Hello everyone,
we currently have a plot of land reserved and plan to purchase it within the next few months. However, the house construction will take place next year, as we first need to sell our existing property. The plot is located in Lower Saxony in the Südheide region.
All further information can be found below.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 739m² (approximately 7,951 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio (floor area ratio): 0.3
Gross floor area ratio: 0.3
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3m (10 feet) around the plot
Edge development: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 1
Roof shape: 25° to 45° slope
Style: no high-gloss roof tiles, roof tiles in red or anthracite
Orientation: no specifications
Maximum heights / limits: at least 3m (10 feet) eaves height
Other regulations
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: preferably classic but modern, brick facing. Roof shape: hipped roof 25°, the garage should also have a hipped roof (integrated into the main roof; roofs on ancillary buildings can be flatter); building: bungalow
Basement, floors: no basement, 1 floor, the attic should be usable as storage space
Number and age of occupants: 2 people, both 40 years old; no children now or planned for the future
Space requirements on the ground floor: approx. 120–125m² (so much as needed, as little as possible); the attached floor plan comes to 125m² (1,344 sq ft)
Office: home office needed for one of us
Guest bedrooms per year: very rarely to never
Open or closed layout: living area open, the rest closed
Conservative or modern construction style: rather conservative but not outdated, definitely no experiments
Open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4–5
Fireplace: no
Garage is a must, also space for equipment storage
Other special features:
We have a dog (Labrador), so a second entrance through the garage/laundry room is necessary. Therefore, the garage is planned to be this large (6.4m (21 feet), so you can walk around the car inside the garage).
Storage space: the utility room is planned to be large but will mainly be used as needed. The cabinets shown in the plans are just examples.
Next to the dining table is a window seat for sitting and looking outside.
KfW 55 standard (only what is required by law).
The ceiling in the small hallway near the bedrooms should be lowered and equipped with air conditioning (not immediate but must be prepared for it).
Photovoltaic system should also be installed or at least conduit pipes provided for later installation.
House Design
Planning origin: do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
I’m not sure if the entrance area is too complicated.
The utility room seems oversized, but on the other hand, storage space is needed.
The bedroom on the south side seems oversized, but I cannot sensibly reduce it.
Price estimate from architect/planner: none so far
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 500,000 EUR total (plot, incidental construction costs, garden, terrace, etc.). The plot costs 73,000 EUR fully serviced. Own labor is not an option due to time constraints.
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump
The plot is not ideal for building a bungalow with a garage. On the west, north, and east sides, the house just fits with a 3m (10 feet) setback from the boundary.
If you have to compromise, on which details/finishes
-you can give up:
-you cannot give up:
Basically, on one hand, we want to build as cost-effectively as possible, but on the other hand, a few things are important to us (garage, brick facing, air conditioning, storage space including utility room and equipment).
I would like to bring the living area down to 120m² (1,292 sq ft), but it is not that easy to achieve this meaningfully.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions
we currently have a plot of land reserved and plan to purchase it within the next few months. However, the house construction will take place next year, as we first need to sell our existing property. The plot is located in Lower Saxony in the Südheide region.
All further information can be found below.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 739m² (approximately 7,951 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio (floor area ratio): 0.3
Gross floor area ratio: 0.3
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3m (10 feet) around the plot
Edge development: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 1
Roof shape: 25° to 45° slope
Style: no high-gloss roof tiles, roof tiles in red or anthracite
Orientation: no specifications
Maximum heights / limits: at least 3m (10 feet) eaves height
Other regulations
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: preferably classic but modern, brick facing. Roof shape: hipped roof 25°, the garage should also have a hipped roof (integrated into the main roof; roofs on ancillary buildings can be flatter); building: bungalow
Basement, floors: no basement, 1 floor, the attic should be usable as storage space
Number and age of occupants: 2 people, both 40 years old; no children now or planned for the future
Space requirements on the ground floor: approx. 120–125m² (so much as needed, as little as possible); the attached floor plan comes to 125m² (1,344 sq ft)
Office: home office needed for one of us
Guest bedrooms per year: very rarely to never
Open or closed layout: living area open, the rest closed
Conservative or modern construction style: rather conservative but not outdated, definitely no experiments
Open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4–5
Fireplace: no
Garage is a must, also space for equipment storage
Other special features:
We have a dog (Labrador), so a second entrance through the garage/laundry room is necessary. Therefore, the garage is planned to be this large (6.4m (21 feet), so you can walk around the car inside the garage).
Storage space: the utility room is planned to be large but will mainly be used as needed. The cabinets shown in the plans are just examples.
Next to the dining table is a window seat for sitting and looking outside.
KfW 55 standard (only what is required by law).
The ceiling in the small hallway near the bedrooms should be lowered and equipped with air conditioning (not immediate but must be prepared for it).
Photovoltaic system should also be installed or at least conduit pipes provided for later installation.
House Design
Planning origin: do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
I’m not sure if the entrance area is too complicated.
The utility room seems oversized, but on the other hand, storage space is needed.
The bedroom on the south side seems oversized, but I cannot sensibly reduce it.
Price estimate from architect/planner: none so far
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 500,000 EUR total (plot, incidental construction costs, garden, terrace, etc.). The plot costs 73,000 EUR fully serviced. Own labor is not an option due to time constraints.
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump
The plot is not ideal for building a bungalow with a garage. On the west, north, and east sides, the house just fits with a 3m (10 feet) setback from the boundary.
If you have to compromise, on which details/finishes
-you can give up:
-you cannot give up:
Basically, on one hand, we want to build as cost-effectively as possible, but on the other hand, a few things are important to us (garage, brick facing, air conditioning, storage space including utility room and equipment).
I would like to bring the living area down to 120m² (1,292 sq ft), but it is not that easy to achieve this meaningfully.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions
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forrestde28 Sep 2024 17:22Hello everyone,
we had the opportunity to change the plot within the same development area because a corner lot at the edge of the field became available again. I continued planning the floor plan and will keep using this thread for that.
In the first image, you can see the plot (the image is oriented north); the driveway is on the east side and 4m (13 feet) wide.
In images 2 and 3, you can see the planned floor plan.
What we like:
- A clear line of sight from the entrance area into the living room and onto the terrace
- Separate dining area
- Living room is also separate (not a walkthrough room)
- Access from the garage to the utility room (because of the dog)
- Shared walk-in closet for both bedrooms. The larger bedroom is the master bedroom, the smaller one is the secondary bedroom or guest room. Currently, the secondary bedroom would be used permanently because one of the gentlemen snores terribly (unfortunately me).
- The design results in about 121 m² (1300 sq ft) of living space, which is good because we want/need to save.
The entrance area with the utility room and guest toilet might still be optimized.
I would appreciate your feedback.
Thanks and best regards
we had the opportunity to change the plot within the same development area because a corner lot at the edge of the field became available again. I continued planning the floor plan and will keep using this thread for that.
In the first image, you can see the plot (the image is oriented north); the driveway is on the east side and 4m (13 feet) wide.
In images 2 and 3, you can see the planned floor plan.
What we like:
- A clear line of sight from the entrance area into the living room and onto the terrace
- Separate dining area
- Living room is also separate (not a walkthrough room)
- Access from the garage to the utility room (because of the dog)
- Shared walk-in closet for both bedrooms. The larger bedroom is the master bedroom, the smaller one is the secondary bedroom or guest room. Currently, the secondary bedroom would be used permanently because one of the gentlemen snores terribly (unfortunately me).
- The design results in about 121 m² (1300 sq ft) of living space, which is good because we want/need to save.
The entrance area with the utility room and guest toilet might still be optimized.
I would appreciate your feedback.
Thanks and best regards
forrestde schrieb:
because a corner lot at the edge of the field became available again. Were there problems with the other lot? Why the change? Because of the location by the field? And why can the field location only be guessed at and only glimpsed through one or two windows?
forrestde schrieb:
What we like:
- From the entrance area, a direct line of sight into the living room and onto the terrace
- Separate dining area
- Living room also separate forrestde schrieb:
From the entrance area, a direct line of sight into the living room and onto the terrace The line of sight you mention isn’t really one, since there is a door in between.
forrestde schrieb:
Living area open, the rest closed Does this explain your change of mind regarding separating the living room and dining area? It does not for me.
Let me put it this way: if you keep going like this, the house build won’t happen next year either. You have been fiddling with your self-drawn bungalow designs for half a year, don’t accept any criticism, keep starting over but with the same mistakes repeated. Have you ever involved a general contractor? Your effort is pointless if a cost-effective builder won’t construct something like this!
Personally, I think the orientation of this lot is much worse than the other one. If the field edge is a plus for you, then I wonder why. There is no sign of the field edge in the design.
Same dilemma as half a year ago: narrow, dark hallway, no cloakroom. Then comes a very long room, 10 meters (33 feet) in length but narrow, getting even narrower at the kitchen. A narrow patio door. 3.10 meters (10 feet 2 inches): that dimension challenges every dining area. Another kind of walk-in closet: over 8 square meters (86 square feet) for 2 wardrobes, the rest taken up by 3 doors.
From wall to wall, the house is dark because there are no south-facing windows.
That’s my feedback, nothing more.
forrestde schrieb:
I continued working on the floor planOh god, why though? ypg schrieb:
Let me put it this way: if you keep going like this, the house construction won’t happen next year either. You’ve been tinkering with your own bungalow designs for half a year, not accepting any criticism, always starting over, but making the same mistakes repeatedly. Have you involved a general contractor yet? Your effort is pointless if a cost-effective builder won’t construct something like that?!
Personally, I find the plot’s orientation much worse than the other one. If the field edge is a plus for you, I wonder why. The design doesn’t incorporate any field edge.
The same dilemma as half a year ago:I can only agree with that. I don’t see any progress here; it’s like Groundhog Day Mk I Release 4.7.11. That’s not a shame if you’re doing something else professionally, but watching you go around in circles is hardly enjoyable. If there was any evolution in the designs, at least you’ve consistently maintained the same spirit. It breathes stagnation.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Since we also live in a bungalow, here are some points that can make a bungalow great or seriously spoil it:
- Pay attention to your hallway design! In a bungalow, you often walk through hallways, so they deserve to look attractive.
- The best room layout for a bungalow is usually an L-shape. This way, you separate the living area from the sleeping area.
- Avoid unnecessary doors! They only make the interior darker. That small, pointless door between the living room and bedroom is completely unnecessary! Since the hallway is so narrow, you’ll probably have it removed often because otherwise, you’ll keep hitting the person coming the other way with the door.
- Try to create as few walls and corners as possible. Simple structures are visually pleasant and allow more light.
I find your design quite awful and uninviting. It strongly reminds me of my grandparents’ old farmhouse bungalow.
- Pay attention to your hallway design! In a bungalow, you often walk through hallways, so they deserve to look attractive.
- The best room layout for a bungalow is usually an L-shape. This way, you separate the living area from the sleeping area.
- Avoid unnecessary doors! They only make the interior darker. That small, pointless door between the living room and bedroom is completely unnecessary! Since the hallway is so narrow, you’ll probably have it removed often because otherwise, you’ll keep hitting the person coming the other way with the door.
- Try to create as few walls and corners as possible. Simple structures are visually pleasant and allow more light.
I find your design quite awful and uninviting. It strongly reminds me of my grandparents’ old farmhouse bungalow.
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