ᐅ Renovation of an Older Building (1966): Two-Family House – Floor Plan Sketch

Created on: 30 Jul 2018 13:39

Hello everyone,

We are currently planning a renovation of an older house built in 1966. Over the years, the house has been extended and remodeled several times. It has previously served as a two-family home. We are taking over the house now and do not want any "stranger" tenants living in it. This means we want/need to live in the house ourselves as a single-family home for the next 1-2 decades at least.

So, we have the challenge—or luxury—of being able to plan a lot of space.

You can find our first draft attached.

Basement:
We do not want to make any changes here for the most part. Only the electricity meter and related equipment need to be removed from the stairwell as part of the electrical upgrade. We have discussed with the electrician to create an “electrical room” in the workshop for this purpose. Everything else will remain as is.

Ground Floor:
On the ground floor, we plan to remove three walls to create a large open living and dining area including the kitchen. The pantry will be prepared as a potential bathroom (water supply and drainage will be renewed). We might want to add a bathroom there in about 10 years. A full guest bedroom is essential for us, due to family circumstances. The office will serve as a home or remote work space for both of us. The “home theater” will probably remain an unused room for now until we have more budget to invest there.

Upper Floor:
On the upper floor, we plan to move the door to the terrace (currently located in the "children’s room") and relocate the wardrobe wall to create a new hallway with access to the terrace. In the bedroom, we will add a wall to create a second bathroom on the upper floor (currently, there is a kitchen in that space).

Attic:
The attic will remain an unheated area and will remain unused or serve as an attic storage space.

This is roughly our current plan. A structural engineer has already reviewed the walls. Most of the work will be done by ourselves. But here, we want to focus on the floor plan.

We are open to all ideas. Please share any constructive feedback.

Thanks and best regards

HappyDee453 Aug 2018 08:27

#55

Good morning everyone,

Thanks again for your suggestions and feedback! We have now decided on the attached version – or rather, we will continue to pursue this option for the time being. There might still be a few minor changes, but overall we will be moving in this direction (which is, of course, the advantage of building your own home). Let’s see what the construction reveals once we finally get to start with the sledgehammer.

Thanks! Have a great weekend!

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kaho6743 Aug 2018 09:14

#56

Hmm. Somehow, this is a downgrade in the dressing and bathroom area. Placing the cabinets in the middle is unfortunately not an improvement. It just doesn’t work. Take a look at the clearance widths between the cabinets. I’m sticking with my suggestion. :P

HappyDee453 Aug 2018 10:03

#57

The furnishings throughout the entire house are still quite "speculative." The example cabinets in the center are intended more as a chest of drawers with a flat surface on top and, of course, will be somewhat smaller.

Climbee3 Aug 2018 10:10

#58

I still think it’s a pity to practically "give away" the terrace upstairs, because whether you smoke a cigarette there or not, you will hardly use it from the bedroom when life is busy downstairs.

11ant3 Aug 2018 10:19

#59

HappyDee45 schrieb:
The furnishing of the entire house is still very "speculative." The example cabinets in the middle

... should preferably be replaced with less speculative ones before anyone starts swinging the sledgehammer.

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HappyDee453 Aug 2018 10:27

#60

Climbee schrieb:
I still think it’s a pity to basically “give away” the upstairs terrace, because whether or not you smoke there afterwards: you will hardly use it from the bedroom if there’s a lot of activity downstairs.

The (sun) terrace will be used by the family as a quiet spot for sunbathing and “splashing around” with the kids. We’ll let the chaos take place downstairs and keep the idea of adding a staircase from the ground floor balcony to the garden as a backup plan – we really liked that idea.

11ant schrieb:
... should preferably be replaced by less speculative options before swinging the sledgehammer.

Each room will be used as planned. Whether the closet xyz is placed left or right, we are leaving open for now. The next step is to finalize the financing. Then we have until the end of the year to complete the detailed interior planning. We’ll get started in the new year.

ᐅ Renovation of an Older Building (1966): Two-Family House – Floor Plan Sketch

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