ᐅ New construction after the birth of triplets. Looking forward to your ideas.
Created on: 23 Sep 2018 21:07
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Hendrik M.
Hello everyone,
my name is Hendrik, and I lived with my small family in a cozy single-family home in Bad Nenndorf. However, last December our family suddenly grew by 3 boys. Unfortunately, our house is not suitable for 4 children. There is a new development area in our town, so we are now considering building a new house.
I haven’t been able to find many interesting floor plans online for houses with 7 rooms. Maybe you have some ideas?
A very important point for a new build is that the house shouldn’t be too large once the children have moved out. In other words, it would be great if you had ideas on how to make use of the unused living space in a way that still feels spacious.
At the moment, we are thinking along the following lines:
- Total size around 250sqm (2,690 sq ft)
- 4 children’s bedrooms, 1 guest room, sleeping room and living room
- 2 bathrooms with showers and 1 guest toilet
- Sauna in one of the bathrooms with a shower
- No basement, but enough storage space
- Currently preferred style is an urban villa (but then where do you store all your stuff if you have neither a basement nor an attic?)
- Living conservatory over 20sqm (215 sq ft)
- Double garage with an adjoining workshop
- Open kitchen connected to the living room
I would be really happy if anyone has ideas for a nice floor plan.
Unfortunately, with the triplets (now 9 months old) and their sister (3 years), we only have about half an hour per day to think about these matters, which is quite stressful for us. So I ask for your understanding if this request seems a bit unspecific to some of you.
Another option would be to extend our current house. An architect estimated around €2000 per sqm (note: do not translate currency, but consider for your understanding) and estimated the cost for a living conservatory (40sqm / 430 sq ft) to be about €80,000.
Where do you think we would end up with a new build as described above? Would €500,000 to €600,000 be realistic (excluding land, but including garage)?
Many thanks for your ideas,
Hendrik
my name is Hendrik, and I lived with my small family in a cozy single-family home in Bad Nenndorf. However, last December our family suddenly grew by 3 boys. Unfortunately, our house is not suitable for 4 children. There is a new development area in our town, so we are now considering building a new house.
I haven’t been able to find many interesting floor plans online for houses with 7 rooms. Maybe you have some ideas?
A very important point for a new build is that the house shouldn’t be too large once the children have moved out. In other words, it would be great if you had ideas on how to make use of the unused living space in a way that still feels spacious.
At the moment, we are thinking along the following lines:
- Total size around 250sqm (2,690 sq ft)
- 4 children’s bedrooms, 1 guest room, sleeping room and living room
- 2 bathrooms with showers and 1 guest toilet
- Sauna in one of the bathrooms with a shower
- No basement, but enough storage space
- Currently preferred style is an urban villa (but then where do you store all your stuff if you have neither a basement nor an attic?)
- Living conservatory over 20sqm (215 sq ft)
- Double garage with an adjoining workshop
- Open kitchen connected to the living room
I would be really happy if anyone has ideas for a nice floor plan.
Unfortunately, with the triplets (now 9 months old) and their sister (3 years), we only have about half an hour per day to think about these matters, which is quite stressful for us. So I ask for your understanding if this request seems a bit unspecific to some of you.
Another option would be to extend our current house. An architect estimated around €2000 per sqm (note: do not translate currency, but consider for your understanding) and estimated the cost for a living conservatory (40sqm / 430 sq ft) to be about €80,000.
Where do you think we would end up with a new build as described above? Would €500,000 to €600,000 be realistic (excluding land, but including garage)?
Many thanks for your ideas,
Hendrik
11ant schrieb:
A side gable extension would be significantly less expensive in terms of effort – but first, we need to know what is feasible.That’s what I was thinking today as well: on the ground floor, design the office as a passageway to an extension at the top of the plan. In that extension, place the master suite, preferably with a small shower bathroom. Whatever fits there… On the upper floor, convert the former bedroom into a hallway including a large storage space under the roof, leading to two children’s rooms… this would probably be the most cost-effective option.
The most expensive option is likely a roof raising, meaning relocating the roof structure including a higher knee wall, so the staircase can be extended into the attic where additional rooms can be created.
ypg schrieb:
when raising a roof, meaning repositioning the roof structure including a higher knee wall, I wouldn’t expect that here either (insider knowledge for those who have opened the PDF): the eaves height between the old and new versions has increased by about 50 cm (20 inches). Currently, there appears to be a 0 cm (0 inch) knee wall – the height lines and the knee wall suggest this interpretation – which in turn indicates that the old eaves height did not allow for significant clearance. So, if you can only add a 50 cm (20 inch) knee wall, the effort to raise the roof is probably not worth it.
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Wow, triplets right away! That will definitely bring life into the house.
You should first consider whether each child really needs their own room, or if you want to work with shared bedrooms. Especially since there are three boys, you could think about having one room with beds (partially separated by room dividers) and another room for playing/gaming with a small sofa area. Boys usually tend to be more tolerant of sharing space than girls, but of course, it depends on personal preference.
Otherwise, I would also recommend an extension of the gable end facing the garden. That seems like the most practical option.
You should first consider whether each child really needs their own room, or if you want to work with shared bedrooms. Especially since there are three boys, you could think about having one room with beds (partially separated by room dividers) and another room for playing/gaming with a small sofa area. Boys usually tend to be more tolerant of sharing space than girls, but of course, it depends on personal preference.
Otherwise, I would also recommend an extension of the gable end facing the garden. That seems like the most practical option.
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Hendrik M21 Oct 2018 21:03Hello,
thanks again for your suggestions. We’ve had a few hours to work on our planning and have made some progress.
A gable-end extension is now our absolute favorite. Adding an additional storey is actually not possible due to the maximum eaves height limit.
Additionally, we want to add a dormer gable. On the ground floor, this should create more light and space (and partly fulfill my wife’s wish for a conservatory). On the upper floor, the extra gable allows us to take some space from the middle room and turn it into a hallway. This way, we could have six bedrooms upstairs. I’ve attached a sketch where you can also see that SketchUp and I are not exactly best friends yet.
The only question we have now is how to make good use of the space in the living room. Somehow, we haven’t come up with a nice room layout yet... Do you have any ideas?
I’ve also attached my own idea, but something is missing. It’s practical in a way, but not really attractive yet?!
thanks again for your suggestions. We’ve had a few hours to work on our planning and have made some progress.
A gable-end extension is now our absolute favorite. Adding an additional storey is actually not possible due to the maximum eaves height limit.
Additionally, we want to add a dormer gable. On the ground floor, this should create more light and space (and partly fulfill my wife’s wish for a conservatory). On the upper floor, the extra gable allows us to take some space from the middle room and turn it into a hallway. This way, we could have six bedrooms upstairs. I’ve attached a sketch where you can also see that SketchUp and I are not exactly best friends yet.
The only question we have now is how to make good use of the space in the living room. Somehow, we haven’t come up with a nice room layout yet... Do you have any ideas?
I’ve also attached my own idea, but something is missing. It’s practical in a way, but not really attractive yet?!
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