ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home of Approximately 160 sqm
Created on: 28 Dec 2018 15:28
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d.düsentrieb
Hello everyone,
We have been working on the floor plan for our future home for several months now. We have been long-time silent readers of this forum and have finally decided to ask for your opinion.
The more we work on the planning and refine it, the more doubts arise :/ Therefore, we kindly ask you for honest and constructive (!) feedback here.
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 840 sqm (9,042 sq ft)
Slope: no
Adjacent buildings: garage/outbuilding, carport possible
Number of parking spaces: 2
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: hipped roof, urban villa
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 full stories
Number of people, age: currently 2 (30 years)
Room needs Ground Floor: living/dining/kitchen, office/guest room, guest bathroom with shower, utility/technical room
Room needs Upper Floor: bathroom, separate toilet, master bedroom, 2 children’s rooms, storage room (utility room?)
Office: home office, guest room
Occasional overnight guests: few
Open kitchen, kitchen island: originally planned as a separable kitchen (sliding door), but this is no longer so important
Number of dining seats: extendable table
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double carport in front of the house, garage (outbuilding) next to the house. The 2 parking spaces should be side by side
House Design
Who designed it: planner from a construction company / DIY
What do you like most? Why? roughly equal-sized children’s rooms, clean lines, room sizes, room layout (children’s rooms facing south)
What do you dislike? Why? hallway from entrance too narrow? upper floor layout could be improved?
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating
What details/features could you do without
-can you do without: the large utility room on the upper floor
-can’t do without: separate toilet on the upper floor, office in basement
Why is the design as it is now? e.g.
several discussions with the planner
What is the main/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Our concerns:
Furniture arrangement in the living room?
Overall orientation of the house towards the south building setback – that’s why there is about 6.5 m (21 ft) distance to the neighbor (who hasn’t built yet) – is this too little?
Would an L-shaped layout of kitchen/dining/living be better than the current linear form? The main garden is located to the west. The office would then have to be moved to the front (currently where the kitchen is)
Window placement is still not fully developed.
We have been working on the floor plan for our future home for several months now. We have been long-time silent readers of this forum and have finally decided to ask for your opinion.
The more we work on the planning and refine it, the more doubts arise :/ Therefore, we kindly ask you for honest and constructive (!) feedback here.
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 840 sqm (9,042 sq ft)
Slope: no
Adjacent buildings: garage/outbuilding, carport possible
Number of parking spaces: 2
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: hipped roof, urban villa
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 full stories
Number of people, age: currently 2 (30 years)
Room needs Ground Floor: living/dining/kitchen, office/guest room, guest bathroom with shower, utility/technical room
Room needs Upper Floor: bathroom, separate toilet, master bedroom, 2 children’s rooms, storage room (utility room?)
Office: home office, guest room
Occasional overnight guests: few
Open kitchen, kitchen island: originally planned as a separable kitchen (sliding door), but this is no longer so important
Number of dining seats: extendable table
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double carport in front of the house, garage (outbuilding) next to the house. The 2 parking spaces should be side by side
House Design
Who designed it: planner from a construction company / DIY
What do you like most? Why? roughly equal-sized children’s rooms, clean lines, room sizes, room layout (children’s rooms facing south)
What do you dislike? Why? hallway from entrance too narrow? upper floor layout could be improved?
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating
What details/features could you do without
-can you do without: the large utility room on the upper floor
-can’t do without: separate toilet on the upper floor, office in basement
Why is the design as it is now? e.g.
several discussions with the planner
What is the main/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Our concerns:
Furniture arrangement in the living room?
Overall orientation of the house towards the south building setback – that’s why there is about 6.5 m (21 ft) distance to the neighbor (who hasn’t built yet) – is this too little?
Would an L-shaped layout of kitchen/dining/living be better than the current linear form? The main garden is located to the west. The office would then have to be moved to the front (currently where the kitchen is)
Window placement is still not fully developed.
I quite like the new floor plan.
However, I have two comments:
Having an extra toilet on the upper floor is theoretically a good idea. From my experience with children and even adults, you often need to use the toilet again just as you’ve drawn a bath or are about to shower and have already undressed. Sometimes my children suddenly had to rush to the toilet while still in the bath. So having a toilet inside the bathroom really was necessary. Isn’t this familiar to you? Or are we exceptions? I would definitely suggest including an additional toilet in the bathroom.
A utility room on the upper floor might not be a bad idea in principle, but I personally like folding my laundry in the living room because I can watch TV or have some variety while doing it. Also, it can be quite disturbing for people in the neighboring rooms when the washing machine is spinning or the dryer is running, especially if the laundry is done early in the morning on weekends. My late sleepers would not be happy with noise coming from next door. Have you considered this?
However, I have two comments:
Having an extra toilet on the upper floor is theoretically a good idea. From my experience with children and even adults, you often need to use the toilet again just as you’ve drawn a bath or are about to shower and have already undressed. Sometimes my children suddenly had to rush to the toilet while still in the bath. So having a toilet inside the bathroom really was necessary. Isn’t this familiar to you? Or are we exceptions? I would definitely suggest including an additional toilet in the bathroom.
A utility room on the upper floor might not be a bad idea in principle, but I personally like folding my laundry in the living room because I can watch TV or have some variety while doing it. Also, it can be quite disturbing for people in the neighboring rooms when the washing machine is spinning or the dryer is running, especially if the laundry is done early in the morning on weekends. My late sleepers would not be happy with noise coming from next door. Have you considered this?
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d.düsentrieb5 Jan 2019 11:07kbt09 schrieb:
You could simply place the window on the lower side of the plan and keep the bed there.
Is a platform staircase desired? Or just a regular spiral staircase?The window would then be on the north side instead of the west, overlooking the garden (even though you usually don’t look out the window while sleeping, of course).
We have no preference for a specific type of staircase – whichever fits best will be the one.
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d.düsentrieb5 Jan 2019 11:11Ibdk14 schrieb:
I quite like the new floor plan.
However, I have two comments:
An extra toilet on the upper floor is theoretically a good idea. From my experience with children and adults alike, once you have drawn the bathwater or are about to shower and are already undressed, you often need to use the toilet again. My children have sometimes suddenly had urgent needs and left the bath to go to the toilet. So having a toilet in the bathroom was really necessary. Don’t you know this? Are we maybe exceptions? I would definitely plan an additional toilet in the bathroom.
A utility room on the upper floor might not be a bad idea in principle, although I prefer folding my laundry in the living room because I can watch TV and have some distraction. Also, it can be disturbing for neighboring rooms when the washing machine is spinning or the dryer is running. Sometimes I do laundry early on weekend mornings, and those who sleep in wouldn’t be happy about noise next door. Have you considered that?We definitely want an extra toilet, and here it is conveniently right next door. In our current apartment, we have to cross the whole place to reach it, and so far we haven’t seen that as a problem.
Regarding the washing machine, there could also be a cabinet between it and the adjacent room, or the washing machine could be moved to the bathroom, where there is still enough space.
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