ᐅ Single-family house, 175 sqm without a basement—too large?
Created on: 15 Apr 2020 10:02
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Drasleona
Hello everyone
I would also like to hear your opinion on our current design.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 507 sqm (5455 sq ft)
Slope: yes, about 4 m (13 ft) difference in height over a length of 30 m (98 ft)
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Site occupancy index: 0.8
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) to the street
Edge building: allowed for garage/carport
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: anything except flat roof
Style: any
Orientation: any
Maximum heights/limits: ridge height max. 12 m (39 ft), wall height max. 10 m (33 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof
Basement, floors: no basement, almost 2 full stories (knee wall 1.86 m (6 ft))
Number of occupants, age: 3 people, 1 teenager, 2 adults
Space requirements ground floor / upper floor: approx. 175 sqm (1880 sq ft)
Office: home office
Guest bedrooms per year: rarely 2 guests
Open or closed architecture: rather open, airy, including open kitchen
Balcony, roof terrace: no to both
Garage, carport: double carport planned later
House Design
Who designed it: put together myself
What do you like most? Why?
- Direct access from the bedroom through the dressing room to the bathroom
- Cloakroom niche keeps dirty shoes outside the main passage area
- Floor-to-ceiling windows for lots of light
- Straight staircase, looks modern, easier to walk on than a spiral one and better for accessibility later (stairlift)
- Very spacious living/dining/kitchen area (though perhaps too large?)
- Pantry with everything easily accessible on open shelves
What do you dislike? Why?
- Huge waste of space in the hallways
Why did the design turn out this way?
I saw a similar layout in a townhouse that I really liked at first glance. We want a generous living feel with large window areas.
Since we are planning without a basement, an extra room upstairs was created for storage, guest room, and workshop space.
Important: the bathroom layout is not really planned yet. I have inserted my first idea there but I know it is still far from a “good idea.” For now, the focus is on the basic room layout. The windows are currently more of an idea than fully thought through.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
- Do you see a way to reduce hallway space despite having a straight staircase?
- What is your overall impression of the design?
I would also like to hear your opinion on our current design.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 507 sqm (5455 sq ft)
Slope: yes, about 4 m (13 ft) difference in height over a length of 30 m (98 ft)
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Site occupancy index: 0.8
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) to the street
Edge building: allowed for garage/carport
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: anything except flat roof
Style: any
Orientation: any
Maximum heights/limits: ridge height max. 12 m (39 ft), wall height max. 10 m (33 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof
Basement, floors: no basement, almost 2 full stories (knee wall 1.86 m (6 ft))
Number of occupants, age: 3 people, 1 teenager, 2 adults
Space requirements ground floor / upper floor: approx. 175 sqm (1880 sq ft)
Office: home office
Guest bedrooms per year: rarely 2 guests
Open or closed architecture: rather open, airy, including open kitchen
Balcony, roof terrace: no to both
Garage, carport: double carport planned later
House Design
Who designed it: put together myself
What do you like most? Why?
- Direct access from the bedroom through the dressing room to the bathroom
- Cloakroom niche keeps dirty shoes outside the main passage area
- Floor-to-ceiling windows for lots of light
- Straight staircase, looks modern, easier to walk on than a spiral one and better for accessibility later (stairlift)
- Very spacious living/dining/kitchen area (though perhaps too large?)
- Pantry with everything easily accessible on open shelves
What do you dislike? Why?
- Huge waste of space in the hallways
Why did the design turn out this way?
I saw a similar layout in a townhouse that I really liked at first glance. We want a generous living feel with large window areas.
Since we are planning without a basement, an extra room upstairs was created for storage, guest room, and workshop space.
Important: the bathroom layout is not really planned yet. I have inserted my first idea there but I know it is still far from a “good idea.” For now, the focus is on the basic room layout. The windows are currently more of an idea than fully thought through.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
- Do you see a way to reduce hallway space despite having a straight staircase?
- What is your overall impression of the design?
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Drasleona27 Apr 2020 21:24I just read that having too low a roof pitch can cause problems. With the planned 20 degrees, would we already be in that range, do you happen to know?
Drasleona schrieb:
I just read that having too low a roof pitch can cause problems With whom and why?
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Drasleona28 Apr 2020 07:39Regarding weather protection, specifically the standard roof pitch of 22 degrees.
Oh right, yes: below 21, sometimes below 22 degrees Celsius (70°F), many roof tiles are no longer recommended by their manufacturers. But since I (admittedly not an anthracite enthusiast) have no problem with the alternative of a metal roof, I’m generally not fixated on tiles or concrete roof shingles. I prefer to plan without dogmas.
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Drasleona7 May 2020 09:39Hello everyone. I'm bringing this topic back up!
First of all: I haven’t received the architect’s plans yet. I will, of course, share them as soon as they arrive.
In the meantime, another request has come up. We would like to somehow separate the toilet area in the bathroom so that even if two people are using the bathroom at the same time, there is some privacy on the toilet.
I have tried to work on this. For that, I made the bedroom a bit narrower and moved the walk-in closet unchanged to the left, so that the extra space is added to the bathroom.
My spontaneous idea is to install a “floating” sliding door in front of the toilet, which when open would hide the niche for the washer and dryer (stacked on top of each other).
I realize that the dimensions of the “toilet room” are very small. I would like to know if you think this is too cramped? Does my idea even make sense, or are these sliding doors more decorative than functional? Do you perhaps have an alternative suggestion on how to make this work better?
First of all: I haven’t received the architect’s plans yet. I will, of course, share them as soon as they arrive.
In the meantime, another request has come up. We would like to somehow separate the toilet area in the bathroom so that even if two people are using the bathroom at the same time, there is some privacy on the toilet.
I have tried to work on this. For that, I made the bedroom a bit narrower and moved the walk-in closet unchanged to the left, so that the extra space is added to the bathroom.
My spontaneous idea is to install a “floating” sliding door in front of the toilet, which when open would hide the niche for the washer and dryer (stacked on top of each other).
I realize that the dimensions of the “toilet room” are very small. I would like to know if you think this is too cramped? Does my idea even make sense, or are these sliding doors more decorative than functional? Do you perhaps have an alternative suggestion on how to make this work better?
We have a floating sliding door as the entrance to the kitchen. However, such a door offers no sound insulation, so if someone is in the toilet, the other person at the sink can hear everything. I don’t want to sit in such a dark corner since it never gets properly bright there. If you need to use the toilet while your partner is in the bathroom, you would usually go to the toilet on the ground floor and have your privacy there.
Best regards
Sabine
Best regards
Sabine
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