Hello everyone,
Unfortunately, we are stuck with the planning of the upper floor of our single-family house. I have deliberately only uploaded the upper floor and not the entire preferred forum list because we only need help with this layout. Here are the key facts:
• Gable roof with knee wall of 1.60 m (5 feet 3 inches)
• We prefer a straight staircase because it is easier for carrying furniture (in our current house we have a half-turned U-shaped staircase, which we want to avoid). Of course, it also takes up a lot of space.
• Both a master bathroom and a children’s bathroom are a must for us (each with a tiled walk-in shower, no more glass doors!)
• The sleeping area, walk-in closet, and master bathroom should be planned in that order (shift work, different wake-up times, with the walk-in closet acting as a noise buffer to the bathroom). Ideally, access from the hallway through the closet to the sleeping area and bathroom is desired.
• The walk-in closet should ideally have space for a 4 m (13 feet) long wardrobe (subtracting any slanted ceiling).
The two plans show variants from our architect, which are not yet fully optimal. We are aware that these are many requirements. We have tried everything to sketch it out, but we haven’t found a good solution.
• Should the nice dormer be used as a walk-in closet?
• Is the straight staircase the space killer in the upper floor, or would the planning be easier without it?
Is all this even feasible, or are we being too unrealistic? Perhaps someone has a similar layout or a saving idea!?
Thanks in advance!
A walk-in closet is definitely practical for you and should also have space for a seating area. Think carefully about whether you really need a children’s bathroom. Kids only use the bathroom for a few years. And you have one, not three.
You can’t just enlarge it arbitrarily either.
You can’t just enlarge it arbitrarily either.
@kaho674
The bedroom is 2.9 m (9.5 ft) wide, and the walk-in closet is 2.30 m (7.5 ft) wide. Did you use the house width as 9 m (29.5 ft)? If you subtract the exterior and interior walls of 2x11 cm (2x4.3 inches) and 2x36 cm (2x14 inches), then there is about 2.86 m (9.4 ft) left for the bathroom, correct?
Additionally, you fitted a window into the walk-in closet, which is certainly not a bad idea.
I have to admit, I didn’t look closely enough!
I’ll have to think through the bathroom layout more carefully, but otherwise, this looks like a good option!
Thanks for the nudge—sometimes when you’re looking at so many plans, you only see half of it.
The bedroom is 2.9 m (9.5 ft) wide, and the walk-in closet is 2.30 m (7.5 ft) wide. Did you use the house width as 9 m (29.5 ft)? If you subtract the exterior and interior walls of 2x11 cm (2x4.3 inches) and 2x36 cm (2x14 inches), then there is about 2.86 m (9.4 ft) left for the bathroom, correct?
Additionally, you fitted a window into the walk-in closet, which is certainly not a bad idea.
I have to admit, I didn’t look closely enough!
I’ll have to think through the bathroom layout more carefully, but otherwise, this looks like a good option!
Thanks for the nudge—sometimes when you’re looking at so many plans, you only see half of it.
LMN2018 schrieb:
@kaho674
The bedroom is 2.9 m (9.5 ft) wide, the walk-in closet is 2.30 m (7.5 ft) wide. You used a house width of 9 m (29.5 ft)? Subtracting the exterior and interior walls with two times 11 cm (4.3 inches) and two times 36 cm (14.2 inches), leaves a remaining width of 2.86 m (9.4 ft) for the bathroom, correct? That’s about right, although it’s rare to plan a house down to the exact centimeter. If the bathroom does turn out too small, you could reduce the size of the kids’ bathroom a bit...
Then the dormer would have to be left out. That would save money.
LMN2018 schrieb:
Let’s take that into account and take a closer look at the whole architect situation. Sure – the roof slopes will probably be the key factor here. Always make sure to have the 2m (6 ft 7 in) height line shown. I only estimated it using an angle function and the slope values you gave when you weren’t completely sure, right? So, pay attention to the headroom!
Oh – and I would definitely install at least a glass panel in the shower enclosure, at least at the top. :P
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