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:
I think I need a break first. As ant11 partly pointed out correctly, I realize that I’m too fixated or rigid. Good idea. You can already tell by the latter:
micric3 schrieb:
Nevertheless, I would like to briefly present my favorites here in the post/thread — finally — with pros and cons ... I feel like you should take a week to do something completely different. Put aside everything you’ve thought so far and start fresh.
Or you could immediately hire a professional to plan it for you. Yes, that costs something. But you’ll need an architect anyway.
I don’t see a need for a creative break and/or a professional. I would expect a significant insight from laying the usage template out on the table.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Tried something completely different. Entrance positioned on the east side (floor plan can possibly be mirrored horizontally).
- Exterior walls are 36.5cm (14 inches) thick, load-bearing walls 24cm (9.5 inches), other walls 18cm (7 inches) thick
- Ideal size for all rooms, bedrooms at 16m² (170 sq ft) to provide sufficient storage space
- All wet rooms located on one side
- Kitchen separated from the living room
- Hallways minimized as much as possible
- Walking area in the (lift) space in the living room is integrated
- Fireplace serves as a room divider between dining area and living room
One downside – no coat closet – how could this be addressed? What do you think of the floor plan overall?
- Exterior walls are 36.5cm (14 inches) thick, load-bearing walls 24cm (9.5 inches), other walls 18cm (7 inches) thick
- Ideal size for all rooms, bedrooms at 16m² (170 sq ft) to provide sufficient storage space
- All wet rooms located on one side
- Kitchen separated from the living room
- Hallways minimized as much as possible
- Walking area in the (lift) space in the living room is integrated
- Fireplace serves as a room divider between dining area and living room
One downside – no coat closet – how could this be addressed? What do you think of the floor plan overall?
Don’t get caught up in wall thickness details: generally use 40 cm (16 inches) for exterior walls and 20 cm (8 inches) for interior walls. If one wall needs to be less load-bearing than originally planned, consider it a bonus. A floor plan should never rely on measurements matching exactly down to the last centimeter to “fit” properly.
Having 2D and 3D plans oriented the same way would be clearer. I also like having different bedrooms for kids, even in a twin house. Your bathroom size is exaggerated; feeling cramped is not helpful for comfortable bowel movements, even for those skeptical about Feng Shui.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Having 2D and 3D plans oriented the same way would be clearer. I also like having different bedrooms for kids, even in a twin house. Your bathroom size is exaggerated; feeling cramped is not helpful for comfortable bowel movements, even for those skeptical about Feng Shui.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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