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:
@kaho674
A basement is “mandatory” since the hobby room and guest room will be located there.
Maybe make the garage a bit larger and use part of it for the hobby room?
Just my opinion:
For me, a guest room is pure luxury (though that might depend on how often you have visitors), but then to have the guest room in the basement as well?
How often do you actually have guests? If necessary, the kids could share a room, and you could offer one room to guests for one or two days, or use a room on the ground floor (living area).
At first, I also planned a guest room on the ground floor, but the more I thought about it, the easier it was to decide against it.
Just a suggestion... good luckB
Bauherrin9231 Jan 2019 14:44kaho674 schrieb:
Oh wow, also even converted into living space. What was the budget again? No matter what number I mention now, the thread will likely go off track (as I’ve seen in many others). Just to clarify, everything is fixed in the contract as well as with the bank. Additional costs have, of course, been taken into account.The focus is on the floor plan.
Have you already signed? That’s interesting. What exactly is confirmed? For example, what are the details regarding square meters or cubic volume? What about floor heights, clear ceiling heights across the three floors, stair design, window sizes, patio doors, roof shape, and so on?
By the way, I personally think the guest room in the basement is terrible. I’d rather stay at a hotel than sleep somewhere in a dark basement. But of course, everyone has their own preferences.
By the way, I personally think the guest room in the basement is terrible. I’d rather stay at a hotel than sleep somewhere in a dark basement. But of course, everyone has their own preferences.
Bauherrin92 schrieb:
No matter what number I mention now, the thread will develop in the wrong direction (as I’ve seen in many others). It should just be said that everything in the contract is fixed, as well as with the bank. Ancillary costs are of course accounted for.
The focus is on the floor plan.I completely agree with you... I felt the same way. I think it’s nice to be reminded, but for me, this doesn’t belong in this section. If necessary, it could be moved to the finance topic, but as long as the original poster wants to learn about their floor plan, I don’t see a reason to keep discussing financing—it only makes things more confusing.
Everything can fit: the design, the financing, etc., and in the end, it still might not work out for some reason.
kaho674 schrieb:
By the way, I personally find the guest room in the basement terrible. I would rather stay at a hotel than sleep somewhere in a dark basement. But to each their own.I completely agree.... I had written it before as well, but accidentally placed the "quote" incorrectly.
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Bauherrin9231 Jan 2019 15:07kaho674 schrieb:
You’ve already signed? That’s interesting. What exactly is fixed? For example, what does it say about square meters or cubic volume? What about floor-to-floor height, clear ceiling height in the three floors, stair design, window sizes, patio doors, roof shape, and so on?
Yes, all these details are contractually specified.
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