ᐅ Floor plan design for our single-family home Single-family home in Schleswig-Holstein
Created on: 21 Aug 2018 17:54
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opalau
Hello everyone,
After successfully finding and purchasing a plot in Schleswig-Holstein a few months ago, we are currently planning our single-family house. On one hand, we are evaluating general contractors for potential collaboration, and on the other hand, we are refining the floor plan.
Originally, a basement was planned (see cross-section), but we cannot avoid a waterproof concrete shell (“white tank”) as recommended by the soil survey for the foundation. Furthermore, the requirements of the energy saving ordinance make basements more expensive. The narrow plot (15m (49 feet)) also complicates slope construction. All these factors have led us to plan without a basement, instead allocating more space above ground.
We’re now fairly satisfied with the preliminary result but aren’t attached to it—at least I hope not... Overall, we planned generously, but I’m still a bit surprised that the ground floor area is about 230 sq m (2,475 sq ft). I’m also somewhat worried that we might have a biased tunnel vision as amateurs, which is why I’m sharing this here.
Please excuse the duplicate floor plans. I find the interior visualization in Sweet Home 3D so poor that I can’t use it for interior design. Hence the separate versions. I hope that’s not too confusing.
At this point, many thanks to the forum; just from reading along, we’ve already learned a lot, which is fantastic!
Size of plot: 1150 sq m (15m x approx. 77m (49 feet x approx. 253 feet))
Slope: No
Land use parameters (floor area ratio, plot ratio, etc.): §34
Restrictions: Eave height 5.5m (18 feet), ridge height 8.14m (27 feet) (pre-application regarding volume)
Owner’s requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Simple, gable roof
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full stories
Number and age of people: 32, 39, 3, 0
Space requirements on ground floor: Cooking/eating/living, pantry, study, utility room, guest WC, entrance area, hallway
Space requirements on upper floor: 2 children’s bedrooms, children’s shower bath, master bedroom, dressing room, master bath, storage room, utility room, hallway
Office: Home office, hobby (used often)
Overnight guests per year: 0
Open or closed architecture: Open
Traditional or modern construction: Probably modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: No
Music/stereo wall: No (What is a stereo wall anyway? )
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Double carport with shed as boundary structure
House design
Who created the design: Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Generously sized rooms
- Good separation between master and children’s areas
- Children’s rooms face the private garden
- Master bedroom faces sunrise
- High knee wall on upper floor
- Adequate storage space
What do you dislike? Why?
- Master bath above study
- Storage room on upper floor on south side (but a neighbor is only 6m (20 feet) away here)
- Is the entrance area cramped?
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 500,000 EUR plus additional construction costs, landscaping, carport
Preferred heating technology: Gas
If you had to do without something, which details/upgrades could you skip: No individual room as such, more a reduction of overall generosity, possibly consolidating the many storage areas (pantry, utility room, HAR, storage closet).
Why did the design turn out this way? Many iterations, balancing wishes, conversations with general contractors, visits to model parks, etc.
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters? Is the floor plan basically reasonable? Have we missed anything crucial due to tunnel vision?
After successfully finding and purchasing a plot in Schleswig-Holstein a few months ago, we are currently planning our single-family house. On one hand, we are evaluating general contractors for potential collaboration, and on the other hand, we are refining the floor plan.
Originally, a basement was planned (see cross-section), but we cannot avoid a waterproof concrete shell (“white tank”) as recommended by the soil survey for the foundation. Furthermore, the requirements of the energy saving ordinance make basements more expensive. The narrow plot (15m (49 feet)) also complicates slope construction. All these factors have led us to plan without a basement, instead allocating more space above ground.
We’re now fairly satisfied with the preliminary result but aren’t attached to it—at least I hope not... Overall, we planned generously, but I’m still a bit surprised that the ground floor area is about 230 sq m (2,475 sq ft). I’m also somewhat worried that we might have a biased tunnel vision as amateurs, which is why I’m sharing this here.
Please excuse the duplicate floor plans. I find the interior visualization in Sweet Home 3D so poor that I can’t use it for interior design. Hence the separate versions. I hope that’s not too confusing.
At this point, many thanks to the forum; just from reading along, we’ve already learned a lot, which is fantastic!
Size of plot: 1150 sq m (15m x approx. 77m (49 feet x approx. 253 feet))
Slope: No
Land use parameters (floor area ratio, plot ratio, etc.): §34
Restrictions: Eave height 5.5m (18 feet), ridge height 8.14m (27 feet) (pre-application regarding volume)
Owner’s requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Simple, gable roof
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full stories
Number and age of people: 32, 39, 3, 0
Space requirements on ground floor: Cooking/eating/living, pantry, study, utility room, guest WC, entrance area, hallway
Space requirements on upper floor: 2 children’s bedrooms, children’s shower bath, master bedroom, dressing room, master bath, storage room, utility room, hallway
Office: Home office, hobby (used often)
Overnight guests per year: 0
Open or closed architecture: Open
Traditional or modern construction: Probably modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: No
Music/stereo wall: No (What is a stereo wall anyway? )
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Double carport with shed as boundary structure
House design
Who created the design: Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Generously sized rooms
- Good separation between master and children’s areas
- Children’s rooms face the private garden
- Master bedroom faces sunrise
- High knee wall on upper floor
- Adequate storage space
What do you dislike? Why?
- Master bath above study
- Storage room on upper floor on south side (but a neighbor is only 6m (20 feet) away here)
- Is the entrance area cramped?
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 500,000 EUR plus additional construction costs, landscaping, carport
Preferred heating technology: Gas
If you had to do without something, which details/upgrades could you skip: No individual room as such, more a reduction of overall generosity, possibly consolidating the many storage areas (pantry, utility room, HAR, storage closet).
Why did the design turn out this way? Many iterations, balancing wishes, conversations with general contractors, visits to model parks, etc.
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters? Is the floor plan basically reasonable? Have we missed anything crucial due to tunnel vision?
ypg schrieb:
Who says you’re looking in the direction of the door? You’re assuming the window is behind you... Yes, I think that’s the most obvious assumption. Otherwise, while working, I’d constantly be in the way in the “hallway.” That would be even less practical than looking at the door.
Why exactly is your island angled? Just to make it look less sterile?
kaho674 schrieb:
Having the Christmas roast stored in the pantry seems less unusual than a hidden door leading to a trapped utility room inside the guest bathroom. I would rather have the door open from the study.
Which brings me to the question, why do you need such a huge study? Are you a circus performer setting up a trapeze there?Fair question. Originally, we even planned to have two studies but abandoned that idea because the rooms would have ended up quite small. I do a lot of home office work and would like a comfortable workplace for that. My wife works from home occasionally, but she uses her "half" of the study mainly for sewing. The sewing setup requires space (~3 machines, lots of materials, etc.), and if I want a reasonably tidy corner in the study, it needs to be a certain size.
kaho674 schrieb:
Yes, that seems obvious. Otherwise, I would constantly be in the way when working in the "hallway." That would be even worse than looking at the door.
Why is your island angled? Just to avoid a sterile look? I would like to see that too.
opalau schrieb:
We originally even planned for 2 workspaces, ... Ah, it would have been good to know that earlier. A shared workspace is definitely beneficial for young couples.
Have you considered placing the utility room upstairs to create more space downstairs for the large shared workspace? This way, you wouldn’t have to go through the bathroom. However, this would reduce the storage space upstairs.
So many possibilities...
kaho674 schrieb:
Ah, it would have been good to know that earlier. Having a shared workspace is definitely great for young couples.
Have you considered moving the utility room upstairs to create more space downstairs for the large shared activity room? That way, you wouldn’t have to go through the bathroom to get there. However, it would reduce storage space upstairs.
So many possibilities... Sorry, no matter how much you discuss, you can’t think of everything.
Moving the utility room upstairs sounds interesting. But I imagine it could be challenging, for example, regarding the gas connection.
opalau schrieb:
I imagine that could be difficult, for example regarding the gas connection. Well, you'd have to ask the gas technician. In our end-terrace house, the gas heating was installed in the attic. So, I’m relaxed about that. Presumably, the supply lines are just a bit longer. Is that a huge cost? I’ve heard so many different things. Apparently, every seller calculates it differently. For us, an additional 3m (10 feet) of piping was completely negligible, in the low hundreds of dollars. But I’ve also seen posts here where people had to pay around a thousand dollars per meter. You need to ask the construction company.kaho674 schrieb:
Well, you'd have to ask the gas technician. We had the gas heating installed in the attic of our end-of-terrace house. So I’m quite relaxed about that. Presumably, the supply lines are a bit longer. Is that a huge cost? I’ve heard so many different things. It seems every supplier calculates differently. For us, an additional 3m (10 feet) of piping was negligible, in the low hundreds of euros. But I have also seen posts here in the forum where people had to pay around 1000 euros per meter. You need to ask the construction company about that.I doubted the overall feasibility without questioning it further and therefore never really considered it. This is a good point, which opens up new possibilities.