ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a 150 sqm Single-Family Home – Tips for Improvement?
Created on: 22 Jan 2019 13:30
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Franky73
Hello everyone,
we are in the process of building a single-family house with a basement suitable for living. This is the design we have come up with. I would like to hear from you if you see any possibilities for improvements.
On the ground floor, there is a side entrance door on the right. The carport will be located there.
In the basement living area, the children's rooms face south. From there, it should be possible to access the terrace and the garden.
I look forward to your tips and suggestions!
we are in the process of building a single-family house with a basement suitable for living. This is the design we have come up with. I would like to hear from you if you see any possibilities for improvements.
On the ground floor, there is a side entrance door on the right. The carport will be located there.
In the basement living area, the children's rooms face south. From there, it should be possible to access the terrace and the garden.
I look forward to your tips and suggestions!
ypg schrieb:
I believe city villas should be prohibited on slopes, except those that are single-story on the slope side. For all other houses, the roof design should be adapted to the terrain. A shed roof wouldn’t improve the situation in our case either! The roof terrace would still be there, and adding a pergola would probably not make it look any better!No, I meant
The living room becomes child 1’s room
The dining area becomes child 2’s room
The kitchen turns into a utility room/storage, and vice versa upstairs
I’m not sure either, the ground floor is overcrowded and there’s space upstairs. Especially when the older child moves out, whether in five or ten years. You have older kids, so I think you have to think differently. You don’t have a toddler who goes out to the garden at the first ray of sunshine and one parent needs to keep an eye on them. You’re probably more in the phase where friends come over around 10 p.m.
I’ll shake things up now. One parent room, one child’s room, and cooking/eating on the ground floor
Upstairs one child’s room and the living room with a large roof terrace. When the young crowd comes in the evening, you can sleep peacefully downstairs. If the little one sleeps downstairs, you can enjoy a glass of wine in the lounge upstairs.
The living room becomes child 1’s room
The dining area becomes child 2’s room
The kitchen turns into a utility room/storage, and vice versa upstairs
I’m not sure either, the ground floor is overcrowded and there’s space upstairs. Especially when the older child moves out, whether in five or ten years. You have older kids, so I think you have to think differently. You don’t have a toddler who goes out to the garden at the first ray of sunshine and one parent needs to keep an eye on them. You’re probably more in the phase where friends come over around 10 p.m.
I’ll shake things up now. One parent room, one child’s room, and cooking/eating on the ground floor
Upstairs one child’s room and the living room with a large roof terrace. When the young crowd comes in the evening, you can sleep peacefully downstairs. If the little one sleeps downstairs, you can enjoy a glass of wine in the lounge upstairs.
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j.bautsch9 Mar 2019 12:39Franky73 schrieb:
I would never store things like vacuum cleaners in the hallway. Have you ever heard of cupboards? I even included them in the plan. Whether you have cupboards for cleaning supplies, buckets, brooms, and the vacuum cleaner in a separate room or place the cupboards in the spacious hallway (all our cleaning supplies including the vacuum cleaner are stored in a built-in cupboard in the hallway that has two doors and measures about 60cm x 100cm (24 inches x 39 inches)), there is enough space. There are even towels for the bathroom stored inside. Large mirrors could also be mounted on the cupboards. The kids will appreciate it. It could also serve as a play area for the younger child. Or you could install a window seat there, or other options... And the 14m² (150 square feet) includes the space for the staircase, which alone takes up almost 5m² (54 square feet).
haydee schrieb:
No, I meant
Living room becomes Child 1’s room
Dining room becomes Child 2’s room
Kitchen becomes utility/storage room, and the other way around upstairs
I’m not sure either, the ground floor is cluttered and there’s space upstairs. Especially when the older child moves out—whether in five or ten years. You have older kids, so I think you have to think differently. You don’t have a toddler who runs outside at the first sign of sunshine and needs constant supervision. You’re now more in the phase where friends come over at 10 PM.
I’m going to throw everything out the window now: Parent’s room, one kids’ room, cooking and eating on the ground floor.
Upstairs one kids’ room and the living room with a large roof terrace. When the youngsters come over in the evening, you can sleep peacefully downstairs. If the little one sleeps downstairs, you can enjoy a glass of wine in the upstairs lounge.Haydee, that’s really kind of you, but in the long term, considering age, we prefer to keep our spaces on the ground floor.
Our situation is just complicated: corner plot, sloping site, single-story construction, and not least our ideas about room layouts. As mentioned, both options should be optimized as much as possible.
On the ground floor (variant 4), the master bedroom could be extended somewhat towards the terrace to possibly make the bathroom a bit wider.
I haven’t really considered the upper floor yet!
Is it just me, or wouldn’t it make more sense to arrange it like this:
You can forget about having access to the utility room from there—it doesn’t make sense, as Yvonne already mentioned. You’d always end up carrying dirty shoes through the entire living area just to get them to the cloakroom. Besides, the kitchen needs natural sunlight.
Other than that, I don’t think the design is that bad. It’s a pity that the living room lacks a retreat area. Direct access to the kitchen would be important to me as well, but I guess it has to work without it.
For me, laundry would definitely go in the storage room upstairs. I wouldn’t want to be passing by the cooking area all the time with dirty clothes.
You can forget about having access to the utility room from there—it doesn’t make sense, as Yvonne already mentioned. You’d always end up carrying dirty shoes through the entire living area just to get them to the cloakroom. Besides, the kitchen needs natural sunlight.
Other than that, I don’t think the design is that bad. It’s a pity that the living room lacks a retreat area. Direct access to the kitchen would be important to me as well, but I guess it has to work without it.
For me, laundry would definitely go in the storage room upstairs. I wouldn’t want to be passing by the cooking area all the time with dirty clothes.
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