ᐅ Floor Plan Ideas for the Ground Floor of a Semi-Detached House

Created on: 23 May 2022 18:05
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Thunderbolz
Hello everyone,

I am looking for ideas to optimize the use of space on the ground floor of our semi-detached house currently under construction.

The floor plans show the standard versions. We would like to close off the hallway to create a small entrance area. This is a bit challenging because the staircase and the door to the boiler room are awkwardly positioned. The boiler room door can only be installed to open outwards.
We are also considering extending the wall between the stairs and the living room to create a TV corner there. However, we are unsure if this would reduce the natural light too much.
The house is oriented east-west and has interior dimensions of 5.47 m x 11.37 m (18 ft x 37 ft).
I would appreciate any ideas!

Grundriss eines Hauses mit Garage, SW-Terrasse, Wohnen/Essen, Küche, Diele und WC
Yaso2.024 May 2022 09:53
I find the kitchen very massive. My suggestion would be this...

Shorten the kitchen and use the space as a cloakroom. The kitchen window would, of course, need to be larger.

This way, you would also have the desired entrance vestibule (which I personally wouldn’t prefer).

Floor plan of a house: living/dining area, kitchen, stairs, WC, parking space/garage
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driver55
24 May 2022 10:01
Yaso2.0 schrieb:

I find the kitchen quite overwhelming. My suggestion would be like this..
Or like this…
Floor plan of a house: open living room with dining table, sofa, kitchen, hallway, WC, and stairs.


There are many much better floor plans…
Yaso2.024 May 2022 10:09
driver55 schrieb:

There are many significantly better floor plans...

Definitely!

But since the original poster mentioned that the toilet and soil pipe locations are fixed and cannot be changed.
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Scout**
24 May 2022 13:27
Is it allowed to rotate the staircase, so that the lower flight starts at the top of the ground floor plan? The layout would still work that way.

Then the air source heat pump and the electrical panel could be placed under the stairs, freeing up a significant part of the sanitary pipe chamber for other uses.
The U-shaped kitchen with 4.17 m (13.7 feet) long sides also seems too large to me; it would still function well with about 1 m (3.3 feet) less.
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Myrna_Loy
24 May 2022 14:22
driver55 schrieb:

Or something like this…


There are many significantly better floor plans…
Nice idea, but without the terrace door you marked, this is a very, very dark room, and the utility/technical room would get the west-facing window. Unfortunately, no changes are allowed to the windows.
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Thunderbolz
24 May 2022 14:45
Hi. I’ve been thinking about the design and created a to-scale layout using the Ikea kitchen planner. So far, it does not include the recess for the coat rack. What do you think?

Bright 3D entrance area and hallway with door openings at the end of the corridor


Floor plan of a house: open living and dining area with dining table, kitchen area, stairs, and doors.


Kitchen/dining area: long white table with wooden chairs, blue walls, and wooden flooring.


Modern white kitchen: sink under window, cooktop, oven, and extractor hood.


Bright room with white dining table and six light wooden chairs; door on the left, wooden floor.


Modern kitchen with dining table and chairs, oven on the left, large window, shelves on the right.


Bright living room in IKEA planner: white sofa, dark wood flooring, large window front, door.


3D kitchen plan with gray walls, open shelves, two doors, dining table with wooden chairs


Interior: door on the left, window on the right, light blue walls, wooden slats in the foreground.


3D render: gray wall with panel, bench, small cabinet; dining table with chairs in the background