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!
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Bauherrin9228 Jan 2019 17:24kaho674 schrieb:
Just to be sure: a carport is not an option?In general, a double carport would also be an option. But even then, I would want to fully brick up the west side facing the neighbor and the south side facing the garden. And then it would look ugly from the kitchen window again.
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Bauherrin9228 Jan 2019 17:48Bauherrin92 schrieb:
In general, a double carport could also be an option. But even then, I would want to fully wall up the west side facing the neighbor and the south side facing the garden. And then it would look ugly again from the kitchen window I take that back; my husband insists on "his" garage.
The garage door catches my attention. When it is open, the interior length is reduced to about 5m (16 feet). For example, a car like the Opel Astra ST is already 4.7m (15.5 feet) long. If the car is parked too far forward, you risk damaging the bumper with the door edges.
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Bauherrin9228 Jan 2019 19:40hanse987 schrieb:
I noticed the door in the garage. When it is open, there is only about 5m (16.4 feet) of internal length left. For example, a car like an Opel Astra station wagon is already 4.7m (15.4 feet) long. If the car is parked too far forward, you might end up scraping the bumper with the door’s sharp edges.Of course, the door must open outwards, thank you.
I only see rooms here with significantly less living value or functionality than their nominal floor areas would suggest.
That would be my main argument against the standard general contractor’s box-layout, even if it might be sufficient for others: the many essentially wasted square meters that such a uninspired design brings along.
The total area, for example, could easily accommodate a proper walk-in closet instead of this wardrobe screen. While some may not like mechanical ventilation systems, that is not compatible with a small bedroom air volume. Having a toilet in the basement means a sewage lifting system is required.
I don’t understand the objection regarding the garage on the east side: the easement would only be about 3 meters (10 feet), and I wouldn’t go closer than 5 meters (16 feet) in front of the gate anyway. I actually like the suggestion for the east driveway.
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That would be my main argument against the standard general contractor’s box-layout, even if it might be sufficient for others: the many essentially wasted square meters that such a uninspired design brings along.
The total area, for example, could easily accommodate a proper walk-in closet instead of this wardrobe screen. While some may not like mechanical ventilation systems, that is not compatible with a small bedroom air volume. Having a toilet in the basement means a sewage lifting system is required.
I don’t understand the objection regarding the garage on the east side: the easement would only be about 3 meters (10 feet), and I wouldn’t go closer than 5 meters (16 feet) in front of the gate anyway. I actually like the suggestion for the east driveway.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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Bauherrin9228 Jan 2019 21:1011ant schrieb:
I only see rooms here with significantly less living value or functionality than their nominal floor areas would suggest.
That would be my main argument against the standard contractor’s floor plan, even if it might be acceptable for some: the many wasted square meters of living space that such a careless design creates.
The total area would, for example, easily allow for a proper walk-in closet instead of this wardrobe acting as a visual barrier. You can dislike mechanical ventilation, but not at the same time with a small bedroom volume. A bathroom in the basement means a sewage lifting system.
I don’t understand the objection about the building line for a garage on the east side: it is only 3 meters (10 feet), and I wouldn’t go closer than 5 meters (16 feet) in front of the garage door anyway. I like the suggestion of the east driveway.Thanks for your feedback.
Regarding the wasted square meters: we furnish all rooms quite well; only the hallway would have a bit of “open space.”
I am currently working on the walk-in closet….
A garage on the east side is not an option because, as mentioned before, the house would be too close to the neighbor or their garage. The 3-meter (10-foot) building setback on the right side along the sidewalk also applies to the garage. With a 21-meter (69-foot) width minus 3 meters (10 feet) building setback minus a 6-meter (20-foot) garage minus a 10.5-meter (34-foot) house, about 1.5 meters (5 feet) remain to the neighbor’s boundary. No matter how nice the west-facing sun is, it’s of no use if the neighbor is just one meter (3 feet) further.
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