ᐅ Single-family home, 160 sqm in Upper Bavaria – how can it be improved?
Created on: 28 Mar 2019 21:06
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BambulaDear forum members,
After clarifying the location of the house and garage a few weeks ago with your help (https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/knifflige-Grundstücksplanung-garage-eingang-nach-sw-oder-no.30264/), the architect’s first draft is now available (I have redrawn the floor plans and elevations myself for copyright reasons, I apologize for this. However, all essential details should be recognizable; feel free to ask if anything is unclear).
We now look forward to your constructive feedback! (Everything can still be changed…)
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 500 m² (approx. 24 m (79 feet) east-west, approx. 20 m (66 feet) north-south)
Building stages
Floor space index: 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary: see site plan
Number of parking spaces: 1 garage + 1 parking space (5 m (16 feet) in front of garage counts as parking space)
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: hipped roof or gable roof
Orientation: gable east-west
Maximum heights / restrictions: wall height (eaves height) 5.70 m (18.7 feet)
Additional requirements: roof pitch 20°–35°, house length at least 25% longer than house width, garage flat or shed roof, garage located between 5 m and 7 m (16–23 feet) from the street
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: timeless, hipped or gable roof (still open; visible roof trusses are important to us)
Basement, floors: 2 full stories + basement
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults + toddler + possibly another child
Space requirements on ground floor: open plan living area, office, shower bathroom; upstairs: master bedroom, 2 children’s rooms, bathroom
Office: home office
Guest stays per year: 5
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open
Number of dining seats: 4 + regular guests
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage for 1 vehicle + space for bicycles
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
House Design
Planner: architect
What do you particularly like? Why? All desired rooms included, comfortable room sizes, efficient use of space, no awkward corners
What do you not like? Why? Narrow bathroom on ground floor, possibly too little privacy in children’s rooms?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 450 k for house, garage, ancillary building costs (excluding landscaping)
Personal price limit for house including fixtures: 500 k
Preferred heating technology: gas + photovoltaics (alternative: air-water heat pump)
If you must give up something, which details / expansions
- can be given up: hipped roof
- cannot be given up: number of rooms, basement
Why is the design as it is now?
We specified the room program and the south and west orientation, which the architect implemented.
Good use of the small plot (a small garden area remains).
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
- Does the floor plan work?
- Are the window areas in the children’s rooms too large? (Suggestions for alternative window design?)
- Where to put the TV? (The TV is not very important to us, but we have one.)
After clarifying the location of the house and garage a few weeks ago with your help (https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/knifflige-Grundstücksplanung-garage-eingang-nach-sw-oder-no.30264/), the architect’s first draft is now available (I have redrawn the floor plans and elevations myself for copyright reasons, I apologize for this. However, all essential details should be recognizable; feel free to ask if anything is unclear).
We now look forward to your constructive feedback! (Everything can still be changed…)
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 500 m² (approx. 24 m (79 feet) east-west, approx. 20 m (66 feet) north-south)
Building stages
Floor space index: 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary: see site plan
Number of parking spaces: 1 garage + 1 parking space (5 m (16 feet) in front of garage counts as parking space)
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: hipped roof or gable roof
Orientation: gable east-west
Maximum heights / restrictions: wall height (eaves height) 5.70 m (18.7 feet)
Additional requirements: roof pitch 20°–35°, house length at least 25% longer than house width, garage flat or shed roof, garage located between 5 m and 7 m (16–23 feet) from the street
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: timeless, hipped or gable roof (still open; visible roof trusses are important to us)
Basement, floors: 2 full stories + basement
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults + toddler + possibly another child
Space requirements on ground floor: open plan living area, office, shower bathroom; upstairs: master bedroom, 2 children’s rooms, bathroom
Office: home office
Guest stays per year: 5
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open
Number of dining seats: 4 + regular guests
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage for 1 vehicle + space for bicycles
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
House Design
Planner: architect
What do you particularly like? Why? All desired rooms included, comfortable room sizes, efficient use of space, no awkward corners
What do you not like? Why? Narrow bathroom on ground floor, possibly too little privacy in children’s rooms?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 450 k for house, garage, ancillary building costs (excluding landscaping)
Personal price limit for house including fixtures: 500 k
Preferred heating technology: gas + photovoltaics (alternative: air-water heat pump)
If you must give up something, which details / expansions
- can be given up: hipped roof
- cannot be given up: number of rooms, basement
Why is the design as it is now?
We specified the room program and the south and west orientation, which the architect implemented.
Good use of the small plot (a small garden area remains).
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
- Does the floor plan work?
- Are the window areas in the children’s rooms too large? (Suggestions for alternative window design?)
- Where to put the TV? (The TV is not very important to us, but we have one.)
I think it’s good.
The shower on the ground floor is debatable. There is no small storage area on the ground floor (except in the office).
The window sizes in the children’s rooms are truly excessive. The kids will be baking in there. I would insist on a lower window sill and skip one of the three units.
The toilet and shower should be swapped, and if the T-shaped shower is necessary, it should be narrower to allow some room to move inside.
The shower on the ground floor is debatable. There is no small storage area on the ground floor (except in the office).
The window sizes in the children’s rooms are truly excessive. The kids will be baking in there. I would insist on a lower window sill and skip one of the three units.
The toilet and shower should be swapped, and if the T-shaped shower is necessary, it should be narrower to allow some room to move inside.
Budget is tight, so be cautious with patterns.
For two cars, plan the parking space side by side so that the car parked in the garage can enter and exit without having to move the other car.
I would separate laundry and technical equipment. Dryer lint is not good for building technology, and you have enough space.
The hallway, closet, and toilet should be arranged differently. Large hallway but no practical wardrobe.
Maybe Kaho will have some ideas.
For two cars, plan the parking space side by side so that the car parked in the garage can enter and exit without having to move the other car.
I would separate laundry and technical equipment. Dryer lint is not good for building technology, and you have enough space.
The hallway, closet, and toilet should be arranged differently. Large hallway but no practical wardrobe.
Maybe Kaho will have some ideas.
About the TV:
My suggestion to avoid boring symmetry: omit windows in the living room area on the west side and place them on the north side instead, or position a group of three windows in the center of the west side plus one meter (3.3 feet) further north. This will determine the placement for the TV.
My suggestion to avoid boring symmetry: omit windows in the living room area on the west side and place them on the north side instead, or position a group of three windows in the center of the west side plus one meter (3.3 feet) further north. This will determine the placement for the TV.
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