ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a 170 m² Urban Villa

MauBaby2020 schrieb:

Single-family home – urban villa with 170m2 (1,830 sq ft) including garage, no basement – dissatisfied with floor plan design

Hello,

We have been planning our floor plan for over a year now. Unfortunately, after the fifth draft, I am still not satisfied—at least with the ground floor. In my opinion, the upper floor turned out really well.
Maybe you can help me/us. We have the following issues:
- Too narrow distance between sofa and TV
- Long walking distances due to straight staircase
- No cloakroom (due to the narrow hallway, placing one under the stairs is not an option)
Do you have any suggestions for improvement?
We also don’t want to start completely from scratch again.
Important for us were:
Urban villa style
Garage access through the utility/laundry room and pantry
Large windows, large kitchen

Thank you very much

Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 1,600 m2 (17,200 sq ft)
Slight slope
Plot ratio
Floor area ratio
Building envelope, building line, and boundary available
Peripheral development: yes
Number of parking spaces
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type
Architectural style: urban villa
Orientation: south
Maximum heights / limitations
Further requirements

Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, number of floors – no basement
Number of people, ages: 3 people
Space requirements for ground and upper floors
Office: family use and home office
Overnight guests per year: several
Open or closed floor plan
Traditional or modern construction
Open kitchen with island: island kitchen
Number of dining seats
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall
Balcony / roof terrace
Garage / carport: garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why something should or should not be included

House design
Who created the design:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect: yes
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: 380,000 (with many DIY tasks)
Personal budget limit for the house, including fixtures and fittings:
Preferred heating system: heat pump

If you have to give up something, which details or features
- Can you do without:
- Cannot do without:

Why was the design created as it is now? For example:
Standard design from the planner?
Which requests were implemented by the architect? Yes
A mix of many examples from various magazines... partly also from show homes
What makes it, in your opinion, particularly good or bad? Space between couch and TV, long walking distances, narrow hallway

What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?

The budget is not sufficient, even for a shell house.
The terrace extends beyond the building boundary.
What is the purpose of this huge yard?
Why does the garage have such an expensive roof?
Is a second child planned?
Are there customer visits?

Now I also understand why nothing is progressing. Neither the information nor the budget is sufficient, and no one can identify the property boundaries. On top of that, the oversized design with a massive driveway and a paved courtyard seems excessive. In my opinion, all of this is quite unrealistic.

MauBaby2020 schrieb:

Who created the design:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect: yes

This worries me on your behalf.

If I open the front door and almost fall down the stairs (okay, a slight exaggeration), and there is no coat rack in sight, I don’t need to worry about anything else because this is already a dead end.

K a t j a schrieb:

Now I’m not surprised that nothing is progressing. Neither the information provided nor the budget is sufficient, and no one can identify the plot boundaries. On top of that, the oversized design with a massive driveway and paved courtyard seems, in my opinion, quite unrealistic.

haydee schrieb:

Please fill out the questionnaire
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/grundriss-planung-unbedingt-vor-beitrag-erstellung-lesen.11714/

The straight staircase in the middle of the house is your problem

haydee schrieb:

Please fill out the questionnaire
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/grundriss-planung-unbedingt-vor-beitrag-erstellung-lesen.11714/

The straight staircase in the middle of the house is your problem

Well, progress is slow because of pregnancy, a child, and so on. We also didn’t want to start building in winter. I have no need or intention to disclose the exact budget. I think it’s rather unfair to write such things without knowing the background. I just put something down. I’ve read that everything tends to be criticized harshly here. But still… I am aware that the floor plan isn’t great. That’s why I’m asking for suggestions to improve it.

You can only build as permitted, and the site conditions allow no alternatives. That wasn’t even my question… it’s only about the floor plan…

MauBaby2020 schrieb:

I don’t want to and don’t need to specify the budget exactly... I just wrote something.

???
Without a budget, the floor plan can’t be properly evaluated. As it stands, you could only build a house half that size. So you would have to try to reduce everything drastically. The budget is a crucial piece of information.

MauBaby2020 schrieb:

You are only allowed to build this way, and the site conditions don’t allow anything else. That wasn’t my question... I’m only asking about the floor plan...

Allowed to build only this way? There’s no information about the zoning or building regulations. Do you want help or not?