ᐅ Floor Plan Design for New Single-Family Home – 610 sqm Plot – Feedback Welcome

How old are the children that they don’t want to retreat to their rooms or prefer sitting in the dark? I don’t know any 12-year-old who finds an open space above the dining table so cool that they never want to see sunlight themselves.

And especially when the main living area is as bright as a theatre stage, it becomes even more noticeable when you enter a northeast-facing room.

house4family schrieb:

Or is there another building regulation requirement you know of that mandates the 5m?

It is at least stated in some state building codes (LBOs). And unless otherwise specified, it applies. It serves to protect other road users, so why should this be considered less important in some places?

house4family schrieb:

Oh, this is such a pleasant tone here with you! ... the positive feedback from some forum members really helps! Thank you for that.

Well, let’s say this: you either don’t respond to criticism at all or you downplay it. That is also a form of communication, but one you won’t benefit from. Ask yourself whether you want to communicate here or if you’re able to accept genuine criticism. You wouldn’t be the first who just wants to present their house here.

house4family schrieb:

What puzzles me is that almost all professional publications manage without the much-praised dimension chains here. So is there really no expert audience present here?

You’re not in a specialist forum here, but in a forum for non-professionals. And precisely the demand for missing dimension chains (if that is the case) should be noteworthy: without them, hardly anything can be seriously assessed. Overall, only processes and orientation can be considered, but not dimensions, which naturally play a significant role in floor plan drafts.

house4family schrieb:

Since I am new here, I am very curious whether there will be any serious and well-founded contributions.

Apart from the fact that no floor plans have yet been posted that can be viewed without downloading, the measurements would likely be missing anyway. I like the views except for the northwest one. The question is: why isn’t the garage located in the northwest?

hanse987 schrieb:

Is it allowed to have the garage there? Usually, it must be at least 5 m (16 feet) away from the street almost everywhere.

If the gate can be opened electrically when approaching, it usually is allowed.

house4family schrieb:

The positive feedback from some forum members really helps! Thanks for that.

Should we read that between the lines as if you wouldn’t appreciate valuable warnings?

house4family schrieb:

What puzzles me, however, is that almost all technical publications manage perfectly well without the much-praised measurement chains mentioned here.

Please name such technical publications (note: no links!), I’m eager to learn more.

house4family schrieb:

Since I’m still new here, I’m very curious whether there will be any serious and well-founded posts.

It’s an open secret that only about seventeen thousand of my posts are actually useful, and the ENTIRE REST (also a good four hundred twenty) are really just rants against inspectors and real estate agents *shame*; unfortunately, from @Escroda, known as the king of serious, well-founded contributions, there are no posts here anymore, and also none from @kaho674. Most recently, we sadly lost @hampshire. Well, the air is getting thinner. But in a free country, it’s up to you to decide whether you want to offer the remaining community members a bowl of measurements or not.

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Myrna_Loy schrieb:

not wanting to retreat to their rooms or preferring to sit in the dark?

- We have a window-to-net floor area ratio of 27.86%, while the Lower Saxony Building Code requires at least 12.5%, and DIN EN 17037:2019-03 considers 20 - 25% optimal daylighting. Additionally, both rooms receive light from two different cardinal directions. I’m happy to reconsider that point. The open spatial concept was one of the most important aspects of our design. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to orient everything to the south in one plan.

ypg schrieb:

at least in some state building codes

As far as I know, there is no corresponding provision in Lower Saxony. Here, 0.5H applies.

ypg schrieb:

why is the garage not in the NW?

- Garage location: Based on optimizing the plot use in relation to the sun’s path. The goal is to create the largest possible garden area facing south. With the garage on the east side, we would only get proper evening sunlight in a garden strip at least 6.6m (22 feet) wide, and the kitchen would be closer to the neighboring building.

What else is there to say? You argue using DIN standards on window areas, but for you, the most important part of the house is an open space that is basically just an architectural gimmick, previously reserved for architecturally well-designed villas – that north-facing light is always cool and on winter days with bad weather produces rather gray-blue daylight… doesn’t matter. For you, it is more important to have a bright, light-filled dining and master bedroom area than to provide the children’s work and living spaces with psychologically beneficial lighting conditions.

I had a northeast-facing room and, except in the height of summer with good weather, I always had to use artificial light to work or play in the room.

For me, the priorities are just not right.