Hello dear forum members.
I have been quietly following for some time and would now like to take the opportunity to gather some tips and advice. We are currently planning our house and would like to share our initial drafts with you.
We are completely flexible in the planning and want a functional home for 4 people. Important features for us are a kitchen island, fireplace, and walk-in shower on the ground floor.
We would appreciate any tips and suggestions, as we have never planned or built a house before.
Thank you very much in advance.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size 774 m² (8,328 sq ft)
Slope no
Floor area ratio 0.25
Site coverage ratio
Building envelope, building line and boundary 12 m wide (39 ft)
Edge building: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: hip roof
Style: urban villa
Orientation: garden terrace south/west
Maximum heights / limits 8.5 m ridge (28 ft)
Bend protection strip including bend 6.8 m (22 ft)
Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Mediterranean
Urban villa, 2 full floors
Number of residents, ages: 4 persons, 28, 32, 3, 1
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Office: partial home office
Open kitchen, kitchen island yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Garage: yes
House design
Who designed it: general contractor (GC)
What do you like most? Why?
What do you dislike? Upstairs bathroom not finalized yet, drainage pipe is annoying.
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: fixed price with buffer available
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give something up, which details/extras
- can give up: many things except those below
- cannot give up: fireplace, kitchen island, walk-in shower
Why did the design turn out the way it is?
Design by GC planner based on sketch.
I have been quietly following for some time and would now like to take the opportunity to gather some tips and advice. We are currently planning our house and would like to share our initial drafts with you.
We are completely flexible in the planning and want a functional home for 4 people. Important features for us are a kitchen island, fireplace, and walk-in shower on the ground floor.
We would appreciate any tips and suggestions, as we have never planned or built a house before.
Thank you very much in advance.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size 774 m² (8,328 sq ft)
Slope no
Floor area ratio 0.25
Site coverage ratio
Building envelope, building line and boundary 12 m wide (39 ft)
Edge building: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: hip roof
Style: urban villa
Orientation: garden terrace south/west
Maximum heights / limits 8.5 m ridge (28 ft)
Bend protection strip including bend 6.8 m (22 ft)
Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Mediterranean
Urban villa, 2 full floors
Number of residents, ages: 4 persons, 28, 32, 3, 1
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Office: partial home office
Open kitchen, kitchen island yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Garage: yes
House design
Who designed it: general contractor (GC)
What do you like most? Why?
What do you dislike? Upstairs bathroom not finalized yet, drainage pipe is annoying.
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: fixed price with buffer available
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give something up, which details/extras
- can give up: many things except those below
- cannot give up: fireplace, kitchen island, walk-in shower
Why did the design turn out the way it is?
Design by GC planner based on sketch.
@K a t j a ... the public parking area effectively reduces the space where @icarus123 can access their property. In post 19, there is a plan with a few side lengths of the plot (including the section up to the potential driveway).
I just dug up an older floor plan in another thread that might also provide some inspiration. The house dimensions are basically the same as in the original thread, just rotated. It could look like this on the plot:
The floor plans for it (I adjusted the north arrow) include an oven symbolized by the orange circle on the ground floor, which should also fit on the upper floor. Also, for more light in the hallway, there's a "internal window" shown in blue from the living area towards the hallway.
Here, the utility room would be located next to the heat pump, with the staircase also positioned in the shaded north side. The office would be on the ground floor, which I generally prefer.
The kitchen is about the same size as you had planned, with direct access to the terrace area.
If a hipped roof is absolutely necessary, it would also provide a larger roof surface area in a good position for photovoltaic panels facing southeast.
I just dug up an older floor plan in another thread that might also provide some inspiration. The house dimensions are basically the same as in the original thread, just rotated. It could look like this on the plot:
The floor plans for it (I adjusted the north arrow) include an oven symbolized by the orange circle on the ground floor, which should also fit on the upper floor. Also, for more light in the hallway, there's a "internal window" shown in blue from the living area towards the hallway.
Here, the utility room would be located next to the heat pump, with the staircase also positioned in the shaded north side. The office would be on the ground floor, which I generally prefer.
The kitchen is about the same size as you had planned, with direct access to the terrace area.
If a hipped roof is absolutely necessary, it would also provide a larger roof surface area in a good position for photovoltaic panels facing southeast.
Great, @kbt09,
That's exactly how I imagined it.
These are things that you as the builder can and should do yourself! For your own benefit!
By dealing with the plot yourself, you avoid having the forum community piece together the puzzle bit by bit just so someone gets an overview.
That's exactly how I imagined it.
icarus123 schrieb:
So the design does not have a “north orientation” yet. They are probably still waiting for a file from the surveyor.
icarus123 schrieb:
We assumed the house width as 13.46 meters (44 feet) up to the driveway – maintaining a 3-meter (10 feet) boundary setback from the neighbor leaves 10.46 meters (34 feet) for the house. We then rounded it to 10.50 meters (34.5 feet) for the house.
These are things that you as the builder can and should do yourself! For your own benefit!
By dealing with the plot yourself, you avoid having the forum community piece together the puzzle bit by bit just so someone gets an overview.
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icarus1238 Mar 2023 21:15K a t j a schrieb:
Do you possibly also have these 2 dimensions:
[ATTACH alt="maße-einfahrt.jpg"]78818[/ATTACH] The property boundary is 18.02 m (59 feet)
The driveway is 6 m (20 feet)