ᐅ Opinions on Single-Family Homes with a Secondary Suite Floor Plans
Created on: 8 Dec 2018 23:18
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fullkehr
Hello everyone,
we are currently planning our single-family home with a separate apartment. I would like to hear your opinions on the floor plans and so on.
The separate apartment is intended for our parents.
I feel like the house takes up quite a lot of space on the lot. The lot is 1050 m² (11,302 sq ft). We have two small children, and having a garden is important for them. On the other hand, it is a quiet residential area in a new development where children often play in the streets anyway.
Good luck
Volker
we are currently planning our single-family home with a separate apartment. I would like to hear your opinions on the floor plans and so on.
The separate apartment is intended for our parents.
I feel like the house takes up quite a lot of space on the lot. The lot is 1050 m² (11,302 sq ft). We have two small children, and having a garden is important for them. On the other hand, it is a quiet residential area in a new development where children often play in the streets anyway.
Good luck
Volker
kaho674 schrieb:
If it’s necessary, then so be it. I just find it unfortunate when too much area is concreted without good reason, leaving no chance for birds, worms, and insects.The roof offers many opportunities for insects to find a home. Eventually, it becomes green, and the space under the roof is also often used – that’s where beetles feel comfortable 🙂
ypg schrieb:
The roof offers many opportunities for insects to find a habitat. Eventually, it will start to turn green, and the undersides of the roof are also often used – beetles feel quite comfortable there 🙂 Great idea. It’s best to leave it completely open. Then owls and swallows can find a home there as well. But I’m getting off track... 😉
kaho674 schrieb:
The kitchen here serves as the entrance hall. Everyone has to pass through it. It is not very welcoming and feels quite uncomfortable. That wouldn’t be my choice.
My basic issue, however, is the wasted roof space above the granny flat. The building is a huge block and consumes garden land unnecessarily. A study and utility room could easily be added above. The whole design could be more compact without losing any square meters by fully utilizing the upper floor.The fact that the roof above the granny flat is not used is intentional. Of course, a staircase could have been installed to the granny flat and the roof fully developed. But since it is intended for the parents-in-law to live there in their old age, it was planned for everything to remain on the ground floor.
Yes, it’s true that the house takes up a lot of space. However, there is still enough garden left. I also believe that not every garden needs a trampoline, a play tower, and so on—there are playgrounds for that.
Is 1,000 sqm (12,000 sq ft) a normal lot size for a single-family home where you are? The typical plots available here are 500 sqm (6,000 sq ft). We have the largest in the entire development, with 1,050 sqm (12,600 sq ft), and that is in a rural area. If I drive 5 km (3 miles) further to the city, prices are about 300 euros per sqm. I’m reluctant to buy a 2,000 sqm (24,000 sq ft) lot there.
haydee schrieb:
Is the purpose of the treatment room set anywhere?
I find the entire floor plan confusing.
A storage room that is not usable.
The gallery has a better location than the children's room with a northeast orientation.
Why have a dining table if the counter is supposed to serve as a temporary family gathering spot? A spacious open-plan kitchen and a temporary solution are not necessary.
No direct connection between the living units.
Also, in the grandparents' area there is again a long narrow hallway and a utility room.Which storage room is not usable and why?
I’ve never really seen a child’s room facing northeast as a disadvantage.
I can’t quite picture it right now, of course, there is no direct sunlight, but the daylight should be bright enough—especially with a window that is 1.60 x 1.60 meters (5.25 x 5.25 feet) in size.
The dining table is there for meals when guests are visiting or maybe in the evenings when the children are older.
I don’t like counters, which is why the table height is different. The narrow table in the kitchen is meant for quickly having breakfast in the morning without having to clear everything into the living/dining room.
What exactly do you mean by no direct connection between the living units?
The granny flat and the main house? That was especially important to me—that they are separate and only accessible through their own entrances. There was once a suggestion to build a door between the utility room and the granny flat, but I was immediately against that 🙂
Obviously, the elderly should only live on the ground floor. However, I would still plan the space for the other family above. The study and utility room can, as mentioned, be moved upstairs. This space would then be eliminated from your ground floor, making the entire layout more compact. This could also be a financial advantage, if that matters.
Well, what can I say. None of the family’s plots are smaller than 1000m² (12,000 sq ft), and those are actually the smaller ones. But that doesn’t really mean much, since most of the land is not designated as building land.
Well, what can I say. None of the family’s plots are smaller than 1000m² (12,000 sq ft), and those are actually the smaller ones. But that doesn’t really mean much, since most of the land is not designated as building land.
If this is not a building plot, you can't really compare it 🙂
The children's rooms are already included in the upper floor of the granny flat. If you were to take more space from it, the whole roof shape would change, and it wouldn't be cheaper either, since you would then have to comply with certain building regulations of the development plan again.
Bungalows, like the granny flat in this case, are allowed to be a maximum of 4 meters (13 feet) high and must have a roof pitch of 40° (degrees), if I am not mistaken.
The children's rooms are already included in the upper floor of the granny flat. If you were to take more space from it, the whole roof shape would change, and it wouldn't be cheaper either, since you would then have to comply with certain building regulations of the development plan again.
Bungalows, like the granny flat in this case, are allowed to be a maximum of 4 meters (13 feet) high and must have a roof pitch of 40° (degrees), if I am not mistaken.
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