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:
Regarding the others, I don’t understand why the wardrobe should be closed (is this about the view from the kitchen?)Then ask how many shoes your wife has or, even better: list ALL the jackets and shoes of your family of four. A dresser in the hallway is useful for scarves, hats, sunglasses, and similar items.
You hardly have any alternatives for storing textiles. Possibly you can swap seasonally with the closet, but let’s be honest: how many pairs of shoes does your wife have for spring exchanges? How many shoes do the kids have for autumn/winter, including rain boots and sports shoes? How many jackets will you hang there when you come in from the garden?
And yes: it’s also about keeping things organized and avoiding seeing the clutter in the place where you live and need to be creative. Such a mess drains your energy completely!
Everything is correct. We have enough clothes, and they are also spread across more than four storage areas. We have a large IKEA wardrobe in the hallway (about 250cm wide (98 inches)), and I’m going to try the experiment of fitting all the “clothing items” in there, since currently many compartments are used for other household items.
However, I still believe that an open wardrobe looks more welcoming, and at least you’re forced to keep it tidy, unlike a “junk room/wardrobe.”
In the hallway itself, with a width of 1.80m (5 feet 11 inches), it would easily be possible to install coat hooks and seating benches with space underneath for seasonal shoes or guest shoes.
Just asking everyone here in the forum: who owns a closed wardrobe, and what are your experiences?
Best regards,
Michael
However, I still believe that an open wardrobe looks more welcoming, and at least you’re forced to keep it tidy, unlike a “junk room/wardrobe.”
In the hallway itself, with a width of 1.80m (5 feet 11 inches), it would easily be possible to install coat hooks and seating benches with space underneath for seasonal shoes or guest shoes.
Just asking everyone here in the forum: who owns a closed wardrobe, and what are your experiences?
Best regards,
Michael
micric3 schrieb:
Thanks, did you happen to post your kitchen in the kitchen photo thread? No, we renovated our house before I discovered this site.
ypg schrieb:
You should rather read other floor plan discussions on this topic.
This is not about your coat hook. Good morning, unfortunately I am unable to send you a private message. Perhaps you could send me a few known topics as links via private message.
Thank you very much.
micric3 schrieb:
Good morning, unfortunately I can’t send you a private message. Maybe you could send me a few topics you know as links via private message.
Thank you. In the subforum for floor plan discussions, where you also posted, every discussion mentions the issue of the cloakroom. Many already have a storage room, either separate or under the stairs.
However, it’s not about what others have:
Somewhere you have to store 40 coats, or at least half if the rest are kept in wardrobes. The same goes for 12 pairs of shoes.
If this doesn’t make sense to you, design without it—but in a way that allows you to add it later.
By the way, I’m a member of an organization and decoration group on Facebook. Yesterday the slogan was shared: clutter and mess make you sick. But for some, in real life it’s a learning process, which is not a problem. I’m also someone who has to experience things personally before applying what I want to implement.
P.S. I’m not the search function. You’ll find that at the top right.
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