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
We have created the following floor plans. Do you see any potential for improvement or even major mistakes/misplanning in these layouts?
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
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hampshire11 Jun 2019 18:19kaho674 schrieb:
Sure, having an open space is nice, but with two kids who want to sleep while Mom and Dad are still watching TV, it’s always a problem.Yes, in that case the children need to learn to sleep through noise downstairs. The sound transmission in open-plan houses is definitely a disadvantage. I came to this conclusion because there was no door planned before either, and then I thought "all or nothing"... Also, the structural engineering for such an open room is not simple, and with standard ceiling heights, large rooms rarely look impressive.
The offset alignment from the entrance to the door or an open corner is “not ideal.”
Why not swap the living room and kitchen and move the entrance to the open-plan area somewhere else? For example, the wardrobe could be placed opposite the staircase.
However, I would say that the staircase, in this cost-saving design, is not suitable for adding access to the utility room there. Also, the space under the stairs is needed to create a storage room.
Why is the utility room located “all the way back” there? Doesn’t that cause long distances for the supply lines?
This can only be answered in connection with the overall property, garage or carport, and street connection, so please upload the site plan with the house drawn in, @bafische.
How do you envision this?
Why not swap the living room and kitchen and move the entrance to the open-plan area somewhere else? For example, the wardrobe could be placed opposite the staircase.
However, I would say that the staircase, in this cost-saving design, is not suitable for adding access to the utility room there. Also, the space under the stairs is needed to create a storage room.
Why is the utility room located “all the way back” there? Doesn’t that cause long distances for the supply lines?
This can only be answered in connection with the overall property, garage or carport, and street connection, so please upload the site plan with the house drawn in, @bafische.
How do you envision this?
ypg schrieb:
I won’t say anything without the site plan!
Because something doesn’t add up (living room as a passageway with a massive area, while no storage is available). To evaluate that, the site plan must be provided.
Nobody benefits from a living room door opposite the stairs – it would be different if the dining area were opened up. Hello,
attached is the site plan.
All utility connections (electricity, water/sewage) are located at point "B," which is the northeast corner of the plot, so the technical room is placed here, only 5m (16 feet) from all utilities.
There is no living room door opposite the stairs; there is only an opening with a lintel planned here.
Storage space consists of the garage/attic/wardrobe cupboard/laundry room and a large built-in wardrobe in the bedroom. I know storage space is always too little, but we currently have a 55sqm (592 sq ft) full basement filled to the top with stuff that hasn’t been touched in the last 10 years. That’s why our floor plan is not optimized for storage. However, we have carefully considered how much storage we actually need.
One request:
Please do not make the placement of the house on the plot part of this discussion; this is solely about the floor plan given the location and orientation of the house. Everything inside can still be changed. The circumstances are so varied that explaining them here would go beyond the scope.
kaho674 schrieb:
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 don’t think I would attach it to the house but rather place it alone by the street. That would also allow for a living room window on the west side.
What about the utility room door under the stairs? Have you calculated the exact heights to make sure it fits? How wide is the door?
The elevations probably need to be refined. Hi Kaho,
we also found the garage really annoying there, and having a window on the west side is definitely on our list.
The utility room door has been calculated; a 90cm (35 inch) wide and 2.13m (7 ft) high door fits underneath—just like all the other interior doors.
A sliding door for the kitchen has already been requested; it makes a lot of sense here.
We considered boxing in the area under the stairs but it looked rather poor in the simulation.
Which elevations do you mean? Windows? Which side?
bafische schrieb:
Which views do you mean? Windows? Which side?Well, all of them. It's hard to assess without any images. So far, it still looks like "scattered little windows" to me. Can't your software generate views?hampshire schrieb:
This is a common misconception. Geometrically, you maximize the area for the same perimeter by making the shape square. In practice, however, this only creates unused space inside the house – see the living room entrance and hallway above. You definitely won’t gain any usable space that way.
I tend to think radically open, removing all walls to the kitchen and living room, leaving only the cloakroom. I 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,
nice and calm, but we still can’t imagine a fully open concept.
The kitchen should at least be somewhat set back.
Open is great, but for our taste, by giving up the living room doors and opting for a semi-open living-dining area, we have already taken quite a risk.
Thanks for your suggestion.
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