ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home of Approximately 230 sqm with L-Shaped Layout
Created on: 4 Jun 2021 13:59
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soneva2012
Hello everyone! We recently purchased a great plot of land and are now excited to plan a single-family home for us and our three children. I have completed the questionnaire, but first, a few details about the plot and its location.
We bought a portion of the garden from a large property. The seller lives in a bungalow on the remaining part. However, this will likely be sold within the next 10 years and then divided into three.
The plot is triangular (plot 4 in the latest attachment). The access road is a dead-end street to the north. There is therefore little traffic but many pedestrians, as we are located on the edge of a forest. To the south, there is a lightly used road, but it is situated below our plot. The south side of the plot is very private, thanks to a tall hedge and tree planting. The plot is overlooked only by two houses to the north and the neighboring bungalow to the east. Later, however, there will probably be a two-story house with east-west orientation built to the east.
Because of this, we had the idea to build the house in an L-shape to create a private terrace and garden area not overlooked by the eastern neighbor. The south side should have as much glazing as possible since it is very private. Now to the questionnaire:
Building Plan/Restrictions
Plot size - 830 sqm
Slope - No
Section 34 (1) of the German Building Code applies – the following info mainly comes from the development plan for neighboring houses:
Site occupancy index 0.20
Floor space index 0.35
Building window, building line, and boundary
Edge development - Garage only
Number of parking spaces
Number of floors - Two
Roof type - Pitch 0–30 degrees
Style - Open development; only detached houses
Orientation - According to preliminary notice, north/south
Maximum heights/limits - Wall height 6.30m (21 feet); ridge height 9.50m (31 feet)
Other requirements - Exceeding building boundaries for minor structures according to the German Land Utilization Ordinance Section 23 by max. 1.50m (5 feet) is allowed
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type - Single-family house, Bauhaus style with flat roof, L-shape
Basement, floors - Two plus basement
Number of people, ages - 5 people aged 40, 40, 6, 4, 2
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Ground floor: open kitchen with pantry, living room somewhat separated, guest WC with shower, guest room/office, additional office, wardrobe
Upper floor: 3 children’s bedrooms, children’s bathroom, master bedroom with bathroom and walk-in closet
Basement: technical room, utility room, 1 recreational room would be great for the children as teenagers for watching TV etc.
Office: family use or home office? Both mainly work from home
Overnight guests per year: several times a year for 3 to 10 days (family abroad)
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes; yes
Number of dining seats: 8 to 10
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: balcony yes; roof terrace no
Garage, carport: attached double garage
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: no, only raised beds
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why or why not: additional wishes: pool, possibly sauna (inside on upper floor or outside).
House Design
Planned by: architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Continuous windows on the south side; L-shape creating a private terrace; all bedrooms with mountain views to the south; separation of children’s rooms from master bedroom.
What do you not like? Why? Ground floor to be redesigned: another office is needed; WC has no window; living room possibly too large.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 1.2 million with basement, garage, pool, and outdoor facilities. Excluding land, ancillary construction costs, kitchen, and lighting but otherwise “all in.”
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 1.2 to 1.4 million
Preferred heating technology: heat pump plus photovoltaic
If you had to give up, on which details/expansions
- can you give up: pool and sauna
- cannot give up: 3 children’s bedrooms; 2 offices (1 combined with guest room)
The main question at the moment is how we can optimize the ground floor, but I look forward to your comments and ideas!
The floor plans are oriented to the north!
We bought a portion of the garden from a large property. The seller lives in a bungalow on the remaining part. However, this will likely be sold within the next 10 years and then divided into three.
The plot is triangular (plot 4 in the latest attachment). The access road is a dead-end street to the north. There is therefore little traffic but many pedestrians, as we are located on the edge of a forest. To the south, there is a lightly used road, but it is situated below our plot. The south side of the plot is very private, thanks to a tall hedge and tree planting. The plot is overlooked only by two houses to the north and the neighboring bungalow to the east. Later, however, there will probably be a two-story house with east-west orientation built to the east.
Because of this, we had the idea to build the house in an L-shape to create a private terrace and garden area not overlooked by the eastern neighbor. The south side should have as much glazing as possible since it is very private. Now to the questionnaire:
Building Plan/Restrictions
Plot size - 830 sqm
Slope - No
Section 34 (1) of the German Building Code applies – the following info mainly comes from the development plan for neighboring houses:
Site occupancy index 0.20
Floor space index 0.35
Building window, building line, and boundary
Edge development - Garage only
Number of parking spaces
Number of floors - Two
Roof type - Pitch 0–30 degrees
Style - Open development; only detached houses
Orientation - According to preliminary notice, north/south
Maximum heights/limits - Wall height 6.30m (21 feet); ridge height 9.50m (31 feet)
Other requirements - Exceeding building boundaries for minor structures according to the German Land Utilization Ordinance Section 23 by max. 1.50m (5 feet) is allowed
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type - Single-family house, Bauhaus style with flat roof, L-shape
Basement, floors - Two plus basement
Number of people, ages - 5 people aged 40, 40, 6, 4, 2
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Ground floor: open kitchen with pantry, living room somewhat separated, guest WC with shower, guest room/office, additional office, wardrobe
Upper floor: 3 children’s bedrooms, children’s bathroom, master bedroom with bathroom and walk-in closet
Basement: technical room, utility room, 1 recreational room would be great for the children as teenagers for watching TV etc.
Office: family use or home office? Both mainly work from home
Overnight guests per year: several times a year for 3 to 10 days (family abroad)
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes; yes
Number of dining seats: 8 to 10
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: balcony yes; roof terrace no
Garage, carport: attached double garage
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: no, only raised beds
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why or why not: additional wishes: pool, possibly sauna (inside on upper floor or outside).
House Design
Planned by: architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Continuous windows on the south side; L-shape creating a private terrace; all bedrooms with mountain views to the south; separation of children’s rooms from master bedroom.
What do you not like? Why? Ground floor to be redesigned: another office is needed; WC has no window; living room possibly too large.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 1.2 million with basement, garage, pool, and outdoor facilities. Excluding land, ancillary construction costs, kitchen, and lighting but otherwise “all in.”
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 1.2 to 1.4 million
Preferred heating technology: heat pump plus photovoltaic
If you had to give up, on which details/expansions
- can you give up: pool and sauna
- cannot give up: 3 children’s bedrooms; 2 offices (1 combined with guest room)
The main question at the moment is how we can optimize the ground floor, but I look forward to your comments and ideas!
The floor plans are oriented to the north!
When planning, always draw the existing or desired furniture to scale. For tables, make sure to allow at least 80cm (31.5 inches) of clearance on each side from the table edge. For example, a 1m (3.3 ft) wide table requires a minimum space of 2.6m (8.5 ft), which is still not comfortable.
I can appreciate the exterior appearance. I think it’s not bad.
On the other hand, I really don’t like the entire kitchen and dining area. It’s way too cramped. You could never fit a table that size there, and the island doesn’t deserve to be called that. For me personally, this area is extremely important. Therefore, I would carefully consider how my dream kitchen should look (for example, a free-standing island about 3.60m (12 feet) long with cooking and a sink on it, plus a secondary cabinet run boxed in with two tall cabinets on each side and lower cabinets in the middle for a coffee corner, preferably with pocket doors, and a table at least 2.40m (8 feet) longer with plenty of space to move around).
On the other hand, I really don’t like the entire kitchen and dining area. It’s way too cramped. You could never fit a table that size there, and the island doesn’t deserve to be called that. For me personally, this area is extremely important. Therefore, I would carefully consider how my dream kitchen should look (for example, a free-standing island about 3.60m (12 feet) long with cooking and a sink on it, plus a secondary cabinet run boxed in with two tall cabinets on each side and lower cabinets in the middle for a coffee corner, preferably with pocket doors, and a table at least 2.40m (8 feet) longer with plenty of space to move around).
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soneva20126 Jun 2021 12:24Crossy schrieb:
I can appreciate the exterior design. I don’t think it’s bad.
However, I really don’t like the whole kitchen and dining area. It’s far too cramped. You can never fit a table that size in there, and the island doesn’t deserve to be called that. For me personally, this area is extremely important. That’s why I would carefully consider what my dream kitchen should look like (for example, a free-standing island about 3.60m (12 feet) long with cooking and sink areas, plus a secondary section enclosed with two tall cabinets on each side and base cabinets in the middle for a coffee corner, preferably with pocket doors, and a table at least 2.40m (8 feet) long with ample space to move around it).The kitchen is very important to us as well. We are soon meeting with a kitchen planner we know well so the initial kitchen layout can be developed at the same time. The architect also said it would be no problem to extend the kitchen to make it longer.
The kitchen in the plan has the challenge of being a square space... approximately 5.5 x 5.5 m (18 x 18 ft).
As Haydee already pointed out, you should take the table into account... You also have patio doors planned.
The problem is that a table measuring 250 x 100 cm (98 x 39 inches) requires about 450 x 300 cm (177 x 118 inches) of space for comfortable seating with chairs — roughly 100 cm (39 inches) of clearance around the table. Given the current room layout — including access to the pantry through the tall cabinet wall — this will be a rather challenging kitchen/dining area to plan. I just remembered a kitchen case from another forum. You might want to search for "New kitchens in our emerging dream house" by Robeck... There could be some planning tips there. That room was only about 510 x 530 cm (200 x 209 inches) in size, also with a passage through the hallway to the living area.
As Haydee already pointed out, you should take the table into account... You also have patio doors planned.
The problem is that a table measuring 250 x 100 cm (98 x 39 inches) requires about 450 x 300 cm (177 x 118 inches) of space for comfortable seating with chairs — roughly 100 cm (39 inches) of clearance around the table. Given the current room layout — including access to the pantry through the tall cabinet wall — this will be a rather challenging kitchen/dining area to plan. I just remembered a kitchen case from another forum. You might want to search for "New kitchens in our emerging dream house" by Robeck... There could be some planning tips there. That room was only about 510 x 530 cm (200 x 209 inches) in size, also with a passage through the hallway to the living area.
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soneva20126 Jun 2021 13:32kbt09 schrieb:
The kitchen in the plan has the challenge of a square room ... approximately 5.5 x 5.5 m (18 x 18 ft).
As Haydee already pointed out, you should consider the dining table ... You have also planned terrace exits.
The issue is that a table measuring 250 x 100 cm (98 x 39 inches), to be used comfortably with chairs, requires an area of about 450 x 300 cm (177 x 118 inches), allowing roughly 100 cm (39 inches) of clearance around the table.
With the current room layout—and the pantry access through the tall cabinet wall—this kitchen/dining space will be quite challenging to plan. I just recalled a kitchen discussed in another forum. Try searching for "Neue Küchen in unseren entstehenden Traumhaus" Robeck ... There might be some useful planning tips. That room was even smaller, about 5.1 x 5.3 m (17 x 17.5 ft), with a transition via the hallway into the living area. Thanks for the tip, I’ll take a look!
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hanghaus20006 Jun 2021 14:33The kitchen island can be rotated and made slightly longer. As it is, it doesn’t work.
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