway depending on the layout to access all rooms 🙂
Utility room approximately 6 sqm (65 sq ft)
Bathroom approximately 6 sqm (65 sq ft)
kbt09 schrieb:
A site plan with the property dimensions and a north arrow would also be helpful. It makes a difference whether the lot is long and narrow, more square-shaped, where the access points are, if it might be a sloped site, and so on.Thanks for your response. Here is the site plan.
ypg schrieb:
Below are 2 units, each with its own front door. One unit has no stairs. The unit with the stairs uses the entire attic. This latter unit would then be the larger one, the first mentioned would be the granny flat 🙂 Hello ypg,
I do understand the basic concept of a granny flat. My question was more that I find it hard to imagine a house where the granny flat has 80 sqm (860 sq ft) on the ground floor and the main house has about 70 sqm (750 sq ft) on the ground floor plus 90 sqm (970 sq ft) upstairs. Which roof style would be suitable for that? It shouldn’t look like a duplex. The granny flat should be inconspicuous.
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