ᐅ Floor Plan of a Single-Family Home on a Sloped Site with a Northeast-Facing Garden
Created on: 18 Feb 2024 11:01
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Peterli
Hello dear community,
we are a young couple (early 30s) with a fairly large sloped plot at the end of a dead-end street, but for cost reasons, we want to do without a basement.
We look forward to your critical feedback on our planning.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 900 sqm (approx. 27 x 34 m / 89 x 112 ft)
Slope: yes (see elevation profile image)
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.8
Building envelope: 15 x 34 m (49 x 112 ft), 6 m (20 ft) setback from the street
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof, minimum pitch 40° (does not apply to garages and ancillary buildings)
Style: detached houses only, open layout
Orientation: eaves side facing the street (valley side)
Eaves height: max. 6.50 m (21 ft) on the valley side
Owner Requirements
Basement: no -> Basement cost estimate approx. 90,000 € excluding earthworks is too expensive for us
Number of floors: 1.5 (knee wall 1.60 m / 5 ft 3 in)
Number of occupants, age: 4 persons, 2 adults, 2 children
Space requirement ground floor / upper floor: approx. 160 sqm (1,722 sq ft)
Office: home office
Guest bedrooms per year: none
Conservative or modern design: mixed, rather conservative
Kitchen: combined cooking/dining area; kitchen island optional
Number of dining seats: approx. 8
Fireplace: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Carport: double carport with storage room
Garden for utility purposes, greenhouse: yes
Further wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included:
House Design
Planning by: self-designed
What do you especially like? Why?
- Living and dining areas can be separated with a sliding door if needed
- compact family bathroom
What do you not like? Why?
- staircase located in entrance/mudroom area
- limited space for furniture in living and dining areas
- only one roof window in the family bathroom → is ventilation system sufficient?
- bedroom facing southwest
Cost estimate: 450,000 €
Personal price limit for the house including fixtures and fittings: 600,000 €
Preferred heating technology: air-source heat pump and ventilation system
If you have to give up on which details/finishes
can you give up:
- separate dressing room
cannot give up:
- large dining area
- separate living room
- pantry
we are a young couple (early 30s) with a fairly large sloped plot at the end of a dead-end street, but for cost reasons, we want to do without a basement.
We look forward to your critical feedback on our planning.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 900 sqm (approx. 27 x 34 m / 89 x 112 ft)
Slope: yes (see elevation profile image)
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.8
Building envelope: 15 x 34 m (49 x 112 ft), 6 m (20 ft) setback from the street
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof, minimum pitch 40° (does not apply to garages and ancillary buildings)
Style: detached houses only, open layout
Orientation: eaves side facing the street (valley side)
Eaves height: max. 6.50 m (21 ft) on the valley side
Owner Requirements
Basement: no -> Basement cost estimate approx. 90,000 € excluding earthworks is too expensive for us
Number of floors: 1.5 (knee wall 1.60 m / 5 ft 3 in)
Number of occupants, age: 4 persons, 2 adults, 2 children
Space requirement ground floor / upper floor: approx. 160 sqm (1,722 sq ft)
Office: home office
Guest bedrooms per year: none
Conservative or modern design: mixed, rather conservative
Kitchen: combined cooking/dining area; kitchen island optional
Number of dining seats: approx. 8
Fireplace: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Carport: double carport with storage room
Garden for utility purposes, greenhouse: yes
Further wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included:
- separate living room to have two living areas
- (small) pantry is a must
- technical/utility room large enough for laundry and similar tasks (to compensate for the missing basement)
- technical/utility room with external access (mudroom): for gardening purposes, so dirt does not end up in the entrance area
- family bathroom with double washbasin (more cost-effective and space-saving than separate parent and children’s bathrooms)
- master bedroom with separate dressing room (different waking times)
- possible space for a (small) storage room
- wish: possibility to live on one level in an emergency (office -> sleeping and shower/WC on the ground floor)
House Design
Planning by: self-designed
What do you especially like? Why?
- Living and dining areas can be separated with a sliding door if needed
- compact family bathroom
What do you not like? Why?
- staircase located in entrance/mudroom area
- limited space for furniture in living and dining areas
- only one roof window in the family bathroom → is ventilation system sufficient?
- bedroom facing southwest
Cost estimate: 450,000 €
Personal price limit for the house including fixtures and fittings: 600,000 €
Preferred heating technology: air-source heat pump and ventilation system
If you have to give up on which details/finishes
can you give up:
- separate dressing room
cannot give up:
- large dining area
- separate living room
- pantry
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
That was also my first thought. But then instead of a ramp, a staircase going up. At the building boundary, there is a height difference of 3 m (10 feet) to the street.
First, you should check the zoning plan / development plan to see what it says about garages or carports. Where is the development plan? I just shared the development plan.
Our new fixed idea: to place the carport in the lower part of the slope and retain it with L-shaped concrete blocks. This way, the driveway won’t be as steep and there will be stairs leading up to the front door.
K a t j a schrieb:
How long is the staircase? A straight staircase should be about 4m (13 feet) to cover a floor-to-ceiling height of 2.90m (9 feet 6 inches). That would roughly result in a ceiling height of about 2.55 to 2.60m (8 feet 4 inches to 8 feet 6 inches), just an approximate estimate.The staircase is currently planned with a length of 3.90m (13 feet).
I would place a completely different house in a different location on the plot, further towards the top of the plan, so shifting it north along with the carport in the same direction. Then the garden would be oriented to the southwest.
A pantry is ridiculous as a "must-have"; instead, you can install two tall cabinets for that purpose.
A pantry is ridiculous as a "must-have"; instead, you can install two tall cabinets for that purpose.
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motorradsilke19 Feb 2024 04:39ypg schrieb:
A pantry is silly for a "MustHave," instead two tall cabinets are installed.Some might say "one" (as in "one does"), but others appreciate the benefits of a pantry:
You can store full beverage crates in it. A pantry is much more organized, and supplies can be stored more easily and efficiently.
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Kreisrund19 Feb 2024 08:30motorradsilke schrieb:
"One" maybe, but others don’t want to miss the advantages of a pantry:
You can store entire beverage crates in it. A pantry is much more organized, and supplies can be stored better and more easily there. A well-planned pantry is great. Here, it’s just a cabinet-sized corner that has been sectioned off.
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Kreisrund19 Feb 2024 08:36Peterli schrieb:
- Technical/utility room large enough to also do laundry there, etc. (must compensate for the lack of a basement)
- Technical/utility room with external access (mudroom): for gardening purposes, so that dirt doesn’t always end up in the entrance area
In my experience, these requirements contradict each other. If a mudroom is to function properly as such, doing laundry and possibly drying clothes there doesn’t really fit.