ᐅ Floor Plan and Site Placement for a 135 sqm Single-Family House without a Basement
Created on: 29 Aug 2024 14:57
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Papo8801
Hello everyone,
I am an active reader and have already gathered many ideas and opinions from this forum.
We are currently planning a single-family house on a plot of land, and I would like to get your feedback on the house placement as well as the floor plan.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size 652 sqm (7,015 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio 0.4
Floor area ratio 0.8
Building zone, building line and boundary 3 m (10 ft)
Edge development limited to garages and carports only
Number of parking spaces 2
Maximum number of floors 2
Roof pitch 0–48 degrees
Architectural style single-family house
Orientation
Maximum height restrictions 6 m (20 ft) wall height, 9 m (30 ft) total height
Other requirements rainwater cistern
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type gable or hipped roof
Basement, floors 1.5–2
Number of occupants, ages 2 adults and potentially 2 children
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Both
Guest bedrooms per year
Open or closed layout open
Traditional or modern construction open
Open kitchen, kitchen island open kitchen
Number of dining seats 1
Fireplace no
Music/sound wall no
Balcony, roof terrace no
Garage, carport yes
Utility garden, greenhouse possible
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things are or aren’t desired
House Design
Who created the design:
- Planner from a construction company / adapted production house design
What do you particularly like? Why? Large utility room with separate door (mudroom), large pantry
What do you dislike? Why?
Estimated price according to architect/planner: 400,000
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: 400,000
Preferred heating system: air heat pump
If you had to give up on certain features or extensions
- Could do without: pantry, separate door utility room
- Cannot do without: guest WC with shower
Why is the design like it is? Example:
Standard design from planner adapted for a large utility room
So, it is a standard design customized to our wishes.
We have a dog and want to have two children. The house should suit this and not be too large. We can work from home, and if having children doesn’t work out, the office rooms will be used or only one office. If children do come, working in the small nook upstairs is planned.
Alternatively, a garden house may be built for occasional home office use. Otherwise, I commute to work.
I look forward to your opinions and possible improvement suggestions.
It is plot no. 9 (corner)
I am an active reader and have already gathered many ideas and opinions from this forum.
We are currently planning a single-family house on a plot of land, and I would like to get your feedback on the house placement as well as the floor plan.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size 652 sqm (7,015 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio 0.4
Floor area ratio 0.8
Building zone, building line and boundary 3 m (10 ft)
Edge development limited to garages and carports only
Number of parking spaces 2
Maximum number of floors 2
Roof pitch 0–48 degrees
Architectural style single-family house
Orientation
Maximum height restrictions 6 m (20 ft) wall height, 9 m (30 ft) total height
Other requirements rainwater cistern
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type gable or hipped roof
Basement, floors 1.5–2
Number of occupants, ages 2 adults and potentially 2 children
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Both
Guest bedrooms per year
Open or closed layout open
Traditional or modern construction open
Open kitchen, kitchen island open kitchen
Number of dining seats 1
Fireplace no
Music/sound wall no
Balcony, roof terrace no
Garage, carport yes
Utility garden, greenhouse possible
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things are or aren’t desired
House Design
Who created the design:
- Planner from a construction company / adapted production house design
What do you particularly like? Why? Large utility room with separate door (mudroom), large pantry
What do you dislike? Why?
Estimated price according to architect/planner: 400,000
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: 400,000
Preferred heating system: air heat pump
If you had to give up on certain features or extensions
- Could do without: pantry, separate door utility room
- Cannot do without: guest WC with shower
Why is the design like it is? Example:
Standard design from planner adapted for a large utility room
So, it is a standard design customized to our wishes.
We have a dog and want to have two children. The house should suit this and not be too large. We can work from home, and if having children doesn’t work out, the office rooms will be used or only one office. If children do come, working in the small nook upstairs is planned.
Alternatively, a garden house may be built for occasional home office use. Otherwise, I commute to work.
I look forward to your opinions and possible improvement suggestions.
It is plot no. 9 (corner)
11ant schrieb:
The plot of land may be more challenging than you are; we haven’t even discussed that yet.In what way? I already attached the location. Otherwise, it is flat. Of course, a soil investigation still needs to be done.motorradsilke schrieb:
The idea of having the washing machine and a mudroom/utility room combined in one space is often criticized here by ypg. We have had this setup for almost three years now, and it works very well. ypg schrieb:
A mudroom/utility room, to me, is the worst design choice for a space that’s supposed to serve not only 12 feet/paws and technical equipment but also laundry functions. Exactly! With the difference that I don’t expect anyone to be interested in how I do laundry. We both know how a two-person household works, Silke. But I also remember times when you couldn’t just fold laundry as soon as it’s done. And if our dog, a small short-haired one, comes home and shakes off, there might be some mess within a one-meter (about 3 feet) radius. But if it’s clean laundry, that becomes frustrating. And this goes on for years.
Every household is different, and as you can see, my emphasis is on the 12 feet/paws, meaning more than two people. And those who know my posts know that I try to make future homeowners aware of potential problems. How they deal with them is up to them.
I agree with you about the dryer; it does make the air quite humid.
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motorradsilke29 Aug 2024 23:14ypg schrieb:
Exactly! The difference is that I don’t assume anyone is interested in how I do laundry. We both know how a two-person household works, Silke. But I also remember times when you couldn’t just fold the laundry as soon as it was done. And when our dog, a small short-haired one, comes home and shakes off, there might be some dirt within a meter (about 3 feet), but if it’s clean laundry, that’s annoying. And that goes on for years.
Every household is different, and as you can see, my emphasis is on 12 feet/paws. So more than two people. And anyone familiar with my posts knows that I try to point out potential problems to the original posters. How they handle it is up to them.
I agree with you about the dryer—it does make the air quite humid. Even though we now only have two people (with regular, sometimes longer visits from grandchildren) plus a dog and a cat, I can still remember times when our three kids were younger. Back then, I would have appreciated a side entrance door with a mudroom, and wouldn’t have had any problems with laundry. You can usually hang it outside anyway. And train dogs too.
Exactly, every household is different. And that’s why you shouldn’t generalize your own opinion.
Papo8801 schrieb:
Guest bathroom with plenty of natural light. If you want light in the room, make the windows wide rather than tall with the same area. For a higher positioned window, you might even be able to skip the frosted film, which lets in more light since the film absorbs quite a bit.
Papo8801 schrieb:
Children’s room – the windows face the garage/carport. Therefore, they are regular windows and not floor-to-ceiling. Normally, the window size should be at least 1/8 of the room’s floor area. In your child’s room, the window area is smaller, and the dimension shown is the rough opening. The window frame reduces the glass area considerably. Also, the drawn closet partially overlaps the window.
Papo8801 schrieb:
Knee wall is 1.50m (5 feet). In my opinion, the elevations are only a very rough guide then.
motorradsilke schrieb:
And that’s why you shouldn’t generalize your own opinion.Exactly. That’s why I wrote:ypg schrieb:
My first thought was: get rid of the pantry! However, if the pantry is used as a utility room, for example, also for laundry, you can probably work well with it.“However…”Because having just a pantry really isn’t necessary if every square meter counts. And then having an extra cloakroom in the utility room also makes sense. Because under the stairs there is very little space for a wardrobe.
Papo8801 schrieb:
I was actually thinking of a Sorry, but I don’t see a wardrobe there, more like a small chest of drawers.hanse987 schrieb:
Usually, it is said that the window size should be at least 1/8 of the room size. In your children’s room, it is less than that.Those are floor dimensions. With the sloped ceiling, the usable area is smaller and it probably works out. But I agree with you that the windows are rather small.Similar topics