ᐅ Single-family house design, 250 m², 2 full stories with a hip roof
Created on: 19 Oct 2018 20:28
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moejoe89
Hello everyone,
How do you evaluate the floor plan? Suggestions for improvement, ideas... I look forward to constructive feedback.
Many thanks in advance.
How do you evaluate the floor plan? Suggestions for improvement, ideas... I look forward to constructive feedback.
Many thanks in advance.
kaho674 schrieb:
Such self-designed plans are nice to get a feel for things. But I wouldn’t expect much more from them and would let a professional take over. Not at all: the professional creates the same sense of space with fewer square meters (square feet), and then you can’t brag about having gotten a huge house for that price.
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moejoe89 schrieb:
specify? I downplayed the issue. *grins*
Even "downplayed," the forty-hundredth hectare is still 250 m² (2,690 sq ft) (in words: two hundred fifty).
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Personally, I don’t care whether someone needs 250m² (2700 sq ft) or more for showing off or living. Everyone as they wish and can.
This discussion is about floor plans. Unfortunately, this one is poor. I agree with those before me: this floor plan has been blown up from a small size without the added square meters actually providing more comfort or a better living experience. It just costs more. That would personally be too pointless for me. If it’s “more,” then I want to actually benefit from it. For me, that would mean throwing this floor plan straight in the trash.
Just a few thoughts to consider:
With a house like this, you’d expect a nice entrance area. I don’t see that here.
The balance between kitchen/dining and living areas is missing. The kitchen is a disaster… or it might as well be a fitness studio considering the walking distances.
The upper floor is a disaster!
A trapped walk-in closet is never a good idea; why, has already been discussed here (does no one read older posts before posting their own? That would save repeating the same explanations a hundred times…).
The bathroom can also be much better.
We also have a sauna in the bathroom, which makes real sense to me—why put a sauna in the basement or somewhere else where you additionally need a shower? Plus, having a window in the sauna lets you look outside while sweating. That is nicer than being in a basement. But why have a separate relaxation area when I already have comfortable beds there? I would use the beds and not the lounge chairs 5 meters (16 feet) away! Something to think about.
With this size and two planned children, I would definitely consider having a utility room for laundry on the upper floor.
The exterior looks ugly to me. Nothing really fits together. I’m a fan of “form follows function,” but that doesn’t mean the façade shouldn’t also be aesthetically pleasing. Looking at this house, it seems more like it has been extended and rebuilt multiple times, rather than being a completely planned design from the ground up. But, of course, that is always a matter of personal taste.
This discussion is about floor plans. Unfortunately, this one is poor. I agree with those before me: this floor plan has been blown up from a small size without the added square meters actually providing more comfort or a better living experience. It just costs more. That would personally be too pointless for me. If it’s “more,” then I want to actually benefit from it. For me, that would mean throwing this floor plan straight in the trash.
Just a few thoughts to consider:
With a house like this, you’d expect a nice entrance area. I don’t see that here.
The balance between kitchen/dining and living areas is missing. The kitchen is a disaster… or it might as well be a fitness studio considering the walking distances.
The upper floor is a disaster!
A trapped walk-in closet is never a good idea; why, has already been discussed here (does no one read older posts before posting their own? That would save repeating the same explanations a hundred times…).
The bathroom can also be much better.
We also have a sauna in the bathroom, which makes real sense to me—why put a sauna in the basement or somewhere else where you additionally need a shower? Plus, having a window in the sauna lets you look outside while sweating. That is nicer than being in a basement. But why have a separate relaxation area when I already have comfortable beds there? I would use the beds and not the lounge chairs 5 meters (16 feet) away! Something to think about.
With this size and two planned children, I would definitely consider having a utility room for laundry on the upper floor.
The exterior looks ugly to me. Nothing really fits together. I’m a fan of “form follows function,” but that doesn’t mean the façade shouldn’t also be aesthetically pleasing. Looking at this house, it seems more like it has been extended and rebuilt multiple times, rather than being a completely planned design from the ground up. But, of course, that is always a matter of personal taste.
To be honest, I find all the designs shown here so far completely impractical. We built a house of 260m² (2,800 sqft), and I also presented my own designs (self-planned house) here and had to face some tough comments. But you want to know something? The members were often right. I learned a lot, kept optimizing our floor plan, and in the end, a beautiful, spacious, and purpose-optimized house was created that offers plenty of space for living, working, and enjoying.
We included very practical features such as a utility room on the upper floor, two children's bedrooms, a large bathroom accessible from both the dressing room and the hallway, a nice office on the ground floor, a large open kitchen area with an island, a spacious dining area, and more.
A small example, since you keep referring to catalog photos: Our kitchen is 18m² (194 sqft), open on two sides, with an island measuring 2.40m x 1.20m (7 ft 10 in x 3 ft 11 in). When the kitchen was installed, I was initially overwhelmed by how big it really is — it almost blew me away! However, we followed advice to maintain about 1.20m (3 ft 11 in) of clearance between different kitchen zones (e.g., built-in cabinets to island or countertop to island). This is truly ideal — two people can comfortably work together without getting in each other’s way, and you are never more than a 180° turn away from the next workspace.
By the way, our house cost 539k, excluding additional construction costs, flooring, tiling, and plumbing fixtures. Overall, without the land, we spent just under 700k.
We included very practical features such as a utility room on the upper floor, two children's bedrooms, a large bathroom accessible from both the dressing room and the hallway, a nice office on the ground floor, a large open kitchen area with an island, a spacious dining area, and more.
A small example, since you keep referring to catalog photos: Our kitchen is 18m² (194 sqft), open on two sides, with an island measuring 2.40m x 1.20m (7 ft 10 in x 3 ft 11 in). When the kitchen was installed, I was initially overwhelmed by how big it really is — it almost blew me away! However, we followed advice to maintain about 1.20m (3 ft 11 in) of clearance between different kitchen zones (e.g., built-in cabinets to island or countertop to island). This is truly ideal — two people can comfortably work together without getting in each other’s way, and you are never more than a 180° turn away from the next workspace.
By the way, our house cost 539k, excluding additional construction costs, flooring, tiling, and plumbing fixtures. Overall, without the land, we spent just under 700k.
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