Hello dear community,
Since the beginning of this year, we have been planning our prefabricated house with Weberhaus and are now close to signing the contract.
As we have been following this forum from the start to get answers to our questions and gather ideas, we would now like to take the opportunity to upload our floor plan for community feedback.
Overall, we are quite happy with the design – we are just still refining the bathroom. For personal and health reasons, having a second access through the bedroom is mandatory, even though it uses a few square meters.
The two openings to the kitchen and living room will have sliding doors.
Enjoy reviewing and providing input.
Good luck
Stefan
Since the beginning of this year, we have been planning our prefabricated house with Weberhaus and are now close to signing the contract.
As we have been following this forum from the start to get answers to our questions and gather ideas, we would now like to take the opportunity to upload our floor plan for community feedback.
Overall, we are quite happy with the design – we are just still refining the bathroom. For personal and health reasons, having a second access through the bedroom is mandatory, even though it uses a few square meters.
The two openings to the kitchen and living room will have sliding doors.
Enjoy reviewing and providing input.
Good luck
Stefan
Brief explanation (Editing time is over)
Ground floor and, if really desired, the basement. Personally, I would rather build upwards than downwards. Mainly because of the windows and the natural light, which is limited in the basement.
…so bathrooms stacked above each other and the kitchen close to the terrace door.
Which Weberhaus model was supposed to serve as a reference?
ypg schrieb:
a size-optimized two-story building would fit better.
Ground floor and, if really desired, the basement. Personally, I would rather build upwards than downwards. Mainly because of the windows and the natural light, which is limited in the basement.
ypg schrieb:
Bathrooms Kitchen
…so bathrooms stacked above each other and the kitchen close to the terrace door.
Which Weberhaus model was supposed to serve as a reference?
I’m actually curious about your ages.
I can’t shake the feeling that you’re building a house simply because you happen to have the money right now. You’re not really sure what you need yet, so you’re including a bit of everything in your plans without any clear focus. Maybe a children’s room and possibly a separate office or practice area—but only as a last resort, since you don’t fully want to dedicate that space to the child yet, and having the practice underground sounds depressing, especially just imagining the outside stairs leading into darkness.
To stick to the facts: Is it possible to build like this? Yes, if necessary! The footprint is tiny, even though no one is forcing you to keep it so small. This will probably lead to the basement being used frequently as living space—simply because there’s no other room. Sliding doors, bathroom chaos, drainage issues—likely all still solvable. But why would anyone willingly choose to live and work on three floors including underground?
Apart from that, I don’t see any purpose for that short wall in the living room at the top of the plan. It just wastes space and restricts furniture placement—get rid of it. The site plan is missing, which is needed to assess the available space and circulation paths.
I can’t shake the feeling that you’re building a house simply because you happen to have the money right now. You’re not really sure what you need yet, so you’re including a bit of everything in your plans without any clear focus. Maybe a children’s room and possibly a separate office or practice area—but only as a last resort, since you don’t fully want to dedicate that space to the child yet, and having the practice underground sounds depressing, especially just imagining the outside stairs leading into darkness.
To stick to the facts: Is it possible to build like this? Yes, if necessary! The footprint is tiny, even though no one is forcing you to keep it so small. This will probably lead to the basement being used frequently as living space—simply because there’s no other room. Sliding doors, bathroom chaos, drainage issues—likely all still solvable. But why would anyone willingly choose to live and work on three floors including underground?
Apart from that, I don’t see any purpose for that short wall in the living room at the top of the plan. It just wastes space and restricts furniture placement—get rid of it. The site plan is missing, which is needed to assess the available space and circulation paths.
lubawinskis schrieb:
Since the beginning of this year, we have been planning our prefabricated house with Weberhaus and are now close to signing the contract. All I can say is: thankfully, before that happened. Such nightmare floor plans result when you – and I emphasize with AND –
1. start out in third gear, meaning you skip the preliminary design phase and jump straight into drafting a plan (which then goes through thirty-eight and a half iterations);
2. start planning already with the first contractor you meet instead of approaching the builder only after having a complete plan.
The plan presentation is inconsistent in several places: the ground floor shows the staircase as if it were a slab-on-grade construction, although a basement is planned. Furthermore, there is a mysterious 40cm x 30cm (16in x 12in) post roughly in the middle of the eaves-side exterior wall on the ground floor with no apparent connection to anything. Besides, a house with an 80 sqm (860 sq ft) footprint and a straight-walled upper floor will always look somewhat tower-like or like hardcore “social villa” architecture. Unfortunately, the plans shown do not clarify why the site would call for a basement.
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11ant schrieb:
There is also a mysterious 40x30 post approximately in the middle of the eaves-side exterior wall on the ground floor with no apparent connection to anything.Actually, take a look at the drainage situation for the bathroom on the upper floor, then you'll know what it’s for... In the past, they used to recommend transparent waste pipes on the ceiling...
K a t j a schrieb:
Aside from that, I don’t see any function for this short wall in the living room at the top of the plan. 11ant schrieb:
Furthermore, there is a mysterious post measuring about 40 x 30 cm (16 x 12 inches) roughly in the middle of the eaves-side exterior wall on the ground floor, with no obvious connection to anything. ypg schrieb:
Additionally, beneath the bathroom there is a living area (dining space) that doesn’t really benefit from the bathroom drainage. Due to the two window sides, there is hardly any possi Rübe1 schrieb:
Drainage situation for the upper floor bathroom, In summary, the drainage pipe is an indicator of flawed planning here. The basic principles of design were not followed, and the most important room in the house is affected.
I also believe, just like Katja, that this house is being built without clearly defined goals and requirements. This explains the missing site plan, which does not seem important, some missing input, as well as some conflicting ideas (working in the basement, shower toilet in the basement, second door in the bathroom, washing machine in the bathroom).
@lubawinskis @Lubawinski
It would be advisable, before starting construction or planning, to read extensively about why and how certain issues are addressed, what something is for or not for, and the best ways to implement things. The forum is full of discussions that can help you improve by reading. The answers here assume knowledge of figures and the basics—so many arguments and tips are often not understood by those without a technical background.
Rübe1 schrieb:
But take a look at the drainage situation for the upper floor bathroom, then you'll know what it's for... I checked exactly there and saw that the bend in the soil pipe nestles right under the sliding door threshold.
ypg schrieb:
In summary, the drainage pipe here is an indicator of poor planning. The basics of planning were not followed, and the most important room in the house suffers. From this perspective, the design consists of more than 100% indicators of faulty (or, as I rather think, radically incorrect) planning.
ypg schrieb:
It would be appropriate to read extensively before building or planning, to understand why and how something is done, what purpose something serves or doesn’t serve, and how best to implement it. The forum is full of discussions that can help you progress through reading. Unfortunately, those who favor botched planning tend to show up only at the moment when the plan seems ready for final approval, and almost without exception, show no interest in learning from the (timely avoidable) mistakes of others. Wise prospective builders first sample from this buffet and then choose their own planner (who then regularly is not employed by the construction company).
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