ᐅ Suggestion – Feedback on Floor Plan for Single-Family House, 320 sqm
Created on: 4 May 2014 08:10
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chaosandi
Hello,
I would like to join some previous contributors and ask for opinions on “my” floor plan:
The requirements were:
From the development plan: 1.5 stories, roof pitch 30-48°, building envelope fixed.
Spacious living atmosphere, practical and comfortable living.
Home office not in the living area.
Upper floor only for family, children have their own bathroom.
Double garage.
Full basement.
I don’t have the basement floor plan on hand right now.
It includes a home office, a hobby room (home theater, bar, foosball, billiards, or similar),
a fitness/wellness room, technical room, and an extra room for miscellaneous uses.
The guest bathroom on the ground floor will be made larger by slightly reducing the utility room. Otherwise, it would be too compact. There will probably also be a door from the garage to the garden.
The kitchen layout is not yet finalized (furniture and fixtures are just examples). The same applies to the living room.
Access to the living room will be through double doors.
What would bother you most here? What would you do differently?
Thanks for your effort
Andi
I would like to join some previous contributors and ask for opinions on “my” floor plan:
The requirements were:
From the development plan: 1.5 stories, roof pitch 30-48°, building envelope fixed.
Spacious living atmosphere, practical and comfortable living.
Home office not in the living area.
Upper floor only for family, children have their own bathroom.
Double garage.
Full basement.
I don’t have the basement floor plan on hand right now.
It includes a home office, a hobby room (home theater, bar, foosball, billiards, or similar),
a fitness/wellness room, technical room, and an extra room for miscellaneous uses.
The guest bathroom on the ground floor will be made larger by slightly reducing the utility room. Otherwise, it would be too compact. There will probably also be a door from the garage to the garden.
The kitchen layout is not yet finalized (furniture and fixtures are just examples). The same applies to the living room.
Access to the living room will be through double doors.
What would bother you most here? What would you do differently?
Thanks for your effort
Andi
chaosandi schrieb:
The ceiling height on the ground floor is 2.80m (9 ft 2 in), which is usually enough height for a door under the stairs. Is the entrance supposed to be at steps 9 and 10? I just counted on our stairs: step 9 is at about 1.70m (5 ft 7 in), but there isn’t enough space for a door there yet.
Our door to the utility room (also located under stairs) starts at step 12/13.
Only very short people could fit through such a door. In a house this size, placing the entrance to the guest bathroom at such a low height is simply poor planning. My guests shouldn’t have to crouch to use the bathroom.
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chaosandi5 May 2014 18:26Jaydee schrieb:
So the entrance is supposed to be at stair steps 9 and 10? I just counted here: stair step 9 is at about 1.70 meters (5 ft 7 in), but there’s still no space for a door there.
Our utility room door (which is also located under a staircase) starts at around steps 12/13.
Only very short people could fit through that door. In such a large house, putting the entrance to the guest bathroom at such a low height is simply poor planning. My guests don’t have to crouch to use the bathroom.OK, thanks for the advice. I will send this directly to my architect. Let’s see what he says.
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Wanderdüne5 May 2014 18:28chaosandi schrieb:
...The bedroom just happened... You can see that, but you can also spend money for value received.
chaosandi schrieb:
And having a master bathroom attached to the bedroom is standard nowadays, right? No, and if so, a room with a toilet usually also includes a washbasin.
chaosandi schrieb:
ALL items currently shown on the floor plan are only placeholders. They were never discussed with me, but serve purely for illustration. That’s why neither... nor... fit. However, the proposed furnishing is very important for the design process (interior-exterior relationships, sightlines, etc.).
chaosandi schrieb:
... laundry chute ... What speaks against handling the laundry where it primarily occurs?
chaosandi schrieb:
The cloakroom is currently under the staircase leading upstairs. And how large is the cloakroom then? In the usual range for hanging coats, more or less than 40 cm (16 inches)? For 4 people plus guests in a 320 m² (3,444 sq ft) house costing an estimated 500k?
I like the idea of considering stair usage in the daily routine.
chaosandi schrieb:
So, this now sounds like I want to “defend” my house. It rather sounds like a willingness to accept limited utility, which doesn’t have to be the case in a new build.
WD
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chaosandi5 May 2014 18:36I have a toilet but NO sink?? 😱 I hope you overlooked something there.
Since I don’t have much imagination, I asked my architect for 3D renderings of the entrance area. These are still pending. Hopefully, that will clarify my entrance situation.
I have several kitchen planner appointments scheduled over the next two weeks. So the kitchen won’t be designed by my architect together with me, but he will, of course, incorporate the plans accordingly and, if necessary, adjust the floor plan again.
I will also have him design a possible furniture layout for the living room.
Many thanks for your contributions. I’m glad you’re really approaching the answers critically. Keep it up...
Since I don’t have much imagination, I asked my architect for 3D renderings of the entrance area. These are still pending. Hopefully, that will clarify my entrance situation.
I have several kitchen planner appointments scheduled over the next two weeks. So the kitchen won’t be designed by my architect together with me, but he will, of course, incorporate the plans accordingly and, if necessary, adjust the floor plan again.
I will also have him design a possible furniture layout for the living room.
Many thanks for your contributions. I’m glad you’re really approaching the answers critically. Keep it up...
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Wanderdüne5 May 2014 19:07chaosandi schrieb:
I have a toilet but NO washbasin?? 😱 I hope you overlooked something there.That’s what I hoped too.
Does the “niche” for the toilet have its own door?
That would be necessary to avoid unintentionally informing the sleeper about the digestive status of the legumes. (The door to the bathroom alone is not enough.)
And if the niche has a door, then having a washbasin definitely makes sense...
WD
Wanderdüne schrieb:
No, and if so, usually you would plan a washbasin in a room with a toilet.That is the long thing to the right of the entrance door.
Otherwise, I agree with you: for 500k, you could expect something different.
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