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
maxl229 schrieb:
How do you come up with 6 doors?
If the laundry room is moved into the current pantry, there will be 1 door from the hallway into the laundry room and 1 door to the outbuilding. Additionally, there is 1 door from the garage into the pantry and 1 door into the boiler room.
So in total, 4 doors. CURRENTLY, there are 6 doors. Most people bring only one with them there.
Therefore, even the imagined 4 doors can be considered quite a lot of work.
I’ve sketched something out. I hope it’s roughly clear what is meant.
What do you think?
The reason for the doors is also related to the design of the laundry room as a space for ironing and storing cleaning supplies or similar items.
This way, the laundry room is heated, while the pantry can remain cool, since food and drinks are stored there.
This keeps the main heating loop inside the house, while outbuildings and the garage stay “cold.”
What do you think?
The reason for the doors is also related to the design of the laundry room as a space for ironing and storing cleaning supplies or similar items.
This way, the laundry room is heated, while the pantry can remain cool, since food and drinks are stored there.
This keeps the main heating loop inside the house, while outbuildings and the garage stay “cold.”
maxl229 schrieb:
So the actual heating circuit remains inside the house, while the outbuildings and garage stay "cold."That's oversimplifying, since the system is also in the outbuilding. The change will have an impact on the upper floor.
Washing and drying... hanging laundry outside will turn into quite a long walk.
maxl229 schrieb:
Storage room for cleaning supplies or similar.For that, cabinets should be sufficient.maxl229 schrieb:
as an ironing-Do you really iron in such rooms?maxl229 schrieb:
The laundry room is heated, while the pantry can remain cool because food and drinks are stored there, etc.Due to thermal dynamics, it’s hardly possible to keep a room truly cold. And after all, you still have the technical systems in the extension...maxl229 schrieb:
This way, the main heating circuit remains in the house, while outbuildings and the garage stay “cold.”... with the heating... I think you might be mistaken about how this will actually work.kbt09 schrieb:
The change will affect the upper floor. In what way? I find it hard to imagine...
I thought the staircase on the upper floor would simply be mirrored and that the area currently to the left of the staircase would shift to the right. Or am I making a mistake?
ypg schrieb:
Do you actually iron in a room like that? Whether that will really be the case, we will see.
At the moment, my girlfriend is convinced that she wants a fully fitted laundry and ironing room... Instagram sets the trend.
ypg schrieb:
... about the heating... I think you’re getting confused about something that won’t turn out the way you imagine. Regarding the heating, it should be mentioned that there will not be an air-source heat pump but a gas boiler combined with solar thermal. I don’t know if that makes a difference to your statement.
maxl229 schrieb:
Regarding the heating system, it should be noted that a gas heating system with solar thermal energy will be installed, not an air heat pump. I’m not sure if that changes your statement.No.maxl229 schrieb:
Currently, my girlfriend believes that she wants a fully finished laundry and ironing room.if that makes your wife happy
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