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I bought a house from a developer that is currently in the shell stage. The windows and roof are sealed, but no interior work has started yet. I have no influence on the plot (mid-terrace house), the orientation, or the construction materials. I can only choose a little during the interior finishing phase (sample selection – autocorrect wants to change it to "encourage"). Therefore, I did not fill out the questionnaire. Most things are not under my control.
I would like to share some thoughts about the floor plan. I have been debating for a while about the layout on the ground floor: where should the kitchen go, where should the living room be? And what about the "middle section" where the architect designed the kitchen?
On the upper floor, I'm not sure if I want to keep the huge bedroom as it is. Probably not.
The house is intended for me with my practice (1 consultation room, 1 waiting chair in the hallway) and possibly later (nothing is decided yet) with a co-houser. So, living together like students, but a bit more responsible.
The sliding door to the garden opens from left to right. Unfortunately, this will be my "main entrance" because the bike shed is in the garden. The bike is my main mode of transport. I use it daily.
The upper part of the ground floor plan feels too large as a living room. I live alone and don’t have a big sofa (a two-seater, a cocktail chair, a leather armchair, a coffee table 50cm x 50cm (20in x 20in)). Additionally, I play guitar and would like to have a permanent guitar spot with a music stand, preferably with some natural daylight.
Regarding the kitchen: I cook a lot and enjoy it. Currently, I have a double-row kitchen with a dishwasher island. It works great. But if I plan it in the upper part of the floor plan, everything becomes crowded. Then relaxed seating is only possible in the lower part of the plan with little light. Or I keep the kitchen as the architect designed it, in the middle section. Then I suddenly have plenty of space.
On the plan, up is east, down is west.
Does anyone have ideas for arranging the floor plan? Thanks in advance!
I also found a draft: kitchen on the upper floor (marked in red), living room on the lower floor (blue) with furniture (gray) and guitar area (yellow)
I bought a house from a developer that is currently in the shell stage. The windows and roof are sealed, but no interior work has started yet. I have no influence on the plot (mid-terrace house), the orientation, or the construction materials. I can only choose a little during the interior finishing phase (sample selection – autocorrect wants to change it to "encourage"). Therefore, I did not fill out the questionnaire. Most things are not under my control.
I would like to share some thoughts about the floor plan. I have been debating for a while about the layout on the ground floor: where should the kitchen go, where should the living room be? And what about the "middle section" where the architect designed the kitchen?
On the upper floor, I'm not sure if I want to keep the huge bedroom as it is. Probably not.
The house is intended for me with my practice (1 consultation room, 1 waiting chair in the hallway) and possibly later (nothing is decided yet) with a co-houser. So, living together like students, but a bit more responsible.
The sliding door to the garden opens from left to right. Unfortunately, this will be my "main entrance" because the bike shed is in the garden. The bike is my main mode of transport. I use it daily.
The upper part of the ground floor plan feels too large as a living room. I live alone and don’t have a big sofa (a two-seater, a cocktail chair, a leather armchair, a coffee table 50cm x 50cm (20in x 20in)). Additionally, I play guitar and would like to have a permanent guitar spot with a music stand, preferably with some natural daylight.
Regarding the kitchen: I cook a lot and enjoy it. Currently, I have a double-row kitchen with a dishwasher island. It works great. But if I plan it in the upper part of the floor plan, everything becomes crowded. Then relaxed seating is only possible in the lower part of the plan with little light. Or I keep the kitchen as the architect designed it, in the middle section. Then I suddenly have plenty of space.
On the plan, up is east, down is west.
Does anyone have ideas for arranging the floor plan? Thanks in advance!
I also found a draft: kitchen on the upper floor (marked in red), living room on the lower floor (blue) with furniture (gray) and guitar area (yellow)
Bertram100 schrieb:
I thought you could just "hang" the equipment anywhere.Apart from the word "just," the idea isn’t entirely wrong. There’s no water without wastewater; it’s similar with gas and air, and electricity is the least demanding of all. Wastewater requires a slope, with vertical pipes being the most effective.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Bertram100 schrieb:
For example, I don’t find the recessed area at the back of the upstairs bathroom very useful. Sure, it would be nice to have a cabinet for storage or laundry there. If not, I don’t see it as a major loss of usable space. I can organize towels and laundry elsewhere. Maybe the space in the bathroom is useful if you consider a shared flat.
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Fummelbrett!2 Nov 2019 19:17So... I personally find the small room for patients really bad. It’s even smaller than our tiny bathroom... and it’s supposed to create a relaxed conversation atmosphere? A therapist I know has a 20m² (215 sq ft) room for this, with a couch plus armchairs and his own chair. Table, bookshelf, plant. And windows. Very cozy.
I have a different suggestion. Use the small room for the technical equipment and imagine placing a reasonably well-insulated garden shed with large windows on the property. You can use it perfectly for patients and heat it up beforehand if needed (maybe with a small wood stove?). And when there are no patients, it’s a great retreat.
I have a different suggestion. Use the small room for the technical equipment and imagine placing a reasonably well-insulated garden shed with large windows on the property. You can use it perfectly for patients and heat it up beforehand if needed (maybe with a small wood stove?). And when there are no patients, it’s a great retreat.
Fummelbrett! schrieb:
A cabin where people laugh is better than a palace where people cry.
(Chinese proverb) Your signature fits this little therapy room perfectly
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Bertram1003 Nov 2019 17:26"Terrible" is quite a strong description. But okay, I have said more than a hundred times that I know it’s not ideal and that I already have experience using a room this small as a meeting space. Yes, if I had more money and the city had more available land for building, I would do it differently. I am still in the consideration/planning phase. So far, no one has had to sit in there and feel cramped. Everything has been fine up to now.
The option to decide not to go ahead with it is still open.
The option to decide not to go ahead with it is still open.
Can you imagine using movable partition walls? Then I would use the opening for the consultation room and leave everything else as it is... when there are no patients, you have your armchairs and reading corner, and when they are there, you close the walls.
Or is that not possible?
Or is that not possible?