Hello,
I have been reading along for some time now and finally dare to share a floor plan here.
First, here is the list of questions:
Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 576 sqm (6,200 sq ft)
Slope: Yes, slight. According to the site plan, the top "right" corner is at 295.4 meters (970 feet), lower at 293.88 meters (964 feet), left side goes from 295.17 meters (968 feet) to 293.43 meters (963 feet)
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Building envelope, building line and boundary: Applies to house number 16
Surrounding buildings
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2 full floors required, plus optional recessed floor (setback floor)
Roof type: Flat roof, max. 5° pitch
Maximum height/limits: Max. 10 m (33 ft) high
Additional requirements: Equipment (heat pump) must be integrated, not external. Maximum of 2 residential units. Specific exterior colors required, rainwater should infiltrate (soil report says this is unlikely). Roofs must be greened. No oil or gas heating allowed.
Client requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Actually, none specified.
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 floors.
Number of occupants, ages: 4 people — 2 adults, 2 children
Ground floor space needs: Daily life (living, kitchen, dining, technical room, guest room)
Upper floor: Family (2 children's rooms, master bedroom, separate bathrooms), home office
Office: Home office, second workspace for occasional use such as a work window sill for example in the bedroom
Guests per year: Currently few.
Open or closed architecture, conservative or modern style: Either is fine.
Open kitchen, kitchen island: We are still considering. Initial wish was separate pantry like in the floor plan. An island would be nice if space allows.
Number of dining seats: Normally 4, rarely up to 8.
Fireplace: None.
Music/stereo wall: Multi-room audio with central unit in technical room.
Balcony, roof terrace: Neither.
Garage, carport: 1 garage
Other wishes: Central vacuum system, laundry chute, smart home (KNX) (I am mostly doing this myself, yes, I am a certified electrician, can program, but will also get additional help)
House design
Who designed the plan:
- Planner from a construction company: Correct, with some input from us. Based on an existing plan.
Price estimate by architect/planner: approx. 485,000 € (euros) for the house, approx. 210,000 € for the plot including basic services (survey, soil report, etc.)
Personal price limit for the house including features: approx. 800,000–850,000 € (including land)
Preferred heating technology: Heat pump
If you had to give up, which details/extra features could you skip:
- Could skip:
- Cannot skip:
Why is the design like it is now? For example:
Standard design by the planner? Yes, with minor wishes from us (wall between study and child’s room 2, T-walls in bathrooms, porch roof, conservatory, pantry)
What do you find especially good or bad about it? So far it seems to fit; apart from possibly the pantry/dining room, we don’t see major issues yet. But that’s why I’m here now.
Edit: The furniture shown in the floor plans can be safely ignored. Planners seem to like adding these.
Best regards
Ganneff
I have been reading along for some time now and finally dare to share a floor plan here.
First, here is the list of questions:
Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 576 sqm (6,200 sq ft)
Slope: Yes, slight. According to the site plan, the top "right" corner is at 295.4 meters (970 feet), lower at 293.88 meters (964 feet), left side goes from 295.17 meters (968 feet) to 293.43 meters (963 feet)
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Building envelope, building line and boundary: Applies to house number 16
Surrounding buildings
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2 full floors required, plus optional recessed floor (setback floor)
Roof type: Flat roof, max. 5° pitch
Maximum height/limits: Max. 10 m (33 ft) high
Additional requirements: Equipment (heat pump) must be integrated, not external. Maximum of 2 residential units. Specific exterior colors required, rainwater should infiltrate (soil report says this is unlikely). Roofs must be greened. No oil or gas heating allowed.
Client requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Actually, none specified.
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 floors.
Number of occupants, ages: 4 people — 2 adults, 2 children
Ground floor space needs: Daily life (living, kitchen, dining, technical room, guest room)
Upper floor: Family (2 children's rooms, master bedroom, separate bathrooms), home office
Office: Home office, second workspace for occasional use such as a work window sill for example in the bedroom
Guests per year: Currently few.
Open or closed architecture, conservative or modern style: Either is fine.
Open kitchen, kitchen island: We are still considering. Initial wish was separate pantry like in the floor plan. An island would be nice if space allows.
Number of dining seats: Normally 4, rarely up to 8.
Fireplace: None.
Music/stereo wall: Multi-room audio with central unit in technical room.
Balcony, roof terrace: Neither.
Garage, carport: 1 garage
Other wishes: Central vacuum system, laundry chute, smart home (KNX) (I am mostly doing this myself, yes, I am a certified electrician, can program, but will also get additional help)
House design
Who designed the plan:
- Planner from a construction company: Correct, with some input from us. Based on an existing plan.
Price estimate by architect/planner: approx. 485,000 € (euros) for the house, approx. 210,000 € for the plot including basic services (survey, soil report, etc.)
Personal price limit for the house including features: approx. 800,000–850,000 € (including land)
Preferred heating technology: Heat pump
If you had to give up, which details/extra features could you skip:
- Could skip:
- Cannot skip:
Why is the design like it is now? For example:
Standard design by the planner? Yes, with minor wishes from us (wall between study and child’s room 2, T-walls in bathrooms, porch roof, conservatory, pantry)
What do you find especially good or bad about it? So far it seems to fit; apart from possibly the pantry/dining room, we don’t see major issues yet. But that’s why I’m here now.
Edit: The furniture shown in the floor plans can be safely ignored. Planners seem to like adding these.
Best regards
Ganneff
@ypg has already written a lot that I agree with.
However, you should accurately draw your plans to scale, especially the kitchen and dining areas. I also find the angled access there unsuitable for the house.
I don’t understand the conservatory with a flat roof.
What caught my attention in the drawings is that quite a few elements are labeled as finished floor levels, such as ground removals or fill, and the base in the conservatory area. In the end, there appears to be quite a height difference toward the garden if I interpret this correctly—about 110 cm (43 inches).
Have you already had the earthworks costed?
Ganneff schrieb:
Edit: The furniture shown in the floor plans can safely be ignored. Planners seem to like adding that.
However, you should accurately draw your plans to scale, especially the kitchen and dining areas. I also find the angled access there unsuitable for the house.
I don’t understand the conservatory with a flat roof.
What caught my attention in the drawings is that quite a few elements are labeled as finished floor levels, such as ground removals or fill, and the base in the conservatory area. In the end, there appears to be quite a height difference toward the garden if I interpret this correctly—about 110 cm (43 inches).
Have you already had the earthworks costed?
Ganneff schrieb:
At first, I linked the actual concrete slab, but unfortunately, that is not allowed Then just tell us the city and the name of the concrete slab. That way, anyone who wants to can download it.
kbt09 schrieb:
If I interpret this correctly, about 110cm (43 inches). Exactly.
Ganneff schrieb:
Slope: Yes, slight. It is not slight; it is just not sufficient to justify a basement. But it cannot be ignored.
hanse987 schrieb:
Then just tell us the city and the name of the foundation slab. Then anyone who wants can download it.The city is Fulda, the district is Haimbach, and in the list it is number 8, "between Merkurstraße and Fuchsstraße."
Finally, not just a pipe dream.
I find the children’s rooms too small in proportion to the total floor area.
Overall, there are too many rooms for the size.
I don’t like the ground floor at all.
There is no cloakroom.
Strangely slanted wall – this was once fashionable many years ago.
The guest room is tiny; only a single bed fits in. Is it really necessary for so few guests?
The pantry feels like an afterthought, just squeezed in somewhere – I would have removed it.
Where will sports equipment and Christmas decorations be stored? Where will laundry be done?
I find the children’s rooms too small in proportion to the total floor area.
Overall, there are too many rooms for the size.
I don’t like the ground floor at all.
There is no cloakroom.
Strangely slanted wall – this was once fashionable many years ago.
The guest room is tiny; only a single bed fits in. Is it really necessary for so few guests?
The pantry feels like an afterthought, just squeezed in somewhere – I would have removed it.
Where will sports equipment and Christmas decorations be stored? Where will laundry be done?