ᐅ Floor Plan Design: Single-Family Home with Basement; 560 sqm Plot

I don’t think the design is bad, but it doesn’t really match your needs, does it? You might be planning for a third child and want a lot of space in the dining area for a large table. I don’t see either of these here. How important are these aspects to you really? Personally, I don’t think two children sharing a room is a problem – but what do you think?

Besides that, 18 steps for the staircase is quite a lot. What floor-to-floor height was planned again?

K a t j a schrieb:

Personally, I don’t see any problem with two children sharing a room – but do you?

Currently, I’m reading about “2 children (toddlers), possibly a 3rd child,” so initially two who are both still young. The existing children will probably still like to share a bedroom, and when the potential third child arrives is still unknown. By the way, I’m not a big fan of the concept of “children’s rooms” (and especially of ideas like equally loved children = equally sized rooms, which I think is nonsense). I usually advise those I’m consulting to assign the uses “child,” “guest,” and “office” (and possibly “child’s sleeping” and “child’s play” separately) to a group of rooms that can adapt flexibly to family living. Spending an extra few dollars on LAN ports even in the room primarily intended as “guest” won’t break the bank.

K a t j a schrieb:

I think the design isn’t bad, but it doesn’t really match your wishes, does it?

I haven’t yet compared the planner’s work with the brief they were given; have you noticed any omissions or misunderstandings so far?

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ypg schrieb:

I would miss a storage room on the ground floor.

Storage room?

ypg schrieb:

Stairs to the east, not facing the street.

That was also our first thought, and we saw it as better for the rooms and natural light (except for the bathroom on the ground floor). The downside we see here is the living room on the street side, where ideally we would prefer the kitchen. We tried a lot, but could not really design the stairs on the east and the kitchen on the street side together. Do you perhaps have another idea?

ypg schrieb:

And I would recommend a (somewhat) more modern window arrangement.

What exactly do you mean by "more modern window arrangement"?

11ant schrieb:

Or you circle these points on both plans, of course using the same circle numbers in his and your plan, and write explanations ("three-liners") next to them. Then you definitely discuss these face-to-face – not like @klabauter8614 in ping-pong style!

Thanks for the suggestions!

K a t j a schrieb:

I don’t think the design is bad, but it doesn’t really match your wishes, does it? You might be planning a third child and want a large dining area for a big table. I don’t see either here. How important are these aspects to you? I personally think two children sharing a room is no problem – but what about you?

Basically, the room layout meets our needs for now. What we slightly miss is some kind of storage or pantry on the ground floor. We are a bit unsure about the dining table. The table measures 1.05 x 2.10 m (3.4 x 6.9 ft) and has about 1.5 m (5 ft) clearance to the sofa and kitchen island. There is just under 1.5 m (5 ft) to the hallway wall and about 80 cm (31 inches) to the sliding door. Is that too little? For an open-plan room in a straight-line layout, the current building footprint is probably limiting. Maybe you can gain a bit more space with an L-shape?

K a t j a schrieb:

Besides, 18 steps in the staircase are quite a lot. What ceiling height was planned again?

The floor-to-floor height is currently planned at 3.2 m (10.5 ft) (top of raw floor to top of raw ceiling). We could reduce it to 17 steps, but then the riser height would be already borderline at 18.8 cm (7.4 inches). A couple of weekends ago, we looked at staircases in a show house, where all kinds of shapes and riser/tread combinations were displayed. We really liked the riser of just under 18 cm (17.8 cm / 7 inches) with about 26 cm (10.2 inches) tread depth (of course depending on whether it is open or closed).

JKHandler schrieb:

AB = storage room?

Exactly.

JKHandler schrieb:

Downside we see here: living room facing the street, ideally we would prefer to have the kitchen there. We tried several options, but staircase on the east side + kitchen facing the street didn’t really work out. Do you have any other ideas?

Why don’t you swap the kitchen with the living room?

JKHandler schrieb:

Thanks for the input!

I would already have quite a few comments if the floor plan set landed on my dissecting table. Is there actually a huge rabbit sleeping on the staircase landing?

JKHandler schrieb:

For an open-plan living area arranged in a straight line (‘I’ shape), you might reach the limits of the current building volume. Maybe you could get a bit more out of it with an ‘L’ shape?

Would you consider the open-plan space shown in post #45 to be an ‘I’ or ‘L’ layout?

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ypg schrieb:

Exactly.

We just took a look at how to integrate a storage room on the ground floor, but no matter how we move the walls, at first glance we don’t see a practical solution. Do we need to completely rethink the floor plan? What has been your experience?

ypg schrieb:

Why don’t you swap the kitchen with the living room?

Thanks for the suggestion! From a furnishing perspective, that would work, but then unfortunately the chimney would no longer be near the living room. I also don’t immediately see any way to position it close to the ridge at the upper level.

11ant schrieb:

I’d have a lot to point out if the floor plan set were put on my dissecting table. Is there actually a huge rabbit sleeping on the stair landing?

The first assumption is that if you now try to add a storage room on the ground floor, the entire floor plan loses its flow (or hopefully someone still has a bright idea here). Would it make sense to review it from this perspective?

11ant schrieb:

Would you call the open-concept area from post #45 an I-shape or L-shape?

Based on the layout, I would say I-shape.