ᐅ Floor Plan for a New Semi-Detached House with a Compact Footprint
Created on: 21 Jan 2024 20:52
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YHB_2024
Hello everyone,
My fiancé and I are currently planning our future home and are interested in a semi-detached house offered by a home construction company as a complete package (plot + solid house). We have made some modifications to the floor plan based on the company’s design but are unsure whether these changes make sense. We would therefore like to hear your opinions. We look forward to your comments!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 290m² (3,130 sq ft)
Slope: no
Dormer windows are already maximized to the permitted extent
Owners’ Requirements
Basement, floors: basement + ground floor + upper floor + attic
Number of occupants, age: 2, mid-thirties
Room needs on ground floor and upper floors:
Ground floor: living-dining-kitchen area, guest WC, hallway;
Upper floor & attic: bathroom with tub, bathroom with shower, bedroom, dressing room, 2 children’s rooms, 1 home office/guest room;
Office use: family or home office? -> home office
Guests per year: several times a year, sometimes for two to three weeks at once
Open or closed layout: open layout
Traditional or modern style: modern/minimalist
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with peninsula
Number of dining seats: 4-8
Fireplace: yes
Music/sound wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons for preferences
House Design
Who designed the plan:
The project manager’s architect incorporating our wishes
What do you particularly like? Why?
What don’t you like? Why?
Why is the design as it is now?
Standard plan from the designer?
Which of our wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mix of ideas from various magazines...
In your opinion, what works well or not so well about it?
Based on a suggestion from the project manager, we have made several changes:
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Is a more functional layout of the upper floor and attic possible? Is a shower bathroom in the attic necessary if it is planned for two children’s rooms?
Attachment: floor plans (right: our half; left: original plan mirrored)
My fiancé and I are currently planning our future home and are interested in a semi-detached house offered by a home construction company as a complete package (plot + solid house). We have made some modifications to the floor plan based on the company’s design but are unsure whether these changes make sense. We would therefore like to hear your opinions. We look forward to your comments!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 290m² (3,130 sq ft)
Slope: no
Dormer windows are already maximized to the permitted extent
Owners’ Requirements
Basement, floors: basement + ground floor + upper floor + attic
Number of occupants, age: 2, mid-thirties
Room needs on ground floor and upper floors:
Ground floor: living-dining-kitchen area, guest WC, hallway;
Upper floor & attic: bathroom with tub, bathroom with shower, bedroom, dressing room, 2 children’s rooms, 1 home office/guest room;
Office use: family or home office? -> home office
Guests per year: several times a year, sometimes for two to three weeks at once
Open or closed layout: open layout
Traditional or modern style: modern/minimalist
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with peninsula
Number of dining seats: 4-8
Fireplace: yes
Music/sound wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons for preferences
House Design
Who designed the plan:
The project manager’s architect incorporating our wishes
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Large open living-dining-kitchen area with a big kitchen since we spend a lot of time at home and often cook twice a day
- Large windows on the ground floor and in the bedroom
- Space for a home office (we work about 60-80% from home)
- Dressing room with vanity table, because one of us is an early riser and the other a night owl
What don’t you like? Why?
- South-facing bedroom might be unnecessary
- Northern room in the attic is very small, plus a niche behind the stairs in this room is rather unusable
Why is the design as it is now?
Standard plan from the designer?
Which of our wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mix of ideas from various magazines...
In your opinion, what works well or not so well about it?
Based on a suggestion from the project manager, we have made several changes:
- Added the bay window on the ground floor
- Chose a longer but narrower staircase to create space for the kitchen peninsula
- Enlarged the bathroom on the upper floor to fit a bigger shower
- Added a shower bathroom on the upper floor
- Enlarged the northern dormer window
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Is a more functional layout of the upper floor and attic possible? Is a shower bathroom in the attic necessary if it is planned for two children’s rooms?
Attachment: floor plans (right: our half; left: original plan mirrored)
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jens.knoedel22 Jan 2024 16:10I rarely give my opinion on floor plans, but the two rooms as children's bedrooms in the attic would be a dream for my girls (11/15/15 years old). Small and cozy with sloped ceilings. Having their own bathroom is really ideal.
You just have to be flexible and creative with the furnishing, and then these will become great kids' rooms.
You just have to be flexible and creative with the furnishing, and then these will become great kids' rooms.
ypg schrieb:
Hello, could you please also show the house on the plot? Or the site plan? Where was north again?
And: is the other side basically the developer's proposal? Thank you for the hint. Attached is the site plan of the plot and the neighboring buildings, including the cardinal direction. The street is on the left edge, and the driveway is located north of the house, which is also used by the two gray-shaded houses on the right side of the plan.
Thank you for your feedback!
We are currently considering reverting to an older version of the attic plan, where there was no shower in the attic but only a toilet, which would allow the two rooms to be significantly larger. If we ever need two showers simultaneously, someone would just have to go down to the basement.
@ypg
We didn’t intend to separate the guest room and office; that might have been phrased confusingly.
Do you think the bay window is too narrow inside to fit the dining table with chairs?
The floor-to-ceiling window in the bathroom and the light wells are still placeholders; these will be corrected in the new plan.
One more question: Bathrooms above each other for shorter pipes makes sense to me, but is that mainly a cost issue, or are there practical disadvantages to long pipes that should be considered?
@goalkeeper: Thanks for the floor plans! In "our" attic, the northern dormer is unfortunately only 2.7m (8.9 ft) wide, which is too narrow to place the bed as you did, but we’re reconsidering whether we can arrange it differently and plan the children's rooms on the upper floor.
What did YPG mean by storage space for sloped rooms?
We are currently considering reverting to an older version of the attic plan, where there was no shower in the attic but only a toilet, which would allow the two rooms to be significantly larger. If we ever need two showers simultaneously, someone would just have to go down to the basement.
@ypg
We didn’t intend to separate the guest room and office; that might have been phrased confusingly.
Do you think the bay window is too narrow inside to fit the dining table with chairs?
The floor-to-ceiling window in the bathroom and the light wells are still placeholders; these will be corrected in the new plan.
One more question: Bathrooms above each other for shorter pipes makes sense to me, but is that mainly a cost issue, or are there practical disadvantages to long pipes that should be considered?
@goalkeeper: Thanks for the floor plans! In "our" attic, the northern dormer is unfortunately only 2.7m (8.9 ft) wide, which is too narrow to place the bed as you did, but we’re reconsidering whether we can arrange it differently and plan the children's rooms on the upper floor.
What did YPG mean by storage space for sloped rooms?
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goalkeeper22 Jan 2024 21:33YHB_2024 schrieb:
Thank you very much for your feedback!
We are currently considering reverting to an older version of the plan for the attic, where there is no shower in the attic bathroom, only a toilet, which would allow the two rooms to be significantly larger. If we ever need two showers at the same time, someone would just have to go down to the basement.
@ypg
We did not intend to separate guest room and office; that may have been unclear.
Do you think the bay window area is too narrow inside to fit the dining table with chairs?
The floor-to-ceiling window in the bathroom and the light wells are still placeholders and will be adjusted in the new plan.
One more question: Having bathrooms stacked vertically to keep plumbing runs short makes sense to me, but is this mainly a financial issue, or are there practical disadvantages of long plumbing runs to consider as well?
@goalkeeper: Thanks for the floor plans! In "our" attic, the northern dormer is unfortunately only 2.7m (8 ft 10 in) wide, which is too narrow to place the bed the way you did, but we are reconsidering if we can arrange it differently and plan the children's bedrooms on the upper floor instead.
What did YPG mean about storage for sloped ceilings? We installed Ikea Platsa wardrobes on both sides under the sloping roof – probably what @ypg was referring to.
YHB_2024 schrieb:
What did YPG mean by storage space for sloped rooms? I thought he implemented it like this… my explanation is actually self-explanatory: simply install cabinets where you cannot stand due to low knee walls.
goalkeeper schrieb:
We installed IKEA Platsa cabinets on both sides of the sloped ceilings – probably what @ypg was referring to. I thought you had them flush with the slope…
YHB_2024 schrieb:
Bathrooms stacked on top of each other for shorter piping makes sense to me, but is this mainly a financial issue, or are there practical disadvantages of long pipes that should be considered? Pipes, especially waste pipes, can get clogged. Hairballs, cotton pads, sanitary pads, tampons, cotton swabs… Also, less water is flushed to save water. If the bathrooms are stacked, the pipes that need to be exposed for maintenance are not located in living or dining areas but within the tiled areas. Additionally, soil pipes run through the lower floors. You can see this where the pipes are boxed in on the walls. They also need to be vented above the roof… some people don’t like the idea of sewage running above their kitchen. Others don’t mind and don’t see it as an issue. However, boxed-in pipes in living rooms or kitchens are generally not aesthetically pleasing.
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hanghaus202322 Jan 2024 23:07I read something about double CP, but I don’t see it in the plan.
Is there a slope?
Did I overlook the budget?
Is there a slope?
Did I overlook the budget?
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