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.
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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.
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Grantlhaua18 Oct 2019 08:37A basic question because I have never understood this. Why design a window when you’re going to put something in front of it anyway?
Why not make the utility room accessible from the kitchen? Then you could maybe store potatoes, etc., in the utility room. You could make the bathroom correspondingly larger instead.
Why not make the utility room accessible from the kitchen? Then you could maybe store potatoes, etc., in the utility room. You could make the bathroom correspondingly larger instead.
Grantlhaua schrieb:
A bit of a silly question, since I’ve never really understood this: why do you plan a window where you’re going to put something in front of it anyway?
Why not make the utility room non-accessible from the kitchen? Then maybe potatoes, etc., could be stored in the utility room. The bathroom could be made larger to compensate. Maybe I should add that on our property, not far from the kitchen, we have a large, historic, and well-developed rock cellar (with electricity). This will serve as additional storage and a pantry.
And the window in the living room doesn’t bother us. It would look really strange not to have one in that spot.
kaho674 schrieb:
I would leave access to the technical room open from the front side for both parties. If your husband has to ring grandma’s door every time the heating acts up, they will go crazy.That’s true. But then no one would really benefit from that space. Man, this is really difficult...
The narrow hallway is pointless. You can't really put anything there anyway. And the "KBE" will go into the utility room. Why shouldn't that be possible? If anything, I would extend the connecting section (which I would do anyway – as you've seen) and add a second room, in case they really need a separate space.
kaho674 schrieb:
The narrow hallway is useless. You can't really put anything there. And the "KBE" is going into the utility room. Why wouldn’t that work? I would rather extend the connector building (which I would do anyway—you’ve seen it) and add a second room if they absolutely need a dedicated space.Extending the connector building would cost about €5000 (around $5500), I was told, and that raises the real question—do we need this extension? It would only serve as a waiting area for patients. Access from grandparents is no longer relevant anyway. I think we’ll keep the utility room at the transition area.
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