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
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HuppelHuppel24 Jun 2025 15:09Ganneff schrieb:
This area is mostly a development owned by Fingerhaus. So, you either build with them or not at all. (The other half is developed by someone else, but we really don’t like the basic conditions there, so it’s not an option.) Since we want to stay in this area—and there is hardly any suitable land available—it’s this company by default. Requirement for a flat roof and Fingerhaus -> Development near Fulda?
HuppelHuppel schrieb:
Flat roof requirement and Fingerhaus -> Building area near Fulda?I wrote this somewhere at the beginning: it is in Haimbach.
motorradsilke schrieb:
I would also try to implement the latter, because from my point of view, a toilet and a washbasin are well placed near an entrance. Often, when coming home, you quickly need to use the toilet or wash your hands after gardening.I agree with that. I like our guest toilet by the entrance, although its location is not ideal with the shower. Many try to plan the toilet away from the dirty area. However, that is also where the stairs are, and the kids aren’t so small anymore that you can train them to take off their shoes right away. And: whoever comes home washes their hands – a sensible routine 🙂
Ganneff schrieb:
This is a development area mostly owned by Fingerhaus. So you either build with them or not at all. (The other half is built by a different company, but we absolutely don’t like their basic conditions, so that’s not an option.) Since we want to stay in this area—and there is hardly any suitable land available—this is the only choice.If the plot comes with a “builder tie-in,” then that builder should at least be more familiar with the requirements of the development plan than competitors, making them a better choice for that reason alone. Maybe they even had some influence beforehand to ensure the regulations are favorable for them (for example, a competitor’s roof design might be disadvantaged due to green roofing requirements). Also, be cautious about potential real estate transfer tax applying to the house as well.ypg schrieb:
No, it actually makes more sense to connect the toilets with a single soil/waste pipe going downwards! Hot water hardly plays a role in a house of this size.Soil/waste pipes are thick pipes, while water supply nowadays often comes through flexible “hoses” and is therefore “quite uncritical” regarding the exact routing.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Okay. Based on input from @ypg and @motorradsilke, I made some adjustments and just sent an email to the company. Let’s see what they say. Whether the toilet in my layout is big enough, I have no idea; they can better adjust that in their software to make it fit exactly. This should be enough to show the requested changes.
If you do it this way, you might consider adding a secondary entrance to the utility room (on the wall facing the garage, but not through the garage itself). You could also install a utility sink there for washing up after dirty gardening work or similar. Although, I’ve asked about the price first, since a secondary door is a bit more involved than just moving walls around.
If you do it this way, you might consider adding a secondary entrance to the utility room (on the wall facing the garage, but not through the garage itself). You could also install a utility sink there for washing up after dirty gardening work or similar. Although, I’ve asked about the price first, since a secondary door is a bit more involved than just moving walls around.
11ant schrieb:
If it is a plot of land with a "developer restriction," then the developer should at least be more familiar with the requirements of the zoning plan than competitors and therefore be the better choice for that reason alone. They may even have influenced the requirements in advance to make them favorable for themselves (for example, a competitor’s roof design might have a disadvantage due to green roofing). Be cautious about possible property transfer tax also applying to the house. The roof design is really not important to us. (Although I actually like green flat roofs.) IF they really had influence there, it would have been a project spanning many years, and the plan is already somewhat older. But – for us, the others failed for reasons unrelated to the roof.
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