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
11ant schrieb:
But anyway: to avoid a full story, that would be a shot in the foot.But with Scanhaus Marlow, it is offered as a 1.5-story house with the captain’s gable, isn’t it?
Franky73 schrieb:
But with Scanhaus Marlow Marlow, it is offered as a 1.5-story house with the captain’s gable, right? ...It will be a solid (masonry) house anyway...
How does that fit together? Please explain!
Zaba12 schrieb:
...It will be a solid, masonry-built house anyway...
How does that fit together? Explain it to me! Zaba, you misunderstood me. Yes, it will be a solid masonry house! As I listed above, we are currently looking at how the house should look "from the outside," and we liked this particular "house shape."
The general contractor is also asking: "How much living space do you need, do you have a specific idea of how the house should look...?"
What’s the point of this question then? The thread is already overloaded with pointless questions. Keep it short and clear. If you have "real" questions that you can’t answer yourself, just ask them. But meaningless questions only cause confusion, as you’re noticing right now.
Well, it wasn’t a pointless question, since I had discussed the shape of the house with Katja and she had made some suggestions.
Yes, the thread is a bit confusing, but I keep noticing that some people don’t read carefully—yes, maybe I wasn’t always clear myself, but misunderstandings also arise from not reading properly, because then people assume something completely different from what was actually meant.
Anyway—yes, a solid structure, that kind of house design!
Yes, the thread is a bit confusing, but I keep noticing that some people don’t read carefully—yes, maybe I wasn’t always clear myself, but misunderstandings also arise from not reading properly, because then people assume something completely different from what was actually meant.
Anyway—yes, a solid structure, that kind of house design!
Franky73 schrieb:
But with Scanhaus Marlow, Marlow is offered as a 1.5-story house with the captain’s gable, isn’t it? As I said, it should work on one side. The key is to stay within two-thirds for the area with a height of at least 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in). Because of this, it can’t be too wide. With two gables, it will probably be messy, or you would have to reduce the knee wall to 0, which would be even worse.
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