ᐅ Floor Plan Design: Single-Family Home with Basement; 560 sqm Plot
Created on: 10 Mar 2024 13:26
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JKHandler
Hello everyone,
so far we have only been silent readers in this forum and have already gained some interesting ideas this way. We are currently in the planning phase of a single-family house with a basement and have tried to put our wishes into a floor plan. Maybe some of you would like to give feedback on our first drafts. Important: The design is not yet complete. For example, light wells are still missing, the bathroom on the upper floor is not yet fully planned, outdoor areas, etc. Therefore, some changes are still possible, and we would welcome constructive criticism.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Homeowners’ Requirements
House Design
What do we particularly like? Why?
What do we not like? Why?
so far we have only been silent readers in this forum and have already gained some interesting ideas this way. We are currently in the planning phase of a single-family house with a basement and have tried to put our wishes into a floor plan. Maybe some of you would like to give feedback on our first drafts. Important: The design is not yet complete. For example, light wells are still missing, the bathroom on the upper floor is not yet fully planned, outdoor areas, etc. Therefore, some changes are still possible, and we would welcome constructive criticism.
Development Plan / Restrictions
- Size of the plot: 560m² (about 6,000 sq ft)
- Slope: slight, approx. 1m (3 ft) drop across the entire width of the plot
- Site occupancy index: 0.35
- Floor area ratio: 0.6
- Building envelope, building line and boundary: present
- Edge development: possible with garage
- Number of parking spaces: at least 2 required
- Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
- Roof type: no direct specification, except slope direction for shed roofs
- Architectural style: modern
- Orientation: no restrictions
- Maximum heights / limits: 7.5m (25 ft) eaves height, 10m (33 ft) ridge height
- Other requirements: should be considered, can be provided upon request/questions
Homeowners’ Requirements
- Architectural style, roof type, building type: staggered shed roof, preferably optimal orientation for photovoltaics or gabled roof
- Basement, floors: basement + 2 full stories
- Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults, 2 children (one toddler), possibly 3rd child
- Space requirements
- Ground floor, generally planned so two people can live comfortably on this level
- Hallway: as small as possible, as large as necessary. If no entrance area, space for shoes/coat storage etc. (cloakroom) must be provided
- Office: one of the parents works very often from home
- Large living room with separate kitchen and pantry
- Bathroom with shower and toilet
- Upper floor:
- Hallway: as small as possible, as large as necessary
- Office for home office in case both parents work from home
- Two children’s rooms
- Parents’ bedroom
- Larger (main) bathroom
- Small storage room for laundry, cleaning supplies, vacuum cleaner, etc.
- Office: family use or home office? Yes
- Guest stays per year: 5-8 overnight stays annually
- Open or closed layout: closed kitchen, open living-dining area, separate hallway
- Conservative or modern construction: modern
- Number of dining seats: at least 4, up to 12 for larger celebrations such as New Year’s Eve or Christmas
- Fireplace: yes
- Music/surround sound wall: surround system would be good and partially available
- Balcony, roof terrace: yes
- Garage, carport: yes, double garage
- Utility garden, greenhouse: no
House Design
- Designed by: architect in cooperation with us
What do we particularly like? Why?
- Laundry chute in both bathrooms
- Very wide and spacious staircase
- Wet rooms stacked above each other
- Nice large living room
- Kitchen with direct pantry and garden view
- Basement prepared for a possible sauna
- Large workshop
- Balcony on the upper floor
- Underground garage
What do we not like? Why?
- Garden is too small, but this is largely due to the plot, the required number of parking spaces, and building envelope restrictions and cannot really be changed
- Windows in the kitchen and second child’s room: windows facing the street were omitted for better furniture arrangement inside. Also, the view of the neighboring house is not to our liking. Unfortunately, the downside is that the exterior appearance of the house suffers from this. What do you think?
- We originally wanted direct access from the garage into the house on the ground floor. This could not be properly realized due to space constraints (staircase too small). That is why the staircase in the garage leads to the basement.
JKHandler schrieb:
Would there be any alternative orientation on the plot,What more could you want than the perfect south-facing orientation, which everyone here is recommending?J
JKHandler25 Apr 2024 21:43Hello everyone,
In the meantime, we have put together a new document for the architect. It summarizes all the new findings and feedback from this forum. To keep this post concise, here are the key changes in brief:
We have now received initial feedback from the architect. Based on the new information, he created example drafts—not aiming for completeness, but mainly to find out what we like. Therefore, only the ground floor is shown to illustrate orientation, layout, etc. The drafts are labeled V1 to V3.
So far, we like draft V2 best. We find the entrance to the house well designed. The living room here could be made smaller to benefit the garden. But without going into detail on each draft to avoid making the post too long and hard to read: What are your thoughts on these sample drafts?
In the meantime, we have put together a new document for the architect. It summarizes all the new findings and feedback from this forum. To keep this post concise, here are the key changes in brief:
- Gross floor area limited to 100–120 sqm (1,076–1,292 sq ft) + orientation preferably facing south
- Roof type limited to staggered shed roof, simple shed roof, or gable roof
- Upper floor space requirement reduced to master bedroom, two children’s rooms, and one bathroom
- Ground floor space requirement reduced to guest room/office, shower toilet, kitchen, living-dining area (including fireplace), plus optional pantry
- Basement space requirement reduced to utility room, laundry, workshop, and storage room
We have now received initial feedback from the architect. Based on the new information, he created example drafts—not aiming for completeness, but mainly to find out what we like. Therefore, only the ground floor is shown to illustrate orientation, layout, etc. The drafts are labeled V1 to V3.
So far, we like draft V2 best. We find the entrance to the house well designed. The living room here could be made smaller to benefit the garden. But without going into detail on each draft to avoid making the post too long and hard to read: What are your thoughts on these sample drafts?
JKHandler schrieb:
500,000 euros excluding exterior landscaping, with a large proportion of self-performed work.JKHandler schrieb:
With the gross floor area mentioned above and an adjusted budget, a basement is included here.Could you please run the numbers for us before we proceed? Because discussing unrealistic plans is pointless.H
hanghaus202326 Apr 2024 10:31@JKHandler did you forget the attachments?
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JKHandler26 Apr 2024 12:52ypg schrieb:
Could you please run the numbers for us before we proceed? Because discussing unrealistic ideas is pointless.I’m happy to do that. Assuming you hire a company, for example, to handle the entire shell construction and the subsequent trades, I agree that the budget mentioned above is not realistic. In my cost calculation, such items mainly appear for utility connections, excavation, soil compaction, windows, roof structure, stair coverings, and roofing. The rest is done as self-performed work or together with acquaintances, so for those trades only the material costs apply, plus of course one’s own time ;-) Generally, the difference between a company’s quote and the material price is at least a factor of 2, sometimes much more. Without going into all details: if you roughly estimate, you end up with a manageable budget, though at the expense of the required time.
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
@JKHandler did you forget the attachments?It seems the images were deleted. The upload didn’t work for me last night, so I uploaded and linked the floor plans instead. It should hopefully work now.
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Schorsch_baut26 Apr 2024 13:27I really like all the floor plan options. In my opinion, number three is the most practical because of the direct access to the kitchen.
However, I would advise against being too optimistic when planning with friends and family. We had to switch from doing work ourselves to hiring professionals at short notice for several trades to ensure the construction was completed at all. It was especially difficult with the roof and the screeds. Based on our experience, I wouldn’t plan so much with friends who are tradespeople again. It even cost us two friendships because the work was done so poorly that it had to be completely redone. Even the trades that were contracted from the start did sloppy work.
However, I would advise against being too optimistic when planning with friends and family. We had to switch from doing work ourselves to hiring professionals at short notice for several trades to ensure the construction was completed at all. It was especially difficult with the roof and the screeds. Based on our experience, I wouldn’t plan so much with friends who are tradespeople again. It even cost us two friendships because the work was done so poorly that it had to be completely redone. Even the trades that were contracted from the start did sloppy work.
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