Dear house building community,
After much consideration, I have decided to share our preliminary design here. As a longtime passive reader, I would like to give back to the community with this small contribution and perhaps even inspire some readers with our floor plan.
For context: We have completed the preliminary design phase with the architect and are currently gathering quotes. The house will be a prefabricated home with slightly upscale features (KfW-40 standard, Q3 plaster, ventilation system, motorized blinds, etc.) and will cost around 3000 € per square meter (about 280 per square foot). I appreciate any feedback and look forward to many comments. Feel free to critically question the design. One note: we are satisfied with the planning and do not wish to make any changes.
Let’s get started!
Basic data:
Requirements:
I have kept it brief on purpose and do not want to reveal what I like or dislike about the design just yet. Instead, I’m going to relax now and grab some popcorn. If you want to know more, feel free to visit my website (Name + “.de”).
I’m looking forward to your opinions!
After much consideration, I have decided to share our preliminary design here. As a longtime passive reader, I would like to give back to the community with this small contribution and perhaps even inspire some readers with our floor plan.
For context: We have completed the preliminary design phase with the architect and are currently gathering quotes. The house will be a prefabricated home with slightly upscale features (KfW-40 standard, Q3 plaster, ventilation system, motorized blinds, etc.) and will cost around 3000 € per square meter (about 280 per square foot). I appreciate any feedback and look forward to many comments. Feel free to critically question the design. One note: we are satisfied with the planning and do not wish to make any changes.
Let’s get started!
Basic data:
- Plot: approx. 470 m² (about 5050 sq ft) in a new development area with a slight south-facing slope (1 m (3 feet) over plot length, 0.5 m (1.5 feet) over house width)
- Neighboring plot to the north: unattractive, vacant three-story building
- Maximum budget for the construction project excluding land and possibly garden/terrace: 700,000 €
Requirements:
- 3 children’s bedrooms (each 12–14 m² (130–150 sq ft))
- Laundry or utility/laundry room
- Study room with space for double desk and guest bed
- Shower in guest bathroom
- Straight-run staircase
- Living-dining-kitchen area in an L-shape
- Space for hallway furniture
- Double garage
- 2 full stories
- Built on a slab foundation
I have kept it brief on purpose and do not want to reveal what I like or dislike about the design just yet. Instead, I’m going to relax now and grab some popcorn. If you want to know more, feel free to visit my website (Name + “.de”).
I’m looking forward to your opinions!
roteweste schrieb:
I came up with a solution that provides generous access to the utility room and at the same time allows space for an internal sliding door. If I don’t need new glasses, the sliding door is also invisible (?)
Maulwurfbau schrieb:
You lose a lot of space in the small utility room on the ground floor because of the door and possibly the window. That’s a tricky detail anyway: the window faces the driveway in front of the garage, and the door opens into the garage itself (which, if I remember correctly, has a height difference of 0.3 m (1 foot), so it requires two steps at the entrance and would have a ceiling-level lintel). I’m still missing details on this, but the architect is only supposed to work up to and including design phase 3.
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wiltshire7 Jan 2025 19:3111ant schrieb:
If I don’t need new glasses, the sliding door is practically invisible (?)The manufacturer of these doors is called invisible and, like many great interior design products, comes from Italy.We have a sliding door to our bathroom. It works really well.
11ant schrieb:
If I don’t need new glasses, the sliding door would also be invisible (?) The sliding door would then be installed inside the wall. It could then slide here:
11ant schrieb:
That’s a tricky detail anyway: the window faces the driveway in front of the garage, and the door leads into the garage itself (which, as far as I remember, has a height difference of 0.3 m (12 inches), so two steps are needed for the passage, and it would have a flush beam at ceiling level). I’m still missing details on this, but the architect is only supposed to work up to and including design phase 3. We’ll see how we finally solve the utility room. The window and garage access would be very valuable to us. It’s easy to “fix” later. That way, we would definitely have enough wall space.
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hanghaus20238 Jan 2025 12:50wiltshire schrieb:
The manufacturer of these doors is called invisible and, like many great residential designs, comes from Italy.
We have a sliding door for our bathroom. It works really well. After a long search, I gave up yesterday.
The draftsman probably doesn’t know, no idea.
Now it’s being poorly fixed with a marker.
I have also separated my living area with a glass sliding door system. However, for cost reasons, it was installed in front of the wall. It’s a load-bearing wall, so there was no other option.
It is only 1.5 m (5 feet) wide.
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hanghaus20238 Jan 2025 13:06Could there be a load-bearing wall there?
If so, it can be shown like this, so we know what you are planning.
I would like to know the price later on.
If so, it can be shown like this, so we know what you are planning.
I would like to know the price later on.
I would actually be interested in the planner’s detailed wall design here, specifically which door is being planned. Unfortunately, we have often heard comments like "there is something that fits there." I would like to have this planned detail clearly explained and shown to me, and if it really works smoothly for you, then that’s fine.
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