ᐅ Bungalow Floor Plan Up to 140 m² – Are the Dimensions According to Standards Acceptable?
Created on: 27 Jul 2018 17:14
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Ala34
Development plan/restrictions: no development plan, §34 surroundings, semi-detached house, bungalow, etc.
Plot size: 1056 m² (11,363 sq ft)
Slope: no
Residential area
Number of parking spaces: 2
Roof style: hipped roof
Architectural style: classic bungalow
Orientation: east-south
Maximum heights/limits: -
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: country house style, bungalow, hipped roof
Basement, stories: no basement, single story
Number of people: 2, 35 years old
Room requirements: 4 rooms
Office: home office
Guest sleepers per year: 2–4
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 2
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: yes
House design
Planning origin: do-it-yourself / Scanhaus Marlow Marlow
What do you particularly like? Why? Covered terrace, open space, private area
What do you dislike? Why? small utility room
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: 270,000 €
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: 300,000 €, 350,000 € including additional costs
Preferred heating technology: geothermal heat pump with deep drilling
Uninterrupted view from front door into garden with French doors
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Floor plan is liked, are dimensions according to standards okay? Is the open space structurally feasible? Layout okay? Living area should be max. 140 m² (1,507 sq ft), which was challenging with 4 rooms.
Thanks in advance.
Plot size: 1056 m² (11,363 sq ft)
Slope: no
Residential area
Number of parking spaces: 2
Roof style: hipped roof
Architectural style: classic bungalow
Orientation: east-south
Maximum heights/limits: -
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: country house style, bungalow, hipped roof
Basement, stories: no basement, single story
Number of people: 2, 35 years old
Room requirements: 4 rooms
Office: home office
Guest sleepers per year: 2–4
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 2
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: yes
House design
Planning origin: do-it-yourself / Scanhaus Marlow Marlow
What do you particularly like? Why? Covered terrace, open space, private area
What do you dislike? Why? small utility room
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: 270,000 €
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: 300,000 €, 350,000 € including additional costs
Preferred heating technology: geothermal heat pump with deep drilling
Uninterrupted view from front door into garden with French doors
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Floor plan is liked, are dimensions according to standards okay? Is the open space structurally feasible? Layout okay? Living area should be max. 140 m² (1,507 sq ft), which was challenging with 4 rooms.
Thanks in advance.
ypg schrieb:
That’s why I say: have someone else design the plan. Bungalows don’t have to be these L-shaped hallway layouts.An alternative would be to have the living room serve as a passage to the other rooms. For various reasons (which I don’t need to list here), this is not an option. We also prefer the hallway since there is a built-in closet for storage and the entrance area should be spacious when guests arrive, so people don’t end up stepping on each other’s feet. Unfortunately, that’s how it is in our current apartment, and it’s unbearable. We took inspiration from Viebrockhaus (Edition 500 B). There must be good reasons why the bungalow is arranged with an L-shaped hallway.
kbt09 schrieb:
I agree... another design would be better... but at this point, a site plan oriented to north with measurements and access routes would be relevant.
I also think there’s more potential… and why does the office have to be in the private area?I’ve attached the north-oriented site plan. The house itself is not marked. The orientation is supposed to face east, because there is a semi-detached house to the south.
The study needs to be separate for various reasons. Above all, I don’t want to have guests or clients walking through the dressing room, right? Even if it were a child’s room, it would still be less than ideal for the child to have to go through the parents’ dressing room first.
ypg schrieb:
Now I understand the air space issue. In the view, those are windows and not solar panels?
What type of heating system are you using? Can you manage without solar?
We had a thread last week about southern roof windows, where OP asked about thermal insulation. That is not so simple with southern roof windows, as it’s hard to get the heat out of the house again.
Our living room is open to the upper floor with a nice window under the gable. That provides enough daylight and effect. In summer, you have to be able to close the south side tightly. It quickly gets 27°C (81°F) inside.Exactly, those are roof windows. We are avoiding solar panels because we plan to use a ground-source heat pump and photovoltaic system. The photovoltaic system will be installed on the southwest side.
The roof windows face east and are shaded with external roller shutters.
11ant schrieb:
I would rather call it an "open roof underside." They probably didn’t understand it any more than I did – why is it specifically desired over about 60% of the dining room? What is the purpose there (with a gable and glazing, I would have understood) ? – still: did they explain why it can’t be done that way?It’s pointless to explain why one wants an open void. Of course, it’s to create brightness and a sense of spaciousness. Especially in the kitchen, there is no window.
60% was chosen so that the roof windows are centered. The open void should be exactly above the dining area. See photo.
Apparently, the ceiling cannot be left open there because the roof truss structure rests on the timber stud wall.
ypg schrieb:
Ah, I see. Where is the terrace located? Is it by the bedroom, in front of the bay window, or between the bay window and the living room?
I also notice that many questions addressed to you remain unanswered.
What are the rooms on the lower right side of the plan?
Is that the guest room? With two beds? It also seems rather bland.
A dressing room width of 2.20m (7 feet 3 inches) feels too narrow for me (not that I am overweight or anything ).
On the other hand, the living area, meaning the open-plan space, feels too much like a hall: from the sofa you look directly at the kitchen, which could be arranged more cleverly. The space taken up here compared to the other rooms is excessive and unnecessary, even if it is meant to be spacious. The latter can be achieved differently.Which questions are still open?
The terrace is positioned between the bay window and the living room, oriented east-southeast.
The lower right area is designated solely for technical installations. Therefore, we are also planning an additional utility room.
The guest room is only marked on the plan with two beds. This is just a draft, and the furniture can vary.
The division of the living area will be achieved with the fireplace; in a two-person household, an open kitchen and living area is preferred.
Ala34 schrieb:
No need to explain why someone would want an open space. No, at first I also didn’t realize that these are supposed to be roof windows (since I don’t see them on the floor plan).
Ala34 schrieb:
Supposedly, the ceiling cannot be left open there because the roof truss structure rests on the timber frame. Not entirely, these things are not necessarily mutually exclusive. However, in that area, the trusses would have to remain visible.
Attached is my proposed modification for the roof structure (left as currently planned; yellow indicates the desired open space; right shows the alternative). If the roof section above the dining area and covered outdoor seating were designed as a gable – otherwise the hipped roof can stay – a gable glazing could be an option instead of a double casement window:
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Ala34 schrieb:
The office should be separate for various reasons, mainly because I wouldn’t want to have guests or clients pass through the walk-in closet, right? Even if it’s a child’s room, it’s still not ideal for the child to have to go through the parents’ walk-in closet first.Well, if you want input for improvements, such specifics should be mentioned in the first thread. But I wonder why the office is planned within the private area if, as you say, there will be visitors.
I don’t quite understand, and apparently you’re annoyed because people are asking for the requirements here.
No one has suggested routing the office or clients through the walk-in closet.
It may be all set for you, but we review designs all year round and sometimes think outside the box, unlike the standard approach from Viebrockhaus.
Take a look at the bungalows from Danwood, just to show that bungalows can have different layouts.
Scanhaus Marlow has also caught up: by shifting or removing a wall here and there, you get a completely different feeling of living in your own home. But you probably already know that yourself.
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