ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization, Single-Family Home, Urban Villa 12x12 m
Created on: 15 Oct 2021 00:59
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Lia_Home
Hello everyone,
We visited several model homes, spoke with different construction companies, and reviewed a number of floor plans. Unfortunately, many of the designs didn’t meet our expectations. As a result, we drew the floor plan ourselves using a 3D home design program.
We are quite satisfied with the upper floor. However, we see room for improvement on the ground floor. For example, is the hallway too large or too narrow? Also, the layout of the guest room and the guest bathroom needs reconsideration. Would it be possible to convert this room (with shower toilet) into a small separate apartment?
Attached are both floor plans as well as two perspective images.
We look forward to your feedback.
Thank you very much! Lia
Building regulations/restrictions
Plot size: 821 m2 (approx. 21 m (69 feet) wide and 35 m (115 feet) deep, not quite rectangular)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Building setback: 5 meters (16 feet) from the street, 4 meters (13 feet) from neighbors
Number of stories: max. 2
Roof type: hipped roof
Architectural style: modern
Maximum height restrictions: eaves height 6 m (20 feet), ridge height 8.5 m (28 feet)
Client requirements
Style, roof form, building type: modern, hipped roof
Basement, number of floors: 2 full floors
Household size and ages: 2 adults in their mid-30s, 1 child, 2 years old
Space requirements on ground floor: cloakroom, guest room, guest shower WC, utility/technical room, kitchen, pantry, living-dining room
Space requirements on upper floor: 2 children’s rooms, master bedroom, dressing room, laundry room, bathroom, office
Office: home office
Number of overnight guests per year: several times a year
Open or closed layout: open
Traditional or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with work island
Seats at dining table: usually 4-6, at celebrations at least 15
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: roof terrace above garage
Garage or carport: garage
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, reasons for including or excluding certain features:
- open space/void
- large west-facing windows due to no neighbors
- cloakroom
- covered entrance
House design
Who designed the plan:
- ourselves
What do you like most?
- spacious, open living and dining area
What do you dislike? Why?
Estimated cost according to builder: approx. 550,000
Hallway (takes up too much space?), guest room on the ground floor (too awkwardly shaped)
If you had to give up some details or extensions
- hallway space
Why was the design made this way? For example:
We arranged the rooms so they made sense to us and took room sizes into account.
What is your main question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Are there any possible optimizations for the floor plan?
We visited several model homes, spoke with different construction companies, and reviewed a number of floor plans. Unfortunately, many of the designs didn’t meet our expectations. As a result, we drew the floor plan ourselves using a 3D home design program.
We are quite satisfied with the upper floor. However, we see room for improvement on the ground floor. For example, is the hallway too large or too narrow? Also, the layout of the guest room and the guest bathroom needs reconsideration. Would it be possible to convert this room (with shower toilet) into a small separate apartment?
Attached are both floor plans as well as two perspective images.
We look forward to your feedback.
Thank you very much! Lia
Building regulations/restrictions
Plot size: 821 m2 (approx. 21 m (69 feet) wide and 35 m (115 feet) deep, not quite rectangular)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Building setback: 5 meters (16 feet) from the street, 4 meters (13 feet) from neighbors
Number of stories: max. 2
Roof type: hipped roof
Architectural style: modern
Maximum height restrictions: eaves height 6 m (20 feet), ridge height 8.5 m (28 feet)
Client requirements
Style, roof form, building type: modern, hipped roof
Basement, number of floors: 2 full floors
Household size and ages: 2 adults in their mid-30s, 1 child, 2 years old
Space requirements on ground floor: cloakroom, guest room, guest shower WC, utility/technical room, kitchen, pantry, living-dining room
Space requirements on upper floor: 2 children’s rooms, master bedroom, dressing room, laundry room, bathroom, office
Office: home office
Number of overnight guests per year: several times a year
Open or closed layout: open
Traditional or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with work island
Seats at dining table: usually 4-6, at celebrations at least 15
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: roof terrace above garage
Garage or carport: garage
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, reasons for including or excluding certain features:
- open space/void
- large west-facing windows due to no neighbors
- cloakroom
- covered entrance
House design
Who designed the plan:
- ourselves
What do you like most?
- spacious, open living and dining area
What do you dislike? Why?
Estimated cost according to builder: approx. 550,000
Hallway (takes up too much space?), guest room on the ground floor (too awkwardly shaped)
If you had to give up some details or extensions
- hallway space
Why was the design made this way? For example:
We arranged the rooms so they made sense to us and took room sizes into account.
What is your main question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Are there any possible optimizations for the floor plan?
saralina87 schrieb:
Oh, you wouldn’t do any more?
Why not? Really just curious! It’s actually already explained there: the word “actually” says it quite well.
Alessandro schrieb:
I actually cope quite well with the compromises. But I also grew up in a small apartment where noise comes from all sides. It’s a compromise between light and noise.
Bright and nice for living, but also loud due to sound transmission.
Personally, I can hear the TV from downstairs when I’m standing in the bathroom upstairs, louder than the TV in the bedroom right next door (I tested it). When living with someone else, you can coordinate...
ypg schrieb:
Nobody wants an 8-meter (26-foot) long hallway… but then a bottleneck in the dining area instead.That pretty much sums it up. Back to square one.
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hanghaus200016 Oct 2021 10:59saralina87 schrieb:
Oh, you wouldn’t do any more?
Why not? Really curious! I can only share my own experience. I found it so bothersome after a short time that I have since closed off the living room.
Reasons: unused living space, heat rises upwards, no privacy, and so on.
hanghaus2000 schrieb:
Reasons: unused living space, heat rises upwards, lack of privacy, etc.Things you actually already know beforehand... but somehow don’t want to believe, because the show home looked so great?
Schimi179116 Oct 2021 11:18Wow... such an enormous size and no bathroom for children. That’s what I call efficient planning... 😀 Am I seeing this correctly? Are the living area and kitchen located on the north side?
My sister-in-law lives with her husband and two children in about 300 sqm (3,230 sq ft). That gives a whole new meaning to the word “long-distance relationship.” The parents are already (almost) counting the days until their kids move out, so they can reduce their living space to less than half.
Just don’t forget: with size usually comes increased (cleaning) effort and (operating) costs. How do you see the prospects for a potential resale with such a large property?
(Warning: this post may contain traces of irony...)
My sister-in-law lives with her husband and two children in about 300 sqm (3,230 sq ft). That gives a whole new meaning to the word “long-distance relationship.” The parents are already (almost) counting the days until their kids move out, so they can reduce their living space to less than half.
Just don’t forget: with size usually comes increased (cleaning) effort and (operating) costs. How do you see the prospects for a potential resale with such a large property?
(Warning: this post may contain traces of irony...)
Thank you for your response.
Regarding the neighbors, the building plot, and the size and positioning of the house and garage on the lot, we will most likely provide an update next weekend.
Several people have since commented that planning the children’s rooms adjacent to the air space is not very practical. We will review this again and address it in the next update.
The granny flat is intended to meet KFW standards and be rented out to students, traveling project workers, or later possibly to family members.
It is not a shell house.
Costs are a complex topic influenced by many factors.
You are right; we will probably exceed the estimated costs.
We would like to focus in this forum on your experiences and ideas for optimizing the floor plan.
K1300S schrieb:
Where are the neighbors located? With the usual layout (on the right and left), I don’t quite understand how you can maintain a 4 m (13 ft) distance with a 12 m (39 ft) house and almost 7 m (23 ft) garage. 😉
Other than that, the floor plan should work fine, which isn’t a big challenge considering the size. In my view, it’s a typical 2021 floor plan with a number of “must-haves.” Whether it meets your needs and requirements is something only you can decide. However, I would reconsider having the children’s rooms right next to the sound funnel, as visitors will have to whisper from the children’s bedtime onwards.
Regarding the neighbors, the building plot, and the size and positioning of the house and garage on the lot, we will most likely provide an update next weekend.
Several people have since commented that planning the children’s rooms adjacent to the air space is not very practical. We will review this again and address it in the next update.
K1300S schrieb:
I think the granny flat is slowly making its way onto the list of must-haves. 😉 It’s probably possible (somehow), but who would benefit from it? (And who would pay for it?)
The granny flat is intended to meet KFW standards and be rented out to students, traveling project workers, or later possibly to family members.
K1300S schrieb:
Is this a shell house? Otherwise, I consider this price way too low – even without a garage and with the simplest features. I calculate around 2350 EUR/m², which I consider unfeasible for this floor plan in 2021.
It is not a shell house.
Costs are a complex topic influenced by many factors.
You are right; we will probably exceed the estimated costs.
We would like to focus in this forum on your experiences and ideas for optimizing the floor plan.