Hello everyone 🙂
finally, the time has come – the contract with the general contractor is signed, the first draft from the architectural firm has arrived, and so has the disappointment 🙁
I have revised the questionnaire and only included the relevant points:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size – 1461 sqm (15715 sq ft)
Floor area ratio (FAR) – 0.4
Site coverage ratio – 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary – 3 m (10 ft) – garage allowed on boundary (see attachment)
Number of floors – 1 full story
Roof shape – 22°-50° (22°-50°) hip or gable roof
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type – bungalow without angle, but (*sigh*) now with a 25° hip roof
Number of residents, age – 2 (29, 35) – 1 child planned
Overnight guests per year – about 10
Open kitchen, kitchen island – semi-open / kitchen separated from dining area by sliding door
Number of dining seats – 6 to 8
Garage – double garage with extension
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain things are or are not wanted:
- Desired rooms: 2 children’s rooms, 1 bedroom with adjoining walk-in closet, living/dining area with semi-open kitchen, guest WC with shower, main bathroom with shower and bathtub, utility room.
- Separation of public and private areas
Excerpt from my notes to the architectural firm:
Bedroom:
- Preferably north-facing, no terrace access
- Walk-in closet attached
- Bed including nightstands requires approx. 3.10 m (10 ft) room width and approx. 2.50 m (8 ft) room depth
Children’s Rooms:
- Preferably on south side
- Separate from living area
- Room size between 13 and 15 sqm (140 and 161 sq ft)
Utility Room:
- Space for geothermal system and other technical equipment, washing machine
- Storage space plus room for potential later-installed photovoltaic battery
- Access to garage if possible
Hallway:
- Width approx. 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) to 1.80 m (6 ft) – at least in the entrance area
- Hallway to private rooms may be narrower
Kitchen:
- Terrace access
- Preferably north-facing
- Separable from dining room by sliding door
- No kitchen island
- Pantry if possible
Living and Dining Area:
- Dining table length approx. 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
- Terrace access
Living/dining area and kitchen preferably arranged in an L-shape
That’s about all for our wishes 🙂
House Design
Design by:
- Architect based on the above wishes
What do you especially like? Why? – the separation between public and private areas
What do you dislike? Why? – living/dining and kitchen area is too small for us; utility room door leads outside; walk-in closet is not attached to bedroom; no sliding door between kitchen and dining room
Price estimate: fixed price for construction start 2022 – $252k including various special features (e.g., electric blinds, integrated insect screens, two-tone windows, aluminum front door, underfloor heating with cooling function, 6 LAN outlets, garage slab 6x9 m (20x30 ft), ...)
Personal maximum budget for the house, including equipment: $320k without ancillary building costs
Preferred heating technology: geothermal with deep drilling (already included in the house price)
If you had to give up* on certain details or expansions:
- Could give up: access from garage to utility room (already removed due to specific property), pantry (also removed)
- Cannot give up: walk-in closet, spacious living/kitchen/dining area
Since I am not sure if I am allowed to share the architect’s draft, I have sketched the floor plan on graph paper and would like your opinions.
Exterior walls are 36.5 Poroton (approx. 14 inches), interior walls according to specifications are 11.5 and 17.5 Poroton (approx. 5 and 7 inches).
Furniture measurements (except those mentioned above) are not yet known, as these will be purchased new after moving in.
I once started another thread (gable roof bungalow 145 sqm (1560 sq ft) feasible) – but somehow I’m unable to link it :-/
The images are only available as JPGs 🙁
If I forgot anything or anything is unclear – please tell me 😀
Thanks in advance for your suggestions 🙂
Regards
finally, the time has come – the contract with the general contractor is signed, the first draft from the architectural firm has arrived, and so has the disappointment 🙁
I have revised the questionnaire and only included the relevant points:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size – 1461 sqm (15715 sq ft)
Floor area ratio (FAR) – 0.4
Site coverage ratio – 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary – 3 m (10 ft) – garage allowed on boundary (see attachment)
Number of floors – 1 full story
Roof shape – 22°-50° (22°-50°) hip or gable roof
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type – bungalow without angle, but (*sigh*) now with a 25° hip roof
Number of residents, age – 2 (29, 35) – 1 child planned
Overnight guests per year – about 10
Open kitchen, kitchen island – semi-open / kitchen separated from dining area by sliding door
Number of dining seats – 6 to 8
Garage – double garage with extension
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain things are or are not wanted:
- Desired rooms: 2 children’s rooms, 1 bedroom with adjoining walk-in closet, living/dining area with semi-open kitchen, guest WC with shower, main bathroom with shower and bathtub, utility room.
- Separation of public and private areas
Excerpt from my notes to the architectural firm:
Bedroom:
- Preferably north-facing, no terrace access
- Walk-in closet attached
- Bed including nightstands requires approx. 3.10 m (10 ft) room width and approx. 2.50 m (8 ft) room depth
Children’s Rooms:
- Preferably on south side
- Separate from living area
- Room size between 13 and 15 sqm (140 and 161 sq ft)
Utility Room:
- Space for geothermal system and other technical equipment, washing machine
- Storage space plus room for potential later-installed photovoltaic battery
- Access to garage if possible
Hallway:
- Width approx. 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) to 1.80 m (6 ft) – at least in the entrance area
- Hallway to private rooms may be narrower
Kitchen:
- Terrace access
- Preferably north-facing
- Separable from dining room by sliding door
- No kitchen island
- Pantry if possible
Living and Dining Area:
- Dining table length approx. 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
- Terrace access
Living/dining area and kitchen preferably arranged in an L-shape
That’s about all for our wishes 🙂
House Design
Design by:
- Architect based on the above wishes
What do you especially like? Why? – the separation between public and private areas
What do you dislike? Why? – living/dining and kitchen area is too small for us; utility room door leads outside; walk-in closet is not attached to bedroom; no sliding door between kitchen and dining room
Price estimate: fixed price for construction start 2022 – $252k including various special features (e.g., electric blinds, integrated insect screens, two-tone windows, aluminum front door, underfloor heating with cooling function, 6 LAN outlets, garage slab 6x9 m (20x30 ft), ...)
Personal maximum budget for the house, including equipment: $320k without ancillary building costs
Preferred heating technology: geothermal with deep drilling (already included in the house price)
If you had to give up* on certain details or expansions:
- Could give up: access from garage to utility room (already removed due to specific property), pantry (also removed)
- Cannot give up: walk-in closet, spacious living/kitchen/dining area
Since I am not sure if I am allowed to share the architect’s draft, I have sketched the floor plan on graph paper and would like your opinions.
Exterior walls are 36.5 Poroton (approx. 14 inches), interior walls according to specifications are 11.5 and 17.5 Poroton (approx. 5 and 7 inches).
Furniture measurements (except those mentioned above) are not yet known, as these will be purchased new after moving in.
I once started another thread (gable roof bungalow 145 sqm (1560 sq ft) feasible) – but somehow I’m unable to link it :-/
The images are only available as JPGs 🙁
If I forgot anything or anything is unclear – please tell me 😀
Thanks in advance for your suggestions 🙂
Regards
hampshire schrieb:
I can only understand your "disappointment" if your expectation was that all requirements could be met within the budget.
You can enlarge the living-dining area with a sliding door by moving the utility room to the north and adding the freed-up space entirely to the kitchen and dining area. This would turn the rectangular floor plan into a rectangle with a utility room extension. This will cost extra. In this context, I would also rotate the house about 15% clockwise.
Placing the walk-in closet in front is possible if you design this room as the only access to the bedroom. It would then be positioned at the corridor’s end. Of course, you would lose so much space in the closet that there wouldn’t be much room left for clothing… Unless you simultaneously change the size and location of the children’s rooms and take some space back from the living area.
The shape of the lot seems to be non-standard. I wouldn’t stick rigidly to standard rectangles if the budget allows it. What would bother me is that every visitor arriving from the garage side would have to pass by the bedroom to reach the entrance. While the interior areas are nicely separated for privacy, this is not ideal from the outside.Well, I don’t necessarily think our wishes are that high, and the budget for the house in Saxony-Anhalt is not exactly small either, but it was and still is clear that we have to make compromises… 😉 … so we have already given up the garage access and pantry 😉
We like the position of the house as it is… also the rectangle… I’ve already let go of my pitched roof – (hopefully) no one will take the rectangle away from me 😉
We’re also not bothered if someone passes by the bedroom…
Acof1978 schrieb:
Hello everyone 🙂 This year, we are also building a 140 m² (1,507 sq ft) bungalow with a 12 m² (130 sq ft) covered terrace on a 1,462 m² (15,740 sq ft) plot. So, quite similar. Here is our floor plan. It might not be perfect in many people’s eyes, but it works for us. We are considering making the hallway at the entrance a few centimeters wider.
Maybe you can use something from it. Personally, I don’t think it’s bad at all... we’ll discuss it this evening 😉
May I ask where the utility connections come from? Do they come from the cul-de-sac or the access road? Have I missed any information about fees?
Also, why is it going to be a hip roof? Is that more cost-effective?
I first looked at the plot and mentally placed a house oriented toward the north side of the plot. Mentally, this offers more freedom and zoning options for the house...
Also, why is it going to be a hip roof? Is that more cost-effective?
I first looked at the plot and mentally placed a house oriented toward the north side of the plot. Mentally, this offers more freedom and zoning options for the house...
ypg schrieb:
May I ask where the utility connections will come from? Will they come from the dead-end street or from the access road? Did I miss a previous post about this?
Also, why is it going to be a hip roof? Is that more cost-effective?
I first looked at the plot and mentally placed a house oriented towards the north side of the plot. Mentally, this allows more freedom and better zoning for the house... The utility connections can come from either the dead-end street or the access road... the dead-end street is actually the access for what used to be two separate plots...
Yes... a gable roof adds an additional cost of 9,000 (without windows in the gable) 🙁 ...
After a long discussion with my partner, I finally gave in *feeling nostalgic* ...
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Myrna_Loy30 Apr 2021 16:16The bedroom is really too small. Getting dressed there is about as comfortable as in a swimming pool changing room. And for two people... nope. I’d be ready to take my husband down with a hanger after the third collision during the morning rush or while packing for a trip.
I’m laughing out loud!
I was just browsing through the previous posts and found my comment on your first thread:
And now I’m thinking the same again. Hehe..
Tell me, dear Schniebi... You’re now connected with the BU, right? They probably don’t want to deviate from their design, do they? Do they also offer custom builds?
What other standard house types do they have? Please name the company.
I was just browsing through the previous posts and found my comment on your first thread:
ypg schrieb:
This creates an interesting area in the south that opens to the west. That would be my first impression. Of course, you can position the garage exactly as you have drawn it.
And now I’m thinking the same again. Hehe..
Tell me, dear Schniebi... You’re now connected with the BU, right? They probably don’t want to deviate from their design, do they? Do they also offer custom builds?
What other standard house types do they have? Please name the company.
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