ᐅ Opinions on Floor Plan Design (Isometric Views, Floor Plans, Development Plans)
Created on: 13 Aug 2018 21:05
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Dopamin
Hello everyone,
We are currently designing the floor plan for our single-family home ourselves on the recently purchased plot (parcel 13). Since the development plan and the building envelope already provide clear guidelines, we have tried to make the best use of these limits.
Besides the 6m (20 feet) wide double garage (at least for 2 cars), we can use up to 9m (30 feet) for the house width within the building envelope.
This means the house will have to be longer in the north-south direction.
Because the garage is located on the east side and attached directly to the house, we have tried to place rooms that need less natural light there.
The garden faces south and, as you can see in the plan, offers plenty of space which we would like to bring into both floors with many windows.
I would appreciate any suggestions you might have or, ideally, a confirmation that the plan looks quite good as it is.
Best regards,
Thomas
Here are the answered questions:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size – 740 square meters (8,000 square feet)
Slope – minimal, approx. 1%
Site coverage ratio – 0.35
Floor area ratio – 0.5
Building envelope, building line, and boundary – according to the plan
Border development – neighboring property
Number of parking spaces – 2
Number of floors – 2
Roof style – gable roof
Architectural style – modern
Orientation – north-south
Maximum heights / limits – 5.5m (18 feet) eaves height from top of ground floor slab
Other requirements
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type – exposed roof structure, clear lines
Basement, floors – basement plus 2 floors
Number of occupants, age – currently 2 adults, in a few years +2 children
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? – small office/guest room
Guests per year – rarely
Open or closed floor plan – open living area
Traditional or modern construction – simple
Open kitchen, kitchen island – open
Number of dining seats – 1-2
Fireplace – no, due to heat pump
Music/stereo wall – not decided
Balcony, roof terrace – large terrace
Garage, carport – double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for choices or exclusions
House Design
Who created the plan: – own design
- planner from a construction company
- architect
- do-it-yourself – tiling
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you not like? Why?
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: €400,000-500,000 without land
Personal budget for house including fittings: €500,000
Preferred heating technology: heat pump









We are currently designing the floor plan for our single-family home ourselves on the recently purchased plot (parcel 13). Since the development plan and the building envelope already provide clear guidelines, we have tried to make the best use of these limits.
Besides the 6m (20 feet) wide double garage (at least for 2 cars), we can use up to 9m (30 feet) for the house width within the building envelope.
This means the house will have to be longer in the north-south direction.
Because the garage is located on the east side and attached directly to the house, we have tried to place rooms that need less natural light there.
The garden faces south and, as you can see in the plan, offers plenty of space which we would like to bring into both floors with many windows.
I would appreciate any suggestions you might have or, ideally, a confirmation that the plan looks quite good as it is.
Best regards,
Thomas
Here are the answered questions:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size – 740 square meters (8,000 square feet)
Slope – minimal, approx. 1%
Site coverage ratio – 0.35
Floor area ratio – 0.5
Building envelope, building line, and boundary – according to the plan
Border development – neighboring property
Number of parking spaces – 2
Number of floors – 2
Roof style – gable roof
Architectural style – modern
Orientation – north-south
Maximum heights / limits – 5.5m (18 feet) eaves height from top of ground floor slab
Other requirements
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type – exposed roof structure, clear lines
Basement, floors – basement plus 2 floors
Number of occupants, age – currently 2 adults, in a few years +2 children
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? – small office/guest room
Guests per year – rarely
Open or closed floor plan – open living area
Traditional or modern construction – simple
Open kitchen, kitchen island – open
Number of dining seats – 1-2
Fireplace – no, due to heat pump
Music/stereo wall – not decided
Balcony, roof terrace – large terrace
Garage, carport – double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for choices or exclusions
House Design
Who created the plan: – own design
- planner from a construction company
- architect
- do-it-yourself – tiling
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you not like? Why?
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: €400,000-500,000 without land
Personal budget for house including fittings: €500,000
Preferred heating technology: heat pump
Dopamin schrieb:
Unfortunately, according to the development plan, the roof must have a pitch greater than 30°.
I would have preferred 22°.
We will have to try to reduce the pitch by submitting an application. I always find that frustrating. Then you’re the one with the “different roof.” Everyone else around has 30°, but Mr. Special is getting an exception.
Maybe it’s better to go with a standard ceiling and add two small staircases for the kids to the attic as a way to enlarge the rooms or something similar.
If everyone else has adhered to the development plan (and there are no exceptions), then you can probably forget about it. That is exactly the purpose of the development plan: to restrict what needs to be restricted, while leaving the rest free (or according to the state building code). Changes regarding roof shapes and slopes can happen—but only with proper amendments to the development plan. Individual "exceptions" go against the purpose and intent of a development plan.
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Obstlerbaum15 Aug 2018 16:18Personally, I would swap the storage room and the restroom in the entrance area. This way, in winter or bad weather, you don’t have to walk through the dirt brought inside to get to the toilet. An alternative solution: a shoe cabinet outside under the canopy...
Dopamin schrieb:
Yes, we drive two "premium rides" and I would never leave my car in a carport, especially in winter or rain. Well, the X3 and A3 in the drawing don’t look very new anymore
Maybe an exception could be made to add a separate garage to each building plot. In any case, I believe the garage belongs next to the house, not the house next to the garage. No matter how precious the car is, it doesn’t deserve the prime cut of the roast.
Dopamin schrieb:
The walls have these dimensions because Archicad includes the plaster. So these are quite normal 36.5cm (14 inches) walls Architects using CAD usually model the plans as rough constructions. Even after subtracting plaster, the room dimensions here remain unrealistic and deviate significantly from the standard dimensions.
ypg schrieb:
In my opinion, the room is stretched too much vertically, which makes it feel smaller at the bottom. I agree and support the suggestion:
kaho674 schrieb:
Maybe it would be better to have a normal ceiling and for the kids add two small staircases to the attic for extra room or something similar.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Some time has passed, and we have made some adjustments to the plan.
Instead of having the office on the ground floor, we have extended the kitchen, significantly enlarging the living area.
The office will have to go into the basement (with a possible daylight shaft?).
We also revised the basement layout to fit the office in there.
I appreciate any suggestions, so feel free to be critical.



Instead of having the office on the ground floor, we have extended the kitchen, significantly enlarging the living area.
The office will have to go into the basement (with a possible daylight shaft?).
We also revised the basement layout to fit the office in there.
I appreciate any suggestions, so feel free to be critical.
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