ᐅ Floor Plan for a 155 sqm Urban Villa – Your Opinion Needed

Hello everyone,

We have created the following floor plans. Do you see any potential for improvement or even major mistakes/misplanning in these layouts?

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Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 671 sqm (7,224 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.15 (maximum building footprint 100.6 sqm / 1,083 sq ft)
Gross floor area ratio (GFAR): 0.3
Building zone, building line, and boundary:
Number of parking spaces: 2 required (therefore double garage, minimum garage parking space width/length 2.4 / 5 m (7.9 / 16.4 ft))
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: cold roof with a 25° (25°) hip roof, used as storage space
Maximum buildable area including ancillary structures: 150.9 sqm (1,624 sq ft) (floor area ratio 0.15 plus 50%)

Owners’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: urban villa, due to storage possibility in the attic and maximum living area utilization within the given plot size
Basement, floors: no basement (budget constraints), 2 full floors due to development plan
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults, 2 children (10 and 6 years old)
Office/guest room: family use, guest room for 5 overnight guests per year
Modern construction method: yes
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Fireplace: no
Balcony: no
Garage, carport: garage 4 x 8 m (13.1 x 26.2 ft)

House design
Designer: myself, using Sweet Home software
What do you particularly like? Spacious ground floor, large children’s rooms, large entrance area
What do you dislike? Double half-turn staircase
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house including fixtures:
Preferred heating system: ground source heat pump

The garage is now gone or just not shown, and the plot of land is the same as in https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Stadtvilla-160qm-mit-seiteneingang-geht-es-noch-besser.30213/?

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I won’t say anything without the site plan!
Because something doesn’t add up (living room as a passageway with a large area, while there is no storage at all). To assess this properly, the site plan must be available.
No one benefits from a living room door opposite the staircase – it would be different if it were to open up the dining area.

I think it’s quite okay. I would convert the kitchen door into a sliding door.
If the site plan from 11ant’s link is correct, I find the garage really annoying. I wouldn’t attach it directly to the house but rather leave it alone by the street in front. That way, there could also be a living room window on the west side.

What about the utility room door under the stairs? Have you already calculated the exact heights to make sure it fits? How wide is the door?

The elevations probably still need to be refined.

bafische schrieb:

Style, roof type, building type: urban villa, chosen for storage space in the attic and maximum use of living area given the available footprint

This is a common misconception. Geometrically, you maximize the area with the same perimeter by making the shape square. In practice, however, you create unused space inside the house – see the living room entrance and hallway upstairs. You definitely don’t gain any usable space that way.

I’m thinking radically open, removing all walls between the kitchen and living room, leaving only the cloakroom intact. Place the dining table centrally and reorganize the kitchen… this creates a very special living area where the table becomes the heart of the home. Not for everyone – but an option for a family that spends a lot of time together.

hampshire schrieb:

You’re basically creating unused space inside the house – see the living room entrance and hallway upstairs.

If I don’t want the staircase in the living room, I don’t find the hallway downstairs or upstairs to be too large. What do you think?
Sure, having an open space is nice, but with two kids who want to sleep while Mom and Dad are still watching TV, it can be a real problem.