ᐅ Floor plan design for a detached house with approximately 145 square meters
Created on: 6 Jun 2019 10:53
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goalkeeper
Hello everyone,
We are going to build an end-of-terrace house together with a general contractor and have, of course, already planned the floor plans and thought them through accordingly.
The plot measures 10 x 21m (33 x 69 ft), and as currently planned, the maximum available space has been used up, leaving us with enough room for the garden.
On the ground floor, the staircase will be closed off at the bottom and then used as additional storage for drinks or cleaning supplies. The utility connections will also be located in the cloakroom—my wife wanted a separate room so that shoes and jackets don’t always clutter the hallway.
From November, we will be four people, so we have decided to live together on one floor (the upper floor) with our two very small children, as it is simply more practical. A requirement for our master bedroom was the possibility to place a wardrobe 3m (10 ft) wide. However, we are still not completely satisfied with the layout of the upper floor, although we cannot think of any alternatives. The bathroom should stay the same size.
The attic will include a guest room, which will mainly serve as a playroom for the children and me. A large dormer will be added there. Later, one of the older children could move up there, and the two children's bedrooms on the upper floor would be combined into one large room. We both need a home office, so it is designed somewhat larger.
We intentionally moved the technical equipment to the attic because we are building without a basement, which would have meant placing it on the ground floor. That would have significantly reduced the available space there. We will also use this area for the washing machine and dryer, as well as an additional storage room.
Additionally, we will have a converted loft with a height of 1.36m (4 ft 6 in) as extra storage space.
I look forward to your suggestions.
We are going to build an end-of-terrace house together with a general contractor and have, of course, already planned the floor plans and thought them through accordingly.
The plot measures 10 x 21m (33 x 69 ft), and as currently planned, the maximum available space has been used up, leaving us with enough room for the garden.
On the ground floor, the staircase will be closed off at the bottom and then used as additional storage for drinks or cleaning supplies. The utility connections will also be located in the cloakroom—my wife wanted a separate room so that shoes and jackets don’t always clutter the hallway.
From November, we will be four people, so we have decided to live together on one floor (the upper floor) with our two very small children, as it is simply more practical. A requirement for our master bedroom was the possibility to place a wardrobe 3m (10 ft) wide. However, we are still not completely satisfied with the layout of the upper floor, although we cannot think of any alternatives. The bathroom should stay the same size.
The attic will include a guest room, which will mainly serve as a playroom for the children and me. A large dormer will be added there. Later, one of the older children could move up there, and the two children's bedrooms on the upper floor would be combined into one large room. We both need a home office, so it is designed somewhat larger.
We intentionally moved the technical equipment to the attic because we are building without a basement, which would have meant placing it on the ground floor. That would have significantly reduced the available space there. We will also use this area for the washing machine and dryer, as well as an additional storage room.
Additionally, we will have a converted loft with a height of 1.36m (4 ft 6 in) as extra storage space.
I look forward to your suggestions.
Just a thought: if the middle house is shifted slightly toward the garden on the north side, it would be possible to plan an extension with a garden shed here, thereby enclosing the terrace on the west side. On the upper floor, a 1-meter (3 feet) offset to the west could visually break up the entire facade. The terrace would then have a roof. This may be somewhat more expensive than a simple cube design, but it would also increase the value of the house.
11ant schrieb:
However, this plan didn’t look like a corner terraced plot (?)It’s just a group of three. Now let's imagine some creative neighbors (without checking if their plot ratios still fit):apokolok schrieb:
The middle plot is just outrageous.
Who designs such nonsense? And having to include parking spaces there as well...
I also live in a mid-terrace house, but this is just awful. I completely agree. The middle plot might be about 7 x 21 meters (23 x 69 feet). With 6 meters (20 feet) in front for the parking area, that leaves 15 meters (49 feet). On 7 meters (23 feet) width and a house length of 10 or 11 meters (33 or 36 feet), only 5 or 4 meters (16 or 13 feet) remain for a terrace including privacy screening.
Let’s take the 5 meters (16 feet) to avoid being too pessimistic — you end up with a 7 x 5 meter (23 x 16 feet) backyard. That’s 35 square meters (377 square feet) for a terrace... No, really not enough.
With 6.5 meters (21 feet) in width and 4.5 meters (15 feet) left (subtracting some room for a privacy wall with climbing plants)...
Whether you can even fit a shed for bikes there — which you’d then have to carry through the house twice a day — is questionable. I probably wouldn’t even bother planting grass back there.
The plot at the end (goalkeeper) isn’t enviable either, needing two mandatory parking spaces.
At least there’s still some freedom to place a rotary clothesline and a sandbox.
If the middle plot is also subject to the parking space requirement, there really isn’t much option but to have the houses set back further from the street instead of starting 2.95 m (9 feet 8 inches) away as originally planned. Alternatively, the houses would need to be built with the offset.
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