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MiCasaEsSuCasa17 Oct 2020 14:25Hello again,
We have an appointment with a home builder next week. So right now, we are deeply involved in planning to be able to present as clear ideas as possible next week.
We went through all the floor plans on the company’s website, and actually only one fits our needs. The problem is: it’s designed as a single-family house, but we would prefer a town villa. The floor plan itself is almost square, so it could work well with the town villa style.
Now to my question: Would a builder be willing to adapt this floor plan for a town villa? Of course, the upper floor would need to be higher and a hip roof instead of a gable roof would be required. We understand this would involve additional cost. But in theory, it would still be more cost-effective than starting with a town villa floor plan that we would have to change a lot until it matches the one we like.
What do you think? Do builders do such adjustments? If not, we will look for other plans today and tomorrow, so that’s why I’m asking here.
Best regards!
We have an appointment with a home builder next week. So right now, we are deeply involved in planning to be able to present as clear ideas as possible next week.
We went through all the floor plans on the company’s website, and actually only one fits our needs. The problem is: it’s designed as a single-family house, but we would prefer a town villa. The floor plan itself is almost square, so it could work well with the town villa style.
Now to my question: Would a builder be willing to adapt this floor plan for a town villa? Of course, the upper floor would need to be higher and a hip roof instead of a gable roof would be required. We understand this would involve additional cost. But in theory, it would still be more cost-effective than starting with a town villa floor plan that we would have to change a lot until it matches the one we like.
What do you think? Do builders do such adjustments? If not, we will look for other plans today and tomorrow, so that’s why I’m asking here.
Best regards!
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nordanney17 Oct 2020 14:52MiCasaEsSuCasa schrieb:
It is the floor plan for a single-family house, but we would prefer an urban villa. Uh, what exactly is a “single-family house”?
All houses occupied by one family are single-family houses!
But to answer your question: The general contractor will probably do that if you put enough money on the table. The house you chose is a standard design. The urban villa is a standard urban villa design. Adjusting the floor plan is doable. Completely redesigning the house will likely be more expensive than you can imagine. You would need an architect, new structural calculations, and so on.
Generally, the general contractor is fairly flexible regarding the floor plan, as long as the structural engineering remains unchanged and the external dimensions are the same. Of course, the wet rooms (bathrooms, kitchens, etc.) also need to be aligned vertically. In other words, if you take the floor plan of a 1.5-story house and want to build it as a 2-story house, it should work. However, you must then use the 2-story house specifications from the general contractor as the reference.
MiCasaEsSuCasa schrieb:
Would a developer be willing to build the floor plan as an urban villa? You probably mean a general contractor, and if you name the provider along with the model (don’t forget: not as a link), then your question can be answered more precisely.
nordanney schrieb:
Completely redesigning the house is probably more expensive than you can imagine in your wildest dreams. An architect will be needed, structural calculations redone, etc. What exactly would you want to have redesigned?
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pagoni202017 Oct 2020 15:21Free yourselves from terms like “urban villa,” “architect-designed house,” and so on. For example, Wikipedia states:
Originally, a villa (from Latin, meaning “country house” or “estate”) referred to a Roman country house and the landowner’s manor. During the Renaissance, a villa was a representative country residence of the ruling classes.
In the 19th century, the term was applied to detached houses of the upper middle class, often built on the outskirts of cities or in upscale residential districts. Later, it became a general term for prestigious single-family homes.
You won’t achieve any of that (or want to) unless you have money like sugar cubes or your plot of land and the building authority allow it.
I find this sales vocabulary both amusing (because generally it sounds really good) and troubling when some young homebuyers are guided by such silly terms instead of simply building a house that is beautiful and feasible for themselves. What advantage should a “2020 urban villa” have that a house without such a label wouldn’t also have, assuming it is built according to your personal tastes and what’s possible? If it were called a “corner house” or a “standard square house,” no one would buy it—but a “villa,” yes.
Therefore, I would advise you to find YOUR own floor plan within the given constraints, and the rest, including the exterior design, will follow.
I once lived for a while in an apartment of an Art Nouveau villa, and despite the beauty of the building, I didn’t like the layout at all because those aforementioned landowners and large estate owners lived very differently than I do today.
You cannot force a floor plan you like into any building shape, such as the so-called “urban villa.”
Look for attractive floor plans online, adapt them to your conditions, and share them here. From that, a beautiful house will emerge. With a rough floor plan draft, you can also approach a builder to see what can be made of it.
So my advice: work from the inside out, not the other way around. A stylish exterior design always can be found. Perhaps you should also look for a company that allows you more freedom in planning from the start, if that is your wish.
Later, you can still call it an urban villa, architect-designed house, or whatever you like.
Originally, a villa (from Latin, meaning “country house” or “estate”) referred to a Roman country house and the landowner’s manor. During the Renaissance, a villa was a representative country residence of the ruling classes.
In the 19th century, the term was applied to detached houses of the upper middle class, often built on the outskirts of cities or in upscale residential districts. Later, it became a general term for prestigious single-family homes.
You won’t achieve any of that (or want to) unless you have money like sugar cubes or your plot of land and the building authority allow it.
I find this sales vocabulary both amusing (because generally it sounds really good) and troubling when some young homebuyers are guided by such silly terms instead of simply building a house that is beautiful and feasible for themselves. What advantage should a “2020 urban villa” have that a house without such a label wouldn’t also have, assuming it is built according to your personal tastes and what’s possible? If it were called a “corner house” or a “standard square house,” no one would buy it—but a “villa,” yes.
Therefore, I would advise you to find YOUR own floor plan within the given constraints, and the rest, including the exterior design, will follow.
I once lived for a while in an apartment of an Art Nouveau villa, and despite the beauty of the building, I didn’t like the layout at all because those aforementioned landowners and large estate owners lived very differently than I do today.
You cannot force a floor plan you like into any building shape, such as the so-called “urban villa.”
Look for attractive floor plans online, adapt them to your conditions, and share them here. From that, a beautiful house will emerge. With a rough floor plan draft, you can also approach a builder to see what can be made of it.
So my advice: work from the inside out, not the other way around. A stylish exterior design always can be found. Perhaps you should also look for a company that allows you more freedom in planning from the start, if that is your wish.
Later, you can still call it an urban villa, architect-designed house, or whatever you like.
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MiCasaEsSuCasa17 Oct 2020 15:43I have simply used the terms as they appear on the provider’s website. The terms single-family house (1.5 stories, usually with a gable roof) versus townhouse or urban villa (2 stories, usually with a hip roof) are also commonly found on many other sites. I had assumed these terms would be familiar in a house-building forum.
The company in question is febro. The model we like in terms of floor plan is called „Haus Coburg“. We do not want to redesign the floor plan; we only want to turn the upper floor into a full story and put the corresponding roof on top.
The plot of land is tied to this company, so we have no other option regarding the provider.
The company in question is febro. The model we like in terms of floor plan is called „Haus Coburg“. We do not want to redesign the floor plan; we only want to turn the upper floor into a full story and put the corresponding roof on top.
The plot of land is tied to this company, so we have no other option regarding the provider.
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