ᐅ Floor plan for a newly built two-story single-family house, 200 m² (2,150 sq ft)
Created on: 26 Dec 2024 16:14
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HaseUndIgel
Hello everyone and Merry Christmas,
after I posted a question about the heat pump to be used a few days ago, I now want to continue with the main and fundamental thread regarding the floor plan.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 618 m² (6660 sq ft)
Slope: None
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: None
Building envelope, building line and boundary: See image
Peripheral development: No
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: up to 2
Roof shape: All allowed; for hip or gable roofs 25° - 50° pitch
Architectural style: None specified
Orientation: None specified
Maximum height / limits: 9 m ridge height (29.5 ft)
Other requirements: Photovoltaic system covering at least 50% of usable roof surface
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: "Urban villa but Northern German style"
Basement, floors: 2 full stories, no basement
Number of occupants, ages: 4 people, 32, 32, 1, -2 years
Room requirements on ground and upper floors: Study (ground floor), Study/guest room (upper floor)
Office: Family use or home office? 1 office for full-time use, 1 additional as a guest room hybrid
Number of guest stay days per year: approx. 10-15 days, mostly family
Open or closed layout: Open
Conservative or modern construction: More modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen, with island if it fits, otherwise U- or L-shaped
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: No
Music / stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Carport for 1 car
Utility garden, greenhouse: No
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things are wanted or not: Nothing noteworthy
House Design
Who designed the plan: Planner (Architect?) of the general contractor (GC)
What do you particularly like and why?
What do you dislike and why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 565,000 EUR
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: 730,000 EUR (including garden, carport, photovoltaics, kitchen, additional costs)
Preferred heating technology: Heat pump is basically a must (no gas connection)
If you have to give up, which details / extras
Why did the design turn out the way it did?
Three-hour meeting with the architect at the general contractor, starting from a similar model house (this was a 1.5-story house with a gable roof), several iterations on tracing paper, then a week later the digital design was received.
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Covered entrance and terrace set back under the upper floor, bedroom with dressing room, 2 studies (1 ground floor, 1 upper floor).
What do you think makes the design good or bad? Overall we quite like the whole package.
I’m looking forward to your opinions and am curious about what you think. If we still like the design in January, we will probably proceed with further planning with the general contractor.
after I posted a question about the heat pump to be used a few days ago, I now want to continue with the main and fundamental thread regarding the floor plan.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 618 m² (6660 sq ft)
Slope: None
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: None
Building envelope, building line and boundary: See image
Peripheral development: No
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: up to 2
Roof shape: All allowed; for hip or gable roofs 25° - 50° pitch
Architectural style: None specified
Orientation: None specified
Maximum height / limits: 9 m ridge height (29.5 ft)
Other requirements: Photovoltaic system covering at least 50% of usable roof surface
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: "Urban villa but Northern German style"
Basement, floors: 2 full stories, no basement
Number of occupants, ages: 4 people, 32, 32, 1, -2 years
Room requirements on ground and upper floors: Study (ground floor), Study/guest room (upper floor)
Office: Family use or home office? 1 office for full-time use, 1 additional as a guest room hybrid
Number of guest stay days per year: approx. 10-15 days, mostly family
Open or closed layout: Open
Conservative or modern construction: More modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen, with island if it fits, otherwise U- or L-shaped
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: No
Music / stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Carport for 1 car
Utility garden, greenhouse: No
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things are wanted or not: Nothing noteworthy
House Design
Who designed the plan: Planner (Architect?) of the general contractor (GC)
What do you particularly like and why?
- Straight staircase
- Covered entrance and terrace
- Spacious enough for our needs
What do you dislike and why?
- Ground floor WC probably too small
- Pantry doesn’t make much sense (maybe omit)
- Layout of the bathroom upstairs (we already have alternative ideas)
- Unsure if there is enough light in the living/dining area
- Slightly too big / bulky
- A bit too expensive
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 565,000 EUR
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: 730,000 EUR (including garden, carport, photovoltaics, kitchen, additional costs)
Preferred heating technology: Heat pump is basically a must (no gas connection)
If you have to give up, which details / extras
- Can be skipped: open atrium, pantry, if necessary the type of covering on entrance and terrace (set back under the upper floor)
- Cannot be skipped: Storage space
Why did the design turn out the way it did?
Three-hour meeting with the architect at the general contractor, starting from a similar model house (this was a 1.5-story house with a gable roof), several iterations on tracing paper, then a week later the digital design was received.
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Covered entrance and terrace set back under the upper floor, bedroom with dressing room, 2 studies (1 ground floor, 1 upper floor).
What do you think makes the design good or bad? Overall we quite like the whole package.
I’m looking forward to your opinions and am curious about what you think. If we still like the design in January, we will probably proceed with further planning with the general contractor.
HaseUndIgel schrieb:
If anyone is interested, I would gladly continue this thread and document the progress in planning and construction, and I will probably have a few questions in the future as well.I would be very happy about that, because over time this has unfortunately declined a lot. Most threads now only gather information or opinions and then usually end. That would be great.
Sorry for joining in so late and not having read everything up to this point.
However, I have to reconsider this narrow entrance tunnel idea. It consumes a lot of space, yet still feels very cramped. It’s also as dark as a tomb. Please free yourselves from the constraint that the garage must align with the back of the house—I don’t see any reason for that. Move it to the rear, shift the entrance, and gain space for the entry area, hallway width, an extra shower, and the living room door. Also, I would build under the last step of the staircase (which disappears into the ceiling) and push the living room wall deeper into the hallway to make use of every centimeter for the tight dining area.
Upstairs, the bathroom is a disaster, but you’ve already acknowledged that yourselves. I also want to point out the nearly unusable storage room (in case no one has mentioned it yet). It offers no real space to place anything. That narrow “shelf” behind the door is ridiculous. I would reduce the bathroom and child’s room by a few centimeters each to gain a 60cm (24 inch) wide area for a wardrobe. Move the window and door so they don’t get in the way. Adjust all other windows accordingly.
However, I have to reconsider this narrow entrance tunnel idea. It consumes a lot of space, yet still feels very cramped. It’s also as dark as a tomb. Please free yourselves from the constraint that the garage must align with the back of the house—I don’t see any reason for that. Move it to the rear, shift the entrance, and gain space for the entry area, hallway width, an extra shower, and the living room door. Also, I would build under the last step of the staircase (which disappears into the ceiling) and push the living room wall deeper into the hallway to make use of every centimeter for the tight dining area.
Upstairs, the bathroom is a disaster, but you’ve already acknowledged that yourselves. I also want to point out the nearly unusable storage room (in case no one has mentioned it yet). It offers no real space to place anything. That narrow “shelf” behind the door is ridiculous. I would reduce the bathroom and child’s room by a few centimeters each to gain a 60cm (24 inch) wide area for a wardrobe. Move the window and door so they don’t get in the way. Adjust all other windows accordingly.
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hanghaus20231 Feb 2025 11:19Hello @K a t j a, I would also include the kitchen wall and the utility room.
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
Hello @K a t j a, I would also move the kitchen wall and the utility room.
Yes, me too. However, the utility room will become noticeably smaller. Since such large items are drawn in there, I was unsure.
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hanghaus20231 Feb 2025 12:01I tidied up the bathroom a bit. The washing machine and dryer were moved to the storage room. This helps manage the laundry and eases the situation in the utility room, which has become slightly smaller. The bathroom is only 10cm (4 inches) smaller.
The window in the utility room was slightly shifted.
The window in the utility room was slightly shifted.
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hanghaus20231 Feb 2025 12:03K a t j a schrieb:
Yes, me too. But that will noticeably reduce the size of the utility room. Since such large items are drawn in there, I was unsure.I did not reduce the size of the mechanical room, only the bathroom.Similar topics