ᐅ Building an extremely narrow house with a width of 4.5 meters due to setback requirements

nrwd1231 schrieb:

I currently have a plot reserved where you can build a maximum of 4.5m (15 feet) wide, but up to 14m (46 feet) long.

A bit more information about the plot (including the neighborhood) would be necessary. Also, who is going to move in later: a couple or a family?
In my opinion, such a project is not suitable for the latter. Couples can turn it into a dream home if they embrace and adapt to the house’s format.
There was recently quite strong criticism, certainly from an architect’s perspective.

nrwd1231 schrieb:

Are there house providers that build such narrow houses? A one-off build as an architect-designed house would probably be very expensive.

There are few. However, it will definitely be an architect’s project, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be more expensive since only the exterior walls are load-bearing, and so on. Usually, such a house is a blend of living space and garden, so one doesn’t feel confined.

11ant schrieb:

Because of the unfavorable shape, probably even less so.

Or arguably more, because hallways can be eliminated.

Examples of houses: Flying Spaces versus Schwörerhaus, mobile homes, or floating homes. The interior layout of unique recreational vehicles can also (or must) serve as inspiration.

Take a look at some pictures of the Seven Swans in Frankfurt. That will give you an idea of this type of building – an absolute masterpiece for its use in Frankfurt, but not suitable as a residential house.

Well, there is a huge difference between an interior dimension of 4.2m (14 feet) and an exterior dimension of 4.5m (15 feet). Our living room is 4m (13 feet) wide, and I find it almost too narrow...

It basically ends up being like a shotgun house, meaning there is hardly any hallway at all, and you move from room to room directly. Unthinkable for a family with children.

-LotteS- schrieb:

We have been renting a similar house for about four years: [...] Interior dimensions approximately 4.20 x 14 m (13.8 x 46 ft).

And now the key question: where could half a meter (20 inches) of width be saved?

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The key question is rather why someone chooses to build new when they already live in such a great narrow rental house, or why the new building isn’t designed to be just as nicely narrow if that style is so appealing.

xMisterDx schrieb:

The key question is really why someone would choose to build new if they’re already living in such a nice narrow house for rent, or why they wouldn’t make their new build just as narrow if they like that style so much.

You’ve already got the answer!

-LotteS- schrieb:

The question is whether you’re willing to make such compromises when you’re putting down 500,000 for a new build on a plot... After years of consideration, we decided that we don’t want that and are building new now.

==> A nice, cozy house, but lots and lots of compromises. And maybe the family is growing right now or planning to grow? Because

-LotteS- schrieb:

It might work with one child, but with more, the dimensions hardly leave any options,

that sounds like family planning.