ᐅ Bungalow floor plan approximately 16 x 9.5 meters (exterior dimensions) on a 1000 m² plot with existing structures
Created on: 25 Jun 2019 09:14
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micric3
Hello forum community,
after gathering a few more ideas—and having received and tried to incorporate good feedback from previous posts—I would like to ask for your feedback on the current floor plan and your general opinion of the bungalow on our 1000m² (10,764 sq ft) plot with existing buildings.
The floor plan was created with RoomSketcher. I have tried to include quite a few pieces of furniture (kitchen is still missing) as references. The windows for the bedrooms and bathroom are not yet finalized, as I don’t have ideas for them yet.
Attachments:
1.) Plot image + orientation
2.) Original building permit/planning permission (BU) after I designed/modified the draft
3.) My draft (with RoomSketcher)
Zoning plan / restrictions
Plot size: 1000m² (10,764 sq ft)
House dimensions: 15.87 m x 9.50 m (52.1 ft x 31.2 ft) (specified by BU to keep price close)
Slope: No
Parking spaces: 0
Number of floors: Bungalow (single story)
Roof type: Hip roof or gable roof (BU includes hip roof in price)
Orientation: Entrance west, living room southeast facing, dining room southwest facing
Maximum height / limits
Other requirements: must adapt to existing buildings
Owners’ requirements
Number of people, ages: 4 people (2 x 40 years, 2 x 3 years)
Office: In the outbuilding
Guests per year: Max. 2
Open or closed layout: undecided
Conservative or modern style: doesn’t matter
Open kitchen, kitchen island: sliding door, probably L- or U-shaped kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4 in kitchen, possibly 6-8 in living room
Fireplace: possibly a wood-burning stove
Garage/Carport: along the access driveway
House design
Who planned it: based on the Bungalow 131 floor plan by Town & Country. Draft designed by myself using RoomSketcher
- Planner of a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Access from the west
- simple and compact
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 215,000
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 250,000
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump (either Vaillant aroSplit or Vaillant recoCompact)
If you had to give up some features or expansions, which ones?
- Can give up: size of the living room
- Cannot give up: 2nd bathroom
Why is the design the way it is now?
- Position on the plot
- Location relative to existing outbuilding
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
- Is the west orientation of the children’s rooms better than east orientation?
- Is the bedroom too narrow considering the ~2 x 2 m (6.6 x 6.6 ft) bed?
- Should the kitchen have its own small dining area?
- Size and number of windows for the living room with southeast orientation
- How should the living room furniture be arranged?
- Should the living and dining rooms be swapped? (SE <-> SW orientation)
--> Dining room faces southwest to see who is arriving
- Is it better to have one floor-to-ceiling window (which size?) or two windows in the children’s rooms?
after gathering a few more ideas—and having received and tried to incorporate good feedback from previous posts—I would like to ask for your feedback on the current floor plan and your general opinion of the bungalow on our 1000m² (10,764 sq ft) plot with existing buildings.
The floor plan was created with RoomSketcher. I have tried to include quite a few pieces of furniture (kitchen is still missing) as references. The windows for the bedrooms and bathroom are not yet finalized, as I don’t have ideas for them yet.
Attachments:
1.) Plot image + orientation
2.) Original building permit/planning permission (BU) after I designed/modified the draft
3.) My draft (with RoomSketcher)
Zoning plan / restrictions
Plot size: 1000m² (10,764 sq ft)
House dimensions: 15.87 m x 9.50 m (52.1 ft x 31.2 ft) (specified by BU to keep price close)
Slope: No
Parking spaces: 0
Number of floors: Bungalow (single story)
Roof type: Hip roof or gable roof (BU includes hip roof in price)
Orientation: Entrance west, living room southeast facing, dining room southwest facing
Maximum height / limits
Other requirements: must adapt to existing buildings
Owners’ requirements
Number of people, ages: 4 people (2 x 40 years, 2 x 3 years)
Office: In the outbuilding
Guests per year: Max. 2
Open or closed layout: undecided
Conservative or modern style: doesn’t matter
Open kitchen, kitchen island: sliding door, probably L- or U-shaped kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4 in kitchen, possibly 6-8 in living room
Fireplace: possibly a wood-burning stove
Garage/Carport: along the access driveway
House design
Who planned it: based on the Bungalow 131 floor plan by Town & Country. Draft designed by myself using RoomSketcher
- Planner of a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Access from the west
- simple and compact
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 215,000
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 250,000
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump (either Vaillant aroSplit or Vaillant recoCompact)
If you had to give up some features or expansions, which ones?
- Can give up: size of the living room
- Cannot give up: 2nd bathroom
Why is the design the way it is now?
- Position on the plot
- Location relative to existing outbuilding
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
- Is the west orientation of the children’s rooms better than east orientation?
- Is the bedroom too narrow considering the ~2 x 2 m (6.6 x 6.6 ft) bed?
- Should the kitchen have its own small dining area?
- Size and number of windows for the living room with southeast orientation
- How should the living room furniture be arranged?
- Should the living and dining rooms be swapped? (SE <-> SW orientation)
--> Dining room faces southwest to see who is arriving
- Is it better to have one floor-to-ceiling window (which size?) or two windows in the children’s rooms?
Much that seems "logical" is actually not, but only appears so due to incorrect assumptions. For example, the following is not clear to me:
The light gray house at the bottom of the picture is supposed to be demolished, right? – so how is the orientation of the new building determined?
Right: I was not previously aware that your criticism applied only to individual points and that you had not recognized the overall system (apart from your frustration with its complexity).
Yes, apparently you feel unable to do more than divide an area into small spatial segments. In this situation, it might be worthwhile to check which of your constraints actually lead to the respective derived limitations.
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micric3 schrieb:
- Unfortunately, I don't really have four sides. The bungalow's orientation is fixed because of the existing building.
The light gray house at the bottom of the picture is supposed to be demolished, right? – so how is the orientation of the new building determined?
micric3 schrieb:
You had not given any criticism of the overall system until now.
Right: I was not previously aware that your criticism applied only to individual points and that you had not recognized the overall system (apart from your frustration with its complexity).
micric3 schrieb:
At least a floor plan does not give me a feeling, because this is my first encounter with the topic of house construction.
Yes, apparently you feel unable to do more than divide an area into small spatial segments. In this situation, it might be worthwhile to check which of your constraints actually lead to the respective derived limitations.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
micric3 schrieb:
I reduced the kitchen size so I can create an L-shape with a cooking island instead of a long row. I can make the bathroom smaller again and give the extra space to Kids’ Room 1. It’s not just one option or the other...
micric3 schrieb:
Unfortunately, I don’t really have four sides. The bungalow’s orientation is fixed due to the existing building. This bungalow does have four sides. You seem confused today.
micric3 schrieb:
The utility room should be on the north side, especially with the exit to the yard/existing building. No, not necessarily. That’s why I asked where the service lines come from. They should enter the house as directly and unobstructed as possible. This is a recurring question!
micric3 schrieb:
Regarding the "open-plan area," you mean the living room plus kitchen? The hallway is 1.80m² (19sq ft) wide and is basically the same with your idea, or am I missing something? Uh... No! What do you mean by 1.80? Exactly, the entrance.
But I am talking about the area in front of the open-plan space. You have now designed three different hallways.
When I say in front of the open-plan area, I don’t mean the entrance area.
ypg schrieb:
Has it already been mentioned where the utility lines are coming from, and what size is the house now? 131sqm (1410 sq ft)?Could you please answer that, @micric?
I would also be interested in seeing the site plan, drawn out. How wide and long is the plot? The old building is staying. Is it yours? Will the office be located there? Do you still have space for storage?
And one more thing I wanted to mention:
When I listed additional wishes, like adding a kitchen island, that was actually meant as a joke. In your original post, you didn’t even include a kitchen. I also wrote that with such late-coming requests, it becomes very difficult to accommodate everything properly.
And now you are actually planning with an island. I’m a bit surprised.
ypg schrieb:
Has it already been mentioned where the utility connections will come from, and how big is the house now? 131 sqm (1410 sq ft)?Could you please answer that, @micric?
And something else I wanted to mention:
When I listed possible additional requests, like adding a kitchen island, that was actually a joke. In the original post, you hadn’t even drawn a kitchen yet. I also wrote that with such late changes, it’s really difficult to get everything to fit well together.
And now you’re actually planning with an island. I’m a bit surprised.
A completely different approach, same exterior dimensions; walls are set to 36.5cm (14.4 inches):
I didn’t feel like adding windows anymore, but there are entrances on the west and east sides. Children’s bedrooms are on the south side. While they are young, they can share one room, and the parents use the other. Eventually, the parents will have to move and will have a bathroom with a shower. The technical room is separate from the utility room.
As you can see, I can also do angled walls where they make sense.
I didn’t feel like adding windows anymore, but there are entrances on the west and east sides. Children’s bedrooms are on the south side. While they are young, they can share one room, and the parents use the other. Eventually, the parents will have to move and will have a bathroom with a shower. The technical room is separate from the utility room.
As you can see, I can also do angled walls where they make sense.
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