ᐅ Floor Plan Design – Two Options – Single-Family Home, 166 sqm
Created on: 31 Aug 2021 22:08
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Hello everyone,
After thoroughly considering our ideas and space requirements, we found an architect who has brought our vision to life. She created two design options, and we are still unsure if these are optimal. We hope for your input!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 554 sqm (5959 sq ft)
Slope: slight incline, survey not yet conducted
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Site occupancy index: 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see attached excerpt from the development plan. There is a building boundary on the north and west sides. The garage may only be built on the building boundary, while the carport may also be built on the property line. Hence our solution with a combined carport/garage.
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2 full floors
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style: -
Orientation:
Maximum heights/limits: max wall height 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in), max ridge height 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Additional requirements: garage exit to street > 6 m (20 ft)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof form, building type: North American or Swedish-style house, with divided light windows, wood facade, etc.
Basement, floors: basement plus two full floors
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults, currently 2 children, planning a total of 3
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: 160–170 sqm (1722–1830 sq ft)
Office: wife is a teacher, so a study/workroom is planned
Guest bedrooms per year: few to none
Open or closed layout: open living and dining area, but separated from hallway and stairs
Conservative or modern construction:
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 5–8
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall:
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: combined solution planned due to development plan regulations
Utility garden, greenhouse:
Other wishes/particularities/daily routine, including reasons why certain things are preferred or avoided:
House Design
Designed by: architect
What do you like most and why? All rooms were arranged exactly as we wanted, see below.
What don’t you like and why? The living/dining area feels small; question if the entrance area is too narrow, especially with the stairs right at the door.
Price estimate by architect/planner: no price estimate given
Personal price limit for house including fittings: about €620,000 (about $670,000) with basement
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you had to give up something, which features/finishes
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
--> All rooms are needed
Why does the design look the way it does? For example:
We had clear ideas: study and kitchen on the east side, open living and dining area, mudroom to garage, shower/toilet on ground floor; three children’s rooms, master bedroom in the east, central entrance, symmetrical facade appearance with veranda, roofed terrace with overhang on east and south sides. The architect implemented these accordingly.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Which option would you prefer? Would you want more space in the entrance area like in option 2 or more space in the dining area like in option 3? Which solution would you favor for the upper floor?
What other ideas or suggestions do you have?
Many thanks!
Markus
After thoroughly considering our ideas and space requirements, we found an architect who has brought our vision to life. She created two design options, and we are still unsure if these are optimal. We hope for your input!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 554 sqm (5959 sq ft)
Slope: slight incline, survey not yet conducted
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Site occupancy index: 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see attached excerpt from the development plan. There is a building boundary on the north and west sides. The garage may only be built on the building boundary, while the carport may also be built on the property line. Hence our solution with a combined carport/garage.
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2 full floors
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style: -
Orientation:
Maximum heights/limits: max wall height 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in), max ridge height 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Additional requirements: garage exit to street > 6 m (20 ft)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof form, building type: North American or Swedish-style house, with divided light windows, wood facade, etc.
Basement, floors: basement plus two full floors
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults, currently 2 children, planning a total of 3
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: 160–170 sqm (1722–1830 sq ft)
Office: wife is a teacher, so a study/workroom is planned
Guest bedrooms per year: few to none
Open or closed layout: open living and dining area, but separated from hallway and stairs
Conservative or modern construction:
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 5–8
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall:
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: combined solution planned due to development plan regulations
Utility garden, greenhouse:
Other wishes/particularities/daily routine, including reasons why certain things are preferred or avoided:
House Design
Designed by: architect
What do you like most and why? All rooms were arranged exactly as we wanted, see below.
What don’t you like and why? The living/dining area feels small; question if the entrance area is too narrow, especially with the stairs right at the door.
Price estimate by architect/planner: no price estimate given
Personal price limit for house including fittings: about €620,000 (about $670,000) with basement
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you had to give up something, which features/finishes
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
--> All rooms are needed
Why does the design look the way it does? For example:
We had clear ideas: study and kitchen on the east side, open living and dining area, mudroom to garage, shower/toilet on ground floor; three children’s rooms, master bedroom in the east, central entrance, symmetrical facade appearance with veranda, roofed terrace with overhang on east and south sides. The architect implemented these accordingly.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Which option would you prefer? Would you want more space in the entrance area like in option 2 or more space in the dining area like in option 3? Which solution would you favor for the upper floor?
What other ideas or suggestions do you have?
Many thanks!
Markus
neo-sciliar schrieb:
I hope you were able to enjoy your hike and didn’t fall for the charm of those Massa pseudo-townhouse-style homes in sleek white with anthracite-colored windows, I think I’ve only seen the foundation of your house, or at least the beginnings of it—I can’t recall exactly. If it wasn’t located at the edge of a forest, I probably wouldn’t have visited at all, since I rarely go for walks in new development areas. However, I’ll need to do that again soon, as I’m still missing photos (of poor workmanship, missing lap lengths, and the like—which I usually don’t find with timber houses). In recent weeks, we’ve also visited the NR district several times— even within a radius visible from the tower next to the cemetery near your place on clear days—but not your village itself, even though the main road has apparently been fully open again for some time now.
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neo-sciliar15 Sep 2021 14:5611ant schrieb:
The only part of your house I’ve seen so far is the foundation slab, or at least the beginnings of it—I can’t remember exactly. If it weren’t located at the edge of a forest, I probably wouldn’t have been there, since I rarely take walks through residential developments. However, I’ll have to do that again soon because I still need photos (of botched work, missing overlap measurements, and similar issues—which I don’t usually find with timber houses). Over the past few weeks, we’ve also been to the NR district several times—even within a radius visible from the tower next to the cemetery near you on a clear day—but not in your village, even though the main road has apparently been fully open again for some time now.I’m glad you like it here. I would write to you personally, but I’m not allowed to do that here. And when I’m standing on the tower, all I can see is the beautiful wooden house on the forest edge near the transformer station. And of course the Hohe Acht. But that’s a different subject.neo-sciliar schrieb:
I would write to you personally too, but I’m not allowed to do that here. And when I’m standing on the tower, I can only focus on the beautiful wooden house at the edge of the forest near the transformer station. And of course, the Hohe Acht. But that’s another story. You’re welcome to write, I have the same username at GMX (de) as here. Yes, the Hohe Acht really is a completely different topic; we were there about three weeks ago and got soaked to the bone, it rained for nearly four hours along almost the entire way. As compensation, we had very nice weather again last week near NR (close to Ehlscheid).
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/