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.
ypg schrieb:
The circled area wouldn’t work because of the roof.
Yes, go ahead 🙂 Ibdk14 schrieb:
Can someone explain how the roof conversion is supposed to work? I don’t understand how roof windows in the upper floor are planned and then the attic is supposed to be converted later with the floor plan shown in the first post. That’s beyond my imagination with a knee wall of 50cm (20 inches) on the upper floor. Did I misunderstand something? I got this from the architect, not sure if it helps..
Ibdk14 schrieb:
That exceeds my imagination with a knee wall of 50 cm (20 inches) on the upper floor. Did I misunderstand something?Then at least two of us don’t understand this. With a 50 cm (20 inches) knee wall, I wouldn’t even call it an upper floor but rather a first attic floor. How "I + D1 + D2" add up overall— even if you’re allowed to exceed the zero four (by how much, we still don’t know!)—while still keeping "I" is very ambitious, especially with such a low knee wall.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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11ant schrieb:
Then there are at least two of us who don’t understand this. With a knee wall height of 50cm (20 inches), I wouldn’t call it an upper floor, but rather a first attic floor. How “I + D1 + D2” add up overall – even if exceeding the 0.4 limit (by how much, we still don’t know!) is allowed, it would still be required to comply with “I.” That’s very ambitious with such a low knee wall height. It doesn’t really matter by how much we exceed the 0.4, as I don’t know that myself right now. The fact is, these are the dimensions that have been approved. I also find the 50cm (20 inches) very low, which is why we considered bringing forward a drywall partition, so I’ve always moved the furniture slightly forward in the drawings. For example, with about 16.7 sqm (180 sq ft) of floor area in the knee wall zone, we have, if I remember correctly, roughly 11 sqm (118 sq ft) of living space...
ypg schrieb:
But of course that helps: forget my efforts — the staircase needs to be where the attic is. That probably doesn’t work.According to my floor plan, the attic would be divided like this. Of course, I haven’t put much thought into it yet since it’s not a priority, but the bathroom and windows should be fixed. The red line indicates a height of 2.30 meters (7 ft 7 in).
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Myrna_Loy11 Oct 2021 19:10Exactly my point. Nothing fits properly here. I’m left wondering again what kind of architect this is.