Hello everyone,
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 635 sqm (6,839 sq ft)
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Site occupancy index: 0.3
Number of parking spaces: 2
Roof style: 35° to 45° pitch, hipped roof or gable roof
Distance to front property boundary (street side): max. 3 m (house must remain in current position)
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Bungalow, hipped roof, 35° pitch
Basement, floors: no basement, 1 story, possible attic conversion later
Number of occupants, age: 2 persons (40 years old), probably no children, room can be separated if needed
Space requirements: We need one bedroom, bathroom, utility room, living area including kitchen, and a hobby room (gaming and crafting room). Walk-in closet and guest toilet were removed, even though they would be nice, other features took higher priority.
Overnight guests per year: infrequent, can be accommodated as is
Construction style: open and modern, including open kitchen
Fireplace: no
House Design
Designer:
- Designer from a construction company implemented our drawings
What do you like most? Why?
- Large living area, spacious bedroom
What do you dislike? Why?
- Honestly, we like everything
Personal budget for house including fittings: 260,000
Preferred heating system: air heat pump
Why is the design as it is now?
We initially sketched our design on paper, which the designer then realized. Further considerations and discussions with the designer shaped the final result.
Our main goal was a large living space with an open kitchen and a reading nook. Currently (in our present apartment) we have another room with my books (around 1,000) and desk, but I rarely spend time there, as I do everything in the living room. For this reason, we first reduced the number of rooms to enlarge the living area and bedroom (we omitted the walk-in closet to create even more space). The reading nook (located on the west side of the living area) is arranged so it can be separated as a room from the rest of the living room if needed.
We made sure the bedroom faces east to get morning light. We opted out of a guest toilet and instead planned a small storage room for odds and ends (dog supplies like food, leashes, vacuum cleaner, etc.) and made the utility room somewhat larger than the usual 8 sqm (86 sq ft).
Currently, we are still unsure about the following:
- Bathroom layout: I’d like to set back the shower slightly (see current floor plan) to make the bathroom feel more open/bigger. Somehow it still doesn’t feel quite ideal.
- Window arrangement: Does this make sense to you? Will we get enough light in the living area? The floor-to-ceiling windows to the terrace are on the east side, so only the morning sun comes in there. Are the south-facing windows sufficient?
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Is there anything we have overlooked or forgotten? From your perspective, is anything highly unfavorable? Any improvements for the windows? How can the bathroom layout be optimized?
By the way, some time ago I created a thread about a 1.5-storey floor plan on the same plot. At that time, we ultimately decided to build a bungalow – which we are now doing. Hence, this new thread…
Best regards and thanks in advance.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 635 sqm (6,839 sq ft)
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Site occupancy index: 0.3
Number of parking spaces: 2
Roof style: 35° to 45° pitch, hipped roof or gable roof
Distance to front property boundary (street side): max. 3 m (house must remain in current position)
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Bungalow, hipped roof, 35° pitch
Basement, floors: no basement, 1 story, possible attic conversion later
Number of occupants, age: 2 persons (40 years old), probably no children, room can be separated if needed
Space requirements: We need one bedroom, bathroom, utility room, living area including kitchen, and a hobby room (gaming and crafting room). Walk-in closet and guest toilet were removed, even though they would be nice, other features took higher priority.
Overnight guests per year: infrequent, can be accommodated as is
Construction style: open and modern, including open kitchen
Fireplace: no
House Design
Designer:
- Designer from a construction company implemented our drawings
What do you like most? Why?
- Large living area, spacious bedroom
What do you dislike? Why?
- Honestly, we like everything
Personal budget for house including fittings: 260,000
Preferred heating system: air heat pump
Why is the design as it is now?
We initially sketched our design on paper, which the designer then realized. Further considerations and discussions with the designer shaped the final result.
Our main goal was a large living space with an open kitchen and a reading nook. Currently (in our present apartment) we have another room with my books (around 1,000) and desk, but I rarely spend time there, as I do everything in the living room. For this reason, we first reduced the number of rooms to enlarge the living area and bedroom (we omitted the walk-in closet to create even more space). The reading nook (located on the west side of the living area) is arranged so it can be separated as a room from the rest of the living room if needed.
We made sure the bedroom faces east to get morning light. We opted out of a guest toilet and instead planned a small storage room for odds and ends (dog supplies like food, leashes, vacuum cleaner, etc.) and made the utility room somewhat larger than the usual 8 sqm (86 sq ft).
Currently, we are still unsure about the following:
- Bathroom layout: I’d like to set back the shower slightly (see current floor plan) to make the bathroom feel more open/bigger. Somehow it still doesn’t feel quite ideal.
- Window arrangement: Does this make sense to you? Will we get enough light in the living area? The floor-to-ceiling windows to the terrace are on the east side, so only the morning sun comes in there. Are the south-facing windows sufficient?
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Is there anything we have overlooked or forgotten? From your perspective, is anything highly unfavorable? Any improvements for the windows? How can the bathroom layout be optimized?
By the way, some time ago I created a thread about a 1.5-storey floor plan on the same plot. At that time, we ultimately decided to build a bungalow – which we are now doing. Hence, this new thread…
Best regards and thanks in advance.
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Reluctance5 Jul 2019 23:09Nordlys schrieb:
Kitchen, I don’t see it as too critical, fine as is.
The roof looks too bulky for a bungalow to me; try a 30-degree pitch, or maybe 40 degrees for the gable ends. It would look much sleeker. Unfortunately, 30 degrees is not allowed – the building regulations require a pitch between 35 and 45 degrees.
Reluctance schrieb:
What exactly do you mean by "hung the wrong way"?Simple: they all open to the less convenient side, meaning left or right.Nordlys schrieb:
The roof looks too massive for a bungalow.But it is your bungalow, which is why I don’t actually expect the roof pitch to be as bulky as shown in the renderings.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Not only have all the planning mistakes been reintroduced, but the additional bathroom inside also has no window—rather than being on the outside, which would actually be feasible. In my designs, I genuinely focused solely on what you wanted and eliminated planning errors. Bedroom closet, kitchen, structure. Now there is again a kitchenette or a KLIPPAN sofa because the furniture is taking up the space.
R
Reluctance6 Jul 2019 10:05Niloa schrieb:
Is 1.44m² (15.5 sq ft) enough for a guest toilet? I also find the storage room very small; the door takes up an entire wall, so it will be difficult to fit shelves. When you enter the living area, you immediately run into the dining table, which I don’t really like.The dining table in the living area is more or less a placeholder – whether we position it like that or not, I’m not sure. But I do think there is enough space overall for a table somewhere. The storage room is small, yes. But it’s still bigger than our current one (which is about the size of the planned toilet), and that one is completely full of shelves. The doors for both the toilet and the storage room open outwards, so they don’t take up any space inside.
ypg schrieb:
It’s not just that all the planning mistakes are back, the additional toilet is also inside with no window – instead of being placed on the outside wall, which would be possible. In my drafts, I focused precisely on what you wanted and eliminated planning errors. Bedroom closet, kitchen, layout. Now there’s a pantry or a Klippan sofa again because the furniture is taking space.Thanks for the comment regarding the window in the guest toilet – too bad it came up only now, I had already posted the sketch here earlier, and it’s unfortunate that our planner didn’t notice this. I could simply move the toilet forward towards the exterior wall – though that might look odd from the outside? Or we might just leave out the toilet again.
I’ll still move the bedroom door – it’s not relevant for the building permit / planning permission. The kitchen is now exactly as you suggested – the bedroom wall is straightened and there’s enough space for the kitchen. We don’t want to reduce the living area with the corner you proposed. We have almost 8 meters (26 feet) of room length – that should be enough for a kitchen and living room, right? Others manage that with much smaller living spaces. You always make it sound like the houses shown here in the floor plan forum aren’t livable at all. That’s not very helpful for those currently planning a house – everyone’s already quite stressed about the whole thing.
Reluctance schrieb:
Phew, do you really think so? It’s basically only 2.50 meters (8 feet 2 inches) of wall in the kitchen before the two 2-meter (6 feet 7 inches) windows start... if I add another window in the kitchen, the entire east side would be covered with windows and might even have more window area than wall... I should probably calculate that. Is this optimized or taken into account?
Nordlys schrieb:
Kitchen, I don’t see it as critical, it works. I see it as absolutely critical!
Niloa schrieb:
Is 1.44m² (15.5 sq ft) enough for a guest WC? No!
Reluctance schrieb:
The dining table in the living area is more or less a placeholder – no idea if we’ll actually place it like that. But I think there should be enough space somewhere for a table overall. Placeholders usually mean that things don’t turn out as planned. Essentially, this design doesn’t really have space for a table, because everything is kind of a placeholder.
Reluctance schrieb:
The kitchen is as you suggested now – the bedroom wall has been straightened and the kitchen has space. Where exactly does it have space?
Reluctance schrieb:
We don’t want to reduce the living area with the corner you proposed. We have nearly 8 meters (26 feet 3 inches) of room length – that should be enough for a kitchen and a living room, right? It somehow works for others with much smaller spaces. Only if the rooms are clearly defined and planned. The room length stays the same.
Reluctance schrieb:
You always make it sound like the houses shown here in the floor plan forum are all unlivable. Always!... ...Oops: I have fully engaged with your design and ideas (like I do with almost all), and ONLY corrected the mistakes. I would have designed a completely different house myself, despite the same basic conditions like a couple, no children, spacious, etc., but that’s beside the point.
But it’s your house... so I’m out.
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