ᐅ Single-family home with 190 sqm – What do you think of the design? Any feedback?
Created on: 21 Aug 2018 07:37
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HausBW
Hello, we would appreciate some suggestions and tips. This is the first draft, so there is certainly room for improvement. Thank you.
Attached are the details:
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size approx. 600 sqm (6,458 sq ft)
Slope - 10% incline
Site coverage ratio 0.35
Floor area ratio 0.5
Building envelope, setback, and boundary 15 x 15 m (49 x 49 ft)
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of stories 2
Roof type FD
Maximum height 6.30 m (20.7 ft)
Client requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, number of floors: rather no
Number of occupants, age: 2, approx. 35 years
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Overnight guests per year: no idea
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: rather yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: possibly
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: both
House design
Planner: DIY
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 450,000 euros (house including ancillary costs)
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating
Why is the design the way it is now? Previously lived in an old building with 3.5 m (11.5 ft) ceiling height and very large rooms; tried to replicate the room sizes at least partially; bedroom is deliberately located on the south side for a better view

Attached are the details:
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size approx. 600 sqm (6,458 sq ft)
Slope - 10% incline
Site coverage ratio 0.35
Floor area ratio 0.5
Building envelope, setback, and boundary 15 x 15 m (49 x 49 ft)
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of stories 2
Roof type FD
Maximum height 6.30 m (20.7 ft)
Client requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, number of floors: rather no
Number of occupants, age: 2, approx. 35 years
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Overnight guests per year: no idea
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: rather yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: possibly
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: both
House design
Planner: DIY
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 450,000 euros (house including ancillary costs)
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating
Why is the design the way it is now? Previously lived in an old building with 3.5 m (11.5 ft) ceiling height and very large rooms; tried to replicate the room sizes at least partially; bedroom is deliberately located on the south side for a better view
11ant schrieb:
Then have a look at the actual apartment – at least as a drawing exercise, but maybe also as inspiration for the other participants (?)
Which East Frisian joke was mistranslated into Bavarian? – considering the savings, one could almost say "perverse costs extra" I’ll take a photo of the part in the next few days, otherwise no one will believe me.
11ant schrieb:
Then take a look at the existing apartment – at least as a drawing exercise, but maybe also as inspiration for the other participants (?)I honestly don’t know how one should engage with the existing apartment – 200 sqm (2,150 sq ft) historic building in downtown Düsseldorf; 3.5 m (11.5 ft) ceiling height, 60 cm (24 inches) brick walls, all on one level;
I would hardly plan anything different unless it was absolutely necessary. Unfortunately, this kind of construction can no longer be built today.
HausBW schrieb:
I wouldn’t know how to engage with the apartment otherwiseFor the two reasons I already mentioned.You won’t know any apartment better than this one, and once you have viewed it through the eyes of a tape measure and sketched it out, you will be precisely familiar with its dimensions.
The next step is to cut it out and adjust the parts that don’t fit well. Then you arrange these rooms in different layouts. This hands-on insight with scissors is something you can’t get by using a mouse.
Even afterwards, you might not agree with every criticism of your plan, but you will likely understand it much better and be able to implement it creatively.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
But that already fails because 200sqm (2,150 sq ft) on one level is laid out differently than if I divide it over two floors and still need a utility room and a staircase somewhere – at the moment we have several rooms that are 25–30sqm (270–320 sq ft) in size and are only used as a study and entrance area; such spaces don’t really exist anymore today, and I don’t really need them either.
HausBW schrieb:
But that already fails because 200sqm (2,150 sq ft) on one level are laid out differently That doesn’t fail at all, you fix that by cutting out and rearranging.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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Matthew0323 Aug 2018 10:03Since you compared your costs and complained a bit in the other thread: the question about specifying your building location is still unanswered. There is a significant price difference between Echterdinger Höhe and the lowest part of the Alb.
Also, the statement is not correct; your costs were not dismissed as "impossible." I explicitly pointed out that it is feasible.
Also, the statement is not correct; your costs were not dismissed as "impossible." I explicitly pointed out that it is feasible.
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