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?
micric3 schrieb:
But as you can see from the sketch, there is a terrace located east of the old building/north of the new building I couldn’t even tell which property is yours. Now I’m supposed to see a terrace here?
I don’t know how others feel about this. Of course, we can discuss the bungalow, and I think Yvonne is doing a great job. But as an interested reader, I keep wondering: what is actually allowed on the property? Floor area ratio and especially the floor space index are missing here for me. Has the original poster fully considered their options? What is the height of the existing buildings? Are these all bungalows in the neighborhood? If not, is a bungalow with two bedrooms and other features really the best solution here? The placement of the house doesn’t even seem finalized yet, and already there is talk about closet sizes.
Maybe I’m missing part of the story, since this is already the second thread on the topic?
No, the terrace should not be visible, at most just suggested.
The requested information (except for floor area ratio/building coverage ratio – I don’t have those, but I am still looking for ideas for a floor plan) can be found in the initial post. The first attached image and the description make clear how the floor plan is meant to be positioned.
Quote from the initial post:
Orientation: Entrance West, Living room Southeast orientation, Dining room Southwest orientation
Next time, when I also have information about the floor area ratio/building coverage ratio, I will sketch everything optimally on the plot.
I still have to learn as well.
Attached are the latest adjustments/implementations of the ideas.
The requested information (except for floor area ratio/building coverage ratio – I don’t have those, but I am still looking for ideas for a floor plan) can be found in the initial post. The first attached image and the description make clear how the floor plan is meant to be positioned.
Quote from the initial post:
Orientation: Entrance West, Living room Southeast orientation, Dining room Southwest orientation
Next time, when I also have information about the floor area ratio/building coverage ratio, I will sketch everything optimally on the plot.
I still have to learn as well.
Attached are the latest adjustments/implementations of the ideas.
micric3 schrieb:
No, the terrace should not be visible, at most just imagined.I see. micric3 schrieb:
The requested information (except for plot ratio/floor space ratio - I don’t have those, yet I’m still looking for floor plan ideas -)Hmm. Maybe you could briefly tell us why it has to be a bungalow?Reasons to choose a bungalow
- Everything on one floor (age-related advantage)
- Space available on the plot
- Benefit of a low roof regarding potential photovoltaic retrofitting and maintenance
Attached is a second version that I was unfortunately unable to add to my previous post.
- Everything on one floor (age-related advantage)
- Space available on the plot
- Benefit of a low roof regarding potential photovoltaic retrofitting and maintenance
Attached is a second version that I was unfortunately unable to add to my previous post.
Floor space index and plot ratio, as well as the possible number of storeys, are already essential foundations for such thought experiments as we are conducting here together. I would also not so easily dismiss the assessment of the existing building for incorporation, extension, or adding extra storeys. Imagine pondering endlessly over squaring the circle, while in reality you actually have a triangle.
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I think I need a break for now. As ant11 partly pointed out correctly, I realize that I am too fixed/rigid in my thinking.
I might consider changing the exterior dimensions, even if this involves an additional cost, to gain more options.
Nevertheless, I would like to briefly summarize my favorites here in this post/thread with their pros and cons, and maybe there are still some opinions to consider.
Plan orientation: (plan on the right) North ->
Access/Supply: West
Option 4.1
+ In my opinion, optimal room sizes/layout
+ Living room length of 5.3m (17.4 feet) provides spatial depth
+ Entrance area/closet/hallway as a good layout compromise
- Supply lines come from the west
- Orientation/layout of windows in the living room not yet clear
Option 4.2
+ Large living room/kitchen
+ Orientation/layout of windows in living room-kitchen
+ Larger bedroom
+ Larger bathroom
- Unclear how the hallway area will feel
- Unclear how the rectangular living room-kitchen will feel
- Supply lines come from the west
Option 5.0
+ Utility room on the west side (supply lines from the west)
+ All wet rooms/service rooms on the west side
+ Huge living room + kitchen
+ Even larger bathroom
- Very long hallway in the private area [ ~7m (23 feet) ]
- Tight/barely sufficient sizes for bedrooms/children’s rooms
- Structural columns will probably be needed
- Unclear how a room of almost 50m² (540 ft²) will feel
I might consider changing the exterior dimensions, even if this involves an additional cost, to gain more options.
Nevertheless, I would like to briefly summarize my favorites here in this post/thread with their pros and cons, and maybe there are still some opinions to consider.
Plan orientation: (plan on the right) North ->
Access/Supply: West
Option 4.1
+ In my opinion, optimal room sizes/layout
+ Living room length of 5.3m (17.4 feet) provides spatial depth
+ Entrance area/closet/hallway as a good layout compromise
- Supply lines come from the west
- Orientation/layout of windows in the living room not yet clear
Option 4.2
+ Large living room/kitchen
+ Orientation/layout of windows in living room-kitchen
+ Larger bedroom
+ Larger bathroom
- Unclear how the hallway area will feel
- Unclear how the rectangular living room-kitchen will feel
- Supply lines come from the west
Option 5.0
+ Utility room on the west side (supply lines from the west)
+ All wet rooms/service rooms on the west side
+ Huge living room + kitchen
+ Even larger bathroom
- Very long hallway in the private area [ ~7m (23 feet) ]
- Tight/barely sufficient sizes for bedrooms/children’s rooms
- Structural columns will probably be needed
- Unclear how a room of almost 50m² (540 ft²) will feel
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