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?

Aerial photo of a plot with a red rectangular marking, green line and blue directions.


Floor plan of an apartment: kitchen, living room, hallway, two children’s rooms, bedroom, bathroom, WC, utility room.


Floor plan of a house with kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom and hallways with dimensions.
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micric3
2 Jul 2019 09:34
Adjusted version with balcony door shifted westward and living room orientation

Open living room with dining table, sofa, orange armchair, kitchen island, TV, wooden floor


Isometric view of an open living/dining area with dining table, chairs, sofa, and kitchen.
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ypg
2 Jul 2019 09:43
micric3 schrieb:

Since we will probably choose an open kitchen/living area, the kitchen can be placed in the west again. There should be enough natural light.

The difference here is that you are making the quiet area a passageway.
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micric3
2 Jul 2019 10:41
ypg schrieb:

The difference is that here you are using the resting area as a passageway.

With an open design—in this case—that’s not really avoidable. In theory, though, no one walks through the living room since the pathway is behind the seating area.

I could also create the current floor plan with a partition wall for the living room (but then I would change the seating arrangement and add a window on the south side according to the plan).

PS: Glass door is just for illustration.

Open living and dining area with sofa, dining table, kitchen, and balcony access.
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ypg
2 Jul 2019 12:04
Could you please stick to black and white and the floor plan?
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micric3
2 Jul 2019 12:26
Certainly. I find this 3D feature useful for getting a sense of the rooms.

Floor plan of a residential house: living kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom, utility room, toilet, hallway, child 1, child 2, measurements
11ant2 Jul 2019 15:15
micric3 schrieb:

I think this 3D feature is good for getting a feel for the rooms.
I find the 3D feature poor because it clearly does not improve the sense of space: I (as a person from Prussia, that is, from a culture where window visiting is uncommon) can recognize just as quickly and precisely in 2D that the bedroom has no door *cleanly slaps thigh laughing*

And it is just as quickly clear to me why it has no door: it would be inconvenient in the left corner, also in the right corner, and in between it would hit the bed :-(
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