ᐅ Design for a Single-Family Home of 160-180 sqm – Suggestions for Improvement?

Created on: 19 Oct 2018 07:21
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Duran
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 650 sqm (7000 sq ft)
Slope: 2 m (6.5 ft)
Floor area ratio: 0.25
Floor space index: 0.3
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: FD

Homeowners’ Requirements
Number of occupants: 2, mid-30s
Office: home office
Overnight guests per year: none so far
Open architecture
Modern construction style
Open kitchen with sliding door
Number of dining seats: 6
Garage: two parking spaces in the basement

House Design
Planner:
- Do-it-yourself; adapted by planner to the site
What do you particularly like? Basically everything needed is included; the sloping site makes it a bit more complex; driveway to garage is almost level as is the terrace; the view facing south is nice
What do you not like? Why? Upstairs bathroom is too small; would like walk-in shower and bathtub; widen the building by one meter (3 ft)?
Personal budget for the house, including fittings: 550,000
Preferred heating system: underfloor heating

Hello everyone,
We have a nice plot with a slight slope and want to build a new home. All rooms are basically included in the design, but we would appreciate other perspectives. The upstairs bathroom seems too small at the moment, and the layout feels unbalanced.

Hand-drawn floor plan of a house with living room and bedroom.


Hand-drawn floor plan sketch of a house with living and sleeping areas, kitchen, and hallway.


Hand-drawn house floor plan on graph paper with room layout.
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Duran
22 Oct 2018 14:21
Are there any indications apart from the staircase issue and the 2m² (22 sq ft) resulting from it? Although a landing staircase wouldn't have a door to the basement, so all the cold air would come up.
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haydee
22 Oct 2018 14:42
Not if you include the room within the thermal envelope.
Do you want to leave it unheated, insulate the stairwell, and install an appropriate door?

How are you accessing the property?
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Duran
22 Oct 2018 14:59
The driveway is planned to be on the left side – roughly where the solid black line is on the plan. That should be the lowest point of the property. A basement within the building envelope costs significantly more, right? It would mainly be used as a technical storage room and garage downstairs. Is it possible to exclude the garage from the building envelope and include the rest?
kaho67422 Oct 2018 15:04
You can also build a wall around the staircase with a door before you start worrying too much about the cold.
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Duran
22 Oct 2018 15:39
kaho674 schrieb:
You could also build a wall around the staircase with a door before you start worrying about the cold.

For a staircase with a landing?
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ypg
22 Oct 2018 15:43
kaho674 schrieb:
You could also build a wall around the staircase with a door, before you start stressing yourself out about the cold.

That was already suggested anyway – we’re just going in circles...