ᐅ Bungalow Floor Plan for 3 People, 130 sqm – Looking for Opinions...

Hello, I would like to hear your opinions. What do you think? Are there any suggestions for improvement? The west side faces open fields, so we wanted the living room to be oriented that way.

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 900 sqm (9,688 sq ft)
Flat land
Floor area ratio 0.4
Building line and boundary: 3 meters (10 feet)
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 1
Roof style: gable roof and flat roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: west

Client Requirements
Small office, only for emergencies
3 people aged 38, 38, and 2
No overnight guests
Large kitchen with dining area, separate living room, covered terrace

House Design
- Do-it-yourself

Why is the design as it is now?
We considered all the desired rooms.
Access from terrace directly to kitchen and bathroom.

The main house will have a gable roof to allow attic space for storing boxes. The pull-down staircase can be installed in the long hallway. The part with the covered terrace will have a flat roof. However, we are not sure if having two types of roof will be expensive.
We also like a modern gable roof with trapezoidal metal roofing. This should be quite affordable… does anyone have experience with that?
I attached a picture of various houses that inspired us.

Does anyone have a rough idea of the cost? We are still very early in the process and many builders are reluctant to provide quotes due to uncertain material prices.

Construction is planned for 2023.

The house has not improved. Please always refer to your other threads. It is better not to start new ones about floor plan design, as drafts evolve and progress should be visible. So please continue in the old thread.

Zweithaus schrieb:

Does anyone have a rough price estimate? We are still very early in the process, and many builders are currently reluctant to provide quotes due to unstable material costs.

ypg schrieb:

I suggest: find an affordable standard general contractor you can afford. They usually have a common 100sqm (1,076 sq ft) basic floor plan with two bedrooms that can be enhanced a bit, for example, by moving walls, swapping the utility room and bathroom, or extending by 10sqm (108 sq ft).

That was in March!

PS: The more precisely you fill out the questionnaire, the more useful the feedback will be. As long as certain data is missing, the responses will reflect that accordingly.

ypg schrieb:

The house hasn’t improved. Please always refer to your other threads. It’s better not to create new ones about floor plan designs, since plans develop over time and the progress should be visible. So please continue in the old thread.

That was in March!

PS: The more precisely you fill out the questionnaire, the more useful the feedback will be. As long as certain information is missing, the responses will reflect that.

What exactly is wrong with the house?

Zweithaus schrieb:

What exactly is bad about the house?

Narrow, long corridors. Like a crusade, so to speak.
Lots of long walks!
Even in places where you would normally expect to just stumble upon something.
Bedroom/bathroom, bedroom/walk-in closet, kitchen/laundry room.
You can immediately subtract 2 square meters (about 22 square feet) from the children's room.
Lack of zoning: The sick or someone seeking quiet ends up meeting other visitors in the hallway when going to the toilet.

[Narrow, long corridors. A crusade, so to speak.
Many long distances to walk!
Even where you would actually expect to stumble.
Bedroom/bathroom, bedroom/walk-in closet, kitchen/utility room.
You can subtract 2 sqm (22 sq ft) from the children's room right away.
Lack of zoning: The sick or person seeking quiet meets the other’s visitors in the hallway during bathroom visits.]

alternative 1
Swap bedroom and children’s room, but then the child ends up facing north.

alternative 2
Design the covered terrace behind a carport because I want to shield the street side, but then the rooms on the east and south sides are lost.

alternative 3
Plan the terrace in the west, but then the path from the kitchen is longer and the roof cover blocks light from the living room.

alternative 4
Add a small corridor from the living room with access to sleeping, bathroom, and closet; then the child will need a separate bathroom, and the rooms would again be on the north side.

I’m really open to ideas, but it’s not like I haven’t thought it through. The priority is the covered terrace, access to it from the kitchen, and having the living room face west.

I would have estimated this design’s floor plan at 200 sq m (2,153 sq ft) rather than 130 sq m (1,400 sq ft). If the difference is not noticeable to the original poster even in the "3D" pseudo-realistic view, it only confirms once again my ongoing point that such programs cannot provide planners without a sense of dimensions with that sense either. With these kinds of pictures, you can proudly show your mom, “Look what I drew.” But if you want to actually build based on pictures, it’s better to look under “architect” in the phone book 🙂

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