ᐅ Single-family house floor plan, 133 sqm, plot size 850 sqm
Created on: 5 Nov 2021 14:41
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03C0MalDaumen
Hello everyone,
We are planning to build a single-family home in the near future. We have already purchased a plot of land and are now considering the layout and appearance. I have put our initial ideas into a floor plan and would appreciate your feedback, suggestions, and critiques.
Here is the information from the questionnaire:
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 850 sqm (9,151 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Floor space index: 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) from the street, 3 m (10 ft) from the neighbor, maximum 18 m (59 ft) from the street
Edge development: allowed for garages
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof style: gable roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: north - entrance, south - living/dining area
Maximum heights/limits: for houses with roofs between 21-45 degrees, 10 m (33 ft)
Other requirements: -
Owners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof
Basement, floors: basement + 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 31, 31, 3, 0
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor: a study on the ground floor, otherwise 2 children’s rooms, a master bedroom with dressing room, 2 bathrooms, and the living/dining area.
Office: home office for two people
Guest bedrooms per year: few
Open or closed architecture: open
Traditional or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no for now, but a chimney should be included in advance
Music/sound wall: -
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: -
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for preferences: double garage built on the boundary. In the floor plan, it is shown with a basement but this is not mandatory.
House design
Who created the plan: DIY
What do you like most? Why?: all rooms are accommodated within the footprint, orientation with garden to the south, the two projections on the ground floor
What do you not like? Why? Children’s rooms are a bit small.
Price estimate per architect/planner: -
Personal price limit for house including equipment: -
Preferred heating technology: ground source heat pump (brine-water heat pump)
If you had to do without, which details/extensions could you skip
- can be omitted: basement under double garage
- cannot be omitted: basement
Why did the design turn out as it did?
Designed and drawn by ourselves. Originally based on a floor plan from a house catalog but heavily modified. Walls were aligned vertically as much as possible, as well as bathrooms. Furniture was added to verify that everything fits; otherwise, the ground and upper floors have only as many square meters as necessary.
What is the key/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
What do you think of the room sizes? Have we missed any furnishings? Does enough natural light enter the house? Is the front door width with adjacent window sufficient? Is there enough storage space in the living/dining area?
We are planning to build a single-family home in the near future. We have already purchased a plot of land and are now considering the layout and appearance. I have put our initial ideas into a floor plan and would appreciate your feedback, suggestions, and critiques.
Here is the information from the questionnaire:
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 850 sqm (9,151 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Floor space index: 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) from the street, 3 m (10 ft) from the neighbor, maximum 18 m (59 ft) from the street
Edge development: allowed for garages
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof style: gable roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: north - entrance, south - living/dining area
Maximum heights/limits: for houses with roofs between 21-45 degrees, 10 m (33 ft)
Other requirements: -
Owners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof
Basement, floors: basement + 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 31, 31, 3, 0
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor: a study on the ground floor, otherwise 2 children’s rooms, a master bedroom with dressing room, 2 bathrooms, and the living/dining area.
Office: home office for two people
Guest bedrooms per year: few
Open or closed architecture: open
Traditional or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no for now, but a chimney should be included in advance
Music/sound wall: -
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: -
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for preferences: double garage built on the boundary. In the floor plan, it is shown with a basement but this is not mandatory.
House design
Who created the plan: DIY
What do you like most? Why?: all rooms are accommodated within the footprint, orientation with garden to the south, the two projections on the ground floor
What do you not like? Why? Children’s rooms are a bit small.
Price estimate per architect/planner: -
Personal price limit for house including equipment: -
Preferred heating technology: ground source heat pump (brine-water heat pump)
If you had to do without, which details/extensions could you skip
- can be omitted: basement under double garage
- cannot be omitted: basement
Why did the design turn out as it did?
Designed and drawn by ourselves. Originally based on a floor plan from a house catalog but heavily modified. Walls were aligned vertically as much as possible, as well as bathrooms. Furniture was added to verify that everything fits; otherwise, the ground and upper floors have only as many square meters as necessary.
What is the key/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
What do you think of the room sizes? Have we missed any furnishings? Does enough natural light enter the house? Is the front door width with adjacent window sufficient? Is there enough storage space in the living/dining area?
Hangman schrieb:
I actually wanted to commend you for the north arrow... until I just noticed that it points in different directions in the drawings and the foamboard model. So where exactly is north (the side with the polar bears, since the penguins are on the other side)?More or less the opposite 😉 … south seems to be at the living room.
ypg schrieb:
More or less the other way around 😉 … the south seems to be where the living room isFemale intuition or how do you know that? Well then, huge plot and the entire west side built up with garage, staircase, and bathroom... on both floors.
Place the parking spaces directly on the north side by the street and build a narrow house with a southwest orientation (meaning the living and common rooms). Avoid offsets or similar, and rather build 150 square meters (still cheaper then). Position the house as far east as possible (towards Moscow, Paris is on the other side).
03C0MalDaumen schrieb:
The uploaded part of the building permit is actually not very helpful You haven’t really improved that significantly.
03C0MalDaumen schrieb:
@11ant: I suspected that the extra corner on the ground floor is an expensive request. Could you give a rough price range for how costly it is? No, I’m the wrong person to estimate down to the last cent. I can only generally say that this is not just a simple additional cost for the mason’s corner work: for example, at such a location there is a load-bearing wall resting on a beam that wouldn’t normally be needed instead of a wall below, and part of a ceiling panel sticks out in a way that needs to be insulated (which also requires additional structural effort). Forty years ago, the latter was often simply skipped, resulting in a thermal bridge.
03C0MalDaumen schrieb:
I like the idea of considering the house and garage separately 🙂 I already included that in the hand drawing. If so, you must have done it invisibly ;-)
03C0MalDaumen schrieb:
The plot slopes down about 1 meter (3 feet) from the street on the north side to the south over approximately 35 meters (115 feet). I have a strong suspicion that my rule of thumb for basements might not necessarily apply here.
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03C0MalDaumen5 Nov 2021 21:54Thank you for the additional feedback. I will go through the main points, hoping not to miss anything.
North arrow in the floor plan: As you have noticed, it is exactly reversed; south-facing living room would be correct.
Basement: The basement is planned to include an office, heating room, laundry room, workshop, and storage for various items (we have a lot of that 🙂. If it helps, I can also label these rooms in the floor plan. A basement is a fixed requirement for us, even though the plot would allow building without a basement.
Plot and buildable area: The plot is really quite large, but the buildable area is not, because the plot has more of a pie shape and building is only permitted up to a maximum of 18m (59 feet) back.
I initially thought about placing the garage at the street, but you would then have to keep a 3m (10 feet) setback, which would make the remaining space for the house very narrow. I couldn’t come up with good floor plans for that either, especially since the door would then be on the narrow side.
A few more details: With a 3m (10 feet) setback from the street and neighbors, the building envelope along the street is 10.3m (34 feet) wide. It extends 15m (49 feet) back from the street and is about 17m (56 feet) wide at the rear.
Building projections: We don’t want a simple rectangular box with a roof, as we don’t find that appealing. That’s how we arrived at the projections. Using the exterior walls, I then developed the floor plan and arranged the rooms inside. We are open to alternatives for an interesting exterior design.
Living room–dining room–kitchen: We are still unsure if the size will be sufficient. We managed to fit our furniture, but overall it does feel somewhat tight.
West side completely closed: I hadn’t considered that before; it’s a good point. I will see if I can come up with something to address it and am open to ideas.
North arrow in the floor plan: As you have noticed, it is exactly reversed; south-facing living room would be correct.
Basement: The basement is planned to include an office, heating room, laundry room, workshop, and storage for various items (we have a lot of that 🙂. If it helps, I can also label these rooms in the floor plan. A basement is a fixed requirement for us, even though the plot would allow building without a basement.
Plot and buildable area: The plot is really quite large, but the buildable area is not, because the plot has more of a pie shape and building is only permitted up to a maximum of 18m (59 feet) back.
I initially thought about placing the garage at the street, but you would then have to keep a 3m (10 feet) setback, which would make the remaining space for the house very narrow. I couldn’t come up with good floor plans for that either, especially since the door would then be on the narrow side.
A few more details: With a 3m (10 feet) setback from the street and neighbors, the building envelope along the street is 10.3m (34 feet) wide. It extends 15m (49 feet) back from the street and is about 17m (56 feet) wide at the rear.
Building projections: We don’t want a simple rectangular box with a roof, as we don’t find that appealing. That’s how we arrived at the projections. Using the exterior walls, I then developed the floor plan and arranged the rooms inside. We are open to alternatives for an interesting exterior design.
Living room–dining room–kitchen: We are still unsure if the size will be sufficient. We managed to fit our furniture, but overall it does feel somewhat tight.
West side completely closed: I hadn’t considered that before; it’s a good point. I will see if I can come up with something to address it and am open to ideas.
03C0MalDaumen schrieb:
At first, I also considered placing the garage at the front of the property, but you have to maintain a 3m (10 feet) setback there, which would make the remaining space for the house very narrow. Cars are not like budgerigars that need to share a cage as a pair. You can have a parking space on each side within the building setback, possibly enclosed as a garage, or even with an additional extension. Always position the house first, and the garage second, so that the secondary elements don’t become the main focus.
03C0MalDaumen schrieb:
Building projections: We don’t want a simple box with a roof on top, since we don’t like that look. That led us to include the projections. With the exterior walls defined, I then created the floor plan and arranged the rooms inside.
We are open to alternatives for an interesting exterior appearance. Styling a house attractively doesn’t require showing skin. First shape the form, then add color – not the other way around.
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I would quickly plan to build on the plot in this direction...
A partially integrated garage within the building is not the cheapest option either, but it won't differ much given the quite unusual trapezoid shape. This leaves the southwest side free. And looking at the development plan, there is also only a small building area left on the neighboring plot on the southwest side, so the view really remains "unobstructed" here.
A partially integrated garage within the building is not the cheapest option either, but it won't differ much given the quite unusual trapezoid shape. This leaves the southwest side free. And looking at the development plan, there is also only a small building area left on the neighboring plot on the southwest side, so the view really remains "unobstructed" here.
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