ᐅ Floor Plan Design: Bungalow approximately 130 m² (about 1,400 sq ft)

In my opinion, the garage must either be built directly on the property boundary or maintain the full distance of 3m (10 feet).

If the plan is to remain as it is, I would definitely mirror the house. As it stands, it is positioned against the natural sunlight.

I don't like it at all. It may be habitable and functional (though the living area has drawbacks), but I don't see any living quality there. The many walls feel too closed off to me, including myself. This "introverted" approach to the living room... (insider) is completely disadvantageous, also for furnishing later through the corridor corner... so it probably wouldn’t be accessible either. The narrow entrance area - no cloakroom...

To each their own – but in my opinion, the corridor corner/living room is a design flaw.

I like the bathroom: Alternative 3!

Regards, Yvonne

Thank you very much for the quick responses
- Unfortunately, the covered terrace is completely facing east, but a cozy seating area and a fish pond are planned for the south side. It is also intended to be accessible from the living room (which currently has large floor-to-ceiling windows planned)
- Guests using the bathroom is not a problem at all (we very rarely have overnight guests, and if so, only briefly)
- Personally, I would like the floor plan to be completely mirrored (mainly because of the garden), but unfortunately that’s not possible due to the garage in the intersection area. In addition, this would result in several windows facing north
- The garage is currently a rough, non-scaled placeholder and would extend all the way to the property boundary
- I completely agree that the hallway will be very dark
- According to the plan, the walk-in closet has an interior width of 150 cm (59 inches); based on the drawing, 60 cm (24 inches) of depth should fit, but this is not decisive since we want to install custom shelves and clothing rods ourselves
- The storage room is mainly meant for a coat hook and my vacuum cleaner, but it might really be better to omit this room entirely
- Do you really think the utility room, with almost 9 m² (97 sq ft), is too small? Unfortunately, I don’t yet have the exact dimensions of the heating and hot water system, so I haven’t been able to plan for them
- We don’t actually need a door between the kitchen and living room; I’m also generally not a fan of walk-through rooms
- The access to the living and guest rooms is tricky; we simply didn’t know how to rearrange it without losing a lot of living space

Best regards
Sophie and Christoph

Oh, almost forgot: We are a two-person household plus a dog. No children are planned. I occasionally work from home, which is why we need a large study.

Best regards,
Sophie and Christoph

xXLucyLouXx schrieb:
- Personally, I would like to have the floor plan completely mirrored (especially because of the garden), but unfortunately that’s not possible due to the garage located at the intersection, and on top of that, we would then have several north-facing windows

No, the garage can stay where it is. Windows? I see only one north-facing window for the guest room, and the living room window can be turned to face the terrace.

For me, there are still two major issues:
no terrace window in the living room leading to the main terrace
the long distance from the garage to the entrance

So: the design could just as well be a standard bungalow from one of many developers or general contractors – but those rarely have such flaws.
For a custom design, I’d say: start all over again – trying to tweak and fix small things here and there would likely make it worse.

ypg schrieb:
No, the garage can stay where it is. Windows? I would then see a north-facing window for the guest room, and the living room would be oriented towards the terrace.

In this case, I unfortunately wouldn’t be able to arrange the furniture properly anymore, because the corner would be completely unusable due to the glass facade and terrace door. Alternatively, the glass facade would have to be removed entirely, but then the room would, in my opinion, become very dark.

We didn’t mind that there is no direct access from the living room to the terrace, only a slightly longer route, since our main living area is usually the kitchen, as our guests often cook here as well.

We have created many floor plans for a 4-room bungalow with between 120 - 130 m² (1300 - 1400 sq ft) of living space, but without a walk-through room, it does not seem much different to us—though perhaps this is just due to being too close to the project. Of course, I am happy to consider specific suggestions, but completely redesigning everything doesn’t really help us at this point.

Best regards
Sophie and Christoph