ᐅ Single-family Home Floor Plan Approx. 160 sqm – Suggestions for Improvement?
Created on: 21 Sep 2018 19:19
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kklk18
Hello everyone,
I am new to the forum, but have been following along for a while and have already gathered quite a bit of knowledge.
Attached are the floor plans for the ground floor and upper floor of a single-family house; I know the dimensions do not yet match the floor area ratio, this is just an initial rough sketch that I plan to refine step by step.
Here are the details:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 500sqm (5400 sq ft), rear plot
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: 0.2 → 100sqm (1076 sq ft)
Floor area ratio: 0.3 → 150sqm (1615 sq ft) excluding the bathroom on the upper floor
Building envelope, building line and boundary: only 3m (10 ft) distance to the boundary must be maintained
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 1.5
Roof type: single-pitch roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: southwest
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height max. 4.5m (15 ft)
Additional requirements: old development plan → bathroom upstairs and air space are not included in the floor area ratio; likewise, no sealed surfaces outside the building
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: solid construction, rather modern style, large windows
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, 1 child (3 planned in total)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor: see floor plan
Office: family use or home office? Home office 2-3 days per week
Overnight guests per year: 10
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen directly connected to the dining room via sliding door
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double carport → 2 parking spaces as mentioned above
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included: gallery window from ground floor to upper floor → I know galleries are not very popular here, but we like this very much
House Design
Who planned it: self-designed using building brochures and impressions from friends’ houses as well as show homes
What do you like most? Why? Open living area; the heart of life and a meeting point; central stringer staircase
What do you not like? Why? Corridor size on upper floor; it feels like wasted space as it is really just a hallway leading to the rooms
Estimated cost according to architect/designer: still open
Personal price limit for the house including equipment: 270,000 EUR (without electrical, heating, sanitary, and outdoor facilities) → land already deducted. We are building in northwest Germany
Preferred heating technology: heat pump
If you have to give up, which details or extensions
-can you give up:
-can you not give up: size of the walk-in closet due to the size of Ikea Pax wardrobes, gallery window, shower in the ground floor bathroom, external blinds on the ground floor
Why did the design end up the way it is?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
I’m looking forward to your opinions and would appreciate suggestions for improvement J
For now, I have left out the windows, as we are still at the very beginning and it is only about the spatial layout...
Thanks in advance for your help and best regards
Karina
added 22.9.: site plan
I am new to the forum, but have been following along for a while and have already gathered quite a bit of knowledge.
Attached are the floor plans for the ground floor and upper floor of a single-family house; I know the dimensions do not yet match the floor area ratio, this is just an initial rough sketch that I plan to refine step by step.
Here are the details:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 500sqm (5400 sq ft), rear plot
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: 0.2 → 100sqm (1076 sq ft)
Floor area ratio: 0.3 → 150sqm (1615 sq ft) excluding the bathroom on the upper floor
Building envelope, building line and boundary: only 3m (10 ft) distance to the boundary must be maintained
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 1.5
Roof type: single-pitch roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: southwest
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height max. 4.5m (15 ft)
Additional requirements: old development plan → bathroom upstairs and air space are not included in the floor area ratio; likewise, no sealed surfaces outside the building
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: solid construction, rather modern style, large windows
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, 1 child (3 planned in total)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor: see floor plan
Office: family use or home office? Home office 2-3 days per week
Overnight guests per year: 10
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen directly connected to the dining room via sliding door
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double carport → 2 parking spaces as mentioned above
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included: gallery window from ground floor to upper floor → I know galleries are not very popular here, but we like this very much
House Design
Who planned it: self-designed using building brochures and impressions from friends’ houses as well as show homes
What do you like most? Why? Open living area; the heart of life and a meeting point; central stringer staircase
What do you not like? Why? Corridor size on upper floor; it feels like wasted space as it is really just a hallway leading to the rooms
Estimated cost according to architect/designer: still open
Personal price limit for the house including equipment: 270,000 EUR (without electrical, heating, sanitary, and outdoor facilities) → land already deducted. We are building in northwest Germany
Preferred heating technology: heat pump
If you have to give up, which details or extensions
-can you give up:
-can you not give up: size of the walk-in closet due to the size of Ikea Pax wardrobes, gallery window, shower in the ground floor bathroom, external blinds on the ground floor
Why did the design end up the way it is?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
I’m looking forward to your opinions and would appreciate suggestions for improvement J
For now, I have left out the windows, as we are still at the very beginning and it is only about the spatial layout...
Thanks in advance for your help and best regards
Karina
added 22.9.: site plan
kklk18 schrieb:
We are now trying again without a bay window and cutting out some space on the ground floor to reduce the external dimensions for the floor area ratio. Cutting space on the ground floor is a double-edged sword: because of avoiding a full storey on the upper floor (attic).
kklk18 schrieb:
When the development plan was drawn up, these were former settlement plots with a minimum size of 1500sqm (16,145 sq ft) – so such low floor area ratios made sense.
Within the context of densification, it is already difficult to find a plot larger than 400sqm (4,305 sq ft), That should make it easier for the local authority to allow an exceedance of the site coverage ratio and floor area ratio. However, then it cannot be a detached house (which is in any case only possible in some federal states).
ypg schrieb:
@Escroda
Can you clarify this before speculation based on incorrect assumptions begins? From his statements in other threads, I understand that the area calculations apply from the time the development plan was created.
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kbt09 schrieb:
@kklk18 ... could you please add a site plan in your first post?Sure. I have added it to the initial post.
@11ant: By "freestanding," do you mean a detached single-family house? The development plan states that the building style must be open, and since this is a purely residential area, the municipality probably won’t allow any exceptions. They likely won’t go through the trouble. If we don’t build here, there are at least 10 others who will. Things are really intense around here right now.
I grew up in a 110 m² (1,184 sq ft) single-family house on a 1,200 m² (0.3 acres) plot of land. As a child, I never thought it was “too small.” Although there were only four of us, having an extra 50 m² (540 sq ft) — used as an additional bedroom and a small office — should still make it quite livable.
I grew up in a 110 m² (1,184 sq ft) single-family house on a 1,200 m² (0.3 acres) plot of land. As a child, I never thought it was “too small.” Although there were only four of us, having an extra 50 m² (540 sq ft) — used as an additional bedroom and a small office — should still make it quite livable.
kklk18 schrieb:
Does “Freisteller” mean a detached single-family house? No, it refers to exemption from the standard building permit / planning permission process (possible in some federal states if no deviations from the development plan are requested).
kklk18 schrieb:
I grew up in a 110 sqm (1,184 sq ft) single-family house on a 1200 sqm (12,917 sq ft) plot. As a child, I never perceived it as “too small.” That does not change the fact that a gallery in a 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) “small” house is relatively over the top.
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