ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization for Urban Villa + Considerations for Land Elevation

Shiny86 schrieb:

I’m waiting for the floor plan and will take another look at the windows then.

@chrisw81
Could you take a photo of a 1.76/1.38 window?

I’ll do that later when I’m home.
Not sure how helpful it will be, since it always depends on the size of the surrounding room, which can change the overall effect.

Curly schrieb:

Our guest bathroom window is 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide, which is not too large. We simply built up four rows of bricks, which resulted in about 1 meter (3.3 feet) height, then added the floor structure and the windowsill, giving us a finished parapet height of exactly 90 centimeters (35 inches). Since you don’t have high ceilings, you should choose a low parapet height (not higher than 90 centimeters (35 inches) finished height), otherwise your windows won’t be tall enough.

Best regards,
Sabine

Thanks!
You know a lot about windows, and I’ve already noticed that you pay great attention to them. I would really appreciate it if you could take another look at the windows in the new floor plan once it’s ready, to see if you might spot anything inconsistent.
My husband and I have now decided on somewhat larger windows everywhere. Unfortunately, you can’t really test live or visualize it perfectly, but since we are building a townhouse-style villa, we’re worried about having windows that are too small and figured we can always add privacy measures if needed.
We mixed things up a bit. On the front elevation, we have sizes of 1.01 by 1.3 meters (3.3 by 4.3 feet) and 2.02 by 1.3 meters (6.6 by 4.3 feet), but the children’s rooms have windows measuring 1.76 by 1.3 meters (5.8 by 4.3 feet).
I hope both sizes will look good. The kids each have two windows that are 1.76 meters (5.8 feet) wide. I thought going up to 2.01 meters (6.6 feet) wide for the children’s rooms would be too much. They still need space for furniture and have such windows on two sides.

chrisw81 schrieb:

I’ll do that later when I’m home.
Not sure how useful it will be, it always depends on how large the surrounding room is, and different effects result from that.

You’re right about that. Still, I’d be interested just to get an idea. I’d also like to go to the model home park just to measure windows. But who knows when it will reopen.

The window measures 1.76 x 1.38 m (5 ft 9 in x 4 ft 6 in), with a sill height of 90 cm (35 inches).

Curly schrieb:

The window is 1.76 x 1.38 m (5 ft 9 in x 4 ft 6 in), with a sill height of 90 cm (35 in).

That looks very nice. Thanks! Did you also use any wider windows than 1.76/1.38 anywhere?
And would you also show the window measuring 1.01/1.38 in the guest bathroom? Because I currently have it planned that way and can’t quite visualize it.

Shiny86 schrieb:

Would you also show the 1.01/1.38 window in the guest bathroom? Because I currently have it planned that way and can’t quite picture it.

I can’t take a photo of the guest bathroom window that shows more than just the window itself, so it wouldn’t be helpful. But I just measured it: from a 1m (3 feet 3 inches) wide window, only about 72-73cm (28-29 inches) is actual glass area, which isn’t much.
We only have wider windows than 1.76m (5 feet 9 inches) in the kitchen (though those are divided into three sections) and a very large bay window, which can’t be opened. With very wide windows, you also face the drawback that the sash, when opened, protrudes quite far into the room, which can sometimes be annoying. By the way, I don’t think you’re overthinking it—I spent at least six months working on the floor plan and carefully considering every measurement. Since this is our second build, I knew exactly what was important to me this time and what I definitely wanted to do differently from before.

Best regards,
Sabine