ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family house without a basement for a family
Created on: 27 Jan 2026 01:09
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BonducaHello,
we (both 37 years old) are building a house in Bavaria with our two young children.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 500 sqm (5382 sq ft)
Slope: no
Edge development: garage allowed
Number of parking spaces: 3
Number of floors: 2 full stories required
Roof type: gable roof 22–32°
Orientation: see plan
Homeowners’ requirements
Style: country house
Basement, stories: no basement, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults (37), 2 children (3, 2)
Space requirement ground floor, upper floor: 160 sqm (1722 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Open or closed layout: open
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen, kitchen island desired or U-shaped
Number of dining seats: 4–6
Fireplace: not necessary
Garage, carport: garage + 1 additional parking space
Utility garden, greenhouse: utility garden
Other wishes/particulars/daily routine, also reasons for whether something should or should not be included: The most important rooms for us are the kitchen and living room as an open space. We want it to be cozy. The building plot faces southwest. To the south runs a small footpath and to the west a driveway with little traffic. We want to use the garden as much as possible (especially for the children).
What bothers us somewhat: The living room is very spacious. Will it still feel cozy?
What would you do differently?
we (both 37 years old) are building a house in Bavaria with our two young children.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 500 sqm (5382 sq ft)
Slope: no
Edge development: garage allowed
Number of parking spaces: 3
Number of floors: 2 full stories required
Roof type: gable roof 22–32°
Orientation: see plan
Homeowners’ requirements
Style: country house
Basement, stories: no basement, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults (37), 2 children (3, 2)
Space requirement ground floor, upper floor: 160 sqm (1722 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Open or closed layout: open
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen, kitchen island desired or U-shaped
Number of dining seats: 4–6
Fireplace: not necessary
Garage, carport: garage + 1 additional parking space
Utility garden, greenhouse: utility garden
Other wishes/particulars/daily routine, also reasons for whether something should or should not be included: The most important rooms for us are the kitchen and living room as an open space. We want it to be cozy. The building plot faces southwest. To the south runs a small footpath and to the west a driveway with little traffic. We want to use the garden as much as possible (especially for the children).
What bothers us somewhat: The living room is very spacious. Will it still feel cozy?
What would you do differently?
I don’t think the living area is that big.
I don’t like corner benches; they are so impractical. Egel, try drawing the furniture to scale, especially the movement space around the dining area.
It’s nice when the path from the kitchen to the terrace isn’t blocked.
Christmas tree, play kitchen, slot car track, etc. Last winter, the little one practiced her jump rope routine in the living/dining room; the gymnastics mat for splits and such was already there, and yes, the violin and keyboard are also in the open-plan area. Any more examples of how the still empty space can be filled with life?
The air track and slot car track have been moved to the attic, and a yoga swing hangs in the children’s room.
I don’t like corner benches; they are so impractical. Egel, try drawing the furniture to scale, especially the movement space around the dining area.
It’s nice when the path from the kitchen to the terrace isn’t blocked.
Christmas tree, play kitchen, slot car track, etc. Last winter, the little one practiced her jump rope routine in the living/dining room; the gymnastics mat for splits and such was already there, and yes, the violin and keyboard are also in the open-plan area. Any more examples of how the still empty space can be filled with life?
The air track and slot car track have been moved to the attic, and a yoga swing hangs in the children’s room.
Bonduca schrieb:
Space requirement on the ground floor and upper floor: 160sqm It's about 195sqm without the garage. Right? This is just a rough estimate, and yes: that is relatively large. (everything a bit blurry... screenshot of a screenshot?)
The bigger you build, the fewer bottlenecks there will be. However, the house can also seem somewhat bloated, with rooms being too elongated or hallways too long.
The hallway is already quite large. Including the cloakroom vestibule, it's over 20sqm. For a 160sqm house, it’s expected that the office has the size of a children's room and the open space gets its extra 5-10sqm.
I remember there was a lot of criticism about the technical room being located on the outside.
Bonduca schrieb:
What bothers us a little: the living room is very spacious. Is it still cozy? Well, @haydee is right to some extent when it comes to flexible use, and it’s an advantage if you don’t have to bump into things everywhere when an open space is large enough.
I’m missing the sketches from the builder about how they plan to furnish it now.
The floor plan keeps being discussed somehow, without any feedback from you. I think I even saw it on Fatzebook: gathering information, but no communication about possible improvements, if any exist.
Bonduca schrieb:
What would you do differently? With 195sqm, I would reconsider the whole house concept. The hallway doesn’t really add anything positive to the house, unless you like that sort of thing. Hardly anyone is going to head to the front door when they want to take a shower. It’s basically far away downstairs.
The biggest mistake for an uncomfortable living area here is the window above the sofa. (This also applies to the window above the bed in the bedroom). The (window) symmetry on the terrace side is unnecessary. I would break that symmetry and move the sliding door further to the right as per the plan. (This also applies to the roof extension, which should be reconsidered because it might be better placed on a wall without windows, where you can put seating on the terrace without looking directly inside from the house.)
This way, beside the sofa, you’ll have room for armchairs and a footstool in a cozy corner. Those two individual windows aren’t very practical either. Especially the one on the corner of the house—once you buy curtains, you’ll get annoyed because nothing fits well. Or if you want to put a shelf, sideboard, or small table there—it doesn’t look stylish.
As mentioned already: just draw the furniture in correctly, then you can already see where things are lacking. The arrangement and paint colors of the walls are also a major factor in the coziness.
haydee schrieb:
Please draw the furniture to scale and especially mark the movement space around the dining area. It’s much nicer when the path from the kitchen to the terrace isn’t blocked. Comments like this don’t need additional remarks repeating the same points in different words; they should be acknowledged and supported!
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