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.
What could also be considered here is the Florenz by Rentsch (I am only referring to the layout).
With a few minor adjustments (for example, removing the pantry, combining the children’s rooms upstairs on the left as per the plan and making them slightly narrower, possibly removing the recessed bay window, and moving the terrace to the left on the plan), this is certainly an option if you are a bit more adventurous.
With a few minor adjustments (for example, removing the pantry, combining the children’s rooms upstairs on the left as per the plan and making them slightly narrower, possibly removing the recessed bay window, and moving the terrace to the left on the plan), this is certainly an option if you are a bit more adventurous.
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icarus12310 Mar 2023 07:29K a t j a schrieb:
Another option to consider here is the Florenz design by Rentsch (I’m referring only to the layout).
With a few minor adjustments (for example, removing the pantry, moving the children’s rooms upstairs together to the left side of the plan and slightly narrower, possibly removing the recessed bay window, terrace moved to the left side of the plan), this could definitely work if you’re a bit more adventurous.
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[ATTACH alt="grundrissplanung-stadtvilla-145-622288-2.jpg"]78860[/ATTACH] Hmm, but with that we would have the staircase located in the nice rear south/west area … which I think would be a shame for the study on the north side.
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icarus12310 Mar 2023 13:25ypg schrieb:
I experimented a bit with the garage placement and the villa-style appearance. Unfortunately, the lawn seed didn’t quite make it up to the northern side 😉
The office door is transparent. Of course, the windows could be a bit larger—I based their size on the original floor plan dimensions (due to budget). The bathroom probably needs some more refinement as well 🙂 I went back to the drawings, inspired by different staircases and layouts from the split floor plans!
I originally wanted to adapt the floor plan here from ypg for our plot, but I couldn’t fit the layout lengthwise instead of widthwise.. do you have any ideas?
Best regards
I generally think that's a good idea, but always try to include the terrace in the plan along with the corresponding doors. Otherwise, you quickly lose the connection to the garden and might not realize, for example, that it’s nicer if the kitchen borders the terrace rather than the sofa. 😉
Yes, place the garage not on the left side bordering the property line, but at the bottom (in your latest drafts). You’ll have to turn the car a bit more, but after all, cars have steering wheels.
icarus123 schrieb:
I actually wanted to adapt the floor plan from ypg for our plot here, but I couldn’t manage the layout lengthwise instead of widthwise.. do you have any ideas?
Cheers
Yes, place the garage not on the left side bordering the property line, but at the bottom (in your latest drafts). You’ll have to turn the car a bit more, but after all, cars have steering wheels.
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icarus12310 Mar 2023 15:09K a t j a schrieb:
I generally think it’s a good idea, but always try to include the terrace with the corresponding doors in the plan. Otherwise, you quickly lose the connection to the garden and might not realize, for example, that it’s nicer if the kitchen borders the terrace rather than the sofa. 😉
Yes, don’t place the garage on the left side boundary but at the bottom side (based on your latest drafts). You will have to take another turn, but the car does have a steering wheel. Thanks for the tip about the kitchen/garden/terrace! I have now drawn something we really like. Can you still spot any pitfalls or other impractical design flaws?
icarus123 schrieb:
I actually wanted to adapt the floor plan here from ypg for our plot, but I couldn’t manage the layout lengthwise instead of widthwise.. do you have any ideas? So you like the idea with the courtyard and the courtyard garage? Am I understanding that correctly?
And you’re also open to a straight staircase, as I see? I think that’s good. It’s always best to keep some options open – often that leads to a really good design. It’s different if you get too fixed on one thing right from the start.
I tried again just now... but I’m still working on it.
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