ᐅ Floor plan of a semi-detached house, 7 by 16 meters, on a 390-square-meter plot in a residential development
Created on: 8 Oct 2021 10:28
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Marc1990
Hello everyone,
we are currently in the middle of planning the floor plan. Unfortunately, I don’t have the architect’s drawing yet, but I wanted to get your opinions already. I’m afraid the house might be too dark because of the north-facing side, so I actually want to include as many windows as possible.
Thanks in advance!
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 390
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio 0.4
Floor area ratio 0.4
Building envelope, building line, and boundary fully utilized
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 1
Roof type: gable roof 38 degrees
Requirements of the builders
Style, roof type, building type: modern
Basement, floors: ground floor, first floor, attic
Number of occupants, age: 4 (2 adults + 2 children aged 4 & 3), but more children are planned
Office: family use or home office?
Guest bedrooms per year: 5-10
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open & island
Number of dining seats: 6-8
Fireplace: no
Carport later: yes
Utility garden
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain things are desired or not: I would like everything open on the ground floor. Since we have the north side, I’m worried it will be too dark, so I try to plan windows everywhere or doors with side panels. The utility/technical room must be behind the kitchen. First floor: knee wall at 50cm (20 inches). 2 children’s bedrooms & 1 bedroom with walk-in closet. If more children come, the parents will move to the attic. I also want a laundry/utility room upstairs.
Attic: to be finished later.
House design
Planning by: self-planned
What do you particularly like? Why? Open, spacious living area
What do you not like? Why? Bathroom and toilet arrangement bothers me
Preferred heating system: not decided yet, probably heat pump
If you have to give up any details or additions
- can give up: upstairs utility room, freestanding bathtub
- cannot give up: kitchen layout, windows
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Can I plan the windows better so it stays nice and bright? And I don’t like the bathroom 100%, would appreciate tips.
we are currently in the middle of planning the floor plan. Unfortunately, I don’t have the architect’s drawing yet, but I wanted to get your opinions already. I’m afraid the house might be too dark because of the north-facing side, so I actually want to include as many windows as possible.
Thanks in advance!
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 390
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio 0.4
Floor area ratio 0.4
Building envelope, building line, and boundary fully utilized
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 1
Roof type: gable roof 38 degrees
Requirements of the builders
Style, roof type, building type: modern
Basement, floors: ground floor, first floor, attic
Number of occupants, age: 4 (2 adults + 2 children aged 4 & 3), but more children are planned
Office: family use or home office?
Guest bedrooms per year: 5-10
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open & island
Number of dining seats: 6-8
Fireplace: no
Carport later: yes
Utility garden
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain things are desired or not: I would like everything open on the ground floor. Since we have the north side, I’m worried it will be too dark, so I try to plan windows everywhere or doors with side panels. The utility/technical room must be behind the kitchen. First floor: knee wall at 50cm (20 inches). 2 children’s bedrooms & 1 bedroom with walk-in closet. If more children come, the parents will move to the attic. I also want a laundry/utility room upstairs.
Attic: to be finished later.
House design
Planning by: self-planned
What do you particularly like? Why? Open, spacious living area
What do you not like? Why? Bathroom and toilet arrangement bothers me
Preferred heating system: not decided yet, probably heat pump
If you have to give up any details or additions
- can give up: upstairs utility room, freestanding bathtub
- cannot give up: kitchen layout, windows
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Can I plan the windows better so it stays nice and bright? And I don’t like the bathroom 100%, would appreciate tips.
Myrna_Loy schrieb:
and depending on the national building regulations, areas that have more than 75% floor height.
What I meant is that the original poster is not exceeding the floor area ratio specified in the development plan by just a few square meters. But if the architect has “approved” everything like that, then everything should be fine. Just need to arrange the toilet a bit more nicely. 😀 feel free to share ideas for the bathroom, because I don’t like it either
Myrna_Loy schrieb:
and depending on the state building code, areas that have more than 75% floor height. Then, depending on the state building code, it becomes a full storey.
Myrna_Loy schrieb:
What I meant to say was that the poster does not exceed the floor area ratio from the development plan by just a few square meters. Definitely. I didn’t notice that at first 😉
@Marc1990
The ground floor looks like it offers less living comfort than our old detached house with 55m² (592 sq ft) on the ground floor.
Marc1990 schrieb:
feel free to share your ideas for the bathroom, because I don’t like it eitherWell, it’s difficult when, based on what you said, the layout has to be planned around a fixed kitchen that’s somehow placed in the middle.driver55 schrieb:
You don’t always have to reinvent the wheel—especially not poorly.
There are plenty of functional floor plans with very similar dimensions.
What kind of architect is it if the client is the one “planning” and the architect just copies it? I honestly don’t understand what the problem is?! I was hoping for suggestions to improve my post. How exactly does your comment help?!
ypg schrieb:
Well, it’s difficult if, according to your statements, the fixed kitchen has to be planned around and somehow placed in the middle.I could place the kitchen somewhere else, but the layout should basically stay the same. However, I can still plan the bathroom differently. In fact, I had a different idea (the toilet was to the right of the door so it wouldn't be visible when opened), but according to the architect, this wasn’t possible because of the plumbing.Similar topics