With three children, the shower on the ground floor will be used frequently.
Otherwise, I find the floor plan somewhat inconvenient.
- Many angles and recesses (ground floor shower), children’s rooms on the upper floor.
- Dark floorboards on both upper and ground floors.
- Narrow, long bedroom, made more challenging by the door located in the corner and the possible furniture arrangements. This also heavily depends on the windows.
I would remodel the entrance area on the ground floor:
- Remove the door to the garage (unnecessary if it’s a carport).
- Move the shower/toilet to the upper right corner where the vestibule currently is (this will also reduce costs), possibly at the expense of the size of the utility room.
- Make the living room slightly wider and shift the guest room a bit to the left, with access from the right. This would also allow the staircase to move slightly to the left and increase the width of the hallway leading to the dressing room on the upper floor.
- Combine the vestibule and hallway.
Is there a load-bearing exterior wall on the upper floor resting on a non-load-bearing wall on the ground floor?
Are storage options planned, or will skis and the inflatable boat be stored in the heating room?
Whether the 25 square meter (269 square feet) extension on the ground floor makes sense or if a basement could be built cost-neutrally is another question: eliminate the utility room and vestibule, the toilet could share space with the pantry, and the guest room and bathroom on the upper floor could be narrower, freeing up a wider hallway. Just a rough idea.
Otherwise, I find the floor plan somewhat inconvenient.
- Many angles and recesses (ground floor shower), children’s rooms on the upper floor.
- Dark floorboards on both upper and ground floors.
- Narrow, long bedroom, made more challenging by the door located in the corner and the possible furniture arrangements. This also heavily depends on the windows.
I would remodel the entrance area on the ground floor:
- Remove the door to the garage (unnecessary if it’s a carport).
- Move the shower/toilet to the upper right corner where the vestibule currently is (this will also reduce costs), possibly at the expense of the size of the utility room.
- Make the living room slightly wider and shift the guest room a bit to the left, with access from the right. This would also allow the staircase to move slightly to the left and increase the width of the hallway leading to the dressing room on the upper floor.
- Combine the vestibule and hallway.
Is there a load-bearing exterior wall on the upper floor resting on a non-load-bearing wall on the ground floor?
Are storage options planned, or will skis and the inflatable boat be stored in the heating room?
Whether the 25 square meter (269 square feet) extension on the ground floor makes sense or if a basement could be built cost-neutrally is another question: eliminate the utility room and vestibule, the toilet could share space with the pantry, and the guest room and bathroom on the upper floor could be narrower, freeing up a wider hallway. Just a rough idea.
BeHaElJa schrieb:
Where is the current version? The one from page 1 is rubbish...As far as I understand, THIS is the current version, and the constructive criticism is being completely ignored 🙁
maximax schrieb:
With 3 children, the shower on the ground floor will be used frequently. That’s good, it’s there to be used, not just to look nice.
maximax schrieb:
Otherwise, I find the floor plan somewhat unfavorable.
- many angles and projections (shower on the ground floor), children’s rooms on the upper floor. As I mentioned, I have made some adjustments for that.
maximax schrieb:
- dark floorboards on the upper and ground floors The upper floor will be brightened by high-level clerestory windows in the bathroom (and possibly the dressing room), and as mentioned earlier, the passage between the hallway and living/dining area will be closed off with double glass doors.
maximax schrieb:
- narrow, long bedroom, emphasized by the door location in the corner and the possible furniture arrangements. This also depends on the windows.maximax schrieb:
I would remodel the entrance area on the ground floor:
- Remove the door to the garage (unnecessary if it’s a carport). Here I have to repeat myself 🙂 I already said that the doors between the garage and living area, and between hallway and kitchen would be removed.
maximax schrieb:
- Toilet/shower room moved to the upper right corner where the vestibule is now (also cheaper), possibly at the expense of the technical room size.
- Make the living room a bit wider, shift the guest room slightly to the left with access from the right. This would allow the staircase to shift to the left as well, enlarging the passage on the upper floor to the dressing room.
- Combine vestibule and hallway.
Is there a load-bearing exterior wall upstairs resting on a non-load-bearing wall downstairs? Yes, you are right. Thanks for pointing that out. But I think the architect would definitely notice that. 😉
maximax schrieb:
Are storage options planned, or will the skis and the inflatable boat be stored in the heating room? Yes. But with your proposals to reduce and shift spaces, you basically rule those out. Also, there is an attic. (By the way, we neither own an inflatable boat nor skis.) 😉
maximax schrieb:
Whether the 25 square meters (270 square feet) extension on the ground floor makes sense, or if a basement could be realized cost-neutrally (definitely _no_!) maximax schrieb:
is another question: Remove the technical room and vestibule; the toilet can share space with the pantry, the guest room and bathroom upstairs narrower, but the hallway wider. Just a rough idea. ypg: That’s not quite correct. I already mentioned at several points that it is worth considering alternative solutions. But you also have to recognize that different people have different needs, and that there is not _one_ floor plan that fits everyone. Therefore, as advisors— which I see the forum community as— we should listen to _why_ someone designs things the way they do.
Can someone please answer my question about the stairs? How much clear space should there be in front of the first step?
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@Katana I have reformatted your response, which was difficult to read as it was. Quoting individual parts and responding accordingly would be clearer 🙂
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