ᐅ Single-family bungalow, approximately 1,500 sq ft – looking for floor plan ideas
Created on: 4 Sep 2018 20:27
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daichen
Hello everyone,
After following the discussions here for some time, I would like to join in and share my own concerns.
We have purchased a 1,700m² plot of land (28x60m width x depth). The site coverage ratio is 0.2. By the way, we are a couple in our late 20s and currently have no children. We want to plan for one child’s bedroom and one study room (home office).
About the plot:
About the house:
House design:
What is very important to us:
What is relatively important to us:
Open questions:
Floor plan
Front elevation
After following the discussions here for some time, I would like to join in and share my own concerns.
We have purchased a 1,700m² plot of land (28x60m width x depth). The site coverage ratio is 0.2. By the way, we are a couple in our late 20s and currently have no children. We want to plan for one child’s bedroom and one study room (home office).
About the plot:
- no slope
- Restrictions: up to 2 full floors allowed, site coverage ratio 0.2, roof pitch must be 40%
- Location: rural village, no through road, a residential street runs parallel to the lower boundary (bathroom to guest WC) at about 5 meters (16 feet) distance
About the house:
- Desired house type: bungalow
- Desired size: 140-145m²
- no basement, no upper floor
- Double garage with access to the house; if building regulations allow, this should be the only entrance door and it should be built on the boundary line
- Kitchen: open plan to make the living/dining area appear larger
- To avoid numerous doors in the hallway → entrance to bathroom/bedroom via dressing room and a "corner in the hallway"
- 2 patio doors, one from the kitchen (two-panel) and one from the living room (sliding door)
- Gas heating (underfloor heating) + solar support for domestic hot water production
- No (decentralized or centralized) ventilation system
- Bricks: Poroton T10 36.5cm (or T10 42cm?)
- Covered terrace
- Tall and narrow window between kitchen and hallway to brighten the hallway
House design:
- We created the design ourselves as laypersons.
- Coordination with the architect/structural engineer of the construction company will take place in September
What is very important to us:
- Access to the house via the garage, since 99% of the time we enter the house by car and don’t want to walk to the house in cold or rainy weather
- Terrace facing west or south
- 4 rooms (bedroom, living room, child’s room, study)
What is relatively important to us:
- Utility room (HAR) should not be too small (minimum 12m²)
- Utility room and kitchen should not be too far from the entrance (garage)
- Especially large/wide attic ladder
- Bathroom and guest WC should each have a shower
Open questions:
- Do you have any general suggestions for the floor plan?
- Building materials: The construction company uses Poroton T10 36.5cm for exterior walls and 11.5cm for interior walls as standard (no additional insulation in the walls)
- We don’t want to build a passive house or extremely energy-efficient house, so T10 bricks seem sufficient. Or should we invest more here? My idea was to increase the wall thickness to 42cm (outside) and 17.5cm (inside), as 11.5cm seems too thin to route cables, sockets, etc.
- Poroton T10: I’ve read that the thin ribs and thinner exterior walls make the bricks less stable. Is there any truth to this, or would we have problems fixing furniture, for example?
- Poroton is said not to be very soundproof... however, I hear more often that doors and windows are typically the weak points regarding noise (and thermal insulation).
- The window between kitchen and hallway is planned to be 200x30cm and positioned above the wall cabinets. Do you see this as a good idea, or could it cause problems?
- Is the only access to the house through the garage possible?
- I’m uncertain about the layout of the bathrooms; is it optimal as shown?
- We would like tile flooring in the kitchen area, utility room, garage, and hallway (?), and laminate flooring elsewhere. Is this okay with underfloor heating?
- I find some rooms quite small. The hallway width is only 1.33m (4.4 feet), so nothing more can be sacrificed.
Floor plan
Front elevation
Nordlys schrieb:
Well... resistance... people just want it that way, and they will live in it. It’s as simple as that. If someone says, I like it that way, it doesn’t really matter whether I or a thousand others feel the same or not. Whether they actually want it will become clear when the original poster has to pay for that nonsense with the unused mega roof. So, just sit back and wait to see what happens next.
I have never seen a house where you can only enter through the garage... I find that a bit odd. I open my front door, and instead of nature, I see my car… Are there no windows planned for the garage either? Probably doesn’t make much difference anyway, since it’s north-facing.
Now, moving on:
1. Guest WC
Our guest WC is 1.51 m (5 feet) wide... when you sit on the toilet, there is no sink opposite, just a wall-mounted radiator. Still, the space is not exactly generous...
2. Children’s Room
Right next to the bathroom… at least the child will always notice when someone uses the toilet.
To get to the bathroom, the child has to go through the dressing room (so do guests too?). The whole room is quite awkwardly shaped anyway… but maybe that’s just parental complaints...
3. Bathroom
There is a window that is blocked by the shower wall. When I shower, I always have to lower the blinds or close the pleated blind in front of the window… same as in the guest WC. Not great, especially in the bathroom. Verdict: dark cave!
4. Bedroom / Dressing Room
The door in the bedroom opens the wrong way. The dressing room is relatively large yet still feels cramped. 2.13 m (7 feet) minus two closets on each side (2 x 60 cm (2 feet)) leaves 93 cm (3 feet) in the middle. I wouldn’t want to pick anything out there...
5. Living Room
Loads of wasted space...
Now, moving on:
1. Guest WC
Our guest WC is 1.51 m (5 feet) wide... when you sit on the toilet, there is no sink opposite, just a wall-mounted radiator. Still, the space is not exactly generous...
2. Children’s Room
Right next to the bathroom… at least the child will always notice when someone uses the toilet.
To get to the bathroom, the child has to go through the dressing room (so do guests too?). The whole room is quite awkwardly shaped anyway… but maybe that’s just parental complaints...
3. Bathroom
There is a window that is blocked by the shower wall. When I shower, I always have to lower the blinds or close the pleated blind in front of the window… same as in the guest WC. Not great, especially in the bathroom. Verdict: dark cave!
4. Bedroom / Dressing Room
The door in the bedroom opens the wrong way. The dressing room is relatively large yet still feels cramped. 2.13 m (7 feet) minus two closets on each side (2 x 60 cm (2 feet)) leaves 93 cm (3 feet) in the middle. I wouldn’t want to pick anything out there...
5. Living Room
Loads of wasted space...
Basti2709 schrieb:
I have never seen a house that can only be accessed through the garage...Because it’s not feasible.
But the OP does not want to hear that. It’s just hard to admit something that you previously thought was great.
It’s not like the reactions are hard to understand.
Access through the garage would also create a nice mix of doors.
An exterior door to the garage, but the existing thermal insulation of standard doors is not necessary since the garage is unheated. Then an insulated door to the living area, which, as far as I know, must also be smoke-tight and fire-resistant.
You don’t have to understand everything.
An exterior door to the garage, but the existing thermal insulation of standard doors is not necessary since the garage is unheated. Then an insulated door to the living area, which, as far as I know, must also be smoke-tight and fire-resistant.
You don’t have to understand everything.
Nordlys schrieb:
Exactly, the truth is always concrete. Basic course in Marxism/Leninism, Katja, you know what I mean? Well, I did have an advanced chemistry course, but before I got to experience ML, the political change happened... such a pity.
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