ᐅ Holiday Home Single-Family House Floor Plan Design Approximately 165 sqm

The house is intended to be used as a weekend/holiday home, so that both we (a young family) and our parents can stay there, or up to 8 people (including children) at times. Therefore, there are 3 bedrooms with two sleeping places each, plus a sofa bed in the living room. However, this sofa bed is expected to be used only occasionally.

It must be noted that the house needs to be partly built into a slope. For this reason, the southeast corner features correspondingly tall windows. We think this south-facing wall is well suited for the living area, for example for TV placement.

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 790 sqm (8,500 sq ft)
Slope: west-facing slope
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.8
Building envelope, building line and boundary: existing, the project fits within
Edge development: no statement
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 1.5
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style:
Orientation:
Maximum height / limits: none

Owners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: modern cottage style
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 floors, upper floor with 150 cm (59 inches) knee wall measured from the finished floor level
Number of people, age: 2 adults, 2 children
Space requirements on ground and upper floors:
Office: family use or home office? family use / leisure
Overnight guests per year: average 4, maximum 8
Open or closed floor plan:
Conservative or modern construction: mixed
Open kitchen, island: with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 10-12 (large table)
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: both (south balcony and west terrace)
Garage, carport: garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also explaining why certain things are included or excluded:

House Design
Who designed it: own design
What do you like most? Why? The sanitary areas are compactly stacked and located next to the utility room, also situated in the northeast corner. Spacious combination of kitchen, dining, and living area. Good use of space under the stairs. Bedrooms upstairs are nicely sized. A compact sauna fits in well.
What do you dislike? Why? Perhaps the hallway on the ground floor is a bit narrow? Utility room a little small?
Estimated price according to architect/planner: -
Personal budget including fittings: -
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump

If you had to give up something, which details or design features
-could you live without:
-could you not do without:

Why did the design turn out this way? For example:
Standard design from the planner? We tried to consider everything so that it pleases us
Which wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mixture of many examples from different magazines...
In your opinion, what makes it particularly good or bad?

The circles in the upper floor plan represent Velux skylights.
The house will be built with an exposed roof truss.

The front door is located on the north side, the balcony on the south side.

Is the house also intended to be rented out someday?

I would add a window to the bathroom.

ypg schrieb:

Is the house also intended to be rented out at some point?

I would add a window to the bathroom

Renting it out is not really planned at the moment, but we have considered it before. Ultimately, it depends on how much effort it takes, whether it makes financial sense, and if we even want to allow strangers into the house.

Regarding the window: yes, we thought about it for a while. But it would be on the side where the sink and mirror are, so it’s not ideal. Also, we have two large skylights that bring in a lot of light.

We also have a holiday home. I think the priorities are a little different here. Usually, you go with the whole family or even friends. It’s good if everyone has their own small bathroom with a shower, ideally directly next to their room, like in a hotel. In my opinion, an additional guest toilet is unnecessary—who is going to clean it?
I would design a sauna without a toilet and washbasin, just with showers and a relaxation room. Preferably with seating and a bar area.

On the ground floor, a communal room and a large kitchen are nice. In our kitchen, we have two cooktops and ovens. This has proven to be very practical. The dining room should have space for a long table. Although this is possible here, the furniture is not shown in the plan. So it’s not entirely clear, for example, what you plan to do with the bay window.

I agree with Katja... I would rather plan 4 rooms on the upper floor with at least 2 bathrooms, and then have a guest toilet on the ground floor as well as a sauna with a shower on the ground floor, so you can, for example, also go outside easily.

And I would avoid having a sleeping area in the living room.

I would also plan an en-suite bathroom, a wellness area, and possibly divide the living space into a TV area and a reading/chatting area.