ᐅ Floor Plan – Design of a Semi-Detached House with Nearly 200 sqm of Living Space
Created on: 24 Nov 2020 22:45
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musik_de
Hello everyone,
My wife and I have tried to create a desired floor plan based on our requirements.
However, we noticed that the hallway on the upper floor is really large (therefore wasted space). We would like to get your suggestions for improvements.
Thank you in advance for your ideas!
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size – 500 square meters (about 5382 square feet)
Slope – no
Site coverage ratio – 0.3
Floor area ratio – 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary – building envelope 7.10 x 14 meters (23.3 x 46 feet)
Number of parking spaces – 2 (carport only)
Number of stories – 2 full floors
Roof type – gable
Architectural style – modern
Maximum height limits – 6.50 meters (21 feet)
Owners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type – gable roof
Basement, floors – 2 full floors plus basement
Number of people, ages – 5 people (38, 36, 10, 6, 1 years old)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor –
Ground floor: living/dining, closed kitchen, office/guest room, WC/bathroom.
Upper floor: master bedroom with dressing room, 2 children’s rooms, children’s bathroom
Office: family use or home office? – home office (space in basement)
Guest sleepers per year – 1 person for 2-3 months
Open or closed architecture – open
Conservative or modern construction style – modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island – no
Number of dining seats – 6 to 10
Fireplace – no
Music/stereo wall – no
Balcony, roof terrace – no
Garage, carport – carport
Vegetable garden, greenhouse – no
House Design
Who created the plan: ourselves
What do you particularly like? Why?
Ground floor: entrance area/guest room
Upper floor: master bedroom with private WC/bathroom, wide hallway
What do you not like? Why?
Basically: very large hallway on the upper floor
Estimated price according to architect/designer: 500,000 (excluding land and additional construction costs)
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 520,000
Preferred heating technology: KfW 40 standard
If you had to give up certain details/fixtures, which ones could you do without?
-Which ones can you not do without? Closed kitchen, guest room
Why is the design the way it is now?
Standard design from the planner? – no
Which wishes from the architect were implemented?
Very large hallway on the upper floor,
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Should we completely rethink the design of the staircase and the upper floor?
My wife and I have tried to create a desired floor plan based on our requirements.
However, we noticed that the hallway on the upper floor is really large (therefore wasted space). We would like to get your suggestions for improvements.
Thank you in advance for your ideas!
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size – 500 square meters (about 5382 square feet)
Slope – no
Site coverage ratio – 0.3
Floor area ratio – 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary – building envelope 7.10 x 14 meters (23.3 x 46 feet)
Number of parking spaces – 2 (carport only)
Number of stories – 2 full floors
Roof type – gable
Architectural style – modern
Maximum height limits – 6.50 meters (21 feet)
Owners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type – gable roof
Basement, floors – 2 full floors plus basement
Number of people, ages – 5 people (38, 36, 10, 6, 1 years old)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor –
Ground floor: living/dining, closed kitchen, office/guest room, WC/bathroom.
Upper floor: master bedroom with dressing room, 2 children’s rooms, children’s bathroom
Office: family use or home office? – home office (space in basement)
Guest sleepers per year – 1 person for 2-3 months
Open or closed architecture – open
Conservative or modern construction style – modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island – no
Number of dining seats – 6 to 10
Fireplace – no
Music/stereo wall – no
Balcony, roof terrace – no
Garage, carport – carport
Vegetable garden, greenhouse – no
House Design
Who created the plan: ourselves
What do you particularly like? Why?
Ground floor: entrance area/guest room
Upper floor: master bedroom with private WC/bathroom, wide hallway
What do you not like? Why?
Basically: very large hallway on the upper floor
Estimated price according to architect/designer: 500,000 (excluding land and additional construction costs)
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 520,000
Preferred heating technology: KfW 40 standard
If you had to give up certain details/fixtures, which ones could you do without?
-Which ones can you not do without? Closed kitchen, guest room
Why is the design the way it is now?
Standard design from the planner? – no
Which wishes from the architect were implemented?
Very large hallway on the upper floor,
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Should we completely rethink the design of the staircase and the upper floor?
musik_de schrieb:
1. Is this practical?It is practical to have the staircase to the attic included from the start. Installing it later becomes complicated, messy, and more expensive!You can also have the staircase completely removed by the prefabricated house supplier and build it yourself – this is quite common. That way, you can choose any staircase design you want.
musik_de schrieb:
I appreciate your answers to the above question and any feedback on the floor plan in general.- A window behind the bathtub is not a good idea.
- The small wall stub near the shower in the master bathroom can be removed; instead, extend the shower across the entire width.
- Check if the bedroom is large enough for a 180 cm (71 inch) wide bed. Otherwise, prefer making the walk-in closet narrower and place only 40 cm (16 inch) deep wardrobes or shelves on one side for t-shirts, sweaters, etc. You only need 60 cm (24 inch) or 65 cm (26 inch) width for clothes rails.
- Consider adding a door to the living-dining area so the kids upstairs have more quiet (or the parents downstairs 😉 ).
Würfel* schrieb:
It is also common practice with prefab house providers to completely leave out the staircase and handle it yourself.??? If you really want to build the first house for an enemy, then you might do that. Otherwise, I would rather not—by the way, I generally advise against building a "general contractor minus" house. After all, you don’t get the peppers “supplied by the client” when ordering a kebab either. :-)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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ypg schrieb:
Why is there no discussion from your side, @musik_de?
Several suggestions and changes have been made here. I remember, for example, the kitchen by the terrace or the guest room in the basement. From you, there is only
That’s not how it works here! I’m sorry that you feel that way. In most cases, I have tried to engage with the feedback. It is possible that I missed some feedback, which I did not intend to overlook or appear ungrateful for, so I ignored it. Regarding your suggestion about the kitchen, I already mentioned that an open kitchen (which is the standard when the kitchen faces south) is not what my family wants. As for the guest room in the basement, you are right, there has been no discussion. We plan to use the guest room as an office because there is more “work from home” now. It could also serve as an additional children’s room if my eldest son decides he wants some privacy.
Please don’t take it the wrong way.
musik_de schrieb:
We are planning to use the guest room as a home office since there will be more "work from home." It could also serve as an additional children's room if my eldest son decides he wants some privacy. That’s the point: You don’t say whether you like one idea or another. How can anyone provide further advice if there is no feedback?
It still remains unclear if you think it’s a good idea or not, so people stay silent here. The only thing (although I’m not going to keep scrolling back repeatedly) was that you prefer to sleep towards the north...
Würfel* schrieb:
It makes sense to have the staircase to the attic included from the start. Installing it later is complicated, messy, and more expensive!
You can also have the staircase completely removed by the prefab home supplier and do it yourself – this is quite common. That way, you can choose any staircase design you want. Thank you very much for your feedback. Due to the floor area ratio restriction, we must demonstrate that the attic will not be used as living space. For this reason, while we should plan what is needed to prepare for a possible future conversion, we cannot and should not carry out the conversion at this stage.
- Window behind the bathtub doesn’t fit.
The window will be 1 m (3 ft 3 in) above the floor. Could that still be a problem?
- The small partial wall by the shower in the master bathroom can be removed, and the shower extended across the entire width.
Yes, we also suggested that to the architect based on your previous recommendation, but I don’t know why it wasn’t implemented exactly.
- Check if the bedroom is large enough for a 180 cm (71 inch) wide bed. If not, better to make the walk-in closet narrower and have shelves or wardrobes only 40 cm (16 inches) wide on one side for T-shirts, sweaters, etc. You only need 60 cm (24 inches) or 65 cm (26 inches) width for hanging rods.
Sounds like a good idea; I will discuss it with the architect.
- Consider planning a door to the living-dining room so the kids upstairs have more quiet (or the parents downstairs 😉 ) Similar topics