ᐅ Bungalow floor plan approximately 16 x 9.5 meters (exterior dimensions) on a 1000 m² plot with existing structures
Created on: 25 Jun 2019 09:14
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micric3
Hello forum community,
after gathering a few more ideas—and having received and tried to incorporate good feedback from previous posts—I would like to ask for your feedback on the current floor plan and your general opinion of the bungalow on our 1000m² (10,764 sq ft) plot with existing buildings.
The floor plan was created with RoomSketcher. I have tried to include quite a few pieces of furniture (kitchen is still missing) as references. The windows for the bedrooms and bathroom are not yet finalized, as I don’t have ideas for them yet.
Attachments:
1.) Plot image + orientation
2.) Original building permit/planning permission (BU) after I designed/modified the draft
3.) My draft (with RoomSketcher)
Zoning plan / restrictions
Plot size: 1000m² (10,764 sq ft)
House dimensions: 15.87 m x 9.50 m (52.1 ft x 31.2 ft) (specified by BU to keep price close)
Slope: No
Parking spaces: 0
Number of floors: Bungalow (single story)
Roof type: Hip roof or gable roof (BU includes hip roof in price)
Orientation: Entrance west, living room southeast facing, dining room southwest facing
Maximum height / limits
Other requirements: must adapt to existing buildings
Owners’ requirements
Number of people, ages: 4 people (2 x 40 years, 2 x 3 years)
Office: In the outbuilding
Guests per year: Max. 2
Open or closed layout: undecided
Conservative or modern style: doesn’t matter
Open kitchen, kitchen island: sliding door, probably L- or U-shaped kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4 in kitchen, possibly 6-8 in living room
Fireplace: possibly a wood-burning stove
Garage/Carport: along the access driveway
House design
Who planned it: based on the Bungalow 131 floor plan by Town & Country. Draft designed by myself using RoomSketcher
- Planner of a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Access from the west
- simple and compact
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 215,000
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 250,000
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump (either Vaillant aroSplit or Vaillant recoCompact)
If you had to give up some features or expansions, which ones?
- Can give up: size of the living room
- Cannot give up: 2nd bathroom
Why is the design the way it is now?
- Position on the plot
- Location relative to existing outbuilding
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
- Is the west orientation of the children’s rooms better than east orientation?
- Is the bedroom too narrow considering the ~2 x 2 m (6.6 x 6.6 ft) bed?
- Should the kitchen have its own small dining area?
- Size and number of windows for the living room with southeast orientation
- How should the living room furniture be arranged?
- Should the living and dining rooms be swapped? (SE <-> SW orientation)
--> Dining room faces southwest to see who is arriving
- Is it better to have one floor-to-ceiling window (which size?) or two windows in the children’s rooms?
after gathering a few more ideas—and having received and tried to incorporate good feedback from previous posts—I would like to ask for your feedback on the current floor plan and your general opinion of the bungalow on our 1000m² (10,764 sq ft) plot with existing buildings.
The floor plan was created with RoomSketcher. I have tried to include quite a few pieces of furniture (kitchen is still missing) as references. The windows for the bedrooms and bathroom are not yet finalized, as I don’t have ideas for them yet.
Attachments:
1.) Plot image + orientation
2.) Original building permit/planning permission (BU) after I designed/modified the draft
3.) My draft (with RoomSketcher)
Zoning plan / restrictions
Plot size: 1000m² (10,764 sq ft)
House dimensions: 15.87 m x 9.50 m (52.1 ft x 31.2 ft) (specified by BU to keep price close)
Slope: No
Parking spaces: 0
Number of floors: Bungalow (single story)
Roof type: Hip roof or gable roof (BU includes hip roof in price)
Orientation: Entrance west, living room southeast facing, dining room southwest facing
Maximum height / limits
Other requirements: must adapt to existing buildings
Owners’ requirements
Number of people, ages: 4 people (2 x 40 years, 2 x 3 years)
Office: In the outbuilding
Guests per year: Max. 2
Open or closed layout: undecided
Conservative or modern style: doesn’t matter
Open kitchen, kitchen island: sliding door, probably L- or U-shaped kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4 in kitchen, possibly 6-8 in living room
Fireplace: possibly a wood-burning stove
Garage/Carport: along the access driveway
House design
Who planned it: based on the Bungalow 131 floor plan by Town & Country. Draft designed by myself using RoomSketcher
- Planner of a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Access from the west
- simple and compact
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 215,000
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 250,000
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump (either Vaillant aroSplit or Vaillant recoCompact)
If you had to give up some features or expansions, which ones?
- Can give up: size of the living room
- Cannot give up: 2nd bathroom
Why is the design the way it is now?
- Position on the plot
- Location relative to existing outbuilding
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
- Is the west orientation of the children’s rooms better than east orientation?
- Is the bedroom too narrow considering the ~2 x 2 m (6.6 x 6.6 ft) bed?
- Should the kitchen have its own small dining area?
- Size and number of windows for the living room with southeast orientation
- How should the living room furniture be arranged?
- Should the living and dining rooms be swapped? (SE <-> SW orientation)
--> Dining room faces southwest to see who is arriving
- Is it better to have one floor-to-ceiling window (which size?) or two windows in the children’s rooms?
Thank you for your effort and for implementing your ideas. We are not quite sure if the size of the kitchen is justified compared to the living room. Shouldn't the living room allow more space? Currently, it is the same size as in our apartment, where 16m² (172 sq ft) is already relatively small.
Personally, I prefer my own version here https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Bungalow-Grundriss-16x9-5m-aussen-in-1000m-mit-Altbestand.31485/page-3#post-331431
Personally, I prefer my own version here https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Bungalow-Grundriss-16x9-5m-aussen-in-1000m-mit-Altbestand.31485/page-3#post-331431
You could also swap the hallway with the WC/cloakroom and keep the cloakroom as a triangular shape...
Well, on one hand, in your layout the living area would only be 3.10 meters (10 feet) wide, with the rest being the dining area. On the other hand, what does your daily life look like... in the house?!
Do you want the lounge sofa centrally placed because you’re mostly inactive after work? Or is your evening routine more active and moving around, where eating and talking together at the table keeps the family connected?
The trend for families is shifting toward active evenings at the large table, where games are played or crafts are done together. The retreat area can then be smaller — more than a couch and TV isn’t usually needed.
With your layout, the TV would be heard throughout the entire house.
micric3 schrieb:
the size of the kitchen is justified compared to the living room. Shouldn't the living room offer more freedom? Currently, it is the same size as in our apartment, where 16m² (172 sq ft) is already relatively small.
Well, on one hand, in your layout the living area would only be 3.10 meters (10 feet) wide, with the rest being the dining area. On the other hand, what does your daily life look like... in the house?!
Do you want the lounge sofa centrally placed because you’re mostly inactive after work? Or is your evening routine more active and moving around, where eating and talking together at the table keeps the family connected?
The trend for families is shifting toward active evenings at the large table, where games are played or crafts are done together. The retreat area can then be smaller — more than a couch and TV isn’t usually needed.
With your layout, the TV would be heard throughout the entire house.
Good morning,
for me, it is not primarily about the gross floor area, but rather the "experienced living space."
I don’t want to feel like I’m in a city apartment in my living room, so it can be open, but not necessarily connected to the kitchen.
The sound from the TV can only be heard in the hallway and possibly in the kitchen. The "private" living area is separated, so I don’t see any problem with that.
for me, it is not primarily about the gross floor area, but rather the "experienced living space."
I don’t want to feel like I’m in a city apartment in my living room, so it can be open, but not necessarily connected to the kitchen.
The sound from the TV can only be heard in the hallway and possibly in the kitchen. The "private" living area is separated, so I don’t see any problem with that.
ypg schrieb:
I moved the door into the hallway. At 180cm (70.9 inches) width, it works fine.
I was just wondering why the net floor area is smaller — it’s probably due to the thicker exterior walls. What measurements did you use there?
Do you have the hallway dimensions? I measured ours in our apartment: 1.20m (47.2 inches) is quite narrow but probably sufficient if it’s only meant as a passageway.
I might have to consider the idea of partially opening up the kitchen and living room to create a more spacious feel.
What I don’t like are the sparse windows on the south side; I would prefer more glazing there.
What do you think about placing the bathroom and wardrobe to the east, between the kitchen and bedroom? That could enlarge the living room. The bathroom at around 10m² (108 sq ft) might be oversized, so maybe some space could be taken from there and the kitchen.
Good luck
Michael
micric3 schrieb:
Do you have a dimension for the hallway? It says 1.80
micric3 schrieb:
1.20m (4 feet) is quite narrow but probably enough if it’s just meant as a passageway. People need to move around there as well. A family often arrives home together: are they supposed to squeeze through the hallway until they’re in the living room and can take off their muddy shoes?
micric3 schrieb:
For the thicker external wall, what measurement did you use? I think I used 34. I knew Town & Country doesn’t build particularly thick walls...
micric3 schrieb:
With that, you could enlarge the living room? Why?
micric3 schrieb:
The bathroom at about 10m² (108 square feet) might be oversized and you could take some space from it and the kitchen. I think you’re now desperately trying to take away from all the good sizes so that one room—where you’re mostly inactive on furniture and hardly need movement space—gets bigger. You’re focusing on numbers.
The bathroom, for example, will be used by four people, so fine-tuning will be interesting, especially if you want a walk-in shower, a privacy screen, and a radiator.
What about the kitchen? Will there be a woman in the house? Does she want an island? Does she have many kitchen appliances? Where do you keep your fruit? The knife block?
And if you have a dining table in the middle, you’ll have to constantly work around it.
Your next design definitely needs to include furniture. Without that, you cannot properly evaluate it.
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