ᐅ Floor plan for a 160 sqm urban villa – Requesting advice!
Created on: 28 Jan 2019 09:23
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Bauherrin92
Hello everyone,
we are planning to build an urban villa with 160 sqm (1720 sq ft) plus a basement in rural Bavaria. Since we are now in the crucial phase of floor plan design, we would really appreciate your opinions and suggestions for improvements.
The following issues concern us the most:
1. Arrangement of the house and garage on the plot: The garage has been deliberately placed on the west side to create distance from the neighbor. To catch the evening sun, the house has been set back. However, I wonder if this looks "good," as I have never seen such an arrangement before. We are also undecided whether the garage should be detached or attached to the house (possibly with access through the pantry?). On the plans, the garage is at the neighbor’s boundary. There is currently no house there.
2. The cloakroom and dressing room seem too small to comfortably place proper wardrobes and move around freely.
3. In general, I feel the overall design could still be improved, including the arrangement of windows.
Here is the questionnaire:
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 800 sqm (8,600 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: 0.35
Floor space index: 0.7
Building window, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) to the street
Edge development: garage yes
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: 2
Roof style: open construction
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa, 2 full storeys, hipped roof
Basement, storeys: basement, ground floor, first floor
Number of people, age: two adults, schoolchild, expecting a baby
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: three bedrooms, spacious living-dining area, separate cloakroom, shower toilet on the ground floor
Office: none
Guest bedrooms per year: none
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4–10 (when guests visit)
Fireplace: yes
Garage, carport: prefabricated double garage
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be included:
- Cloakroom in a niche
- Shower toilet on the ground floor, later for the teenage daughter
- Large children’s rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the garden
- Dressing room in the master bedroom
- Pantry for yellow bags (recycling waste bags), vacuum cleaner, cleaning supplies, pasta stock, etc.
House design
Who made the plan: planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Basement: fine as is
- Ground floor: large pantry, L-shaped kitchen/living/dining area
- Upper floor: large children’s rooms
What don’t you like? Why?
- Ground floor: layout of toilet and cloakroom
- Upper floor: dressing room and bathroom possibly too small
- detached garage
Preferred heating technology: undecided so far
If you had to give up something, which details/upgrades would you skip?
- Could give up: access from garage into the house
- Could not do without: pantry, dressing room, cloakroom
Why has the design turned out as it is now? Our wishes were implemented by the planner
We look forward to your advice!!!
P.S.: The red circle is supposed to indicate north, sorry, it couldn’t be done otherwise!
we are planning to build an urban villa with 160 sqm (1720 sq ft) plus a basement in rural Bavaria. Since we are now in the crucial phase of floor plan design, we would really appreciate your opinions and suggestions for improvements.
The following issues concern us the most:
1. Arrangement of the house and garage on the plot: The garage has been deliberately placed on the west side to create distance from the neighbor. To catch the evening sun, the house has been set back. However, I wonder if this looks "good," as I have never seen such an arrangement before. We are also undecided whether the garage should be detached or attached to the house (possibly with access through the pantry?). On the plans, the garage is at the neighbor’s boundary. There is currently no house there.
2. The cloakroom and dressing room seem too small to comfortably place proper wardrobes and move around freely.
3. In general, I feel the overall design could still be improved, including the arrangement of windows.
Here is the questionnaire:
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 800 sqm (8,600 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: 0.35
Floor space index: 0.7
Building window, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) to the street
Edge development: garage yes
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: 2
Roof style: open construction
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa, 2 full storeys, hipped roof
Basement, storeys: basement, ground floor, first floor
Number of people, age: two adults, schoolchild, expecting a baby
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: three bedrooms, spacious living-dining area, separate cloakroom, shower toilet on the ground floor
Office: none
Guest bedrooms per year: none
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4–10 (when guests visit)
Fireplace: yes
Garage, carport: prefabricated double garage
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be included:
- Cloakroom in a niche
- Shower toilet on the ground floor, later for the teenage daughter
- Large children’s rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the garden
- Dressing room in the master bedroom
- Pantry for yellow bags (recycling waste bags), vacuum cleaner, cleaning supplies, pasta stock, etc.
House design
Who made the plan: planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Basement: fine as is
- Ground floor: large pantry, L-shaped kitchen/living/dining area
- Upper floor: large children’s rooms
What don’t you like? Why?
- Ground floor: layout of toilet and cloakroom
- Upper floor: dressing room and bathroom possibly too small
- detached garage
Preferred heating technology: undecided so far
If you had to give up something, which details/upgrades would you skip?
- Could give up: access from garage into the house
- Could not do without: pantry, dressing room, cloakroom
Why has the design turned out as it is now? Our wishes were implemented by the planner
We look forward to your advice!!!
P.S.: The red circle is supposed to indicate north, sorry, it couldn’t be done otherwise!
Bauherrin92 schrieb:
What are the benefits of thinner exterior walls?I think he wasn’t referring to the thickness of the exterior walls but rather the dimensions... for example, 11m (36 feet) by 9m (30 feet) instead of 10.5m (34.5 feet) by 9.6m (31.5 feet).
In my opinion, the floor plan wastes a lot of space. You have a hallway of 21m² (225 sq ft) alone, the cloakroom is neither here nor there, and it’s probably only there because that small corner next to the stairs was left over.
With proper planning, the house could probably be built about 15m² (160 sq ft) smaller without losing any comfort. For example, upstairs, out of the total 43m² (463 sq ft) of children’s rooms, I would carve out 8-10m² (86-108 sq ft) for a nice utility room so you don’t have to carry laundry all over the house. The walk-in closet can easily be removed given its size and location, as it adds no real value.
You can also skip the pantry with such a large kitchen. Move the guest toilet to where the pantry is now, place the cloakroom in front of it, and add a nice 10m² (108 sq ft) office next to the stairs upstairs.
Somehow, everything feels a bit stuck. I would suggest doing some image searches on Google to get more inspiration.
With proper planning, the house could probably be built about 15m² (160 sq ft) smaller without losing any comfort. For example, upstairs, out of the total 43m² (463 sq ft) of children’s rooms, I would carve out 8-10m² (86-108 sq ft) for a nice utility room so you don’t have to carry laundry all over the house. The walk-in closet can easily be removed given its size and location, as it adds no real value.
You can also skip the pantry with such a large kitchen. Move the guest toilet to where the pantry is now, place the cloakroom in front of it, and add a nice 10m² (108 sq ft) office next to the stairs upstairs.
Somehow, everything feels a bit stuck. I would suggest doing some image searches on Google to get more inspiration.
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Bauherrin9228 Jan 2019 16:17Thanks for the contributions. I will do some drawing this evening.
Bauherrin92 schrieb:
Thanks for the contributions. I will do some drawing this evening It will work out. Just don’t let anyone persuade you into a floor plan that you are unhappy with or only somewhat satisfied with.
1. You pay for every square meter (square foot)
2. The fun and anticipation about the house will noticeably decrease.
And don’t forget the details, since the offer price is based on those details. We also had a general contractor (GC) offer but decided to go with an architect instead.
Not only are there worlds of difference between the floor plan and the final build. But that’s a different topic. There are probably transparent GCs as well, ...maybe
kaho674 schrieb:
Just to be sure: A carport is not an option? Get well soon. It started for me today as well.
Katja, are you preparing something? :-p
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