Hello everyone!
I would like to hear your opinions on our long-prepared floor plan, so I’m starting a new thread just before submitting the building permit / planning permission with the current design of our single-family house.
These are the preliminary drafts for the building permit / planning permission, and this is my last chance to review everything and point out any issues.
Basically, everything fits our needs, but before finalizing the detailed planning, there is still some flexibility and the floor plan might be adjusted.
I would be very grateful for your suggestions, ideas, and criticism!
Greetings from Leipzig!
I would like to hear your opinions on our long-prepared floor plan, so I’m starting a new thread just before submitting the building permit / planning permission with the current design of our single-family house.
These are the preliminary drafts for the building permit / planning permission, and this is my last chance to review everything and point out any issues.
Basically, everything fits our needs, but before finalizing the detailed planning, there is still some flexibility and the floor plan might be adjusted.
I would be very grateful for your suggestions, ideas, and criticism!
Greetings from Leipzig!
haydee schrieb:
Unfortunately, not much left
It has a lot of features you like
Especially on the ground floor
What do you not like about this floor plan and what do you like?
PS I wouldn’t have built it like this either Why not?
haydee schrieb:
What don’t you like about this floor plan and what do you like The kitchen lacks a utility/storage room, there is a half-landing staircase, and the toilet is extremely small. I don’t like the walk-through wardrobe on the upper floor. The sauna is my dream, but unfortunately not my husband’s...
Gallery
Two doors and bathroom
Utility room upstairs is missing
Dining kitchen
Why do you insist on having a storage room near the kitchen? It is not cooler than the kitchen, and it distorts your floor plan so that neither an open spacious entrance, a proper kitchen, nor the fireplace works.
Everything has already been said about the walk-in closet; this is the usual and practical way.
Two doors and bathroom
Utility room upstairs is missing
Dining kitchen
Why do you insist on having a storage room near the kitchen? It is not cooler than the kitchen, and it distorts your floor plan so that neither an open spacious entrance, a proper kitchen, nor the fireplace works.
Everything has already been said about the walk-in closet; this is the usual and practical way.
Have you ever properly planned furniture layout?
- Deep window in the utility room and guest toilet
- Entering through the door, you immediately run into the stairs
- Kitchen is tiny, only a footprint of about 3 x 2.4 meters (10 x 8 feet) possible, no island feasible
- Pantry has no space for a freezer
- Dining area too close to the fireplace
Sliding door can’t be used
No room for extensions
- Living area
No space for TV, lowboard, dresser, or shelving
- Hallway too large
Upper floor
Closet space is trapped, only room for a 3.5-meter (11.5 feet) wardrobe with 60 cm (24 inches) depth on one side, maximum 40 cm (16 inches) on the other
- Bedroom arrangement for bed placement
As drawn, the person sleeping against the wall can only have a shoe size up to 38 EU (US women’s size approx. 7.5)
Storage room door should slide to fit a shelf behind it
Toilet very hidden and cramped
- Deep window in the utility room and guest toilet
- Entering through the door, you immediately run into the stairs
- Kitchen is tiny, only a footprint of about 3 x 2.4 meters (10 x 8 feet) possible, no island feasible
- Pantry has no space for a freezer
- Dining area too close to the fireplace
Sliding door can’t be used
No room for extensions
- Living area
No space for TV, lowboard, dresser, or shelving
- Hallway too large
Upper floor
Closet space is trapped, only room for a 3.5-meter (11.5 feet) wardrobe with 60 cm (24 inches) depth on one side, maximum 40 cm (16 inches) on the other
- Bedroom arrangement for bed placement
As drawn, the person sleeping against the wall can only have a shoe size up to 38 EU (US women’s size approx. 7.5)
Storage room door should slide to fit a shelf behind it
Toilet very hidden and cramped
I also don’t want to be without a storage room near the kitchen—not necessarily for food, that’s true, which doesn’t work well in newer houses because they tend to be too warm, but for other kitchen clutter. Using cheap shelving is more affordable than expensive kitchen cabinets. I actually prefer it that way, but we’ve already had many discussions here about it. Some want it, others find it unnecessary. It’s pointless to debate further. It’s best to simply accept each other’s preferences without comment.
So, I quickly sketched something again:
Kitchen on the left side of the plan with a long kitchen run and island—which could also be made into a peninsula connected to the lower wall of the plan. Between them (unfortunately sketched incorrectly at first) there is a sliding door to a long pantry—you still need to take precise measurements. A shelf should fit along the long wall; I doubt there is room for a freezer cabinet. But considering the size of the originally planned pantry, this one is much more comfortable.
The guest room has moved to the right side of the plan, and the utility room to the left. Unfortunately, the door to the utility room removes the option of installing a nice coat closet there. One could consider accessing the utility room via the pantry or guest toilet, which would allow space for a good coat closet.
The entrance no longer feels so cramped because you can see through to the dining room and the terrace.
The kitchen is also directly adjacent to the terrace, which is an advantage.
I would now make the small former pantry accessible from the hallway and use it as a cleaning supplies closet.
I rotated the stove more toward the current living room, but the dining spot next to it could still get quite hot. The space behind the corner sofa by the window could be used as a cozy reading corner with a comfortable armchair.
The dining table could also be rotated 90° if necessary.
Windows would naturally need to be adjusted accordingly.
I did not draw the upper floor, but I placed the child’s bedroom where the bathroom and storage are now; the bathroom where the child’s bedroom is now; the second child’s bedroom where the current main bedroom is; and the main bedroom where the second child’s bedroom is now, with the walk-in closet between child 2 and the main bedroom.
Advantage: all the plumbing connections are then on the left side of the plan—previously, the guest toilet was on the left, everything else on the right.
As I said, this is just a rough sketch for now. You might achieve more by moving some walls or maybe changing an outer wall (does the floor plan have to remain as is, or is there room to extend the house by about half a meter [1.5 feet] in the north/south direction? Then the dining table rotated 90° would probably be the better solution).
But just as a basic idea.
So, I quickly sketched something again:
Kitchen on the left side of the plan with a long kitchen run and island—which could also be made into a peninsula connected to the lower wall of the plan. Between them (unfortunately sketched incorrectly at first) there is a sliding door to a long pantry—you still need to take precise measurements. A shelf should fit along the long wall; I doubt there is room for a freezer cabinet. But considering the size of the originally planned pantry, this one is much more comfortable.
The guest room has moved to the right side of the plan, and the utility room to the left. Unfortunately, the door to the utility room removes the option of installing a nice coat closet there. One could consider accessing the utility room via the pantry or guest toilet, which would allow space for a good coat closet.
The entrance no longer feels so cramped because you can see through to the dining room and the terrace.
The kitchen is also directly adjacent to the terrace, which is an advantage.
I would now make the small former pantry accessible from the hallway and use it as a cleaning supplies closet.
I rotated the stove more toward the current living room, but the dining spot next to it could still get quite hot. The space behind the corner sofa by the window could be used as a cozy reading corner with a comfortable armchair.
The dining table could also be rotated 90° if necessary.
Windows would naturally need to be adjusted accordingly.
I did not draw the upper floor, but I placed the child’s bedroom where the bathroom and storage are now; the bathroom where the child’s bedroom is now; the second child’s bedroom where the current main bedroom is; and the main bedroom where the second child’s bedroom is now, with the walk-in closet between child 2 and the main bedroom.
Advantage: all the plumbing connections are then on the left side of the plan—previously, the guest toilet was on the left, everything else on the right.
As I said, this is just a rough sketch for now. You might achieve more by moving some walls or maybe changing an outer wall (does the floor plan have to remain as is, or is there room to extend the house by about half a meter [1.5 feet] in the north/south direction? Then the dining table rotated 90° would probably be the better solution).
But just as a basic idea.
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