ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home with Conversion Option to a Multi-Generational House
Created on: 28 Mar 2021 11:52
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Joh26Bra
Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot size approximately 800 sqm (8,611 sq ft), 15x46 m (49x151 ft)
Slope: slight incline towards the garden
Floor area ratio
Plot ratio
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
Edge development allowed; garage, semi-detached house
Minimum number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type requirement: gable roof
Style: modern
Orientation: garden west, entrance east
Maximum heights / limits
Further specifications
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Basement: yes, floors: 2
Number of occupants: 2 adults (32 & 36), 1 child (1 year)
Space needed on ground floor and upper floor each approx. 100 sqm (1,076 sq ft) (living on one level should be possible)
Office: home office?
Guest bedroom rarely used per year
Open or closed architecture
Conservative or modern design
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of dining seats up to max 8
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall
Balcony
Double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: yes
House Design
Who created the plan:
- Do-it-Yourself
What do you particularly like? Why? Open living-dining area, possibility to separate floors
What do you dislike? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings:
Preferred heating technology: geothermal energy, deep drilling
If you have to give up, which details / extensions
- can you do without:
- cannot do without: double garage
Why is the design as it is now?
Zoning plan requires 2 full floors, semi-detached house, roof type and pitch specified
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How to build more compactly given:
Floors must be separable (multigenerational house)
Utility room on the ground floor with garden access must remain
Natural light in all rooms on the ground floor
Plot size approximately 800 sqm (8,611 sq ft), 15x46 m (49x151 ft)
Slope: slight incline towards the garden
Floor area ratio
Plot ratio
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
Edge development allowed; garage, semi-detached house
Minimum number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type requirement: gable roof
Style: modern
Orientation: garden west, entrance east
Maximum heights / limits
Further specifications
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Basement: yes, floors: 2
Number of occupants: 2 adults (32 & 36), 1 child (1 year)
Space needed on ground floor and upper floor each approx. 100 sqm (1,076 sq ft) (living on one level should be possible)
Office: home office?
Guest bedroom rarely used per year
Open or closed architecture
Conservative or modern design
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of dining seats up to max 8
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall
Balcony
Double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: yes
House Design
Who created the plan:
- Do-it-Yourself
What do you particularly like? Why? Open living-dining area, possibility to separate floors
What do you dislike? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings:
Preferred heating technology: geothermal energy, deep drilling
If you have to give up, which details / extensions
- can you do without:
- cannot do without: double garage
Why is the design as it is now?
Zoning plan requires 2 full floors, semi-detached house, roof type and pitch specified
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How to build more compactly given:
Floors must be separable (multigenerational house)
Utility room on the ground floor with garden access must remain
Natural light in all rooms on the ground floor
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Myrna_Loy28 Mar 2021 21:36Joh26Bra schrieb:
Well, whether this is a declining trend or not – we want to implement it this way for various reasons.
@ myrna_loy – I can’t really make much of your comment. Whether the layout suits you personally or not wasn’t my question anyway.
I would appreciate suggestions on how to make it even more space-efficient. Have you actually tried furnishing the basement level with the kitchen, dining, and living area in a real floor plan? I really can’t imagine how it could be made more compact.
Also, the layout with the playroom and oddly shaped children’s bedrooms… none of this seems well thought out to me at all.
But since the questionnaire was filled out so incompletely, none of this is understandable.
Three utility rooms plus a storage room plus a basement? What for?
Stairs
Do the steps align vertically? It feels odd to change the shape of the staircase.
Why include a storage room and utility room on the ground floor if you are building with a basement? Is the construction partner also building with a basement?
The open plan area will be tight.
Child 2 is awkwardly cut off. What is the purpose of the playroom?
The attic and basement offer a lot of storage space, but at a high cost.
Do the steps align vertically? It feels odd to change the shape of the staircase.
Why include a storage room and utility room on the ground floor if you are building with a basement? Is the construction partner also building with a basement?
The open plan area will be tight.
Child 2 is awkwardly cut off. What is the purpose of the playroom?
The attic and basement offer a lot of storage space, but at a high cost.
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Myrna_Loy28 Mar 2021 21:55The recessed entrance could also be omitted. This niche between the entrance and the garage, located in front of the bathroom and created by the building design, is neither an attractive nor a practical solution but rather wasted space.
The utility room in the basement is more of a technical room—we want a garden pool, and the necessary water treatment equipment will be installed there next to the heating system. Why the basement? Next to the pool’s technical room, I want a proper workshop because, due to my profession, I have many tools and equipment. Additionally, we have dogs, so there is a basement entrance, and a dog shower will be installed in the basement.
The utility room on the ground floor also serves as a pantry. The storage room is intended to be used as an extended cloakroom – later on, the guest bathroom can be expanded.
Try to separate the first floor while still being able to access all rooms without changing the ground floor layout. The second floor will not be developed for now – the floor plan for it is just a quick draft.
The stairs align vertically. I couldn’t think of a better solution – the house is quite narrow at the front on the ground floor because of the double garage.
The protruding entrance with a cloakroom is designed as a “dirt lock,” meaning street shoes are removed before entering the living area.
The utility room on the ground floor also serves as a pantry. The storage room is intended to be used as an extended cloakroom – later on, the guest bathroom can be expanded.
Try to separate the first floor while still being able to access all rooms without changing the ground floor layout. The second floor will not be developed for now – the floor plan for it is just a quick draft.
The stairs align vertically. I couldn’t think of a better solution – the house is quite narrow at the front on the ground floor because of the double garage.
The protruding entrance with a cloakroom is designed as a “dirt lock,” meaning street shoes are removed before entering the living area.
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