á Floor Plan Optimization for a Single-Family Home of Approximately 150 sqm on a Small Plot
Created on: 18 Aug 2020 20:31
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Hello everyone,
After what felt like forever, we finally received the floor plan (without exact dimensions) today from our preferred general contractor. Although the planner noted our requests during the meeting, some of them donât seem to have been fully incorporated.
The price offer will be prepared once the floor plan is finalized, especially if the size increases.
I would like to share the floor plan with you and hear your suggestions for improvements!
Development plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 389sqm (4187 sq ft)
Sloping site
Site coverage ratio 0.35
Floor area ratio 0.70
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights / limits
Additional requirements
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: City villa
Basement, number of stories: 2 stories, no basement
Number of occupants, ages: 3 persons (44, 38, 9)
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Kitchen, living room, guest WC, utility room, and if possible, a small office
Office: family use or home office?
Guests for overnight stays vary widely
Open or closed architecture partly/partly
Conservative or modern style: a healthy mix of both
Open kitchen, kitchen island: semi-open kitchen, kitchen island not mandatory
Number of dining seats: 6â8
Fireplace: possibly
Music / stereo wall
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport
Utility garden, greenhouse, garden for pleasant evenings
Additional wishes / special features / daily routines, including reasons why certain elements are wanted or not
We want a larger but semi-open kitchen because I cook and/or bake daily. A pantry would be great but I would also give it up if it means more counter space in the kitchen.
Ideally, I would like a laundry room on the upper floor since all the laundry tasks happen upstairs.
House design
Planner:
- Planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why? Pantry room,
In the upper floor, the bedroom does not directly adjoin the childrenâs rooms
What do you dislike? Why?
Kitchen accessible only through the living room, hallway seems like wasted space??, kitchen counter size too small,
Cost estimate by architect/planner: still open, to follow after floor plan and house size are finalized
Personal budget limit for the house including fixtures and fittings:
Preferred heating system:
If you had to compromise, on which details / additions
- Could you do without: walk-in closet
- Could you not do without: âlargerâ kitchen
Why is the design the way it is now?
The general contractorâs planner asked about our preferences and created the floor plan accordingly. Apparently, an office didnât fit. The requirement was that we ideally donât want more than 150sqm (1615 sq ft), a kitchen size of at least 13sqm (140 sq ft) would be nice, and if possible, no straight staircase.
What makes it particularly good or bad in your eyes?
The hallway seems to take up too much space without much utility, the kitchen feels too small.
The walk-in closet is âenclosedâ and should be accessible via the corridor.
We like that the childrenâs rooms are exactly the same size. The future child planning is currently flexible.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
How can we make the kitchen accessible through the hallway and semi-open, without making it too small?
Would a different staircase allow for a better layout?
Or are our wishes not feasible within 150sqm?
Thanks in advance!
After what felt like forever, we finally received the floor plan (without exact dimensions) today from our preferred general contractor. Although the planner noted our requests during the meeting, some of them donât seem to have been fully incorporated.
The price offer will be prepared once the floor plan is finalized, especially if the size increases.
I would like to share the floor plan with you and hear your suggestions for improvements!
Development plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 389sqm (4187 sq ft)
Sloping site
Site coverage ratio 0.35
Floor area ratio 0.70
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights / limits
Additional requirements
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: City villa
Basement, number of stories: 2 stories, no basement
Number of occupants, ages: 3 persons (44, 38, 9)
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Kitchen, living room, guest WC, utility room, and if possible, a small office
Office: family use or home office?
Guests for overnight stays vary widely
Open or closed architecture partly/partly
Conservative or modern style: a healthy mix of both
Open kitchen, kitchen island: semi-open kitchen, kitchen island not mandatory
Number of dining seats: 6â8
Fireplace: possibly
Music / stereo wall
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport
Utility garden, greenhouse, garden for pleasant evenings
Additional wishes / special features / daily routines, including reasons why certain elements are wanted or not
We want a larger but semi-open kitchen because I cook and/or bake daily. A pantry would be great but I would also give it up if it means more counter space in the kitchen.
Ideally, I would like a laundry room on the upper floor since all the laundry tasks happen upstairs.
House design
Planner:
- Planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why? Pantry room,
In the upper floor, the bedroom does not directly adjoin the childrenâs rooms
What do you dislike? Why?
Kitchen accessible only through the living room, hallway seems like wasted space??, kitchen counter size too small,
Cost estimate by architect/planner: still open, to follow after floor plan and house size are finalized
Personal budget limit for the house including fixtures and fittings:
Preferred heating system:
If you had to compromise, on which details / additions
- Could you do without: walk-in closet
- Could you not do without: âlargerâ kitchen
Why is the design the way it is now?
The general contractorâs planner asked about our preferences and created the floor plan accordingly. Apparently, an office didnât fit. The requirement was that we ideally donât want more than 150sqm (1615 sq ft), a kitchen size of at least 13sqm (140 sq ft) would be nice, and if possible, no straight staircase.
What makes it particularly good or bad in your eyes?
The hallway seems to take up too much space without much utility, the kitchen feels too small.
The walk-in closet is âenclosedâ and should be accessible via the corridor.
We like that the childrenâs rooms are exactly the same size. The future child planning is currently flexible.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
How can we make the kitchen accessible through the hallway and semi-open, without making it too small?
Would a different staircase allow for a better layout?
Or are our wishes not feasible within 150sqm?
Thanks in advance!
Alessandro schrieb:
And in your first draft, the kitchen isnât fully open? Whatâs the difference?Scout schrieb:
I donât quite understand â your kitchen in the first post is open. Or do you only want to use the kitchen mixer in the pantry?The designer forgot the partition wall. I had told them that the kitchen should be semi-open with sliding doors installed in the wall, so thereâs quiet in the living room when I have all the appliances running.
chrisw81 schrieb:
Oops... I missed that... I thought the 39 m² (420 sq ft) was purely living space without the kitchen. Where does all that space get lost?
Okay, we have a bit more floor area (3 m² / 32 sq ft), but 44 m² (473 sq ft) of living space (including kitchen) and an office of 11 m² (118 sq ft) on the ground floor (+ 4 m² / 43 sq ft bathroom + 8 m² / 86 sq ft utility room + 12 m² / 129 sq ft hallway).
I think the hallway is very wasteful in the first post... the utility room might also be a bit large.
I have also seen floor plans of this size with an office on the ground floor... So if anyone can think of the right floor plan terms/names, Iâd appreciate it! I have already looked everywhere, including here in the forum, where I used the âAll images in this categoryâ function to check all the floor plans here.
I also find that the hallway takes up a lot of space...
Most of the floor plans where an office on the ground floor is possible use a straight staircase, which we definitely want to avoid, or the house was quite large...
As I said, if anyone has a floor plan suggestion, please share!
Alessandro schrieb:
like this?
Thanks for that, but I would rather not combine the office and laundry areas.
chrisw81 schrieb:
Oops... I missed that... I thought the 39 m² (420 ft²) was pure living space without the kitchen. Where is all that space being lost?
Okay, we have a bit more floor area (3 m² (32 ft²)), but 44 m² (473 ft²) of living space (including kitchen) plus an 11 m² (118 ft²) office on the ground floor (plus 4 m² (43 ft²) bathroom, 8 m² (86 ft²) utility room, 12 m² (129 ft²) hallway).
I think the hallway is quite wasteful in the first design... The utility room could maybe be a bit smaller too. Yaso2.0 schrieb:
Most floor plans that include an office on the ground floor have been designed with a straight staircase, and weâd really prefer to avoid that, or the house becomes quite large...
As I said, if anyone has any floor plan tips, please share! True, straight staircases are often seen. But I find them nice as well.
Here are two floor plans... possibly a bit larger than your version, but maybe you can save a little here and there. If you want an office on the ground floor, you need some space for it, or else other rooms have to be very small.
...so the floor plan might not include the desired office, but itâs still unclear whether itâs needed, since only one person thinks itâs necessary and...
...the partition wall to the kitchen was forgotten, which doesnât fit into the original design anyway because otherwise either the kitchen or the dining area wouldnât work properly.
...I can already see this might really turn into the next shiny86alike thread.
Edit: The drawn dining table roughly measures 1.70 x 0.7 meters (5.6 x 2.3 feet) assuming the grid squares represent 0.25 cm (0.1 inches) each.
I would take another close look at all the measurements...
...the partition wall to the kitchen was forgotten, which doesnât fit into the original design anyway because otherwise either the kitchen or the dining area wouldnât work properly.
...I can already see this might really turn into the next shiny86alike thread.
Edit: The drawn dining table roughly measures 1.70 x 0.7 meters (5.6 x 2.3 feet) assuming the grid squares represent 0.25 cm (0.1 inches) each.
I would take another close look at all the measurements...
Alright, Iâm going to dare to share my self-drawn design.. this is how my partner and I imagined it if a home office needed to be included.. please donât laugh
Unfortunately, I canât get it into any software, my laptop has been broken for months, and I keep mistyping on my phone
The idea was a roughly 150 square meter (1,615 square feet) space..
At first, I wanted two 1 meter (3 feet) squares, but that was too big.. so this is just a concept without exact measurements..
Unfortunately, I canât get it into any software, my laptop has been broken for months, and I keep mistyping on my phone
The idea was a roughly 150 square meter (1,615 square feet) space..
At first, I wanted two 1 meter (3 feet) squares, but that was too big.. so this is just a concept without exact measurements..
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