ᐅ Single-family home floor plan – Your assessment

Created on: 30 Oct 2020 22:01
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KlausBautHaus
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KlausBautHaus
30 Oct 2020 22:01
Hello everyone,

We are planning to build in the near future and have already reserved the plot. Unfortunately, there is no access road yet, and we have not chosen a builder yet.
We would really appreciate your help and feedback.

Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 816m² (9850 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: -
Building envelope, building line and boundary: see image
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 1 full floor
Roof type: "[...] only pitched roofs with slopes between 18° and 48° permitted. Barrel and (half) arched roofs are not permitted. Shed roofs are only allowed if built as double-pitched roofs with slopes in opposite directions. Offset roof surfaces are allowed."
Architectural style
Orientation: ridge from west to east
Maximum heights / limits: max. building height = 9.5m (31 ft)
Other requirements

Owners’ requirements
Style, roof form, building type: We want a kind of gable roof; everything else is quite flexible
Basement, floors: Partial basement for technical equipment, office, and storage. Preferably fully underground so no stairs in front of the entrance
Number of occupants, ages: Expected 4 (2 adults in their mid-30s, 2 children under 4)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Upper floor: large children’s rooms, decent main bathroom, preferably with a walk-in closet;
Ground floor: moderately large kitchen, bathroom with shower, utility room with space for storage
Office: also for home office
Guests per year: about 5 visits with 2 guests each
Open or closed layout: rather open
Conservative or modern architecture: doesn’t matter
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open
Number of dining seats: 1 table for 6, or 8 if squeezing together
Fireplace: possibly later an ethanol wall fireplace (where the piano currently stands)
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: small vegetable garden
Additional wishes / special needs / daily routine, including reasons for preferences

House design
Who created the design:
- Do-it-yourself, partially based on builders' designs
What do you especially like? Why? I am basically happy with every room.
What do you dislike? Why? The bathroom on the upper floor is a bit tight? With only 1 full floor and 1.64m (5 ft 4 in) knee wall height and a resulting 18° roof slope, we wouldn’t have usable attic space :\
Price estimate according to architect/designer:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: 300,000
Preferred heating system: geothermal

If you have to skip anything, which details/extras
- can you live without: sewing room; basement if there is an adequate solution for technical equipment and storage
- cannot do without: shower on ground floor, enough space in kitchen and utility room

Why is the design the way it is? For example:
Studied hundreds of floor plans and adapted the layout to the plot and our needs/preferences

What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Is the house design reasonably feasible or are there major issues / deal breakers?
Is it okay to show such a design to various builders and ask for a rough cost estimate?

Many thanks in advance to all hardworking helpers

Colored marked floor plan with arrows and colored outlines


Site plan of a building plot with parcels, houses and trees


Floor plan of a house with living room, study, stairs, kitchen, utility room and terrace.


2D floor plan of a house with stairs, desk, shelves and technical area


Floor plan of an apartment with child 1, child 2, bedroom, sewing room, laundry, bathroom, kitchen.
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ypg
30 Oct 2020 23:21
The idea seems familiar to me. You’ve just made some changes – the staircase was previously a quarter-turn, but the layout remains the same. Including a partial basement and a sewing room.
11ant31 Oct 2020 00:26
ypg schrieb:

This idea looks familiar to me.

Well, it hasn’t been for me so far. Advantage ypg
KlausBautHaus schrieb:

Partly based on designs from construction companies.

A mixed bag, I assume—assembled by Master Frankenstein. Once you get upstairs, you end up with a counter-twisted headache. There are partial basements that at least save considerably less than expected—this one at best saves nothing and might even become more expensive than a full basement.
KlausBautHaus schrieb:

Could you throw a design like this over the fence to different builders and ask for a rough cost estimate?

Only if you want to be just as clueless afterward as before. On this basis, I expect a result ranging from “roughly” to “who knows,” and given the floor area of roughly 120 m² (1,292 sq ft), even the lowest estimate will probably blow you away.
KlausBautHaus schrieb:

Is the house reasonably feasible or are there any dealbreakers?

In my view, it is in fact a top-tier dealbreaker in terms of buildability and doesn’t need a formal technical rejection to be dismissed. I don’t mean a single word of this comment to be harsh—just take a look around here a bit. In this case, I’m honestly unsure which thread I’d recommend you start reading first.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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ypg
31 Oct 2020 00:48
11ant schrieb:

Wow, not for me so far. Advantage ypg

Green, from 29.9.
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saralina87
31 Oct 2020 01:42
300,000? Never ever ever ever.
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Ysop***
31 Oct 2020 07:17
For that price, you will need to significantly reduce your plans. Remove the basement, reduce the floor area. Make the office smaller, so the living room can maybe be a bit cozier. Reconsider the sewing room, as well as the size of the children’s rooms.