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 20:14

#37

K a t j a schrieb:

With 12 by 11, you should easily break the 200 mark.

You’re right there.

K a t j a schrieb:

although in my opinion, she may have underestimated the size a bit

I have to admit, I never actually calculated the plan from the original post because it didn’t add up anyway.
And when I hear that the budget is such a secret combined with “hopefully the basement is affordable,” you can already guess where this is heading. But I also have to admit that at some point I had 9 by 11 in mind… The lack of willingness to deal with numbers comes, of course, when the user doesn’t respond to answers or seems not to read or process anything mentally.

K a t j a schrieb:

then I’m out of here too.

I’m with you.

patalmtt23 Nov 2023 20:22

#38

Of course, the 5-meter (16-foot) garage is not meant to be a double garage, but thanks for asking 🙂 The fact that this won’t be cheap is exactly why we’re discussing it. The details are still being worked out. We’ve been looking for ideas to fit three children’s bedrooms, preferably on the upper floor, along with the requirements mentioned in the original post. Obviously, not any larger.

What about the option of a attic studio combined with the master bedroom? This would allow reducing the footprint of the house. In an EH 55 house like this, will people be grilling upstairs in summer? Our references from the 1990s suggest it’s better not to.

11ant24 Nov 2023 01:34

#39

patalmtt schrieb:

The reason for the topic is that the whole thing wouldn’t be cheap. Details still need to be worked out.

Without clear statements on the budget, it is difficult to assess whether the "workable material" really only refers to details.

patalmtt schrieb:

How about the option of a roof studio with a master bedroom? This would allow reducing the house’s edge lengths. Will you still be grilling upstairs in summer in an EH 55 house? Our references from the 1990s rather suggest: better not.

"Please speak in full sentences." If the building volume becomes too expensive, redistributing areas will not solve it. So, reducing the base dimensions and moving the master bedroom from the upper floor to an attic above will not lower costs without an overall reduction in total floor area. In an EH 55 house, the attic is not the kind of sauna it used to be during the times of earlier chancellors.

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hanghaus202324 Nov 2023 19:10

#40

The building plot shows a house measuring 11 by 9 meters (36 by 30 feet). The garage plot is 6 by 6 meters (20 by 20 feet).

This is workable. The budget might also be sufficient. A budget is a fixed amount; you don’t want to spend more than that. What’s your secret? Can you spend more than you have or more than what the bank will lend you?

With these dimensions, the garage in the east also works. However, I have never seen such a comfortable garage on the west side in a development plan. I wonder if it could be approved?

Is there a slope?

ypg24 Nov 2023 19:21

#41

hanghaus2023 schrieb:

However, I have never seen such a comfortable garage in a development plan in the West. I wonder if it can be approved like that????

That’s not really a garage yet, it’s still just a building envelope _for_ a garage 😉

hanghaus202324 Nov 2023 19:36

#42

@ypg You can’t even give a like here anymore since I had to disable the ad blocker.

You’re absolutely right. 😉

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