ᐅ Ground floor approximately 100 sqm, upper floor adaptable for expansion (planned bathroom, 2 children's bedrooms, 1 storage room)
Created on: 28 Mar 2018 10:32
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pffreestyler
Hello,
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 879 sqm (9,458 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site occupancy index: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.45
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 5 m (16 ft) to the street, 3 m (10 ft) each to the orchard area and neighbors
Edge development /
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Construction style: solid / masonry
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height 9.0 m (30 ft), eaves height 6.0 m (20 ft)
Other requirements
Homeowners’ requirements: living room facing south, small office (initially used as a nursery), walk-in shower on ground floor, utility room on the driveway side
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 stories
Number of residents, age: 2 – under 30
Office use: family use rather than home office
Number of overnight guests per year: 2-3
Open or closed architecture: closed
Traditional or modern style: rather traditional
Open kitchen, kitchen island: no
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport planned later on the east side
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: no
House design
Designer: general contractor
What do you like most? Why? living room facing south, the number of rooms as desired
What do you dislike? Why? the office window 1 should be moved from south to west (otherwise the wall looks too bare); driveway and access to be on the east, not the west
Price estimate by architect/planner: available after Easter; currently mainly focused on the floor plan
Personal price limit including fixtures: expected around €1,700 per sqm (sq ft conversion not added per instruction)
Preferred heating: gas
If you have to give up, which details/features?
-can give up: bathtub
-cannot give up:
Why is the design as it is now?
The floor plan is based on a very similar layout seen during a house viewing and is our favorite among all viewings and catalog research. We only adapted it slightly to our needs (removed guest WC and enlarged living room, rotated office).
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
The floor plan basically fits us, but I would appreciate your opinion to see if any improvements are possible. Note: as mentioned, we want to move the office window to the west so the wall doesn’t look so bare. Driveway on the east, not west. Therefore, the bare wall on the west is where the carport will go up to the utility room door. Alternatively, a window could be added to the living room there and the carport start behind the house. The plot allows this.
My main concern is that we’re not 100% happy with the roof’s east-west orientation; I would prefer a north-south alignment. Do you have ideas on rotating the floor plan 90 degrees while keeping the layout mostly unchanged? Only the kitchen and office could be swapped.
PS: The square meter figures for the hallway may be incorrect; the contractor will finalize after Easter. Correct figures will be approximately: living room 31.79 sqm (342 sq ft), kitchen 15.19 sqm (163 sq ft), utility room 9.87 sqm (106 sq ft), hallway about 19.5 sqm (210 sq ft), office/child room 1 about 8 sqm (86 sq ft), bedroom about 11.8 sqm (127 sq ft), bathroom about 8.5 sqm (91 sq ft)
Plot details: length west: 40 m (131 ft), east: 42 m (138 ft), width: 21.5 m (71 ft)
Best regards
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 879 sqm (9,458 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site occupancy index: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.45
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 5 m (16 ft) to the street, 3 m (10 ft) each to the orchard area and neighbors
Edge development /
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Construction style: solid / masonry
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height 9.0 m (30 ft), eaves height 6.0 m (20 ft)
Other requirements
Homeowners’ requirements: living room facing south, small office (initially used as a nursery), walk-in shower on ground floor, utility room on the driveway side
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 stories
Number of residents, age: 2 – under 30
Office use: family use rather than home office
Number of overnight guests per year: 2-3
Open or closed architecture: closed
Traditional or modern style: rather traditional
Open kitchen, kitchen island: no
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport planned later on the east side
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: no
House design
Designer: general contractor
What do you like most? Why? living room facing south, the number of rooms as desired
What do you dislike? Why? the office window 1 should be moved from south to west (otherwise the wall looks too bare); driveway and access to be on the east, not the west
Price estimate by architect/planner: available after Easter; currently mainly focused on the floor plan
Personal price limit including fixtures: expected around €1,700 per sqm (sq ft conversion not added per instruction)
Preferred heating: gas
If you have to give up, which details/features?
-can give up: bathtub
-cannot give up:
Why is the design as it is now?
The floor plan is based on a very similar layout seen during a house viewing and is our favorite among all viewings and catalog research. We only adapted it slightly to our needs (removed guest WC and enlarged living room, rotated office).
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
The floor plan basically fits us, but I would appreciate your opinion to see if any improvements are possible. Note: as mentioned, we want to move the office window to the west so the wall doesn’t look so bare. Driveway on the east, not west. Therefore, the bare wall on the west is where the carport will go up to the utility room door. Alternatively, a window could be added to the living room there and the carport start behind the house. The plot allows this.
My main concern is that we’re not 100% happy with the roof’s east-west orientation; I would prefer a north-south alignment. Do you have ideas on rotating the floor plan 90 degrees while keeping the layout mostly unchanged? Only the kitchen and office could be swapped.
PS: The square meter figures for the hallway may be incorrect; the contractor will finalize after Easter. Correct figures will be approximately: living room 31.79 sqm (342 sq ft), kitchen 15.19 sqm (163 sq ft), utility room 9.87 sqm (106 sq ft), hallway about 19.5 sqm (210 sq ft), office/child room 1 about 8 sqm (86 sq ft), bedroom about 11.8 sqm (127 sq ft), bathroom about 8.5 sqm (91 sq ft)
Plot details: length west: 40 m (131 ft), east: 42 m (138 ft), width: 21.5 m (71 ft)
Best regards
kaho674 schrieb:
The narrow bedroom, where you can barely step beside the bed, would bother me more.
Well, as long as the utility room has an exterior door, that’s the main thing. We don’t want to revive the long-standing debate, after all.
Exactly, what has to be, has to be.
Doors opening inward, the arrangement at the top will be decided later, no worries, the building savings plan isn’t due yet; we’ll think about it when the time comes. The kitchen is perfectly fine as it is, and the bedroom — well, we’re not planning to walk around in there, right Katja, Yvonne?
As my friend once said to someone complaining about the low headroom below deck on his boat: We’re not there to dance, but to sit and have a drink.
Doors opening inward, the arrangement at the top will be decided later, no worries, the building savings plan isn’t due yet; we’ll think about it when the time comes. The kitchen is perfectly fine as it is, and the bedroom — well, we’re not planning to walk around in there, right Katja, Yvonne?
As my friend once said to someone complaining about the low headroom below deck on his boat: We’re not there to dance, but to sit and have a drink.
It seems like there is a lot of confusion here. My impression regarding the attic floor and staircase position is that the drawings for the ground floor and attic are most likely oriented opposite to each other.
By the way, a knee wall is the opposite of a dwarf wall: the knee wall raises the sole plate, while the dwarf wall recedes inward (creating a small storage space behind it).
The two terms get mixed up because in some regions where dwarf walls are traditionally rare, the term "dwarf wall" is used to refer to a knee wall. Just a case of babel-like confusion.
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By the way, a knee wall is the opposite of a dwarf wall: the knee wall raises the sole plate, while the dwarf wall recedes inward (creating a small storage space behind it).
The two terms get mixed up because in some regions where dwarf walls are traditionally rare, the term "dwarf wall" is used to refer to a knee wall. Just a case of babel-like confusion.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
11ant schrieb:
It seems there is some confusion here. My impression regarding the attic and staircase position is that most likely the ground floor and attic drawings are simply oriented in opposite directions. I am aware that the north direction is reversed in both drawings. However, the section must start further north, so the entrance, bathroom, and bedroom need to be arranged differently.
Are the wooden beams on the upper floor at the same height as the window openings? According to the photo, it appears so. How and at what height will the ceiling meet the windows later on? I just want to make sure the windows aren’t installed now and later the sash interferes with the ceiling.
Nordlys schrieb:
... that will come later, no worries, It won’t. Especially not with a knee wall height of 0 and the staircase planned incorrectly. You might think you’re dealing with the people who build foolishly, but it’s probably the locals here who are responsible for this nonsense.
It’s new to me that allocating a building savings contract could magically increase the usable space.
But you never stop learning!
I’m completely out of this. If you don’t have excessive financial resources and need to budget, that’s fine. But if you build such a mess (I hadn’t even noticed that short wall stub!), where nothing is well thought out at all, it almost physically pains me.
But (my mantra in such cases): A person’s will is their kingdom!
And Karsten, before you start singing praises again about the utility room entrance door and perfect planning: Your house would definitely not be mine, but it doesn’t have such fundamental and obvious planning errors as this one. It suits you, your situation, and your lifestyle. That’s fine.
This is completely different here.
*groan*
*howl*
*feeling the pain*
But you never stop learning!
I’m completely out of this. If you don’t have excessive financial resources and need to budget, that’s fine. But if you build such a mess (I hadn’t even noticed that short wall stub!), where nothing is well thought out at all, it almost physically pains me.
But (my mantra in such cases): A person’s will is their kingdom!
And Karsten, before you start singing praises again about the utility room entrance door and perfect planning: Your house would definitely not be mine, but it doesn’t have such fundamental and obvious planning errors as this one. It suits you, your situation, and your lifestyle. That’s fine.
This is completely different here.
*groan*
*howl*
*feeling the pain*
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