ᐅ Floor Plan Design: Single-family Home; 1,500 sq ft; No Basement; 7,860 sq ft Lot

@numerobis ... what kind of cooking/kitchen styles do you have? As it is planned now, the kitchen will mainly be used by one person and has rather limited counter space. For me, even with an extra 50cm (20 inches), this kitchen space wouldn’t work.

numerobis schrieb:

Oh yes. As mentioned, we don’t want a pull-down ladder for the attic – that was your suggestion, right?

Yes, initially. But then a better solution in post #25.

Do you want to stick with the straight staircase?

You don’t mention anything about the zoning or development plan?

Is that serious? The house that high up?

Yes, that’s what I thought too when I saw the one plan with a few recognizable measurements.

Extremely long driveway. You could move everything much further south and create a nice terrace in the garden, away from the house, which would then get full southern sunlight. In that case, you would only need a small path instead of a driveway for cars.

kbt09 schrieb:

@numerobis ... what kind of cooking/kitchen styles do you have? As it is planned now, the kitchen will mainly be a one-person operation with rather limited work surfaces. For me, even an extra 50cm (20 inches) wouldn’t make the kitchen space sufficient.

I really enjoy cooking and do it more often currently. We have a schoolchild who needs daily meals, and on weekends it can get a bit more complex. However, I can manage even in a tight space. Of course, a larger kitchen would be ideal. But some tough compromises are necessary; otherwise, we won’t reach the 140 m² (1505 sq ft) target — which we probably won’t achieve anyway.

My wife is fine with a maximum of two cooking zones and space for the Thermomix.

kbt09 schrieb:

Yes, that’s what I thought too when I saw the one plan with some recognizable dimensions.

The driveway is incredibly long. You could move everything further south and create a nice terrace in the garden further away from the house, which would then get full southern sunlight. In that case, you would only need a small path, not a driveway.

There are building boundaries in the development plan that require us to build pretty much in the center. At least 8m (26 feet) distance to the north and at least 18m (59 feet) to the south. Currently, we are planning about 10m (33 feet) to the north and 20m (66 feet) to the south.

We could build the carport on the south side directly by the street. But then we would always have to walk from the carport to the house with kids and everything. And we would constantly look at the carport from the southeast side. We have thought about that mentally, but it is currently our second choice.

hanghaus2023 schrieb:

Yes, initially. But then in post #25 the better solution.

Do you want to stick with the straight staircase?

Ah. Okay. Now I have seen it too. I like that idea better as well. But I’m not sure how it works with the heights... I will definitely discuss this with the architect. Visually, we really like the straight staircase. Let’s see what the architect says about our concerns and if he can still convince us of his concept.

hanghaus2023 schrieb:

You don’t say anything about the development plan?

Do you mean because of the long driveway? The development plan is fine for us. We knew about it before buying the plot. Or do you mean other details? I mentioned some when I created the thread.