Hello everyone,
after reading here for a while, I would now like to ask for advice.
We are planning to build a bungalow. At the moment, we keep going in circles with the floor plan.
I will first answer the questionnaire
Development plan.....not available /restrictions
Plot size.....1000 sqm (12,000 sq ft)
Slope.....no
Floor area ratio.....0.4
Site coverage ratio
Building envelope, building line and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of storeys
Roof shape
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights/limits
Other requirements
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type.....Bungalow with hipped or gable roof
Basement, floors
Number of people, ages....2 adults and two children (8 and 14)
Space requirements on ground floor, upper floor.....see floor plan
Office: family use or home office?.....will be a multipurpose room: guest, hobby, and office
Overnight guests per year
open or closed layout.....closed kitchen with dining area
conservative or modern construction style
open kitchen, cooking island.....cooking island
Number of dining seats.....6-10
Fireplace.....no
Music/stereo wall
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport.....double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for preferences or refusals.....storage room to replace a basement
House design
Who designed the plan:
-Builder's planner
-Architect
-Do-it-yourself....designed by ourselves
What do you especially like? Why?.....west terrace with access from the kitchen, children’s rooms with shower bathroom as one unit
What do you dislike? Why?.....kitchen may be too dark, cloakroom in entrance vestibule hard to implement, pantry without a window
Price estimate according to architect/planner:.....Builder approx. 1300 €/sqm (approx. $150/sq ft) plus painting, flooring, and landscaping costs
Personal price limit for the house including equipment:
Preferred heating technology:.....air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details/finishes
-can you do without:
-can’t do without:
Why is the design the way it is? For example
Standard design from builder?
Which requests were implemented by the architect?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What makes it, in your opinion, particularly good or bad?
Some key data about the plot: the south border (street side) is about 20 m (66 ft), the access road to the property must be here. The middle of the plot is about 21 m (69 ft) wide, and the northern border about 23 m (75 ft), surveying was done last week. The plot is bordered on the south and east by a wall; the other two boundaries will still be built. There is an opening in the wall on the east side leading to a lane, so we would like to create a short access path to the property and house there.
The floor plan was basically determined by the number of rooms, all of which must be included. However, I am concerned that the roof over the terrace and the narrow window will make the kitchen too dark. Otherwise, I would also like improvements in the entrance area and bathroom; I imagine a T-shaped layout rather than the current arrangement. The layout of the children’s rooms with the shower bathroom is more or less fixed, as is the distance between the parents’ area and the terrace.
Any ideas what could be changed? I keep going in circles. I have made a whole stack of sketches but keep returning to this layout. There is no development plan. We have submitted a building code pre-application; the land was previously classified as garden land, and building permission was granted under §34.
Thank you very much for reading, it got quite long.
Yvonne
after reading here for a while, I would now like to ask for advice.
We are planning to build a bungalow. At the moment, we keep going in circles with the floor plan.
I will first answer the questionnaire
Development plan.....not available /restrictions
Plot size.....1000 sqm (12,000 sq ft)
Slope.....no
Floor area ratio.....0.4
Site coverage ratio
Building envelope, building line and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of storeys
Roof shape
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights/limits
Other requirements
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type.....Bungalow with hipped or gable roof
Basement, floors
Number of people, ages....2 adults and two children (8 and 14)
Space requirements on ground floor, upper floor.....see floor plan
Office: family use or home office?.....will be a multipurpose room: guest, hobby, and office
Overnight guests per year
open or closed layout.....closed kitchen with dining area
conservative or modern construction style
open kitchen, cooking island.....cooking island
Number of dining seats.....6-10
Fireplace.....no
Music/stereo wall
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport.....double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for preferences or refusals.....storage room to replace a basement
House design
Who designed the plan:
-Builder's planner
-Architect
-Do-it-yourself....designed by ourselves
What do you especially like? Why?.....west terrace with access from the kitchen, children’s rooms with shower bathroom as one unit
What do you dislike? Why?.....kitchen may be too dark, cloakroom in entrance vestibule hard to implement, pantry without a window
Price estimate according to architect/planner:.....Builder approx. 1300 €/sqm (approx. $150/sq ft) plus painting, flooring, and landscaping costs
Personal price limit for the house including equipment:
Preferred heating technology:.....air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details/finishes
-can you do without:
-can’t do without:
Why is the design the way it is? For example
Standard design from builder?
Which requests were implemented by the architect?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What makes it, in your opinion, particularly good or bad?
Some key data about the plot: the south border (street side) is about 20 m (66 ft), the access road to the property must be here. The middle of the plot is about 21 m (69 ft) wide, and the northern border about 23 m (75 ft), surveying was done last week. The plot is bordered on the south and east by a wall; the other two boundaries will still be built. There is an opening in the wall on the east side leading to a lane, so we would like to create a short access path to the property and house there.
The floor plan was basically determined by the number of rooms, all of which must be included. However, I am concerned that the roof over the terrace and the narrow window will make the kitchen too dark. Otherwise, I would also like improvements in the entrance area and bathroom; I imagine a T-shaped layout rather than the current arrangement. The layout of the children’s rooms with the shower bathroom is more or less fixed, as is the distance between the parents’ area and the terrace.
Any ideas what could be changed? I keep going in circles. I have made a whole stack of sketches but keep returning to this layout. There is no development plan. We have submitted a building code pre-application; the land was previously classified as garden land, and building permission was granted under §34.
Thank you very much for reading, it got quite long.
Yvonne
Thank you. I’ll show it to my husband shortly.
A tall dishwasher is a must-have—I have one now and won’t give it up, just like drawers instead of hinged doors. My husband has already bought a large exhaust hood. I’m also already considering a base cabinet with a waste sorting system.
Yesterday, we agreed to send an email to the general contractor. The planning was started with a different project manager. Then a new one joined the company and was assigned to us. So far, he has mostly been selling houses rather than doing planning work. We want our original planner back.
A tall dishwasher is a must-have—I have one now and won’t give it up, just like drawers instead of hinged doors. My husband has already bought a large exhaust hood. I’m also already considering a base cabinet with a waste sorting system.
Yesterday, we agreed to send an email to the general contractor. The planning was started with a different project manager. Then a new one joined the company and was assigned to us. So far, he has mostly been selling houses rather than doing planning work. We want our original planner back.
kbt09 schrieb:
EDIT:
I have now planned all doors with a width of 101 cm (40 inches). For the vestibule and kitchen/dining room, the doors will be glass. There will be a door with a glazed transom for the children’s bathroom.The two glass doors are definitely part of our plan as well. Interestingly, there’s also a transom.
The side entrance door is my husband’s journeyman project. About 26 years ago, he built the front door including the transom for his parents’ house. Unfortunately, it was never installed and has been displayed at his training company’s showroom all these years, so it’s basically new. We are thinking about installing the transom in the guest room on the corridor wall, but the children’s bathroom also sounds like a good option.
I just realized that my software was set to 42.5cm (17 inches) exterior walls again, while you planned with only 36.5cm (14.5 inches). This means the overall dimensions of my design would be about 12cm (5 inches) smaller in each direction.
The gross floor area would then be approximately 218 m² (2,347 ft²), with around 181.5 m² (1,954 ft²) usable living space and about 36.5 m² (393 ft²) for walls and other construction elements, i.e., the structural floor area.
The gross floor area would then be approximately 218 m² (2,347 ft²), with around 181.5 m² (1,954 ft²) usable living space and about 36.5 m² (393 ft²) for walls and other construction elements, i.e., the structural floor area.
yvonnebo schrieb:
I’m a fan of symmetry Consider Yvonne’s post #52 as if fully endorsed by me.
I already discussed symmetry a few weeks ago (that it’s often an attempt to create aesthetics even by those with difficulty in recognizing proportions), but I can’t see it here—except for the repetition of wall section dimensions between the windows in several places.
The hallway guarantees you an unbeatable spot in the final round of "Germany’s search for the house with the most corners." It looks like a master craftsman’s exam for tile or carpet installers, and when the vacuum cleaner salesman rings next time, he’ll probably ask if he can rent it as a test course for robot vacuums. It’s as maze-like as an old girls’ boarding school at the spooky Schloss Gruselstein.
I also don’t think I’ve ever seen a dining table placed “perfectly” so inconveniently in anyone’s home.
By the way, the shed that’s about to be demolished seems almost ideally positioned to be used as a carport. Especially considering the current prices for garages, I would seriously consider that option.
Kerstin’s latest alternative design impressively presents a successful “antithesis,” which I like much better—apart from the windows at the back being too evenly spaced in strict rhythm. In particular, the corner brought to the right side is a great improvement.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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…and yes, I deliberately arranged the windows on the back wall this way, with a “cut-out” pattern. It was an experiment influenced by the spacing of the windows in the living room (where I consider floor-to-ceiling exits completely unnecessary), and it also happened to fit quite well in the adjacent rooms.
Symmetry can be found, for example, in the kitchen window, kitchen terrace door, and utility room (HAR) window, all having identical window openings and spacing. This was done with the purpose of letting sunlight into the open-plan dining and kitchen area.
…and yes, I deliberately arranged the windows on the back wall this way, with a “cut-out” pattern. It was an experiment influenced by the spacing of the windows in the living room (where I consider floor-to-ceiling exits completely unnecessary), and it also happened to fit quite well in the adjacent rooms.
Symmetry can be found, for example, in the kitchen window, kitchen terrace door, and utility room (HAR) window, all having identical window openings and spacing. This was done with the purpose of letting sunlight into the open-plan dining and kitchen area.
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