ᐅ Townhouse Floor Plan – Suggestions for Changes?

Created on: 11 Oct 2019 22:17
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Laufi92
Hi, we are building a house with a very well-known prefab house company, and this is the preliminary floor plan.

Site Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 1100 sqm (11,840 sq ft)
No site development plan/land use restrictions

Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type – urban villa with hipped roof

Basement, floors – no basement, 2 full stories

Number of people, ages – mom, dad, 2 boys, and grandparents

Office: will be used as a naturopathic practice

Guest sleepers per year: many!

Open or closed architecture: open

Open kitchen

Number of dining seats: 6

Garage, carport: possibly carport

Wishes/Particulars/Daily routine: shared use of the practice by the client and grandma, who lives in the extension. Possibly a third child (hence a room on the ground floor with a shower).

House Design
Who designed it:
- Modified standard plan from a large prefab house company

What do you particularly like? Why?
- Gallery + open ground floor, large floor-to-ceiling double windows

What do you dislike? Why?
- Possibly the living room is too small

Estimated price according to architect/designer:
- approx. 475,000 € (only the house, without land)

Personal price limit for house including fittings: 500,000 €

Preferred heating system: gas boiler and underfloor heating

If you had to give up anything, which details/extensions
- Could give up: possibly different window arrangement, possibly 2 bathrooms upstairs
- Cannot give up: 3rd children’s room and the practice

Why is the design like it is now? e.g.
See above: practice, possibly 3 children, multigenerational house

What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
We searched a long time for the ideal house for us and my parents and finally found it. Before signing next week and starting construction, we want a last check. Any improvement suggestions? Maybe how to enlarge the living room? Thanks in advance. PS: we want to remove the windows marked in yellow. All windows in the house are floor-to-ceiling.

Floor plan of a residential house with rooms, stairwell, and hallways.

Floor plan of living area with kitchen, dining, living, study, bathroom, and hallways.
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Site plan of a building plot: parcel 27 with red outline and building areas.
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Laufi92
14 Oct 2019 23:24
haydee schrieb:

Widen the extension by 60 cm (24 inches)
Then the bedroom will be 4.30 m (14 ft) wide
Wall to bed 1.4 cm (0.6 inches)
Bed 220 cm (frame, adjustable care bed base) (87 inches)
Bed to wall 70 cm (28 inches)

Now the extension is likely outside the building permit / planning permission area, so rotate it

The entrance would then be on the north side without an intermediate structure

The intermediate structure will house technical equipment for both buildings. It can be extended in length

Thank you very much, I will definitely reconsider this idea as well!
Pinky030115 Oct 2019 06:44
Quick question on the side: why gas if a tank is required? Why not a heat pump?
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Laufi92
15 Oct 2019 06:58
Pinky0301 schrieb:

Just a quick question: why gas if a tank is necessary? Why not a heat pump?

We would have needed a huge system to supply both houses, which would have cost €20,000 (about $22,000) more. We carefully considered this and listened to many opinions before making our decision.
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Grantlhaua
15 Oct 2019 07:16
For most rooms, the square meter measurements are missing, but you might have about 240 m² (2583 sq ft) for the entire house?
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Laufi92
15 Oct 2019 07:17
Grantlhaua schrieb:
Most rooms don’t have the square meter information, but you probably have 240m² (2583 sq ft) for the entire house, right?
It’s 266 in total.
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Grantlhaua
15 Oct 2019 07:24
Laufi92 schrieb:

The total is 266

I have 270m² (okay, the boiler room doesn’t have underfloor heating, but there are wall heaters in the bathrooms) and I’m not paying $20,000 for the heat pump. And you’re saying the heat pump should be $20,000 more expensive than the gas boiler including the tank? Sorry, your company seems strange… I could just about understand $10,000, but $20,000 is a rip-off.