ᐅ Single-family house with a clipped hip roof, approximately 340 square meters

Created on: 14 Apr 2021 18:27
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mxx_muc
Hello everyone,

My wife and I are in the process of building a house for ourselves and our three children.
We have a design from our architect that we would like to discuss.
Please ignore the furniture shown; these are just placeholders. The detailed planning for that is still to come.

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 6000m2 (60x100), house will be roughly in the center
Main entrance from the west
No slope on the site
Number of floors: 1 plus attic
No special restrictions

Owners’ Requirements
Classic single-family home
Roof type: half-hipped roof
No basement, two fully usable floors
2 adults in early 30s, 2 children (2/5 years old) + 1 planned
Space requirements: see design
Office: occasional need for a study room
Closed kitchen
6 dining seats in the kitchen
12 dining seats in the living/dining room
Conservative construction style
Fireplace in the living room, fireplace in reading corner of attic
Underfloor heating
Garage and heating room already existing in an outbuilding

House Design
Who created the design:
Rough draft by us, inspired by various floor plans, executed by the architect.
Solid construction: Poroton blocks inside, brick outside

What we especially like: the ground floor in general, the large kitchen
What we don’t like: the children’s rooms in the attic are a bit too large.

Our Questions:
What can be improved? What is absolutely unacceptable?
Will the rooms have enough natural daylight?

Thank you very much in advance!

Floor plan of a house with bedrooms, bathrooms, and three children’s rooms, including dimensions.


Floor plan of a house: bedroom, living/dining room, kitchen, and laundry room with dimensions.


Architectural drawing of a two-story house with a central entrance door and three dormers.


Sketch of a single-family house with gable roof, windows, and fireplace.


Front view of a two-story house with a balcony in the middle and stairs.


Architectural drawing: front view of a house with gable roof, fireplace, and windows.
Holzhäuschen16 Apr 2021 17:11
ypg schrieb:

What exactly is a 30cm (12 inch) low slope?
Slopes are such that you can’t measure a constant height.

I need at least 166cm (65 inches) ceiling height so that at my height of 165cm (65 inches) I don’t hit my head... 30cm (12 inches) isn’t even enough for the bed frame height... our bed is already 45/110cm (18/43 inches) high, and that’s not unusual!
Sorry, but I can’t follow your explanations.


I would say they probably mean the knee wall? That it is currently 30cm (12 inches) lower in the current home than it will be in the new house, so the bed fits well there.

But maybe the mxx_muc family is much shorter than we are 😀
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mxx_muc
16 Apr 2021 17:21
ypg schrieb:

What exactly is a 30cm (12 inch) low slope?
Sloped ceilings usually don’t have a consistent height measurement.

I need at least 166cm (65 inches) ceiling height so that, at 165cm (65 inches) tall, I don’t hit my head... 30cm (12 inches) isn’t even enough for the height of a bed frame... our bed is already 45/110cm (18/43 inches) high, and that’s nothing unusual!
Sorry, but I don’t follow your explanations.
Holzhäuschen schrieb:

I would say it’s the knee wall that’s meant? That in the current home it’s 30cm (12 inches) lower than in the new house, so the bed fits well there.

But maybe the family mxx_muc is much smaller than us 😀

We’re not that small either. 😉

Exactly, I meant the knee wall with that. Right now it is 30cm (12 inches) lower. In the new house it will be 1.20m (4 feet) high.
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ypg
16 Apr 2021 17:28
mxx_muc schrieb:

In the new house, it will then be 1.20 meters (3 ft 11 in).
Ok... so it remains that without a 2-meter (6 ft 7 in) height specification, you are truly just wasting time here 🙁
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mxx_muc
17 Apr 2021 11:18
ypg schrieb:

Ok... then it remains that without a 2-meter (6 ft 7 in) height indication, you are really just wasting time here 🙁

So... I have now drawn the 2-meter (6 ft 7 in) lines. I hope it is correct as a continuous line.
In the window areas as well as throughout the entire reading corner, we always have more than 2 m (6 ft 7 in).

Two-dimensional floor plan of a house with bedroom, children’s room and bathroom
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majuhenema
17 Apr 2021 18:12
I know I’m late to the party and still have to work through the six pages, but I’d like to quote the following lines from Drake’s Trophies at this point:

"House so big I haven’t seen them boys in two days//
bxxxx, I use a walkie talkie just to get a beverage."
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mxx_muc
17 Apr 2021 20:47
majuhenema schrieb:

"House so big I haven't seen them boys in two days//
bxxxx, I use a walkie talkie just to get a beverage".
Damn 😎
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