ᐅ Single-Family Home Floor Plan for Two – Feedback Welcome
Created on: 11 Dec 2021 13:04
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Ostseefan12
Hello everyone, I have been following this forum for some time as we are planning to build a house. There are two of us, and we want to build a captain’s house. We would appreciate any suggestions and feedback.
Regarding the questionnaire:
Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 705 m² (8506 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: 0.35
Floor space index: none
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see attachment, plot no. 18
Edge development: no
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 1
Roof shape: free choice
Architectural style: traditional
Orientation: EAST-WEST
Maximum heights / limits Eaves height 9 m (30 ft)
Additional requirements: none
Client Requirements
Building type: captain’s house with a gable roof at 45°
No basement, ground floor, upper floor, converted attic
Number of residents, age: 2, approx. 50 years old
Space requirements: ground floor and upper floor as per floor plan
No office or dedicated workspaces
Regular overnight guests per year: 2 persons
Conservative construction style
Open kitchen with kitchen island desired
Number of dining seats: 6 to 8
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony or roof terrace: no
Garage or carport: rather no
Utility garden or greenhouse: no
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain things are or are not wanted
House Design
Designer: own modifications based on various designs by building companies
What do you like most? Why? Fits our lifestyle, home cinema possible, therefore no TV in the living room
What do you not like? Why? I am quite uncertain about the bathrooms.
Estimated price according to architect/planner: 600k
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 750k
Preferred heating system: air heat pump with underfloor heating
If you have to forego anything, which details/expansions
- can you do without:
- can you not do without: actually nothing
Why did the design turn out the way it is now? For example:
A mix of many examples from various magazines…
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad? We have accommodated all the rooms we need and probably have enough space
What is the most important fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Will the floor plan work as it is? Are there suggestions for improvement?
Regarding the questionnaire:
Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 705 m² (8506 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: 0.35
Floor space index: none
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see attachment, plot no. 18
Edge development: no
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 1
Roof shape: free choice
Architectural style: traditional
Orientation: EAST-WEST
Maximum heights / limits Eaves height 9 m (30 ft)
Additional requirements: none
Client Requirements
Building type: captain’s house with a gable roof at 45°
No basement, ground floor, upper floor, converted attic
Number of residents, age: 2, approx. 50 years old
Space requirements: ground floor and upper floor as per floor plan
No office or dedicated workspaces
Regular overnight guests per year: 2 persons
Conservative construction style
Open kitchen with kitchen island desired
Number of dining seats: 6 to 8
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony or roof terrace: no
Garage or carport: rather no
Utility garden or greenhouse: no
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain things are or are not wanted
House Design
Designer: own modifications based on various designs by building companies
What do you like most? Why? Fits our lifestyle, home cinema possible, therefore no TV in the living room
What do you not like? Why? I am quite uncertain about the bathrooms.
Estimated price according to architect/planner: 600k
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 750k
Preferred heating system: air heat pump with underfloor heating
If you have to forego anything, which details/expansions
- can you do without:
- can you not do without: actually nothing
Why did the design turn out the way it is now? For example:
A mix of many examples from various magazines…
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad? We have accommodated all the rooms we need and probably have enough space
What is the most important fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Will the floor plan work as it is? Are there suggestions for improvement?
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Ostseefan1211 Dec 2021 18:5711ant schrieb:
Is the roof feature in "Work 1" supposed to be a batten dormer?
And despite having two study rooms, is there only going to be a single garage?
To me, the ridge direction looks more like north-south rather than east-west (?) No, not a batten dormer, it’s a trapezoidal dormer. I just couldn’t show it properly. And by study rooms, I actually mean personal retreat spaces. There won’t be any home office use or similar there. Just tax paperwork and other personal matters. We will indeed only have one car.
The north arrow is rotated. Maybe it would have been smarter to rotate the house.
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Ostseefan1211 Dec 2021 19:02hampshire schrieb:
That is consistent.
In my opinion, rightly so. Try placing the furniture to scale as a test.
Always having to go through the dressing room from the home office to the bathroom would be annoying.
Very pragmatic. What does your heart say?
The staircase situation, as @ypg already mentioned, should be reconsidered.
- Make the access to the second workspace through the first one; this makes the rooms more practical.
- Ensure that you have access to the bathroom upstairs directly from the hallway. (see above)
- Go through the furnishing and your movement patterns—does it fit your lifestyle?
- The pantry is very modern right now but, in this layout, questionable—it only allows for a few shelves. A hallway access would optimize walking routes and save a lot of steps after shopping.
- The captain’s element is not functionally necessary; if you love it, keep it—I find it somewhat artificial.
- Do you have to build a square footprint? If not, you can get better room layouts (and less hallway space)—unless you are really into this fleeting trend.
- The windows, especially in the main living area on the ground floor, could be a bit larger.
- Have you considered what you will see from the windows and the kind of light you will get...?
- The side entrance is a great idea if you have a room behind it that can be used as a "mudroom"—for example, for a dog—or does the Corvette get a garage? The big combustion engines stink quite a bit; I wouldn’t want that in the house.
For the budget, I would build something more inspiring. To me, the design feels very conservative within what "is common nowadays"—like a Mercedes C-Class sedan. Everyone is different though; maybe that’s exactly what you want. We know that this will be a house built in a very conventional way, but that is exactly what we want. Rather plain. The plot is 21.68 meters (71 feet) wide, so the house width cannot be increased arbitrarily. Instead of a Corvette, an electric car is planned 😎 . But there will indeed be a dog. Access to the bathroom is definitely an option.
Ostseefan12 schrieb:
The north arrow is rotated.I noticed that, but the house axis is aligned just as east-west according to the compass: so north-south instead of east-west (?)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Ostseefan12 schrieb:
The staircase is intended to be a quarter-turn staircase. Then you should also draw a quarter-turn staircase. However, a space-saving staircase, which is typically used in terraced houses, seems out of place in a hallway that is over 20sqm (215 sq ft).
Ostseefan12 schrieb:
In our current house, it reaches a clear headroom of 2 m after about 3 m. …yours is drawn 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in) long… Ostseefan12 schrieb:
We already know that this is a house built in a very conventional way, but that is exactly what we want. Rather boring. On the contrary: from the structure, you can clearly see the rather dull standard base. What you did was slightly distort the upper floor in order to fit four more than generous rooms there. The ground floor follows suit. So, although technically doable upstairs, it results in an unsolved Tetris-like layout. What's left is volume… 250sqm (2690 sq ft). Ostseefan12 schrieb:
The plot is 21.68 m wide, so the width of the house cannot be arbitrarily increased. I believe you that if you had a 30-meter (98 ft) plot width, the house would be even wider 😉 I personally find it a bit unfortunate that in a 13-meter (43 ft) long house, the open-plan area is given a bottleneck shape, placing the narrowest point in the space that requires the most area.
Overall, my advice is to have the house designed by an architect. The goal is not just to stretch the external dimensions to fit a number of rooms. It should work coherently and harmoniously… large house, large staircase, large wall areas, large windows, large hallway, and then access from that hallway to the bathroom, etc. This way, you also avoid exceeding the maximum building height and overlooking other regulations.
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Ostseefan1211 Dec 2021 22:4811ant schrieb:
I saw that, but the house axis is just as much east-west as the compass: so north-south instead of east-west (?)I don’t understand the question. The entrance is on the east side.O
Ostseefan1211 Dec 2021 22:50I believe you that if you had 30 meters (98 feet) of plot width, the house would be even wider 😉
Personally, I find it a bit unfortunate to give the open-plan area a dogbone shape in a house that is 13 meters (43 feet) long, and the place that requires the most space ends up being the narrowest spot.
That's true, there really is no reason to constrict the dining area.
Personally, I find it a bit unfortunate to give the open-plan area a dogbone shape in a house that is 13 meters (43 feet) long, and the place that requires the most space ends up being the narrowest spot.
That's true, there really is no reason to constrict the dining area.
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