ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home of Approximately 170 m² on a Narrow 750 m² Plot

Created on: 16 Mar 2021 11:35
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ReneWie
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 750 m² (8,072 sq ft), 18 x 42 m (59 x 138 ft)
Slope: no, flat
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.25
Plot ratio: 0.5
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) from all sides
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces: minimum 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable, hip 25-45°
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: no requirement
Maximum heights / limits: 10 m (33 ft) according to development plan
Other specifications

Requirements of the Homeowners
Style, roof type, building type: solid construction, modern, gable roof, single-family home
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, age: currently 2 (both 32)
Space requirements ground floor (GF), upper floor (UF): 90 + 80 m² (970 + 860 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office?: home office upstairs
Occasional overnight guests: rare
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: mix
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen, no island planned so far
Number of dining seats: minimum 6 seats
Fireplace: light masonry heater
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: planned, at the rear of the property
Utility garden, greenhouse: preferably a utility garden behind the house
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons for choices or exclusions:

- Large open living/dining area with southern exposure.
- Large terrace at the front of the house, accessible from kitchen/dining area.
- Garage not in front of the house to preserve sunny space 🙂 — driveway located north beside the house instead.
- Minimum roof pitch on the upper floor.
- Possibility to reduce living room size later to create a bedroom (planned door in front of guest WC).
- TV area rather small, as we’re not typical couch potatoes :-D
- Office with dormer window.

House Design
Designer:
- Do-it-Yourself: based on a prefabricated house provider’s plan template
What do you particularly like? Why?
- House set back 10 m (33 ft) from the street, large living area due to frequent visits from a large family.
What do you dislike? Why?
- Possibly the kitchen is too small.
- Possibly insufficient storage space.
Price estimate from architect/planner: appointment pending
Personal budget limit for house including fittings: 350,000 (planned DIY for electrical, flooring, heating, plumbing)
Preferred heating technology: geothermal heat, possibly solar thermal support

If You Have to Give Up Something, which details/features
- can be foregone:
- direct access from living room to outside
- cannot be foregone:
- terrace access

Why has the design turned out as it is? e.g.
- Everything was placed on the ground floor with the option to create an additional room later by adding a wall in today’s living room (door in front of guest WC in living room).
- Large terrace at the front of the house is important and there is enough space.

What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Are there issues with the size of the utility room if washing machine, dryer, technical equipment, and storage space are included?
Is the guest WC with shower sufficiently large?
Do the room sizes appear reasonable?

House floor plan: kitchen, dining/living, utility room, hallway, bathroom, WC, and terrace.


Residential floor plan: master bedroom, children’s rooms, office, corridor, and bathroom on one level.


Site plan: green plot 370 with entrance and garage; surrounding parcels 369, 371, 372.
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icandoit
17 Mar 2021 18:16
Here are the floor plans. A hip roof always works.

The top is east.


Sketchy floor plans: Ground floor on the left with kitchen/living area, upper floor on the right with bedroom.
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ypg
17 Mar 2021 18:42
icandoit schrieb:

Hip roofs always work.
Gable roofs as well 🙂
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ReneWie
17 Mar 2021 21:55
ypg schrieb:

Gable roof as well 🙂

With the gable roof, it will be difficult to place windows on the non-gable side for icandoit's plot. Otherwise, the roof would have to be raised and become very flat.
11ant17 Mar 2021 22:33
ReneWie schrieb:

With the pitched roof, it will be difficult to install windows on the non-gable side of the plot owned by icandoit.
I don’t understand.
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ypg
17 Mar 2021 22:54
ReneWie schrieb:

With the gable roof, it will be difficult to place the windows on the non-gable side of the plot owned by icandoit. Otherwise, the roof will shift upwards and have to be very shallow.

??? Do you know what a gable roof and a hip roof have in common?
It seems you are once again holding yourself back with incorrect assumptions 😉

Here: eave sides are the same for hip roofs and/or gable roofs
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icandoit
18 Mar 2021 07:31
ReneWie schrieb:

With the gable roof, it will be difficult to place windows on the non-gable side of the plot of icandoit. Otherwise, the roof already shifts upwards and will have to be very shallow.

Of course, it’s possible. You are allowed two stories, right? Even with a knee wall height of 2 meters (6.5 feet), it works very well.

Do you want to maximize the roof pitch?

Are you planning to use an additional attic floor right away, or expand it later?