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.
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Myrna_Loy11 Oct 2021 15:55Just try placing the roof window you planned for the children’s room into one of the house design programs – you’re worried that the living space will be too dark, but this will result in a very dark children’s room. A child needs to live there, play, and do homework. If you design the house with a shorter length, you can plan different circulation routes and, with good planning, bring natural light further into the house from the west side, unlike your narrow layout that doesn’t gain any usable space. With a ceiling height of 2.50 meters (8 feet 2 inches), you are essentially building an underpass. This does not create an open living impression, but a cramped, dark space with a lot of walking area. I hope you have an architect and not just a draftsman who only provides the stamp for the building permit / planning permission of a self-made design. How is the neighbor building?
Myrna_Loy schrieb:
Try drawing the roof window you plan to install in the children’s room into one of the house design programs—you're worried the living space will be too dark, but that will be a very dark children’s room. A child needs to live, play, and do homework there. If you design the house shorter, you can plan different pathways and, with good planning, you can bring in light from the west side further into the house, unlike your narrow layout, which doesn’t really gain usable space. With a ceiling height of 2.50 meters (8 ft 2 in), you’re creating a low clearance. There won’t be an open living area feeling, but rather a cramped, dark space with lots of walking area.
I hope you have an architect and not just a draftsman who simply provides a stamp for the building permit / planning permission of your self-designed plan.
How does the neighbor build? What if I swapped the bedroom with the children’s rooms? That way, the kids would have the west side. We’re only there to sleep anyway. But “eventually,” the children will have the current bedroom. On the left, each room has a floor-to-ceiling window plus a large roof window. We haven’t agreed on the size yet, but I was thinking about a roof window about 140 centimeters (55 inches) wide. The bathroom is dark, yes, but the bedrooms are more important.
Marc1990 schrieb:
The windows are supposed to be skylights, but unfortunately the app doesn't have skylights available.The circled area wouldn’t work because of the roof.Marc1990 schrieb:
So I’ll probably have to stick with my original plan and accept the narrow layout,Yes, go for it 🙂Marc1990 schrieb:
What do you think of the plan above? I actually already answered that here 😎 :
ypg schrieb:
It also has a lot of showroom qualities: Pinterest downstairs for the guests, and upstairs it’s a shoebox to choke on. I’m not a fan of these narrow corridor extensions either, so I’m out :p
Ultimately, it’s your architect’s decision. For me, as someone here nicely put it, it’s like a crossword puzzle.
To me, a narrow corridor extension is the wrong term – it will never lead to the right result.
Can someone explain to me how the attic conversion is supposed to work? I don’t understand how roof windows can be planned on the upper floor and then later the attic is supposed to be finished using the floor plan shown in the first post. This is beyond my imagination with a knee wall height of 50cm (20 inches) on the upper floor. Did I misunderstand something?
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