Hello everyone,
I more or less stumbled upon a plot of land after someone let their reservation expire.
The plot is about 606 square meters (6,521 square feet), according to my "measurement" approximately 18.10 meters by 33.50 meters (60 feet by 110 feet), not officially surveyed yet, and now I’m wondering exactly what I can do with it.
The development plan sets out the following for "my plot":
Here I have placed an example house measuring 9.60 meters by 11.95 meters (31.5 feet by 39 feet), which I like based on my initial review (Viebrockhaus Edition 600).
Next to the house, in the 5.50-meter (18 feet) wide space there would be a carport – is that enough space for two parking spots? I would prefer not to make the house narrower just to accommodate vehicles... but then there’s hardly any room left for fencing?!
The terrace and garden at the back are, of course, limited by the tall trees – but that’s a compromise I’ll have to accept.
I’ve never built a house in my life before... so this is my first time dealing with this topic in detail. What would you do in this situation? Make the house a bit smaller?
If you need more information, just ask – as I said, I’m a beginner and eager to learn 🙂
My wishes are:
- Starting from 160 square meters (1,722 square feet) upwards
- I’m currently thinking about a basement and budget around $100k extra for it
- I don’t like long corridors
Once the plot situation is reasonably clear, I’d like to hear your advice on floor plans – that will surely be a more extensive topic.
Best regards
I more or less stumbled upon a plot of land after someone let their reservation expire.
The plot is about 606 square meters (6,521 square feet), according to my "measurement" approximately 18.10 meters by 33.50 meters (60 feet by 110 feet), not officially surveyed yet, and now I’m wondering exactly what I can do with it.
The development plan sets out the following for "my plot":
- 0.35 floor area ratio
- Single-story buildings only
- Maximum building height 10 meters (33 feet)
- Eave height max 4.50 meters (15 feet)
- One driveway with max width of 4 meters (13 feet)
- Two parking spaces are mandatory
- Roof pitch between 15° and 51°
- Roofs of garages etc. may differ in shape
- Garages, carports, and ancillary buildings as defined by §14 (1) of the building use ordinance, which are buildings, must not exceed the street-side building boundaries of the access roads.
- Dormers and roof recesses: the total length of dormers or roof recesses per roof side may not exceed 50% of the total length of that roof side.
- Standard distance to property boundary is 3 meters (10 feet)
- In the southern area, there is an 8-meter (26 feet) deep strip across the full width of the plot (approx. 18 meters (60 feet)) where trees and shrubs must be preserved. This area is quite densely vegetated and reaches heights up to 10 meters (33 feet) – I’ve tried to visualize this below
- In the middle of this vegetation is a downward slope... the building boundary to this strip was reduced from the normal 3 meters to 2 meters (7 feet) so the plots aren’t too restricted.
Here I have placed an example house measuring 9.60 meters by 11.95 meters (31.5 feet by 39 feet), which I like based on my initial review (Viebrockhaus Edition 600).
Next to the house, in the 5.50-meter (18 feet) wide space there would be a carport – is that enough space for two parking spots? I would prefer not to make the house narrower just to accommodate vehicles... but then there’s hardly any room left for fencing?!
The terrace and garden at the back are, of course, limited by the tall trees – but that’s a compromise I’ll have to accept.
I’ve never built a house in my life before... so this is my first time dealing with this topic in detail. What would you do in this situation? Make the house a bit smaller?
If you need more information, just ask – as I said, I’m a beginner and eager to learn 🙂
My wishes are:
- Starting from 160 square meters (1,722 square feet) upwards
- I’m currently thinking about a basement and budget around $100k extra for it
- I don’t like long corridors
Once the plot situation is reasonably clear, I’d like to hear your advice on floor plans – that will surely be a more extensive topic.
Best regards
SaschaL schrieb:
That feels a bit like that 😀
But seriously: I’m sitting with the notary, and the contract states, “The object of purchase is plot XYZ with an area of approximately 606 m² (6525 ft²).”
In the end, will it hardly be more than 550 m² (5920 ft²), though? Are there “common” deviations? Or is it more about a few centimeters? Don’t you have a geoportal where you are? The plot sizes are usually accurate there. Definitely if the property is surveyed before purchase.
Deviations are usually around 1%, not 10%.
Michilo schrieb:
I would extend the walk-in closet towards the bedroom enough to fit a second wardrobe wall. Yes, the wall should be roughly aligned with the other wall on the upper floor... at least about 230-240 cm (90-95 inches) to allow comfortable walking space.
The bathroom layout is also poor: the space between the shower and the bathtub is too narrow... the shower is too short... this also needs to be planned with specified window positions.
The stairs won’t work like that. You’re building over at least two steps with the bathroom, which means you’ll bump your head. One step is okay with a standard ceiling height. That means at the bottom of the stairs near the front door, you can only extend one step out. It also works with zero steps, which we have near the basement. Then the staircase is about 4 meters (13 feet) long. Yours is only about 3.30 meters (11 feet), right? Upstairs it fits, but the hallway will be smaller; however, the lower kids’ room gains space and the bathroom will need a small corner.
The basement stairs don’t work at all as they are now, because you can’t reach the starting point—the living room wall is in the way. You would need to install a double switchback staircase starting from the entrance hallway. I would definitely recommend a switchback design with zero steps standing in the hall, so you don’t have a step sticking out.
All in all, it will work.
I don’t see a storage room of that size on the upper floor; you have a huge basement, and a central vacuum system doesn’t need 7 square meters (75 square feet). I would either plan a small office there (at least install a large skylight so it can later become a cozy office) or use that space as the utility room with the washing machine. People generally don’t like working in basements with light wells nowadays.
The basement stairs don’t work at all as they are now, because you can’t reach the starting point—the living room wall is in the way. You would need to install a double switchback staircase starting from the entrance hallway. I would definitely recommend a switchback design with zero steps standing in the hall, so you don’t have a step sticking out.
All in all, it will work.
I don’t see a storage room of that size on the upper floor; you have a huge basement, and a central vacuum system doesn’t need 7 square meters (75 square feet). I would either plan a small office there (at least install a large skylight so it can later become a cozy office) or use that space as the utility room with the washing machine. People generally don’t like working in basements with light wells nowadays.
Würfel* schrieb:
I don’t see a storage room of that size on the upper floor. You have a huge basement anyway, and a central vacuum system doesn’t need 7 m² (75 sq ft). I would either plan for a small office there (at least install a large roof window so it can become a cozy office later) or put the utility room with the washing machine there. In the basement with window wells, people usually don’t like working much. I also don’t see a wet room there. After all, there’s an open living area with glass right underneath...
I would probably do some redesigning and play a bit of Tetris... especially because of the staircase (if only we knew how the house is supposed to be oriented now... :rolleyes 🙂
I would probably plan double casement windows and a small gallery (a reading nook or something similar), open to the hallway, so it gets some daylight too.
SaschaL schrieb:
In this context, "pantry" actually refers more to a storage room for all sorts of things...This is generally common here – I had to learn at first not to take the word "pantry" literally. It’s more like a utility closet or a general storage room near the household area. And there’s even a thread (I believe by Yvonne) about "what all has to go into a storage room" :-)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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