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?
I’m putting this topic aside for now and focusing on finding a practical layout for the kitchen and living room. I’ve sketched the living room as “semi-open.” There is a substantial “wall” visible from the kitchen, so the design will be important here.
For the sketch, I used exterior masonry walls at 36.5cm (14.4 inches) and interior walls at 12cm (4.7 inches) and 17cm (6.7 inches).
Note: The furniture is currently just a placeholder for what we imagine.
For the sketch, I used exterior masonry walls at 36.5cm (14.4 inches) and interior walls at 12cm (4.7 inches) and 17cm (6.7 inches).
Note: The furniture is currently just a placeholder for what we imagine.
Good morning, I’m not quite sure what you mean.
Beveled corners can bring in more light, but that needs to be weighed carefully and nothing is decided yet. I just wanted to include it in a drawing. I think you are quite fixed in your views on some things. Have you ever seen beveled corners in practice? If so, what do you find problematic about them?
What do you mean by “dance hall”? The sketch is based on the floor plan we both worked on together.
The open-plan kitchen and living area is quite large, and we are currently looking at how furniture can be arranged and how the kitchen can be designed. We are happy to consider suggestions.
I will create another sketch with an open living room and see how it looks.
Good luck,
Michael
Beveled corners can bring in more light, but that needs to be weighed carefully and nothing is decided yet. I just wanted to include it in a drawing. I think you are quite fixed in your views on some things. Have you ever seen beveled corners in practice? If so, what do you find problematic about them?
What do you mean by “dance hall”? The sketch is based on the floor plan we both worked on together.
The open-plan kitchen and living area is quite large, and we are currently looking at how furniture can be arranged and how the kitchen can be designed. We are happy to consider suggestions.
I will create another sketch with an open living room and see how it looks.
Good luck,
Michael
micric3 schrieb:
Beveled corners can bring in more light, but that needs to be balanced and is not yet decided. I just wanted to include it in a drawing. I think you are quite rigid on some points yourself. Have you ever seen beveled corners in practice? If so, what do you find problematic about them? Where is the light needed now? You are reducing your usable floor space in the bedroom.
And yes, I generally reject angled walls where they don’t bring any benefit. Where they are necessary, they just have to conform.
micric3 schrieb:
What do you mean by ballroom? The sketch is actually based on the floor plan we developed together. You have the most space where it is needed the least. Your kitchen island disrupts the room layout somewhat.
I’m really struggling with the kitchen layout and design -.- ... Since we will probably choose an open kitchen/living area, the kitchen can be placed back on the west side. It should have enough natural light.
Advantage: I can make the kitchen narrower in width, which frees up more space for the wardrobe and bathroom (possibly also enlarging children’s bedroom 1 again). In addition, I can design the kitchen island more aesthetically. The access path from the west will then lead directly to the kitchen/terrace.
Windows/sliding doors still need to be optimized.
Advantage: I can make the kitchen narrower in width, which frees up more space for the wardrobe and bathroom (possibly also enlarging children’s bedroom 1 again). In addition, I can design the kitchen island more aesthetically. The access path from the west will then lead directly to the kitchen/terrace.
Windows/sliding doors still need to be optimized.
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