ᐅ Floor Plan Design for New Single-Family Home – 610 sqm Plot – Feedback Welcome
Created on: 3 Jan 2022 00:26
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house4family
Unfortunately, I was no longer able to edit my previous post, so here it is again, including the floor plans and with better image quality.
Good day.
We plan to build a single-family house on a 610 sqm (6566 sq ft) plot in a new development area. We have already made some considerations. By now, we have been able to refine and clarify our wishes. At this point, we are wondering whether we might have overlooked something or if there are any suggestions for improvement.
Development Plan
Client Requirements / Wishes
We would like to thank you in advance for your active participation and support.
Good day.
We plan to build a single-family house on a 610 sqm (6566 sq ft) plot in a new development area. We have already made some considerations. By now, we have been able to refine and clarify our wishes. At this point, we are wondering whether we might have overlooked something or if there are any suggestions for improvement.
Development Plan
- Site coverage ratio 0.3
- Floor area ratio 0.8
- Number of parking spaces: 2
- Number of storeys: 1
- Brick masonry
- Roof style: gable roof with 45-degree pitch
Client Requirements / Wishes
- Family with two children
- Living space around 200 sqm (2153 sq ft)
- Target energy efficiency class KfW-40 EE (hence the thick exterior walls)
- Room requirements on the ground floor: kitchen + pantry, open-plan living and dining area, guest toilet, utility room with garden access, study/guest room
- Room requirements on the upper floor: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
- Two children's rooms approximately the same size, each at least 16 sqm (172 sq ft)
- Fireplace, preferably U-shaped, serving as a room divider between dining and living areas
- Technical room for heating system, heat pump with hot water storage, photovoltaic system with battery storage, and ventilation system with heat recovery
- Double garage including a workbench
- No basement due to a high groundwater level
- Void space to improve lighting in the ground floor and for the central corridor on the upper floor, preferably a closed void (to increase privacy in the living area and avoid cooking smells in the upper floor sleeping areas)
- Laundry chute from the master bathroom leading to the utility room Current Challenge
- Feasibility of the ceiling construction in the living and dining area with the walls above on the upper floor (question for the structural engineers)
We would like to thank you in advance for your active participation and support.
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house4family3 Jan 2022 12:23Myrna_Loy schrieb:
Is the windowless back kitchen 140 cm (55 inches) wide?- The room width is 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in), so the clear opening can be expected to be about 1.05 m (3 ft 5 in). I hope that will be sufficient...M
Myrna_Loy3 Jan 2022 12:24Creating an open space for a dining area by giving up a southwest-facing room on the upper floor really wouldn’t even cross my mind.
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Myrna_Loy3 Jan 2022 12:49Placing the children's bedrooms facing northeast towards the street while giving yourself the master bedroom is quite a statement 😀
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house4family3 Jan 2022 13:22Myrna_Loy schrieb:
Creating a double-height space for a dining area by giving up a southwest-facing room on the upper floor would never even occur to me.- Indeed, it wasn’t an easy decision for us either, but the interior space makes up for it a bit. From our perspective, the double-height space made sense only above the dining area facing southwest, where there is (at least for now) open fields. Above the living area, it would feel too tall for us — on the long side, however, we would be offering the neighbors quite interesting views ;-)
- Children’s rooms: The main living area is on the ground floor, so although we don’t think the children’s rooms in the northeast are ideally located, it’s basically acceptable. Plus, both have good natural light and are almost equally sized.
Thanks for your comment.
What would be your idea for the layout?
RomeoZwo schrieb:
In the upper floor, I especially notice many "botched corners" (what that means can be explained by @11ant), which add more square meters on paper but are hardly usable in reality (for example, in the children's rooms). I also see room areas/corners that are more like "empty calories," but without dimensions, I can’t identify any botched pockets.
house4family schrieb:
I omitted the dimensions. Are you trying to earn points for cheeky excuses with that?
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house4family3 Jan 2022 14:2111ant schrieb:
I also see some floor areas / corners that are more like “empty calories,” but without dimensions, I can’t identify any workarounds or shortcuts.
Do you want bonus points for bold excuses here? :-( Oh, what a pleasant tone you have here! ... The constructive feedback from some forum members is truly helpful! Thank you for that.
What strikes me as odd is that almost all professional publications manage perfectly well without the much-praised dimension chains mentioned here. So, is there really no expert audience present, or are they simply lacking the necessary manners, or is it just about delivering the sharpest verbal criticism?
Since I am new here, I am very curious whether there will be sincere and well-founded contributions or if this will just end up as a wild phrase-bashing. We will see... but I hope for the former, which is why I posted my contribution here.
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