ᐅ Floor Plan Review for a Semi-Detached House – General Optimization and Storage Solutions
Created on: 8 Dec 2024 18:28
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AllaFein
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 342 sqm (11 m x 31 m / 36 ft x 102 ft)
Floor area ratio: -
Floor space index: -
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 80 sqm footprint (external dimensions)
Edge development: The first builders submitting a building permit / planning permission may decide on house dimensions
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2 full floors, 1 attic, 1 basement
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style:
Orientation: kitchen northeast, living room southwest
Maximum heights/limits: wall height 6.75 m (22 ft)
Additional requirements
Owners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: semi-detached house, gable roof
Basement, floors: see above
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults, 2 children
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor: room layout as desired in the floor plan
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen with island in the northeast
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes, as shown
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: yes, max. 16 sqm (172 sq ft) terrace and 8 sqm (86 sq ft) balcony as per plan
Garage, carport: no garage, parking space only
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why some features are included or excluded:
To the northeast, there is a view of open fields where no construction is expected for the next 10-15 years and likely will remain open. We want to make use of this view while also addressing the senses in the southwest, where the living room is located.
House Design
Planner:
- Planner from a construction company: no
- Architect: yes
- Do-it-yourself: yes
What do you like most and why?
What do you dislike and why?: We really like that the room layout matches our wishes exactly. However, the plan was copied 1:1, and we would appreciate feedback on whether what we have drawn is sensible.
Preferred heating system: air source heat pump
If you had to give up certain details or features, which ones?
- Can give up: hallway width
- Cannot give up: ground floor bathroom, corner terrace + balcony
Why was the design made this way? For example:
Standard design from planner?: no, customized
Which wishes were implemented by the architect?
Room layout, corner terrace
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
Good: wishes were taken into account. But is there room for optimization regarding storage? Are the bathrooms large enough?
Important to know: on the ground floor, the pantry is planned on the left side without a wall. That means the kitchen is 460 cm (181 inches) wide and the pantry 120 cm (47 inches). The bathroom on the upper floor in the northeast is also planned to have a partition wall for a utility room about 140 cm (55 inches) wide.
Looking forward to your feedback!
Plot size: 342 sqm (11 m x 31 m / 36 ft x 102 ft)
Floor area ratio: -
Floor space index: -
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 80 sqm footprint (external dimensions)
Edge development: The first builders submitting a building permit / planning permission may decide on house dimensions
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2 full floors, 1 attic, 1 basement
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style:
Orientation: kitchen northeast, living room southwest
Maximum heights/limits: wall height 6.75 m (22 ft)
Additional requirements
Owners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: semi-detached house, gable roof
Basement, floors: see above
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults, 2 children
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor: room layout as desired in the floor plan
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen with island in the northeast
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes, as shown
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: yes, max. 16 sqm (172 sq ft) terrace and 8 sqm (86 sq ft) balcony as per plan
Garage, carport: no garage, parking space only
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why some features are included or excluded:
To the northeast, there is a view of open fields where no construction is expected for the next 10-15 years and likely will remain open. We want to make use of this view while also addressing the senses in the southwest, where the living room is located.
House Design
Planner:
- Planner from a construction company: no
- Architect: yes
- Do-it-yourself: yes
What do you like most and why?
What do you dislike and why?: We really like that the room layout matches our wishes exactly. However, the plan was copied 1:1, and we would appreciate feedback on whether what we have drawn is sensible.
Preferred heating system: air source heat pump
If you had to give up certain details or features, which ones?
- Can give up: hallway width
- Cannot give up: ground floor bathroom, corner terrace + balcony
Why was the design made this way? For example:
Standard design from planner?: no, customized
Which wishes were implemented by the architect?
Room layout, corner terrace
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
Good: wishes were taken into account. But is there room for optimization regarding storage? Are the bathrooms large enough?
Important to know: on the ground floor, the pantry is planned on the left side without a wall. That means the kitchen is 460 cm (181 inches) wide and the pantry 120 cm (47 inches). The bathroom on the upper floor in the northeast is also planned to have a partition wall for a utility room about 140 cm (55 inches) wide.
Looking forward to your feedback!
Good evening everyone,
First of all: I think the missing doors can be explained by the fact that we have been sending the plans back and forth. They were included in the first version.
As far as I understand, the building permit / planning permission mainly concerns compliance with the building envelope, etc. Inside, adjustments can still be made as long as the load-bearing walls are not moved.
Regarding the room layout: we have two small children and would like to plan for the future. That’s why there is a bathroom on the ground floor, which could be useful if we live there in old age; the living room could then be separated off as a bedroom.
As for the upper floor: while the children are still small, they will sleep here with us, and we will use the attic as a home office and guest room. Later, they shall move to the attic, and we can enlarge our bedroom and use the other room as a home office.
I find having a utility room on the upper floor very practical—I know it from a friend’s house and think it’s great.
Regarding the notch in the upper floor and attic: I don’t need a balcony on the upper floor, but the development plan states that we are only allowed a building envelope of 80sqm (860 sqft). Nothing is mentioned about the floor area ratio. However, I suspect that we must comply with the 80 sqm (860 sqft) on each floor, but this is something I need to clarify with the architect so they can ask the municipality.
There is also a guest room in the basement. We will install plumbing for a bathroom in case we have extra money later and want to build a sauna there.
Good luck
First of all: I think the missing doors can be explained by the fact that we have been sending the plans back and forth. They were included in the first version.
As far as I understand, the building permit / planning permission mainly concerns compliance with the building envelope, etc. Inside, adjustments can still be made as long as the load-bearing walls are not moved.
Regarding the room layout: we have two small children and would like to plan for the future. That’s why there is a bathroom on the ground floor, which could be useful if we live there in old age; the living room could then be separated off as a bedroom.
As for the upper floor: while the children are still small, they will sleep here with us, and we will use the attic as a home office and guest room. Later, they shall move to the attic, and we can enlarge our bedroom and use the other room as a home office.
I find having a utility room on the upper floor very practical—I know it from a friend’s house and think it’s great.
Regarding the notch in the upper floor and attic: I don’t need a balcony on the upper floor, but the development plan states that we are only allowed a building envelope of 80sqm (860 sqft). Nothing is mentioned about the floor area ratio. However, I suspect that we must comply with the 80 sqm (860 sqft) on each floor, but this is something I need to clarify with the architect so they can ask the municipality.
There is also a guest room in the basement. We will install plumbing for a bathroom in case we have extra money later and want to build a sauna there.
Good luck
AllaFein schrieb:
Nevertheless, I suspect,Site coverage ratio and floor area ratio are maximum limits, not exact values.My only advice is to take a few steps back, start from scratch, learn how to gather information, absorb the basic principles, and then learn how to communicate with an architect.
AllaFein schrieb:
All right, thanks for the valuable input. Sarcasm? I get the impression that you don’t fully understand some of the answers or feel misunderstood by those giving advice. Gradually, I’m starting to see the thoughts behind your planning ideas. Oh dear.
Apparently, the development plan for your plot sets a fixed building footprint limit of 80 sqm (860 sq ft). You then planned a footprint of 85.6 sqm (922 sq ft) and (unfortunately naively) thought you could deduct the cut-out terrace corner from that. With a plot width of 11 meters (36 feet), you seem to have subtracted a 3 meter (10 feet) building setback based on an old folk myth, resulting in a house width of 8 meters (26 feet); the wall height is limited to 6.75 m (22 feet), which you used fully. However, with the ridge height of 9.475 m (31 feet), the average height of the gable wall is 8.1125 m (27 feet) (0.4h equals 3.245 m (11 feet)) — so the house is 5.6 sqm (60 sq ft) too large in footprint and 24.5 cm (10 inches) too wide. Why hire a planner (and what does he do professionally?) if these issues only become a problem at the building permit / planning permission application stage?
Then your application will have to go through another review round; meanwhile, the neighbors on both sides might actually get faster approval, so you won’t be able to start building first (a major trap called underpinning, especially if the neighbors want to build without a basement). You would then lose the leading position in the house profile at the joint and might have to start over from the beginning. Therefore, my urgent advice again: 1. Get to know the neighbors, 2. hire a shared planner as a coordinator; ideally plan together and look for a common structural contractor. I also recommended reading the Goalkeeper thread (for those who don’t want to search: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/reihenendhaus-mit-gue-in-eigenregie-bauen.31198/) and introduced the keyword “underpinning.” You can also find many threads under “without basement” / “with basement” where all of this is explained in detail. My external post “A semi-detached house has TWO halves” may also provide some personal advice; at the same source, you’ll find “With or without basement: one rule as a decision tool.” There is definitely no “thumbs up” here for that construction. My posts on aging in place (yet another pie-in-the-sky calculation) are located nearby as well.
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hanghaus202310 Dec 2024 09:56ypg schrieb:
And what if there isn’t one? Why would you write something that doesn’t exist? The biotope is also left unmentioned because it doesn’t exist. You can’t really complain about that, can you?!I miss the information because it is required in the questionnaire.
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
I’m missing that information because it’s on the questionnaire.There is no slope. What is meant by biotope? The soil report classified it as category 4.Similar topics