ᐅ Villa-style floor plan

After reading the forum for a long time and gathering many ideas, our first preliminary design is now complete. We will have the house built by a local building contractor. The design comes from the contractor’s architect.

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 950 sqm (10226 sq ft) including access road
Slight slope
Number of parking spaces: 2
Floors: Ground floor, upper floor
Roof type: Gable roof, 27% pitch
Style: Villa style

Requirements from the Homeowners
Villa style
Bright rooms
Basement: yes
Number of occupants: 4 (ages 35, 29, 1.5 years + 1 additional child)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Gas heating with solar (solar was recommended to us)
Decentralized ventilation system (supposedly required by energy regulations?)
Ground floor:
Large living room with bay window
Closed kitchen with cooking island
Number of dining seats: 6 (in the living/dining area)
Fireplace
Entry room with passage from house to garage
Pantry accessible from kitchen
Office: study room and guest room if needed
Overnight guests per year: 2–3 nights of 1 person
Double garage with storage room
Upper floor:
Gallery
Both children’s rooms should be about the same size
Large walk-in closet for all clothing (no wardrobes in the children’s rooms)
Master bedroom with balcony (mountain view)
Master bathroom with corner bathtub (mountain view)
Laundry chute accessible from master bathroom, children’s bathroom, and entry room

House Design
Designer: Contractor’s architect
Estimated price according to architect/planner: 548,000 EUR
Personal maximum budget for the house, excluding fittings and landscaping: 400,000 EUR

The offer from our contractor is nearly 150,000 EUR over our maximum budget.
We urgently need to reduce costs to make this project feasible. The roof terrace was not included in the offer. We would appreciate any advice.

Thank you very much!
Regina and Matthias

Why doesn’t the architect create a design that stays within the budget?!

Regina_Matthias schrieb:
After reading the forum for a long time and gathering many ideas, our first preliminary draft is now ready.

If you had reasonably read the posts (especially those by building expert), it would have been clear that a 200m² (2,150 sq ft) house wouldn’t fit the budget. I would say back to the drawing board and make everything a size smaller.

Uhm... well, that’s the price of a villa... that’s what you wanted, right?
But seriously: you can save around 150,000 EUR mainly by downsizing! There are also small, beautiful villas 😉

Hello,

Regina_Matthias schrieb:

We are having a local builder construct the house.

What exactly do you mean by "local"...? Unfortunately, you haven’t completed your profile 😱

Best regards, Bauexperte

For us, the budget was sufficient for a house of this size within your limit. However, that was without a basement and garage. :-)

Now, regarding the floor plan:
- A villa with a small children's bathroom that has no natural light is a no-go.
- No direct access from the kitchen to the living-dining area?
- Huge entrance hall but hardly any space for furniture, coat storage, etc.
- The master bathroom layout is really impractical. To get to the hallway, you have to go through the bedroom and walk-in closet! That would get very annoying over time.
- I also don’t like the bedroom being a sort of trapped room.

I think you can get considerably more out of the available space than the current plan shows.
As for the budget: build smaller, leave out the garage and/or basement, or increase the budget.