ᐅ Floor Plan for Urban Villa, Single-Family Home New Construction Opinions
Created on: 10 May 2021 19:57
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rothka92
Hello dear community,
this year we plan to start building a new single-family house in the style of an urban villa and would appreciate your opinions on the floor plan. Basically, we already like the current plan as it is. The only issue is that the walk-in closet on the upper floor feels a bit tight, so we are considering either reducing the size of the bedroom slightly or removing the door towards the bathroom, or perhaps integrating it into the wardrobe wall.
First, the questionnaire, as far as I was able to answer it:
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 586 sqm (6,307 sq ft)
Slope: yes (unfortunately), see plan. We plan to level the plot down to street level and support the rear with a retaining wall.
Building envelope, building line and boundary: all within limits
Edge development: garage with possible roof terrace
Number of floors: 2 full floors
Roof style: hipped roof
Architectural style: urban villa
Orientation: garden facing north
Homeowner requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: as stated above
Basement, floors: no basement (cost decision)
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, planned future: 2 children
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: spacious living-dining-kitchen area desired. Office on the upper floor only for private/hobby use
Guests per year: mostly for emergencies
Open kitchen, cooking island: as planned
Fireplace: as planned
Music / sound system wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: roof terrace on garage, balcony as drawn
Garage: as planned
House design
Who designed the plan:
- planner/architect from a construction company
What do you particularly like? > open living/dining area with large window front facing the garden
What don’t you like? > cramped walk-in closet and utility room
Price estimate according to architect/planner: fixed price 330,000 (garage included in site development costs)
Preferred heating technology: geothermal heat pump already included in the price
Why is the design the way it is? For example:
A mix of many examples, site visits, our own ideas, and the architect’s planning.
I look forward to your thoughts on the project.
Best regards,
Kai :-)
this year we plan to start building a new single-family house in the style of an urban villa and would appreciate your opinions on the floor plan. Basically, we already like the current plan as it is. The only issue is that the walk-in closet on the upper floor feels a bit tight, so we are considering either reducing the size of the bedroom slightly or removing the door towards the bathroom, or perhaps integrating it into the wardrobe wall.
First, the questionnaire, as far as I was able to answer it:
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 586 sqm (6,307 sq ft)
Slope: yes (unfortunately), see plan. We plan to level the plot down to street level and support the rear with a retaining wall.
Building envelope, building line and boundary: all within limits
Edge development: garage with possible roof terrace
Number of floors: 2 full floors
Roof style: hipped roof
Architectural style: urban villa
Orientation: garden facing north
Homeowner requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: as stated above
Basement, floors: no basement (cost decision)
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, planned future: 2 children
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: spacious living-dining-kitchen area desired. Office on the upper floor only for private/hobby use
Guests per year: mostly for emergencies
Open kitchen, cooking island: as planned
Fireplace: as planned
Music / sound system wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: roof terrace on garage, balcony as drawn
Garage: as planned
House design
Who designed the plan:
- planner/architect from a construction company
What do you particularly like? > open living/dining area with large window front facing the garden
What don’t you like? > cramped walk-in closet and utility room
Price estimate according to architect/planner: fixed price 330,000 (garage included in site development costs)
Preferred heating technology: geothermal heat pump already included in the price
Why is the design the way it is? For example:
A mix of many examples, site visits, our own ideas, and the architect’s planning.
I look forward to your thoughts on the project.
Best regards,
Kai :-)
rothka92 schrieb:
I have also created an alternative plan. This one avoids the narrow corridor-like rooms.
Any opinions?I haven’t followed everything, but is it really not possible to move the guest room to the ground floor and thus create more space on the upper floor? On the ground floor, I saw a large storage room that might also be used as a guest room.
Upstairs, we only have a small storage room and that is completely sufficient for us. The utility room can hold a lot, too; heating and other technical equipment are no longer large today, and we still have plenty of storage space there, so an additional storage room on the ground floor isn’t necessary.
So, here we go. I removed the bulky staircase and made sure that all rooms are as rectangular as possible. After planning the upper floor, I realized that no major changes were necessary for the ground floor. In fact, there was even the possibility to add a wardrobe in the hallway.
The transition between the dressing room/bedroom/balcony looks a bit cramped. However, we decided to keep it like this since two doors are positioned in the same area and the dressing room retains as much wall space as possible. The door to the bedroom is generally intended to remain open and only be closed when absolutely necessary (for example, if one partner is getting dressed while the other is still sleeping).
A reminder again: the plans were created by me as an amateur and therefore do not comply with all standard regulations (for example, hallway and staircase widths)...
The transition between the dressing room/bedroom/balcony looks a bit cramped. However, we decided to keep it like this since two doors are positioned in the same area and the dressing room retains as much wall space as possible. The door to the bedroom is generally intended to remain open and only be closed when absolutely necessary (for example, if one partner is getting dressed while the other is still sleeping).
A reminder again: the plans were created by me as an amateur and therefore do not comply with all standard regulations (for example, hallway and staircase widths)...
The proportions seem somewhat off to me:
- Your walk-in closet is nearly as large as the children's room in SO
- The storage room, utility room, and pantry together take up almost a quarter of the ground floor area
Maybe this suits your needs, but it wouldn’t be suitable for ours.
- Your walk-in closet is nearly as large as the children's room in SO
- The storage room, utility room, and pantry together take up almost a quarter of the ground floor area
Maybe this suits your needs, but it wouldn’t be suitable for ours.
DaSch17 schrieb:
Better than before, but...
The hallway is too narrow at 1.60 m (bottleneck at stair passage only 0.50/0.60 m). I would widen it by at least 0.50 m.
The office won’t be a space where you’d want to spend 8-12 hours a day. Thanks for the feedback. As I said, I’m not familiar with the exact measurements—I'll leave that to our architect. 🙂 But I think the upstairs hallway could be reduced by a few centimeters.
The office will be used rarely and mainly for occasional private computer work.
minimini schrieb:
The proportions seem a bit off to me:
- Your walk-in closet is almost as large as the children’s room in the southeast
- Storage, utility room, and pantry make up almost a quarter of the ground floor area
Maybe that fits your needs, but it wouldn’t work for us. Thanks to you as well! We both need to store work clothing, so we planned generously. Do you think it would be better to enlarge the bathroom?
rothka92 schrieb:
I’m attaching a picture showing how I’ve planned the space with furniture. I think this can actually work, right? In the bedroom, we only really need a 2x2 meter (6.5x6.5 feet) bed, since the walk-in closet provides space for wardrobes.
I’m not trying to be stubborn, just want to make my ideas clear 🙂 The funny thing is still the door from the walk-in closet to the bathroom. You’re saving 2 meters (6.5 feet) of walking. You go out of the walk-in closet into the hallway for 1–2 meters (3–6.5 feet) and then you’re in the bathroom. I just don’t understand the door from the walk-in closet to the bathroom at all.
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