Hello everyone,
we are planning a custom-designed house and are very satisfied with this floor plan at first and second glance. Our wish was to have a large garage, and the house has now been adapted accordingly. We have a relatively narrow plot of land, measuring 18m (59 feet).
Planned changes still include:
We would be interested in your opinions.
Thanks in advance
we are planning a custom-designed house and are very satisfied with this floor plan at first and second glance. Our wish was to have a large garage, and the house has now been adapted accordingly. We have a relatively narrow plot of land, measuring 18m (59 feet).
Planned changes still include:
- Utility room as a walkthrough from the garage
- Reducing the size of the technical room and thereby enlarging the living room
- Layout of the master bathroom/dressing room/bedroom is not yet finalized
- The front slant will cause problems when placing a bed
We would be interested in your opinions.
Thanks in advance
bluetoothtony schrieb:
The plot does not allow for a wider building. That’s why we really like the solution the architect came up with. The house including the garage measures 16 meters (52.5 feet) in width and reaches the permitted eaves height of 6 meters (20 feet). I’m not familiar with the specific setback rules in Hesse, but if the plot is 18 meters (59 feet) wide, then the house might be too wide.
Of course, you could reduce the garage by 50 cm (20 inches) and make some adjustments on the ground floor. However, often a design suffers so much from such compromises that nothing fits well anymore and everything becomes a trade-off.
My suggestion would be to add a knee wall on the west side. The loggia would be omitted, and one child would get a sloped ceiling, which adds a cozy atmosphere. The floor area of the child’s room could be compensated by slightly reducing the open space (atrium) and assigning that space to the child’s room. Visually, the open space benefits from the sloped ceiling because a blunt vertical opening often looks awkward when the height exceeds the width, and the open space then just appears as a “missing ceiling.”
Something like this:
kbt09 schrieb:
@ypg ... but that means there isn’t much space in the walk-in closet and it’s really only enough for one row of cabinets along the top wall. No, there are theoretically 7! linear meters (23 feet) of cabinet space. However, I think my upper floor got slightly larger because I forgot to account for the wall thickness and made some adjustments later on. The idea was that there’s enough budget for so-called "modifications," so I’m not being too precise about it. After all, I’m not getting paid 😉
You could easily reduce the upper floor width by one meter (3 feet) again, which would leave about 5 linear meters (16 feet) of cabinet space.
kbt09 schrieb:
Did you move the staircase further down on the plan, or did you change the half-landing staircase into just a winding staircase? No, it was moved to the left on the plan. It’s 3 meters (10 feet) deep and 2.3 meters (7.5 feet) wide. The software doesn’t support landings.
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bluetoothtony29 Mar 2026 19:06Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 1000 sq m (12,000 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.6
Plot ratio: 2.5
Building zone, building line, and boundary: 2.5 m (8 ft) setback
Edge development: Garage 9 m (30 ft)
Number of parking spaces: 2
Roof style: Open
Orientation: Terrace facing south
Maximum heights/limits: Approximately 6 m (20 ft) eaves height
Other requirements: None
Homeowners' Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 33 years old, four people
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: 200–250 sq m (2,150–2,700 sq ft)
Office: Family use
Guest overnight stays per year: Unknown
Open or closed architecture: Open
Conservative or modern design: Modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: Cooking island
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: Yes
Balcony, roof terrace: Not essential, but nice to have
Garage, carport: Yes
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons why certain things are preferred or avoided: Access from garage into the house, laundry chute, children’s bathroom
House Design
Who designed the plan: Friend architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
Higher ceilings + gallery
What do you dislike? Why?
Layout of master bedroom/dressing room/bathroom
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings:
Preferred heating system: 1 million–1.2 million Euro
If you have to give up something, which details or extensions?
Roof style
Why is the design as it is? For example:
We have a maximum width of 18 m (59 ft)
And a large garage was requested with 7 m (23 ft) width. We have now reduced it to 6.5 m (21 ft)
Standard design from the planner?
Which wishes were fulfilled by the architect?
Basically all
What makes it particularly good or bad in your eyes?
He has good ideas and tries to implement our wishes. He is also familiar with the latest regulations.
Plot size: 1000 sq m (12,000 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.6
Plot ratio: 2.5
Building zone, building line, and boundary: 2.5 m (8 ft) setback
Edge development: Garage 9 m (30 ft)
Number of parking spaces: 2
Roof style: Open
Orientation: Terrace facing south
Maximum heights/limits: Approximately 6 m (20 ft) eaves height
Other requirements: None
Homeowners' Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 33 years old, four people
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: 200–250 sq m (2,150–2,700 sq ft)
Office: Family use
Guest overnight stays per year: Unknown
Open or closed architecture: Open
Conservative or modern design: Modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: Cooking island
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: Yes
Balcony, roof terrace: Not essential, but nice to have
Garage, carport: Yes
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons why certain things are preferred or avoided: Access from garage into the house, laundry chute, children’s bathroom
House Design
Who designed the plan: Friend architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
Higher ceilings + gallery
What do you dislike? Why?
Layout of master bedroom/dressing room/bathroom
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings:
Preferred heating system: 1 million–1.2 million Euro
If you have to give up something, which details or extensions?
Roof style
Why is the design as it is? For example:
We have a maximum width of 18 m (59 ft)
And a large garage was requested with 7 m (23 ft) width. We have now reduced it to 6.5 m (21 ft)
Standard design from the planner?
Which wishes were fulfilled by the architect?
Basically all
What makes it particularly good or bad in your eyes?
He has good ideas and tries to implement our wishes. He is also familiar with the latest regulations.
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hanghaus202329 Mar 2026 19:28bluetoothtony schrieb:
Building window, building line and boundary: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) distance bluetoothtony schrieb:
We have a maximum width of 18 m (59 ft) 9.385 + 7.11 + 2.5 = 18.99 The house is about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) too wide. Even more so in the area of the bay window.
The architect is not that great after all.
In my opinion, this isn’t really a favor either.
Starting over again. There are better ideas already from @ypg.
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bluetoothtony29 Mar 2026 19:29hanghaus2023 schrieb:
9.385 + 7.11 + 2.5 = 18.99 The house is about 1 meter (3.3 feet) too wide.
The architect isn’t that great after all. My mistake. The width is 19 meters (62.3 feet).@ypg ... okay ... but corner cabinets in such situations are usually more of a hassle 😉.
@bluetoothtony .. still no site plan, meaning the plot with the planned house included. And preferably showing how the neighboring buildings are arranged.
I think it’s quite a pity that the ground floor lacks any direct eastern daylight, especially in winter.
@bluetoothtony .. still no site plan, meaning the plot with the planned house included. And preferably showing how the neighboring buildings are arranged.
I think it’s quite a pity that the ground floor lacks any direct eastern daylight, especially in winter.
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