ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family home designed as an urban villa
Created on: 20 Apr 2026 23:13
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xDorixHello everyone,
Our project is about to start soon. Before all the masonry work begins, I would appreciate your feedback.
We more or less designed the floor plan ourselves after looking at various houses and layouts. We took the elements we liked from different plans and combined them to create our house design, which we have gradually refined with our structural engineer.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: approx. 2500m² (0.62 acres)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio: ?
Plot ratio/building coverage ratio: ?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: ?
Edge development: ?
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Hipped roof 24°
Style: Modern
Orientation: Living/dining area facing east
Maximum height/limits: ?
Other regulations: unknown
Homeowner requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Modern city villa with a hipped roof, 24°
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full floors
Number of occupants, age: Currently 2 adults (two children’s bedrooms planned)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Ground floor: Living/dining/kitchen area, utility room, guest WC, office
Upper floor: Master bathroom, children’s bathroom, master bedroom including walk-in closet, child 1, child 2
Office: Family use or home office? Family use
Number of guests per year: ?
Open or closed architecture: ?
Conservative or modern construction method: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: Yes
Music/stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: Terrace accessible via lift-and-slide door
Garage, carport: Double garage
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: No
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, including reasons why certain things are or are not wanted: We definitely wanted a double-height space centrally located above the living/dining/kitchen area. On the upper floor, this space has a fixed window element overlooking our large plot and future garden. On the ground floor, the dining table is located directly under this double-height space.
House design
Who designed it:
- Own design based on many different floor plans
What do you like most? Why?
- The symmetry of the house’s exterior façade, the living/dining/kitchen area flooded with light through large windows including the double-height space, the open staircase with a large window, the bright and open hallway on the upper floor thanks to the double-height space.
What don’t you like? Why?
- /
Estimated price according to architect/planner: /
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: /
Preferred heating technology: Air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details/features
- Can you live without: /
- Can’t you live without: Double-height space, staircase, living room including kitchen
We are quite satisfied with the floor plan but would like to know if we might have overlooked something or if anything could be improved.
Regarding the kitchen, the door shown in the drawing will be removed. The kitchen unit will extend along the entire wall, and the indicated window is relatively large, facing south to allow afternoon sunlight.
Unfortunately, we do not have 3D views of the rooms like some others here have been able to share.
Ground floor:
Upper floor:
Our project is about to start soon. Before all the masonry work begins, I would appreciate your feedback.
We more or less designed the floor plan ourselves after looking at various houses and layouts. We took the elements we liked from different plans and combined them to create our house design, which we have gradually refined with our structural engineer.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: approx. 2500m² (0.62 acres)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio: ?
Plot ratio/building coverage ratio: ?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: ?
Edge development: ?
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Hipped roof 24°
Style: Modern
Orientation: Living/dining area facing east
Maximum height/limits: ?
Other regulations: unknown
Homeowner requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Modern city villa with a hipped roof, 24°
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full floors
Number of occupants, age: Currently 2 adults (two children’s bedrooms planned)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Ground floor: Living/dining/kitchen area, utility room, guest WC, office
Upper floor: Master bathroom, children’s bathroom, master bedroom including walk-in closet, child 1, child 2
Office: Family use or home office? Family use
Number of guests per year: ?
Open or closed architecture: ?
Conservative or modern construction method: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: Yes
Music/stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: Terrace accessible via lift-and-slide door
Garage, carport: Double garage
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: No
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, including reasons why certain things are or are not wanted: We definitely wanted a double-height space centrally located above the living/dining/kitchen area. On the upper floor, this space has a fixed window element overlooking our large plot and future garden. On the ground floor, the dining table is located directly under this double-height space.
House design
Who designed it:
- Own design based on many different floor plans
What do you like most? Why?
- The symmetry of the house’s exterior façade, the living/dining/kitchen area flooded with light through large windows including the double-height space, the open staircase with a large window, the bright and open hallway on the upper floor thanks to the double-height space.
What don’t you like? Why?
- /
Estimated price according to architect/planner: /
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: /
Preferred heating technology: Air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details/features
- Can you live without: /
- Can’t you live without: Double-height space, staircase, living room including kitchen
We are quite satisfied with the floor plan but would like to know if we might have overlooked something or if anything could be improved.
Regarding the kitchen, the door shown in the drawing will be removed. The kitchen unit will extend along the entire wall, and the indicated window is relatively large, facing south to allow afternoon sunlight.
Unfortunately, we do not have 3D views of the rooms like some others here have been able to share.
Ground floor:
Upper floor:
If the right side of the plan is meant to be south, then the afternoon sun will be where the garage is located.
Please complete the entire questionnaire and arrange the rooms according to your needs.
A bathroom above the living area should generally be avoided, and utility connections should not be built over. Also, hallways that are larger than children's bedrooms should be reconsidered and may require a redesign.
Please complete the entire questionnaire and arrange the rooms according to your needs.
A bathroom above the living area should generally be avoided, and utility connections should not be built over. Also, hallways that are larger than children's bedrooms should be reconsidered and may require a redesign.
I have filled out the questionnaire as thoroughly as possible. Which details are still missing?
That’s correct, the afternoon sun is on the side where the garage is located. However, the east/south corner of the house is also exposed to the afternoon and even evening sun, although the garage does cast a shadow there. This is why we thought our garden should extend around this corner of the house. You can sit behind the garage in the afternoon and evening. In the morning and around midday, the sun shines on the east side.
Initially, the bedroom and bathroom were swapped. However, this layout would not have allowed us to connect the walk-in closet to our bedroom. Therefore, we had it rearranged, and our builder had no objections. What issues can be expected with this, or what exactly speaks against it? Is this not permitted? We have already received our building permit/planning permission, and nothing was mentioned in this regard.
We deliberately chose the size of each room, and they are perfect for us. During several visits to prefabricated house showrooms, we compared our current floor plan with the room sizes on display. For example, in the children’s room, 10m² (108 ft²) was too small for us. 15m² (161 ft²) was very spacious, so we settled on 13m² (140 ft²).
We are aware that both hallways are quite large. However, since this means we do not have to compromise on the other rooms, it shouldn’t be a major issue, right?
That’s correct, the afternoon sun is on the side where the garage is located. However, the east/south corner of the house is also exposed to the afternoon and even evening sun, although the garage does cast a shadow there. This is why we thought our garden should extend around this corner of the house. You can sit behind the garage in the afternoon and evening. In the morning and around midday, the sun shines on the east side.
Initially, the bedroom and bathroom were swapped. However, this layout would not have allowed us to connect the walk-in closet to our bedroom. Therefore, we had it rearranged, and our builder had no objections. What issues can be expected with this, or what exactly speaks against it? Is this not permitted? We have already received our building permit/planning permission, and nothing was mentioned in this regard.
We deliberately chose the size of each room, and they are perfect for us. During several visits to prefabricated house showrooms, we compared our current floor plan with the room sizes on display. For example, in the children’s room, 10m² (108 ft²) was too small for us. 15m² (161 ft²) was very spacious, so we settled on 13m² (140 ft²).
We are aware that both hallways are quite large. However, since this means we do not have to compromise on the other rooms, it shouldn’t be a major issue, right?
xDorix schrieb:
We have already received our building permit Then that’s settled.
If you’ve convinced yourselves and continue to downplay the criticisms, then everything is fine. So don’t let neutral parties and, yes, knowledgeable people from East and West upset you or spoil your house construction. It’s obviously frustrating now, isn’t it?
Regarding the questionnaire: you know and can see for yourself—it’s like compass directions. A question doesn’t change the situation—nor do explanations why something turns out as it should. That doesn’t make it any better or acceptable.
Your co-payment is just as absurd. Because especially the façade is not something that can be flexibly changed in a building application.
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hanghaus202321 Apr 2026 06:55The question about the budget was not answered. Please add the furniture layout to the plans.
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MachsSelbst21 Apr 2026 09:51For a house of this size, the two children's rooms are really embarrassingly small. The 4.5m² (48 sq ft) "bathroom" doesn’t make up for it either, because what can you even fit in there? A second shower definitely won’t fit, and I don’t think a 15-year-old teenager would want to shower right in front of the window above the front door...
The guest toilet corridor on the ground floor is too narrow to use effectively. Ultimately, it’s just a long hallway with a toilet at the end, where you still have to squeeze past the sink 😉
Overall, the circulation and useless open spaces (hallways, utility room, airspace, large open area in the main bathroom upstairs) are huge, but the actual rooms are relatively small for the size of the house...
The guest toilet corridor on the ground floor is too narrow to use effectively. Ultimately, it’s just a long hallway with a toilet at the end, where you still have to squeeze past the sink 😉
Overall, the circulation and useless open spaces (hallways, utility room, airspace, large open area in the main bathroom upstairs) are huge, but the actual rooms are relatively small for the size of the house...
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