ᐅ Initial floor plan draft of the ground floor including a double garage
Created on: 19 Nov 2018 19:15
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g00dy
Hello everyone,
we have just purchased a plot of land (see image) on which we want to build a single-family house. After looking at quite a few houses and floor plans, we have arrived at the attached first self-designed draft. I would appreciate it if you could share your opinions on it – especially regarding where you would place windows. At the moment, we have mainly planned the ground floor, as the upper floor will be large enough to accommodate all the required rooms anyway.
Best regards and many thanks for your time
g00dy
Here is the completed questionnaire:
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 544sqm (5855 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: -
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Building window, building line, and boundary: see image (gray area = building window, green area = plot, dark gray area = street); a small stream runs 15m (49 feet) away along the southern boundary of the plot (-> nice view, no construction allowed), no trees
Adjacent development: only possible on the east side
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: none specified
Roof type: none (flat roofs must be greened if less than 7°)
Architectural style: none specified
Orientation: none specified
Maximum height/limits: 9.0m (30 feet)
Other requirements: max. wall height 6.5m (21 feet)
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: pitched roof ~25°
Basement, number of basement storeys, upper floor knee wall height: 1.5-2.2m (5-7 feet) (still undecided here)
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults (+2 children planned)
Space requirements ground floor/upper floor: Ground floor: kitchen (closed), living/dining area, office (possibly bedroom in old age), passage to garage, utility room (passage not through utility room), shower bathroom; Upper floor: 3 bedrooms, small office/playroom, bathroom
Office: family use or home office? Ground floor office for home office, upper floor office possibly for family use/playroom
Overnight guests per year: none
Open or closed architecture: closed kitchen, but with large sliding door to living/dining area, hallway closed off from living/dining area
Conventional or modern building style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: no, kitchen island if possible
Number of dining seats: 4-8
Fireplace: possibly later
Music/stereo wall: yes, including TV lowboard
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for or against certain features: Passage from double garage into the house, but not through the utility room since the utility room should not be used as a mudroom
House design
Who planned it:
-Built-company planner: no
-Architect: no
-Do-it-yourself: yes (adaptation of Weberhaus Balance 300)
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you not like? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: open
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 500,000€
Preferred heating technology: ventilation concept with underfloor heating (does this make sense?)
If you have to give up on certain details/extensions
-Can give up: utility room (since a basement is planned)
-Can’t give up: office on the ground floor
Why did the design turn out as it is now?
A mix of many examples from various magazines combined with our own requirements
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Is the living/dining area, as it is now, spacious/enough for an 8-person dining table?
Is the kitchen too large?
Is the shower bathroom sufficiently sized?
we have just purchased a plot of land (see image) on which we want to build a single-family house. After looking at quite a few houses and floor plans, we have arrived at the attached first self-designed draft. I would appreciate it if you could share your opinions on it – especially regarding where you would place windows. At the moment, we have mainly planned the ground floor, as the upper floor will be large enough to accommodate all the required rooms anyway.
Best regards and many thanks for your time
g00dy
Here is the completed questionnaire:
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 544sqm (5855 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: -
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Building window, building line, and boundary: see image (gray area = building window, green area = plot, dark gray area = street); a small stream runs 15m (49 feet) away along the southern boundary of the plot (-> nice view, no construction allowed), no trees
Adjacent development: only possible on the east side
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: none specified
Roof type: none (flat roofs must be greened if less than 7°)
Architectural style: none specified
Orientation: none specified
Maximum height/limits: 9.0m (30 feet)
Other requirements: max. wall height 6.5m (21 feet)
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: pitched roof ~25°
Basement, number of basement storeys, upper floor knee wall height: 1.5-2.2m (5-7 feet) (still undecided here)
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults (+2 children planned)
Space requirements ground floor/upper floor: Ground floor: kitchen (closed), living/dining area, office (possibly bedroom in old age), passage to garage, utility room (passage not through utility room), shower bathroom; Upper floor: 3 bedrooms, small office/playroom, bathroom
Office: family use or home office? Ground floor office for home office, upper floor office possibly for family use/playroom
Overnight guests per year: none
Open or closed architecture: closed kitchen, but with large sliding door to living/dining area, hallway closed off from living/dining area
Conventional or modern building style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: no, kitchen island if possible
Number of dining seats: 4-8
Fireplace: possibly later
Music/stereo wall: yes, including TV lowboard
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for or against certain features: Passage from double garage into the house, but not through the utility room since the utility room should not be used as a mudroom
House design
Who planned it:
-Built-company planner: no
-Architect: no
-Do-it-yourself: yes (adaptation of Weberhaus Balance 300)
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you not like? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: open
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 500,000€
Preferred heating technology: ventilation concept with underfloor heating (does this make sense?)
If you have to give up on certain details/extensions
-Can give up: utility room (since a basement is planned)
-Can’t give up: office on the ground floor
Why did the design turn out as it is now?
A mix of many examples from various magazines combined with our own requirements
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Is the living/dining area, as it is now, spacious/enough for an 8-person dining table?
Is the kitchen too large?
Is the shower bathroom sufficiently sized?
g00dy schrieb:
specifically also where you would place windows No windows without furniture ;-)
g00dy schrieb:
Currently, we have mainly planned only the ground floor, since the upper floor will be large enough to accommodate the required rooms anyway. Big amateur mistake. The upper floor is usually more complicated to lay out, so it’s smarter to start with that. If you start with the ground floor, this is exactly what happens: 1. you just “fit in” the rooms there, and 2. it takes the decision out of your hands
g00dy schrieb:
Upper floor with knee wall: 1.5–2.2m (here we are not quite sure yet) then.
Obviously, the impact of the knee wall height on window placement is not understood; an extremely high knee wall also forces exposed eaves, otherwise the spatial effect changes from “a lot of straight wall / full standing height in the attic” to “normal floor with a corner cut off.”
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Hello everyone,
First of all, many thanks to everyone who took the time to read this post and give us some advice. Thank you!
I think our vision for the rooms we want/need on the ground floor is quite clear, and we already visited Weberhaus at the end of last week to share our wishes with them. They will now create a first rough floor plan for us – we did not show them the floor plan presented here and are curious to see what they come up with. We have another appointment in two weeks where they will show us this plan including a rough cost estimate.
Regarding the floor area ratio, I just checked the local development plan again. It states the following – so I believe this shouldn’t be a problem unless I am misunderstanding it?
First of all, many thanks to everyone who took the time to read this post and give us some advice. Thank you!
I think our vision for the rooms we want/need on the ground floor is quite clear, and we already visited Weberhaus at the end of last week to share our wishes with them. They will now create a first rough floor plan for us – we did not show them the floor plan presented here and are curious to see what they come up with. We have another appointment in two weeks where they will show us this plan including a rough cost estimate.
ypg schrieb:
Uh... floor area ratio 0.3 (excluding ancillary buildings)
Do you know what that means? You might want to calculate where you land with the desired knee wall height and roof pitch.
The ground floor is already over 100sqm (over 1076 sq ft).
Regarding the floor area ratio, I just checked the local development plan again. It states the following – so I believe this shouldn’t be a problem unless I am misunderstanding it?
A 2.1.2 - floor area ratio 0.3 (excluding ancillary buildings)
Do you know what that means? You might want to calculate where you land with the desired knee wall height and roof pitch.
The ground floor is already over 100sqm (over 1076 sq ft).[/QUOATE]
g00dy schrieb:
Hello everyone,
First of all, many thanks to everyone who took the time to read the post and offer us some advice. Thank you!
I think our vision is quite clear regarding the rooms we want/need on the ground floor, and we visited WeberHaus at the end of last week to share our wishes with them. They are now preparing an initial rough floor plan for us – we did not show them the floor plan posted here and are curious to see what they come up with. We have another appointment in two weeks where this plan, including a rough cost estimate, will be presented to us.
Regarding the floor area ratio, I just reviewed the development plan again. It says the following – so I believe this should not be a problem, or am I misunderstanding it?Please quote the development plan, not me again 😉
montessalet20 Nov 2018 07:50Whether to start with the ground floor or the upper floor depends on your needs: First, you need to list the required rooms for the ground floor and upper floor. Then decide if both floors should be the same size.
After that, it becomes clearer whether the upper floor or the ground floor is the bottleneck.
In my opinion, this cannot be generalized.
In any case, you will need both floors anyway....
After that, it becomes clearer whether the upper floor or the ground floor is the bottleneck.
In my opinion, this cannot be generalized.
In any case, you will need both floors anyway....
ypg schrieb:
Please quote the zoning plan, not me again It must be site coverage ratio. The floor area ratio is not specified.
A2 extent of structural use
A2.1 site coverage ratio (site coverage ratio)
A2.1.1 The site coverage ratio is to be taken from the plan drawing.
A2.1.2 The specified site coverage ratio may be exceeded by up to 0.3 with additions according to § 19 para. 4 of the Land Use Ordinance, but no more than up to a site coverage ratio of 0.8.
There would still be space for a terrace of approximately 45m² (480 ft²).
Overall, the limits in the zoning plan are quite generous, allowing for plenty of flexibility. The wall and building heights accommodate two full stories without a pitched roof, no tricks with unregulated floor counts due to missing specifications, a generous building envelope, sufficient site coverage ratio – what more could one ask for? A model zoning plan!
Escroda schrieb:
It must be the site coverage ratio. The floor area ratio is not specified.
A2 Measure of building use
A2.1 Site coverage ratio (site coverage ratio)
A2.1.1 The site coverage ratio can be found on the site plan.
A2.1.2 The specified site coverage ratio may be exceeded by up to 0.3 with facilities according to § 19 paragraph 4 of the Building Use Ordinance, but not exceeding a maximum site coverage ratio of 0.8.
There would still be space for a terrace of about 45m² (485 ft²).Then everything fits 🙂
At least according to the numbers 😉
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