ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home (140 sqm Urban Villa) on a Slope with a Double Garage
Created on: 13 Jul 2018 11:06
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Franky73
Hello everyone,
Two months ago, we purchased a serviced building plot on a hillside and are currently deeply involved in the floor plan design, which is proving quite challenging due to the elevation difference.
I have been following the forum for a while and recently found a great template for our project that I think just needs some adjustments to fit our requirements. I would really appreciate your feedback and am, of course, open to criticism!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Owner’s Requirements
House Design
If you have to give up something, which details or features
Why does the design look the way it does?
We really like the design here by "kaho674." It truly reflects our ideas. The upper floor should still fit now but, of course, with our minimum required room sizes and the requirement to build only 1.5 storeys.
What is really important to us, especially since the plot is on a slope — the highest point at the street is just under 1m (3.3 ft) above the zero level and it drops 5.11m (16.8 ft) to the lowest point — is how everything can be integrated into the plot without the costs for filling and leveling running out of control. We have also considered an alternative to the urban villa in the style of a split-level house. What have your experiences been building on such a plot?
Many thanks
Two months ago, we purchased a serviced building plot on a hillside and are currently deeply involved in the floor plan design, which is proving quite challenging due to the elevation difference.
I have been following the forum for a while and recently found a great template for our project that I think just needs some adjustments to fit our requirements. I would really appreciate your feedback and am, of course, open to criticism!
Development Plan / Restrictions
- Plot size: 722sqm (7,770 sqft)
- Slope: Yes (southwest)
- Site coverage ratio: 0.3
- Floor area ratio: 0.8
- Building window, building line and boundary: -
- Edge development: No (only carport)
- Number of parking spaces: 1-2 (in front of the garage and next to the house)
- Number of storeys: 1.5
- Roof style: No restrictions
- Architectural style: No restrictions
- Orientation: No restrictions
- Maximum heights / limits: 3m (10 ft) distance to neighbor
Owner’s Requirements
- Style, roof type, building type: Urban villa, hipped roof
- Basement, storeys: No basement, 1.5 storeys
- Number of occupants: 4 (ages: 44, 45, 16, 6 years)
- Space requirements on ground and upper floor: Upstairs minimum bedroom 11sqm (118 sqft), walk-in closet 8sqm (86 sqft), 2 children’s rooms 12sqm (129 sqft) each, bathroom 13sqm (140 sqft)
- Office: Family use or home office?: Not needed
- Guest overnight stays per year: Rare
- Open or closed architecture: Open downstairs, rather closed upstairs
- Conservative or modern design: Modern
- Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen with island
- Number of dining seats: Minimum 6, possibility for a large dining table (big family)
- Fireplace: No
- Music / stereo wall: No
- Balcony, roof terrace: If possible, a partially covered terrace
- Garage, carport: Preferably a double garage
- Utility garden, greenhouse: Yes
- Other: Storage space necessary, as no basement
House Design
- Who designed the plan: Currently from the forum
- What do you like most? Why? Great layout on the ground floor, still open upstairs
- What do you not like? Why?: The upper floor layout still fits 3 children, which we don’t need
- Estimated price by architect/planner: We thought, excluding land, max $250,000 - realistic?
- Personal price limit for house, including fittings: €250,000
- Preferred heating system: We are open!
If you have to give up something, which details or features
- You can give up: Walk-in closet, double garage
- You cannot give up: Large bathroom
Why does the design look the way it does?
We really like the design here by "kaho674." It truly reflects our ideas. The upper floor should still fit now but, of course, with our minimum required room sizes and the requirement to build only 1.5 storeys.
What is really important to us, especially since the plot is on a slope — the highest point at the street is just under 1m (3.3 ft) above the zero level and it drops 5.11m (16.8 ft) to the lowest point — is how everything can be integrated into the plot without the costs for filling and leveling running out of control. We have also considered an alternative to the urban villa in the style of a split-level house. What have your experiences been building on such a plot?
Many thanks
Zaba12 schrieb:
I really can’t handle this right now. You come up with a Lithuanian wooden house for €50,000 and a bathroom and electrical budget of €11,000, but you want something more upscale with beautiful bathrooms and everything desirable.
Then you show us a custom floor plan from Katja, but you’re still thinking about the Lithuanian doghouse that probably doesn’t build custom houses but follows a standard template.
You’re seriously kidding all of us here. You’re way beyond being naive. That’s two levels beyond. What is that supposed to mean? What are these accusations for?
We wanted to build a new house and searched online, and that’s how we found this structural engineer. Yes, it was a mistake and naive to think that new construction was possible at those prices. I have admitted that several times now!
But then we wanted a different type of house, and that’s how I came across Katja’s floor plan. Then it turned out that building like that on our plot is not possible. That is the truth about how things developed!
Look, we all make mistakes, but I would really appreciate some support in reorienting ourselves, because there’s no point in dwelling on the past now!
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
Zaba12 schrieb:
Here’s my suggestion again. Sell the plot and go to a developer. Buy everything as a complete package and just move in.
What is your net income, by the way? Can you actually manage the €400,000 (about $435,000) cost? Yes, of course, otherwise I would have stopped long ago!
Franky73 schrieb:
The main idea was not just to position the house at the highest point because of the view and rainwater, as almost everyone else did. For non-Frisians, it must be some kind of tradition not to even think about the approach with the dike.
Franky73 schrieb:
I’m just not sure if this option doesn’t mean losing too much of the beautiful view? With roof windows definitely not. Or you rotate the shed roof and make the high side face the valley. Also a type of one-and-a-half-story house, but still without a gable roof.
Franky73 schrieb:
He said we could also choose tiles, etc., directly from the factory outlet, and the respective trades would install them. Apart from the warranty issue already mentioned, they probably won’t be too happy about giving up the retail margin.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Zaba12 schrieb:
Here is my suggestion again. Sell the plot and go to a developer. Buy everything from a single source and move in.
What is your net income, by the way? Can you manage the €400,000 (about $436,000)? Is that the only way? Sell?
Franky73 schrieb:
Is that the only option? Selling? That’s not an option, it’s nonsense.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/