ᐅ Single-family house, 190 sqm, with east-facing garden and double garage
Created on: 20 Apr 2026 12:12
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HouseNo2220 Apr 2026 12:12Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size 532 sqm (5,726 sq ft)
Slope No
Floor area ratio 0.4
Gross floor area ratio 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary 22 m (72 ft) wide x 16 m (52 ft) deep
Edge development Garage only
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of stories 2
Roof type Gable roof
Style Modern
Orientation East
Maximum height / limits 10 m (33 ft)
Other requirements Garage and carports only allowed within the building boundary
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type Prefabricated house, modern with wooden elements, 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) knee wall
Basement, floors Ground floor & upper floor
Number of occupants, age 2 adults, 1 toddler (uncertain if a second child will be added)
Room requirements on ground and upper floor
Ground floor: Open living/dining area, WC or shower, small office, pantry, passage to garage
Upper floor: Bedroom, walk-in closet, and 2 children’s rooms. 2 bathrooms (either 1 children’s or parents’ bathroom + 1 large bathroom)
Office: Family use or home office? 1x home office 3 days/week
Overnight guests per year? None, family and friends live nearby
Open or closed architecture? Open
Conservative or modern construction? Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island? Yes, preferably large with a freestanding kitchen island (lots of cooking and especially baking)
Number of dining seats? 6-8
Fireplace? No
Balcony, roof terrace? No
Garage, carport? Double garage with extension 6.50 m x 8.50 m (21 ft 4 in x 28 ft). Positioned 1 m (3 ft 3 in) forward to the house on the north side with a roof extending from the garage over the main entrance.
House Design
Designed by:
Us together with an architect
What do you especially like? Why?
- We are generally quite satisfied with the overall design. We only wonder if anything could be improved or if we have overlooked something.
- The room sizes and layout are actually quite good.
- The access from the garage through the technical room and then directly into the wardrobe is a good separation of dirty and living areas.
- Large technical room with a separate utility room featuring laundry chutes from the walk-in closet and main bathroom on the upper floor.
- 2 void spaces (we understand the disadvantages but want good doors and stronger walls in the children’s rooms to reduce noise from the living area).
-> Clear advantage: We want to keep the living areas as private as possible. Through the two stacked windows with a void at the entrance, we hope to also get some light from the west into the living space. We love the openness and the high ceiling height.
- Pantry with space for kitchen cupboards to store small appliances like mixer, air fryer, etc., and room for an extra freezer.
What do you not like? Why?
- We are unsure if the living area will get enough light given its orientation. Will there really be light from the west as we expect? We are planning a corner kitchen, with a wide window above the counter on the south side. Is that enough?
- Are the dimensions of the ground floor WC and the parents’ bathroom appropriate? They don’t need to be large but comfortable to use. It was important for us that the children can use the large bathroom with bathtub and we still have a small, private bathroom.
- A windowless WC on the ground floor is not our preference but acceptable as it has no shower. The central ventilation system should provide adequate air exchange, right?
- Are the overall dimensions and sizes of the rooms okay?
- The windows are provisional and will be finalized in a separate meeting with our architect.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 750,000 including plot & additional costs
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 750,000
Preferred heating technology: Wolf air-to-water heat pump with outdoor unit, plus Zehnder central ventilation system
If you had to give up, which details/expansions
- cannot be compromised: Garage access, 2 bathrooms on upper floor, large living-dining area, pantry, walk-in closet
Ground floor plan:
Garage still on the left (north) side (6.5 x 8.5 m / 21 ft 4 in x 28 ft), positioned 1 m (3 ft 3 in) forward relative to the house with a roof covering the entrance door.
Ground floor 3D visualization:
Upper floor plan:
Renderings (please don’t take them too literally; it won’t be as white and clean in reality):
Living area
Entrance / wardrobe
-> The staircase looks strange here. In reality, it will be an open oak staircase with a glass railing and a central stringer.
Office
Upper floor hallway
Parents’ bedroom
We are generally quite satisfied with the floor plan. There are still a few questions left (see above in the questionnaire).
Do you have any other suggestions for improvements? Our specific questions are listed above in the questionnaire. Thank you very much in advance 🙂
Plot size 532 sqm (5,726 sq ft)
Slope No
Floor area ratio 0.4
Gross floor area ratio 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary 22 m (72 ft) wide x 16 m (52 ft) deep
Edge development Garage only
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of stories 2
Roof type Gable roof
Style Modern
Orientation East
Maximum height / limits 10 m (33 ft)
Other requirements Garage and carports only allowed within the building boundary
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type Prefabricated house, modern with wooden elements, 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) knee wall
Basement, floors Ground floor & upper floor
Number of occupants, age 2 adults, 1 toddler (uncertain if a second child will be added)
Room requirements on ground and upper floor
Ground floor: Open living/dining area, WC or shower, small office, pantry, passage to garage
Upper floor: Bedroom, walk-in closet, and 2 children’s rooms. 2 bathrooms (either 1 children’s or parents’ bathroom + 1 large bathroom)
Office: Family use or home office? 1x home office 3 days/week
Overnight guests per year? None, family and friends live nearby
Open or closed architecture? Open
Conservative or modern construction? Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island? Yes, preferably large with a freestanding kitchen island (lots of cooking and especially baking)
Number of dining seats? 6-8
Fireplace? No
Balcony, roof terrace? No
Garage, carport? Double garage with extension 6.50 m x 8.50 m (21 ft 4 in x 28 ft). Positioned 1 m (3 ft 3 in) forward to the house on the north side with a roof extending from the garage over the main entrance.
House Design
Designed by:
Us together with an architect
What do you especially like? Why?
- We are generally quite satisfied with the overall design. We only wonder if anything could be improved or if we have overlooked something.
- The room sizes and layout are actually quite good.
- The access from the garage through the technical room and then directly into the wardrobe is a good separation of dirty and living areas.
- Large technical room with a separate utility room featuring laundry chutes from the walk-in closet and main bathroom on the upper floor.
- 2 void spaces (we understand the disadvantages but want good doors and stronger walls in the children’s rooms to reduce noise from the living area).
-> Clear advantage: We want to keep the living areas as private as possible. Through the two stacked windows with a void at the entrance, we hope to also get some light from the west into the living space. We love the openness and the high ceiling height.
- Pantry with space for kitchen cupboards to store small appliances like mixer, air fryer, etc., and room for an extra freezer.
What do you not like? Why?
- We are unsure if the living area will get enough light given its orientation. Will there really be light from the west as we expect? We are planning a corner kitchen, with a wide window above the counter on the south side. Is that enough?
- Are the dimensions of the ground floor WC and the parents’ bathroom appropriate? They don’t need to be large but comfortable to use. It was important for us that the children can use the large bathroom with bathtub and we still have a small, private bathroom.
- A windowless WC on the ground floor is not our preference but acceptable as it has no shower. The central ventilation system should provide adequate air exchange, right?
- Are the overall dimensions and sizes of the rooms okay?
- The windows are provisional and will be finalized in a separate meeting with our architect.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 750,000 including plot & additional costs
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 750,000
Preferred heating technology: Wolf air-to-water heat pump with outdoor unit, plus Zehnder central ventilation system
If you had to give up, which details/expansions
- cannot be compromised: Garage access, 2 bathrooms on upper floor, large living-dining area, pantry, walk-in closet
Ground floor plan:
Garage still on the left (north) side (6.5 x 8.5 m / 21 ft 4 in x 28 ft), positioned 1 m (3 ft 3 in) forward relative to the house with a roof covering the entrance door.
Ground floor 3D visualization:
Upper floor plan:
Renderings (please don’t take them too literally; it won’t be as white and clean in reality):
Living area
Entrance / wardrobe
-> The staircase looks strange here. In reality, it will be an open oak staircase with a glass railing and a central stringer.
Office
Upper floor hallway
Parents’ bedroom
We are generally quite satisfied with the floor plan. There are still a few questions left (see above in the questionnaire).
Do you have any other suggestions for improvements? Our specific questions are listed above in the questionnaire. Thank you very much in advance 🙂
My comment here is in Bavarian dialect: "Looks solid"... "when you need it"...
(my attentive readers can already guess everything else).
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(my attentive readers can already guess everything else).
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
I actually like it, and I don’t often think that here. I had the same thought even without the AI-generated images.
The access from the utility room to the garage means there will always be a walkway, so you lose some parking space. But it might still be enough for you; you’ll need to calculate that.
The downstairs bathroom seems a bit too small to manage effectively when you have a toddler.
The pantry is also too small for my taste. A hidden entrance? That would feel a bit like a separate toilet to me.
Double-check whether the window in the kitchen, which definitely looks very stylish, actually fits your practical needs. Where will you put the toaster, kettle, air fryer, food processor, and espresso machine? Do you not need all these? You like to put everything away and take it out again regularly, but where exactly? How will you quickly ventilate despite the extractor, so the living room doesn’t still smell of fried onions three hours after cooking?
Where
Personally, I would probably skip an open void space and instead create more storage upstairs. At least if you have two children. With one child, you could probably live very comfortably as it is.
The access from the utility room to the garage means there will always be a walkway, so you lose some parking space. But it might still be enough for you; you’ll need to calculate that.
The downstairs bathroom seems a bit too small to manage effectively when you have a toddler.
The pantry is also too small for my taste. A hidden entrance? That would feel a bit like a separate toilet to me.
Double-check whether the window in the kitchen, which definitely looks very stylish, actually fits your practical needs. Where will you put the toaster, kettle, air fryer, food processor, and espresso machine? Do you not need all these? You like to put everything away and take it out again regularly, but where exactly? How will you quickly ventilate despite the extractor, so the living room doesn’t still smell of fried onions three hours after cooking?
Where
Personally, I would probably skip an open void space and instead create more storage upstairs. At least if you have two children. With one child, you could probably live very comfortably as it is.
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derdietmar20 Apr 2026 14:55Hello,
Overall not bad, but the following points would bother me a lot:
For a straight flight of stairs, two additional open voids are not necessarily needed, as the stair opening itself is already large:
Example
Best regards
Overall not bad, but the following points would bother me a lot:
- Guest toilet without a window
- Master bathroom very cramped around the toilet/shower area
- Very little space for wardrobes in general, especially in the children’s rooms, instead there are unnecessary open voids
- Staircase landing on the upper floor – the house is actually too short for a straight flight of stairs
For a straight flight of stairs, two additional open voids are not necessarily needed, as the stair opening itself is already large:
Example
Best regards
derdietmar schrieb:
pointless void spaces [...] staircase landing on the upper floor – the house is actually too short for the single-flight staircase Exactly, the house is too short for the single-flight staircase – that’s why these suburban villas often have a "bay window" as an extension. Normally, pointless void spaces aren’t a flaw but a feature. Not in this case: anyone rushing up the stairs here might end up tumbling over the railing into the cake on the banquet table below. Finally, a designer with a sense of humor who thinks ahead ;-)
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Papierturm20 Apr 2026 21:13HouseNo22 schrieb:
2.2m knee wall height Is that clear height or structural dimension?
This is not a good knee wall, especially if it’s the structural dimension.
Subtract 30cm (12 inches) for shading, plus a bit more for the window frame. Even with a clear 2.2m (7 feet 3 inches) knee wall height, I’m still looking at the window sill.
For comparison: with a clear 2.4m (7 feet 10 inches) knee wall height, the view out of the window is much nicer.
With a 2.2m (7 feet 3 inches) structural knee wall height, most people end up looking at the wall.
For good natural light and a pleasant outlook, either a higher knee wall or a lower one (with roof windows in this case) often works better.
HouseNo22 schrieb:
750,000 including land & If this were a less formal forum, I’d probably grumble “Maaaaaaann!” here. The price estimate is one of the key factors to judge how realistic a project is — or if budget cuts are needed.
But how am I (or anyone else) supposed to know how much the land costs? Some areas have plots for around 30k, others have plots that cost more than 500k.
HouseNo22 schrieb:
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 750,000 You should always keep a financial buffer. Costs will rise, no matter what.
If you’re aiming for turnkey delivery, including furniture, that budget is quite tight even without the land. Add a double garage on top of that... I don’t expect it’s possible to stay within six figures including furniture and garage, even excluding the land.
Time to get out the red pen...
Space requirements:
Toilet or shower, small office, pantry, garage access
Upper floor: bedroom, walk-in closet & 2 children’s rooms. 2 bathrooms (either 1 for kids or parents + 1 large bathroom) Additional bathrooms are very expensive and often become unused after several years. Better to have a toilet with shower on the ground floor and a more spacious bathroom upstairs.
Regarding the floor plan...
Ground floor:
- The toilet on the ground floor will be the one used most frequently. Having no window there... yes, it’s possible, but hardly practical.
- The utility room is much larger than necessary due to the layout choice for the passage area, making it more expensive.
- Overall, given the house dimensions, I would have preferred a different staircase design.
Upper floor:
- I like the main bathroom.
- As for the whole upper floor, I think if you omit the open spaces (voids), redesign the utility room downstairs (which would also allow a better position for the ground floor toilet), skip a third bathroom, and perhaps choose a different staircase design, the house dimensions could be made more compact. This could realistically save over 200,000.
If you have the money, great—everyone should build their dream home.
But if the real overall limit is 750,000 including everything... I would seriously reconsider.
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