ᐅ Single-family house – approximately 150 square meters – without a basement – Any ideas? Thanks.

First of all, thanks for your comments in my last thread. It was planned as a three-family house, but now we are starting over and just want to build a single-family house for ourselves.

A few details about the plot (there is still an old building on it, which will be demolished, see property 24):

- 1170 m² (0.29 acres)
- no slope, flat
- site coverage ratio & floor area ratio (I’m on the road and need to check these later)
- next to it is a carpentry workshop and the carpentry’s storage hall; a 5 m (16 ft) building setback must be observed.

Number of occupants:
- Parents with 3 children (10, 8, and 3 years old)

Our wishes:
- Guest toilet with shower and a large bathroom
- One kitchen (possibly open plan) with lots of natural light; my wife runs a cooking channel on YouTube
- Two stories (preferably) or as few roof slopes as possible
- Roof style = gable roof? (we definitely want it to be a usable attic, possibly for us or the children)
- No basement
- Brick cladding on the exterior
- Carport or garage; we’re still flexible on this…
- Possibly a guest room/office on the ground floor
- Possibly a granny flat / secondary unit? In case we’re alone at some point and the house becomes too big for us…

My architect is currently on vacation; he will take care of it when he returns… and when the design is ready, I will post it here.

Questions:
- Do you have any additional ideas on what I should consider or specify?
- We like this sample plan (see attachment). What do you think of it? (The attic is not included, the room layout fits well.)

I appreciate any useful comments .... (probably also a matter of taste)

PS: The plot scale is 1:500

I only read the first three lines and want to say right away: Congratulations on your insight!

kaho674 schrieb:
I only read the first three lines and want to say right away: Congratulations on your realization!

- I'm not the landlord type ..... other circumstances led to having this design created ......

Anyway, new beginning ......

Well, a standard basic floor plan, which you can follow in 37 threads here.
In general, and not specifically directed at you, I don’t quite understand why 90% (?) build the same basic design.
You don’t have to go overboard with individualism, but a house that takes the plot, surroundings, and personal requirements into account—especially when you have an architect—should actually be possible.

Lumpi_LE schrieb:
Well, a standard floor plan like any other, seen in 37 threads here.
In general, not against you, I never quite understand why 90%(?) build the same simple design.
You don’t have to overdo individualism, but a house that takes into account the plot, surroundings, and personal requirements—especially when you have an architect—should reflect that.

Maybe that’s also the architect’s job, but I have already provided our requirements... perhaps you could draft a design for us, and then maybe individuality will come through.

Should the third child get the room on the ground floor?

I don’t find the walk-in closet/bedroom situation ideal. I would probably reduce the size of the walk-in closet/bedroom to allow for a larger bathroom (no one really needs that much space just for sleeping).

As the layout is now, the bedroom would need to be on the “premium” side of the house, meaning south, southwest, or southeast, with one of the children's rooms facing north. I wouldn’t arrange it that way either. Since the design is square, it’s unfortunately not clear how the house is positioned on the plot, but I assume the living area is not intended to face north.

Overall: well, it’s a standard design. So why involve an architect? A general contractor could handle that too... Well, thinking about the standard design that architect delivered for the three-family house, maybe it fits after all.