ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization Single-Family Home, Two Full Stories, Approximately 180 m²
Created on: 29 Oct 2021 11:47
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hansipansi
Hello dear community,
We are in the final stages of planning our floor plan and would like to hear your opinions on our design and any suggestions for improvement. When you look at a plan for the hundredth time, it’s easy to lose perspective...
Here is the questionnaire first:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 776 sqm (8,356 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see blue line
Adjacent buildings: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: no specifications
Style: no specifications
Orientation: no specifications
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height 6.50 m (21.3 ft); building ridge height 10.50 m (34.4 ft)
Other specifications: none
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: gable roof, 22 degrees
Basement, floors: 2 full stories, no basement
Number of people, age: currently 2, both around 30 (planning for 4)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: as in the floor plan
Office: family use or home office: both
Guest bedrooms per year: not relevant
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: at least 6
Fireplace: yes, currently planned
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no, only garden terrace
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included
House Design
Who designed it: custom architect design based on our drawings
Preferred heating system: air-source heat pump with underfloor heating and photovoltaic system (KfW 40+)
What do you like most? What do you not like? Why?
Basically, we are satisfied with the floor plan. What I am still not completely happy with is the exterior appearance. I am concerned that it might look too much like a barrack.
If you absolutely have to give up on certain details / features,
- could you do without: possibly the fireplace (probably doesn’t make much sense with KfW 40+)?
- can you not do without: large upstairs hallway (because of the beautiful view), open living/dining area, walk-in closet
Why is the design the way it is now?
We had several wishes that influenced the design:
Thanks a lot in advance!
We are in the final stages of planning our floor plan and would like to hear your opinions on our design and any suggestions for improvement. When you look at a plan for the hundredth time, it’s easy to lose perspective...
Here is the questionnaire first:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 776 sqm (8,356 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see blue line
Adjacent buildings: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: no specifications
Style: no specifications
Orientation: no specifications
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height 6.50 m (21.3 ft); building ridge height 10.50 m (34.4 ft)
Other specifications: none
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: gable roof, 22 degrees
Basement, floors: 2 full stories, no basement
Number of people, age: currently 2, both around 30 (planning for 4)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: as in the floor plan
Office: family use or home office: both
Guest bedrooms per year: not relevant
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: at least 6
Fireplace: yes, currently planned
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no, only garden terrace
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included
House Design
Who designed it: custom architect design based on our drawings
Preferred heating system: air-source heat pump with underfloor heating and photovoltaic system (KfW 40+)
What do you like most? What do you not like? Why?
Basically, we are satisfied with the floor plan. What I am still not completely happy with is the exterior appearance. I am concerned that it might look too much like a barrack.
If you absolutely have to give up on certain details / features,
- could you do without: possibly the fireplace (probably doesn’t make much sense with KfW 40+)?
- can you not do without: large upstairs hallway (because of the beautiful view), open living/dining area, walk-in closet
Why is the design the way it is now?
We had several wishes that influenced the design:
- Large hallway window upstairs
- Window seat in the kitchen (we don’t want a bar counter with stools)
- Hidden door from kitchen to pantry (not shown in the current plan but possible and already discussed with the kitchen planner)
- Garden should be as large as possible
- Is the living room big enough? (just the TV area)
- Will the hallway on the ground floor be too dark?
- Is 51 cm (20 inches) depth enough for a wardrobe?
- Any other general suggestions for improvement? What do you think is bad or would you do differently?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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Myrna_Loy29 Oct 2021 15:07driver55 schrieb:
30 sqm (323 sq ft) hallway(s), but child playpens.
Everything else has already been mentioned. 14 sqm (151 sq ft) for a child's bedroom is not that small...
hansipansi schrieb:
How do you handle food storage if you were to combine the utility room and pantry? ??? Kitchen?…! Refrigerator! I would only need a pantry for storing pasta, flour, canned goods, and coffee… all of that fits in the utility room. Everything else is within easy reach in the kitchen or at my trusted supermarket.
hansipansi schrieb:
As shown in the enlarged picture, this is the current situation. Sorry for the confusion. The island with the stove and sink isn’t planned and won’t be built like that, right???
hansipansi schrieb:
Kids’ cages—sorry, but that really made me laugh 😀 Well, the kids’ rooms are acceptable at 14m² (150ft²), but if the hallway is bigger, it should really make you think.
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Alessandro29 Oct 2021 15:08I would combine the storage room and the office upstairs into one space, so that the storage area is accessible from the office. This way, you save the small hallway...0
Try drawing a realistic sofa. The one in the plan has no more seat depth than a chair.
Try drawing a realistic sofa. The one in the plan has no more seat depth than a chair.
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hansipansi29 Oct 2021 15:16ypg schrieb:
??? Kitchen?…! Refrigerator! I would only need a pantry for storing pasta, flour, canned food, and coffee supplies… all of that fits in the utility room. Everything else is within easy reach in the kitchen or at my trusted supermarket.
But the island with stove and sink isn’t planned and won’t be built like that, right???
Well, the children’s rooms are okay at 14 m² (150 sq ft), but if the hallway is bigger, that should make you think. The kitchen island will be built facing the seating window. However, only the stove will be on the island. The sink will be moved to the other side — facing the street.
The large hallway upstairs is intended, among other things, to serve as a play area for the children. Otherwise, 14 m² (150 sq ft) children’s rooms are completely sufficient for us. After all, they should move out eventually anyway 😉
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hansipansi29 Oct 2021 15:19Alessandro schrieb:
I would combine the storage room and the office upstairs into one room, so that the storage area is accessible from the office. That way, you can save the small hallway…
Try drawing in a realistic sofa. The one in the plan has no more sitting depth than a chair.There will only be an armchair in the upstairs hallway, so the size shown in the draft should work.
Good idea regarding the office; the small hallway does bother me a bit.
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Myrna_Loy29 Oct 2021 15:44hansipansi schrieb:
The large hallway upstairs is intended, among other things, to be a play area for the children. Otherwise, 14 sqm (150 sq ft) for the kids’ bedrooms is completely sufficient for us. After all, they’ll eventually move out anyway 😉
And then two people live in almost 200 sqm (2,150 sq ft)?
I really love these plans from people without children. 😀
In my experience—and that of parents in my circle of friends and family—children play in the areas where their parents are during the first years. That means the living room, not a play hallway on the upper floor. And later, they disappear into their bedrooms. With two kids, you hardly have the chance to sit in an armchair in the hallway to enjoy the view. 🙂
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