ᐅ Floor Plan with 3 Children’s Bedrooms in a Single-Family Home – Potential?

Created on: 21 Nov 2023 21:34

Hello dear forum,

We have a serviced plot (north-facing) of 570sqm (about 6,135 sq ft) and are now trying to figure out how to develop it.

Site plan of a building area with plots, roads, and yellow highlighted section

Requirements
- 3 children's rooms, 1 bedroom, bathroom on upper floor
- Utility room on upper/lower floor (possibly a laundry chute to the lower floor)
- Passage from garage to house with a mudroom/coatroom
- Garage attached to the east side of the house, allowed on the property boundary
- 2 full stories plus basement, or knee wall >2m (over 2 yards) on upper floor
- Fully basement preferred if affordable
- Pantry next to kitchen, no long way from entrance to kitchen
- Minimal bay windows/extravagances needed

After trying some online planners, we started with paper and pencil. Scale is 1mm = 10cm (4 inches).

The floor plan would suit us, except for the presumed building costs: 12×11 m (39×36 ft). Reducing dimensions by 1-2 meters (3-6 ft) would likely help.

We based the room sizes and distances on spaces we know from our parents’ homes and friends.

Ground floor

Hand-drawn floor plan sketch of a house with interior rooms on graph paper

Upper floor

Hand-drawn floor plan of a building on graph paper: several rooms, doors, and walls.

I think the most likely option is to set back the west or south wall. Is it still possible to save meaningful space there without making it feel cramped, or are we on the wrong track?

I will add images with room labels if this isn’t clear. The ground floor has a guest bathroom on the left and a utility room on the right.

Thanks for your feedback!

Best regards!

Hand-drawn floor plan of a house with room layout, doors, stairs, and furniture.

ypg23 Nov 2023 00:22

#19

11ant schrieb:

Better not, that would be about 210 sqm (2,260 sq ft),

Ahem… with a garage on the east side, which might be double-sized, the building area for the house could become quite tight.

haydee23 Nov 2023 08:02

#20

11ant schrieb:

Would you, like @Nordlys, design the staircase in your next house so that it fully leads up to the attic?

Although I wasn’t directly addressed, I would never give up a full staircase to the attic again. It caused us a lot of headaches during the planning phase, but without a basement it was worth its weight in gold.

haydee23 Nov 2023 08:10

#21

The 550 €/cubic meter is far too low.
What is your budget for the house excluding the garage and additional building costs?
Which DIY tasks can realistically be completed by yourselves – the materials still have to be paid for.

markusla23 Nov 2023 09:19

#22

Our 180 sqm (1,938 sq ft) have 890 cbm (31,430 cu ft), and multiplying that by 550 works quite well for us at least.

K a t j a23 Nov 2023 11:28

#23

patalmtt schrieb:

We have a serviced plot (north-facing) of 570 sqm (about 6,135 sq ft)

patalmtt schrieb:

The plot is not exactly tiny

I would still consider it rather small.

patalmtt schrieb:

We will provide updates when we have news.

At the moment, I would mainly be interested in the budget and the exact dimensions of the building plot (or building envelope).

11ant23 Nov 2023 13:07

#24

K a t j a schrieb:

I would consider it quite small.

In the past, we used to have an emperor, but nowadays, I find 570 square meters (6,135 square feet) quite reasonable. For a detached single-family house, around 450 square meters (4,844 square feet) is considered the minimum size, which, in my opinion, is also sufficient. Larger would be more comfortable, but first, you have to be able to afford it.

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ᐅ Floor Plan with 3 Children’s Bedrooms in a Single-Family Home – Potential?

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