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.
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.
ypg schrieb:
That was already suggested anyway – we’re going around in circles…Yes, but I don’t see a solution to the problem, or I don’t understand it. We don’t want a spiral staircase, but either a straight one or one with a landing. And the basement is supposed to be an unheated utility basement, or else it wouldn't cost more. A landing staircase with a door seems even stranger to me than two separate staircases—or am I missing something?
How does the size of the living room fit with the corner now?
The utility room must be frost-free and remain that way. Can you achieve this without including it within the thermal envelope?
Do you want a storage area that might freeze in winter?
You need to insulate the stairwell, including the door.
Is it really that much cheaper?
You can’t even overwinter plants if it’s not frost-free.
What about humidity?
Do you want a storage area that might freeze in winter?
You need to insulate the stairwell, including the door.
Is it really that much cheaper?
You can’t even overwinter plants if it’s not frost-free.
What about humidity?
Duran schrieb:
Yes, but I don’t see a solution to the problem or maybe I don’t understand it. We don’t want a spiral staircase, but either a straight one or a staircase with a landing. And the basement should actually be unheated as a purely utility basement, otherwise it’s more expensive. A staircase with a landing and a door seems even stranger to me than two separate staircases, or am I missing something?
How does the size of the living room fit with the corner now? That’s why there are architects who have been trained for this kind of thing.
Duran schrieb:
We don’t want a spiral staircase but either a straight or a staircase with a landing.Why? It’s not really a feature in the basement anyway.
Duran schrieb:
A staircase with a landing and a door seems even stranger to me than two separate staircases, or am I missing something?It’s not the staircase that has the door, but the room the staircase leads to.
Duran schrieb:
How does the size of the living room fit with the corner now? Rough construction measurement 2.99m (9.8 ft)? My sofa wouldn’t fit there. You’ve marked the smallest Ikea kids’ sofa after all.
hanse987 schrieb:
The basement space where the staircase runs is quite large, but you can really only build a shelf along the exterior wall. What is the room intended for?The room doesn’t have a real purpose; I would have preferred to build without a basement and instead have more living space, but due to the slope of the land, that wasn’t really an option.
I find spiral staircases simply annoying to use; you always have to be careful to step properly, which I think is more challenging as you get older or with children.
Does a basement really get that cold? Some friends have their heating in the basement of an old house built around 1900; their basement is open because it used to be used to store coal.
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