ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a New Single-Family Home with Double Garage (Urban Villa)
Created on: 27 Dec 2019 13:42
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maxl229
Hello everyone,
last week we received the first draft proposal from our architect for the new build of a detached single-family house with a double garage.
Below are the answers to the questionnaire, completed as much as possible.
If I have misunderstood or answered any points incorrectly, please excuse me.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 1701 sqm (front approx. 27 m (89 feet))
Slope: slightly rising towards the north, but no impact on floor plan or design
Site coverage ratio: N/A
Floor area ratio: N/A
Building window, building line and boundary:
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces:
Number of storeys:
Roof type: N/A
Architectural style: N/A
Orientation: North
Maximum heights / limits:
Additional requirements: §34
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Urban villa with a hipped roof / garage with hipped roof
Basement, storeys: no basement, 2 full storeys
Number of occupants, age: 2, 28
Room requirements on the ground floor: kitchen, living + dining, office, guest WC, pantry, laundry room
Upper floor: 1 master bedroom + walk-in closet + bathroom, 2 children’s bedrooms + bathroom, storage room
Office: home office
Number of overnight guests yearly: not relevant
Open or closed design: open
Conservative or modern construction style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
House Design
Planned by:
- architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
The upper floor layout was implemented as discussed;
The architect added an open space in the entrance area, which we find very good.
What do you not like? Why?
Since we did not want a flat roof on the garage, a double garage with a hipped roof was planned, followed by a flat roof extension to provide direct access to the house.
However, the layout of the rooms for laundry + drying, heating + technical equipment, as well as pantry + utility room, feels somewhat awkward.
If possible, we would like to switch the pantry with the laundry room and add a pantry off the kitchen.
This would allow the outbuilding to be slightly smaller and the kitchen window to be enlarged. However, I suspect this will increase the overall footprint.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: approx. 390,000 EUR (including ventilation system)
Personal budget limit for the house, including equipment: estimate fits budget
Preferred heating system: gas + solar thermal (the draft currently includes an air-source heat pump)
If you had to do without, which details / additions
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Overall, our wishes regarding layout and construction style have been well implemented.
Only the above-mentioned layout of the outbuilding including the pantry seems somewhat awkward.
What do you think of our ideas, and what possibilities for redesign would you suggest?
Thank you in advance for the lively discussion!
Best regards,
maxl229
last week we received the first draft proposal from our architect for the new build of a detached single-family house with a double garage.
Below are the answers to the questionnaire, completed as much as possible.
If I have misunderstood or answered any points incorrectly, please excuse me.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 1701 sqm (front approx. 27 m (89 feet))
Slope: slightly rising towards the north, but no impact on floor plan or design
Site coverage ratio: N/A
Floor area ratio: N/A
Building window, building line and boundary:
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces:
Number of storeys:
Roof type: N/A
Architectural style: N/A
Orientation: North
Maximum heights / limits:
Additional requirements: §34
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Urban villa with a hipped roof / garage with hipped roof
Basement, storeys: no basement, 2 full storeys
Number of occupants, age: 2, 28
Room requirements on the ground floor: kitchen, living + dining, office, guest WC, pantry, laundry room
Upper floor: 1 master bedroom + walk-in closet + bathroom, 2 children’s bedrooms + bathroom, storage room
Office: home office
Number of overnight guests yearly: not relevant
Open or closed design: open
Conservative or modern construction style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
House Design
Planned by:
- architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
The upper floor layout was implemented as discussed;
The architect added an open space in the entrance area, which we find very good.
What do you not like? Why?
Since we did not want a flat roof on the garage, a double garage with a hipped roof was planned, followed by a flat roof extension to provide direct access to the house.
However, the layout of the rooms for laundry + drying, heating + technical equipment, as well as pantry + utility room, feels somewhat awkward.
If possible, we would like to switch the pantry with the laundry room and add a pantry off the kitchen.
This would allow the outbuilding to be slightly smaller and the kitchen window to be enlarged. However, I suspect this will increase the overall footprint.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: approx. 390,000 EUR (including ventilation system)
Personal budget limit for the house, including equipment: estimate fits budget
Preferred heating system: gas + solar thermal (the draft currently includes an air-source heat pump)
If you had to do without, which details / additions
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Overall, our wishes regarding layout and construction style have been well implemented.
Only the above-mentioned layout of the outbuilding including the pantry seems somewhat awkward.
What do you think of our ideas, and what possibilities for redesign would you suggest?
Thank you in advance for the lively discussion!
Best regards,
maxl229
11ant schrieb:
In which "mode" do you usually perceive me?A bold question.11ant schrieb:
In which "mode" do you usually perceive me then?You have always been good at staying out of the design and planning aspects and have mentioned that yourself.After spending the last few days on vacation, I have carefully reviewed the suggestions and gathered some ideas. Since I’m not blessed with artistic talents, it takes a bit of imagination to follow the current proposals:
- Storage & utility room should be swapped with laundry + drying area, and a sink should be integrated; the door to the former kitchen should be removed
- Kitchen located in the northeast corner
- Living/dining area will extend to the office in the future
- Office will move to the former kitchen space
- Hallway shortened by 1m (3 feet) to gain additional living space in the living/dining area
- Door from storage room to the outside should be removed, and instead, an exterior door from the garage should be installed; possibly the heating and technical room can then be shifted downward or integrated around the corner to reduce the flat roof area
I’m not sure if these ideas can actually be implemented as proposed.
- It would require removing the currently drawn wall between the office and living room to maintain an open layout. However, the wall could be mirrored to separate the kitchen and office.
- The staircase would need to be tall enough to accommodate a door into the future office space
- Walls in the hallway would have to be shortened and a double door moved back by 1m (3 feet)
Or do you see other solutions?
In this context, the respective windows would naturally have to be repositioned, but that would be the architect’s responsibility.
We currently see little need for changes on the upper floor, unless the remodeling of the ground floor makes forced adjustments necessary.
- Storage & utility room should be swapped with laundry + drying area, and a sink should be integrated; the door to the former kitchen should be removed
- Kitchen located in the northeast corner
- Living/dining area will extend to the office in the future
- Office will move to the former kitchen space
- Hallway shortened by 1m (3 feet) to gain additional living space in the living/dining area
- Door from storage room to the outside should be removed, and instead, an exterior door from the garage should be installed; possibly the heating and technical room can then be shifted downward or integrated around the corner to reduce the flat roof area
I’m not sure if these ideas can actually be implemented as proposed.
- It would require removing the currently drawn wall between the office and living room to maintain an open layout. However, the wall could be mirrored to separate the kitchen and office.
- The staircase would need to be tall enough to accommodate a door into the future office space
- Walls in the hallway would have to be shortened and a double door moved back by 1m (3 feet)
Or do you see other solutions?
In this context, the respective windows would naturally have to be repositioned, but that would be the architect’s responsibility.
We currently see little need for changes on the upper floor, unless the remodeling of the ground floor makes forced adjustments necessary.
maxl229 schrieb:
Storage & utility room should be swapped with laundry + drying area, and a sink should be integrated; It doesn’t matter what you call the rooms: currently, they are all within the thermal envelope and have 6 doors, 3 of which are unnecessary and rather degrade a room to a hallway (current laundry room).
maxl229 schrieb:
The door from the storage room to the outside should be removed, and instead a door from the garage to the outside should be installed; if necessary, the heating + technical room can be shifted downwards or integrated around a corner to reduce the flat roof area. ?
maxl229 schrieb:
The staircase would need to be high enough to allow a door into the future office. I don’t see that, especially since you want to shorten the hallway. Possibly the staircase should be moved to the other side; then you would have plenty of space to install a door. However, the upper floor will change.
maxl229 schrieb:
Currently, we see little need for changes on the upper floor, See above.
ypg schrieb:
It doesn’t matter what you call the rooms: they are all currently within the thermal envelope and use (currently) 6 doors, of which 3 are unnecessary and rather reduce a room to a hallway (the current laundry room). How do you arrive at 6 doors?
If the laundry room moves into the current storage room, there would be 1 door from the hall to the laundry room and 1 door to the outbuilding. Additionally, there is 1 door from the garage to the storage room and 1 door to the heating room.
So in total, 4 doors.
ypg schrieb:
I don’t see that, especially since you want to shorten the hallway. Maybe the staircase should be moved to the other side; then you would have plenty of space to add a door. However, the upper floor plan would change. That would be worth considering. I would need to see on paper how the upper floor layout would look then.
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