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.
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icarus1238 Mar 2023 21:30ypg schrieb:
Great @kbt09
That’s exactly how I imagined it.
These are the kinds of things that a homeowner can and should do themselves! For their own benefit!
You deal directly with the property instead of relying on the forum community to piece together the puzzle bit by bit just so someone can get an overview. Of course, we have looked into it, but we don’t always know 100% what to pay attention to and what is typically included.
We really didn’t want the helpers and advisors here to end up with a Sisyphean task…
icarus123 schrieb:
Maybe we’re just thinking in too traditional patterns, assuming you absolutely have to be able to go from the garage into the utility room… The door connecting the garage and the house is not a classic, but a fashionable trend (which doesn’t mean much, if you ask me).
icarus123 schrieb:
Or should we reconsider the entire floor plan this way and start with the utility room? Yes, always reconsider the whole plan. And don’t start with room X or Y, but with the complete room layout in its entirety. However, with Kerstin’s design, this is basically settled now, as it seems (adjusted for imaginative measures) suitable for adoption.
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Another draft that stays a bit closer to the original ground floor design.
I’m still uncertain about the best place for the washing machine here. Ideally, it would be in the utility room upstairs. However, the water supply and drainage are more complex there, and the room is actually needed for a home office. Putting it in the bathroom is possible and probably the most likely option, or the small storage room downstairs could be used.
The terrace doors at the top of the plan are for light only. I just want to avoid any confusion.
I’m still uncertain about the best place for the washing machine here. Ideally, it would be in the utility room upstairs. However, the water supply and drainage are more complex there, and the room is actually needed for a home office. Putting it in the bathroom is possible and probably the most likely option, or the small storage room downstairs could be used.
The terrace doors at the top of the plan are for light only. I just want to avoid any confusion.
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icarus1239 Mar 2023 07:28K a t j a schrieb:
Here is another draft that stays somewhat closer to the original design on the ground floor.
I’m still a bit unsure about where to place the washing machine. The most elegant solution would probably be in the utility room upstairs. However, the plumbing for water supply and drainage is more complicated there, and that room is actually needed for a home office. Placing it in the bathroom is possible and most likely, or alternatively, the small storage room downstairs could be used.
The terrace doors at the top of the plan are only for lighting. I just want to avoid any confusion about that.
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[ATTACH alt="A2-icarus.jpg"]78833[/ATTACH] Thank you very much for your efforts, there are really some very interesting ideas here, including ways to work with the staircase…
However, I also see the issue with the chimney again. We already struggled with that in the original design.
Does that flat-roofed room at the property boundary have a specific purpose?
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