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?
Hello Yvonne,
I meant the rear hallway in the private area. It is reportedly only 1.12 m (3.7 ft) wide... is that sufficient? The entrance area and the “main hallway” at 1.80 m (5.9 ft) are fine.
Town & Country even builds with 36.5 cm (14.4 inches) thickness for KfW55.
Maybe for everyone reading along: who of you has a separated “small” living room? Yvonne, what does your living room look like?
Could different windows possibly make the living room feel more lively, considering it’s on the ground floor and faces the garden?
Good luck
Michael
I meant the rear hallway in the private area. It is reportedly only 1.12 m (3.7 ft) wide... is that sufficient? The entrance area and the “main hallway” at 1.80 m (5.9 ft) are fine.
Town & Country even builds with 36.5 cm (14.4 inches) thickness for KfW55.
Maybe for everyone reading along: who of you has a separated “small” living room? Yvonne, what does your living room look like?
Could different windows possibly make the living room feel more lively, considering it’s on the ground floor and faces the garden?
Good luck
Michael
As a family with two children, we have a small, separate living room and a large open-plan kitchen and dining area. To be fair, we renovated an older building and liked the layout.
Everyday life takes place in the large open kitchen and dining area (with a traditional corner bench), centered around the big table and play corner. In the living room, we watch TV and relax on the couch in the evening when the children are in bed. We are very satisfied with the layout of a small living room and a large kitchen-dining area. If I were to plan a new build, I would probably do something similar—that is, the main living area would be the kitchen and dining space, while the couch, TV, and bookcase would be smaller and positioned slightly separate, perhaps in a separate room or around the corner.
Everyday life takes place in the large open kitchen and dining area (with a traditional corner bench), centered around the big table and play corner. In the living room, we watch TV and relax on the couch in the evening when the children are in bed. We are very satisfied with the layout of a small living room and a large kitchen-dining area. If I were to plan a new build, I would probably do something similar—that is, the main living area would be the kitchen and dining space, while the couch, TV, and bookcase would be smaller and positioned slightly separate, perhaps in a separate room or around the corner.
micric3 schrieb:
Yvonne, what does your living room look like? It’s different... we don’t have a conventional living room because our living area is separated from the rest by the staircase. We don’t have children, but we would still only create a place to relax. A large table, space, and natural light in the kitchen are more important during the day. We usually only sit on the sofa in the evening. During the day, there’s no time because the garden is calling. It’s not like an apartment where you come home and just flop down on the couch. That only happens in winter. Crafts and playing happen at the dining table. Guests stay there too.
micric3 schrieb:
This one is only about 1.12 m (3 ft 8 in)… is that enough?Hmm… 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in) would be better… then you could take a bit from the kids’ rooms.And regarding our living room:
It is arranged so that not everyone has to walk straight through.
It is still a retreat, where you should have the option to withdraw if you have a headache or want to rest for 20 minutes. If everyone is immediately in the room, it always feels busy. I would only connect the office to the living room, but not the dining area or kitchen.
I’m still not quite sure how we should physically separate the living room (with a wall/door or maybe leave it open?).
Regarding the others, I don’t understand why the wardrobe should be closed off (is this about the view from the kitchen?). It would actually make everything feel more open if the wardrobe remains open (for me, it could be a cabinet and hat shelf), with the rest distributed along the hallway and without cutting off the corner of the living room. What do you think?
Regarding the others, I don’t understand why the wardrobe should be closed off (is this about the view from the kitchen?). It would actually make everything feel more open if the wardrobe remains open (for me, it could be a cabinet and hat shelf), with the rest distributed along the hallway and without cutting off the corner of the living room. What do you think?