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
17 Oct 2019 20:33
11ant schrieb:

At least the senior extension has been somewhat worsened – I wouldn’t want to misuse the strong word "improved" here. Do alternative practitioners mainly do home visits now? Because the treatment room seems very impractical to me, and the patients will probably use the bathroom in the annex about as often as the guest toilet in the main house – if that’s not intended, I don’t see this design as ready for approval yet. The overall appearance seems "off" to me, meaning the extension looks visually like it’s "without a roof." What exactly is this "temporary property boundary" that cuts a wedge into the floor plan?


Our property consists of two parcels of land. The original boundary between them was already shifted about 100 years ago, or rather, it’s no longer visible as such. Our land is flat and extends up to a slope.
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haydee
17 Oct 2019 20:44
The energy provider requires a distance between the fuse, circuit breaker, and the nearest wall, cabinet, or appliance.

A coat rack and a storage room for everything are missing.
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Laufi92
17 Oct 2019 20:57
haydee schrieb:

The energy provider requires a minimum clearance between the fuse, fuse carrier, and the nearest wall, cabinet, or appliance.

Is that clearance not met in this case?

There is a lack of a cloakroom and storage room for miscellaneous items.

The cloakroom is now available.
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Laufi92
17 Oct 2019 21:03
Laufi92 schrieb:


I researched this. A utility room for house connections must be at least 1.80 x 2.00 m (5 ft 11 in x 6 ft 7 in). The passageway is 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) wide and over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long. So it almost fits.
11ant17 Oct 2019 21:14
It seems to me that you have carefully cut out the working spaces in front of the equipment, so it should fit—at least as a feasibility study; the detailed implementation will have to be done by the manufacturer.
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haydee
17 Oct 2019 21:20
Have a look and see if it works with TAB 2007