ᐅ Single-Family Home Floor Plan – Your Feedback Is Important to Me
Created on: 15 Jul 2020 12:10
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Mertha257
Hello everyone,
We are approaching the final stage of the planning approval process and received the nearly final floor plan from our architect yesterday. I really appreciate this forum and especially the opinions and suggestions shared here. Therefore, I would be very grateful for your comments, improvement ideas, and critiques regarding our floor plan!
Thank you very much!
Mertha
Site Plan/Restrictions
Owners’ Requirements
House Design
If you have to give up something, which features/extensions
Why did the design end up the way it is now?
We gathered inspiration from model home parks and new housing developments, requested offers from several companies, consulted with friends and acquaintances, and finally worked with a recommended architect to create this floor plan.
What is your most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
- Is the overall layout logical and functional?
- Are there blind spots or mistakes in the planning?
- Are there good additional ideas that could improve living quality?
We are approaching the final stage of the planning approval process and received the nearly final floor plan from our architect yesterday. I really appreciate this forum and especially the opinions and suggestions shared here. Therefore, I would be very grateful for your comments, improvement ideas, and critiques regarding our floor plan!
Thank you very much!
Mertha
Site Plan/Restrictions
- Plot size: 1,000 m² (10,764 sq ft)
- Slope: no
- Site coverage ratio: no specific development plan, §34 Building Code
- Floor area ratio: no specific development plan, §34 Building Code
- Building alignment and setback lines: building lines follow the adjacent developments, see site plan
- Edge development: planned on the eastern plot boundary, including garage
- Number of parking spaces: 2
- Number of floors: see floor plans
- Roof type: see floor plans
- Maximum height/building limits: maximum building height 9 m (30 ft)
Owners’ Requirements
- Style, roof type, building type: classic single-family house with a bay window
- Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
- Number of occupants, age: 2 adults + 3 children (1.5 + 4 + 7 years)
- Office: guest room will be used as an office
- Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen design not yet finalized, see floor plan
- Number of dining seats: 6-8
- Fireplace: yes, positioned externally to the living area to save interior space and as a design element
- Garage, carport: double garage with adjacent storage room
House Design
- Who designed it: template floor plan from a construction company, adapted and optimized by the architect
- What do you like most? Why? South/West orientation of the living area, lots of natural light inside the house, large children's rooms, connection between garage/storage/laundry room, etc. Our floor plan preferences were largely implemented.
- What do you not like? Why? Is there enough storage space for laundry/groceries etc.? Does the dressing room upstairs make sense or would it be better in the master and children’s bathrooms? Is the living room large enough?
- Preferred heating system: most likely gas condensing boiler with photovoltaic panels (initially a heat pump was planned), central ventilation with heat recovery
If you have to give up something, which features/extensions
- Can give up: dressing room (we have already decided against the children's bathroom)
- Cannot give up: as much natural light as possible!
Why did the design end up the way it is now?
We gathered inspiration from model home parks and new housing developments, requested offers from several companies, consulted with friends and acquaintances, and finally worked with a recommended architect to create this floor plan.
What is your most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
- Is the overall layout logical and functional?
- Are there blind spots or mistakes in the planning?
- Are there good additional ideas that could improve living quality?
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Mertha25712 Jan 2021 17:54I have another question on this topic today, although it is no longer about the floor plan but about financing or calculating the additional construction costs. How can I move this topic to the correct subforum? Or would it be better to create a new post in the appropriate subforum and link to this one? If so, I will try that later.
New post!
If you implement Würfel’s suggestions, that’s great!
I would create two bathrooms upstairs: one accessed through the current bathroom door, which would be smaller, and one ensuite bathroom for you as parents. The dressing room is large, and moving the staircase will make it even bigger – but that’s not really necessary. I would recommend a combined bathroom and dressing area (and no, with mechanical ventilation this won’t become too humid for the clothes). It doesn’t have to be a large bathroom, but a shower room would work well there.
If you implement Würfel’s suggestions, that’s great!
I would create two bathrooms upstairs: one accessed through the current bathroom door, which would be smaller, and one ensuite bathroom for you as parents. The dressing room is large, and moving the staircase will make it even bigger – but that’s not really necessary. I would recommend a combined bathroom and dressing area (and no, with mechanical ventilation this won’t become too humid for the clothes). It doesn’t have to be a large bathroom, but a shower room would work well there.
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hampshire13 Jan 2021 12:02Great house, even better with the implemented suggestions. I have three more ideas:
1. To bring more light into the kitchen and dining area, consider installing a continuous fixed glass panel between the kitchen window and the dining room window, starting from approximately countertop height.
2. Install a sliding door to the walk-in closet and consider removing the two walls that extend into the transition area.
3. Build the staircase as a "walk-in cabinet" with drawers integrated into the steps at the lower section. This will provide plenty of storage space, which you will definitely need with three children.
I especially like the covered entry area to the terrace.
I am less fond of the coat corner and the guest toilet – in practice, something will always be in the way here. However, I don’t have a better solution at the moment.
1. To bring more light into the kitchen and dining area, consider installing a continuous fixed glass panel between the kitchen window and the dining room window, starting from approximately countertop height.
2. Install a sliding door to the walk-in closet and consider removing the two walls that extend into the transition area.
3. Build the staircase as a "walk-in cabinet" with drawers integrated into the steps at the lower section. This will provide plenty of storage space, which you will definitely need with three children.
I especially like the covered entry area to the terrace.
I am less fond of the coat corner and the guest toilet – in practice, something will always be in the way here. However, I don’t have a better solution at the moment.
Mertha257 schrieb:
Or should I start a new post in the correct subforum and link to this thread?Since you haven’t responded for 7 months, you can open a new post. By the way, that’s not really a considerate way to handle this. “Better late than never” doesn’t necessarily apply on the internet.
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pagoni202014 Jan 2021 09:36Mertha257 schrieb:
Thank you, pagoni2020! We have also incorporated some aspects of this. I’m really impressed by the feedback I’ve received here in the forum – truly great!Well then, why don’t you show the changes on the plan…….ypg schrieb:
Since you haven’t responded for 7 months, you can start a new post.
By the way, that’s not really the best way to handle things here. "Better late than never" doesn’t necessarily apply across the entire internet. That sounds harsher than I intended.
It would be nice if you could share your planning with us and show it sometime.
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