Hello,
we need help with the following floor plan. Are there any improvements or suggestions?
Building Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 1300m² (0.32 acres)
Slope: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Parallel to the street (approx. 6m / 20 feet)
No other restrictions
Clients’ Requirements
Bungalow with hipped roof (22°)
No basement, one floor
Number of occupants: 4 (two children aged 5 and 7)
Office: family use
Open architecture
Modern construction style
Open kitchen with island
Garage
House design
Planning by: ourselves
What do we particularly like?
Small hallway (separates private area)
Terrace with no visibility from neighbors
Notes: sliding door between dining and living area
sliding door between hallway and kitchen
Windows not decided yet
Preferred heating system: hot water heat pump
Thank you.
we need help with the following floor plan. Are there any improvements or suggestions?
Building Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 1300m² (0.32 acres)
Slope: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Parallel to the street (approx. 6m / 20 feet)
No other restrictions
Clients’ Requirements
Bungalow with hipped roof (22°)
No basement, one floor
Number of occupants: 4 (two children aged 5 and 7)
Office: family use
Open architecture
Modern construction style
Open kitchen with island
Garage
House design
Planning by: ourselves
What do we particularly like?
Small hallway (separates private area)
Terrace with no visibility from neighbors
Notes: sliding door between dining and living area
sliding door between hallway and kitchen
Windows not decided yet
Preferred heating system: hot water heat pump
Thank you.
Payday schrieb:
Are the sizes actually to scale?! Because the square meter numbers seem quite large to me. A 15 m² (160 sq ft) kitchen and then another 46 m² (495 sq ft) living room? That would make for a 180-200 m² (1,940-2,150 sq ft) bungalow. That definitely won't fit on every plot and, due to the huge foundation slab (for a city villa, for example, it would be about half that size), it's a serious budget challenge. What’s with all the small room corners and so on?!
In your current plan, what immediately strikes me:
- Where will groceries go? Into the kitchen? You’d have to carry them through the whole house. That huge kitchen area doesn’t really provide much storage space, and a storage nook (often integrated in the utility room) isn’t possible here.
- Utility room and technical room?! Better combine those. Also, the service connections always have to be on an exterior wall.
- Terrace facing north? When do you plan to sit there? The sun hardly ever shines there 🙂 Try east or west if south isn’t an option, but north?! (Consider roof overhangs)
Planning a large bungalow is significantly more difficult than other common types because the layout is usually much simpler (though you can also mess that up badly and there are many possibilities). There are lots of floor plans online; you might also want to get brochures from major providers and check out their bungalow ideas.
Even if you want a bungalow, with such a large area, it’s worth considering including a proper staircase (maybe a bit steeper, but definitely not a loft ladder) to the attic from the start—and keeping all options open to convert that space later for whatever purpose (party rooms, hobby rooms, youth bedrooms, etc.).
A house isn’t planned in 2-3 days. For a total budget of €250,000, that’s quite a lot to take on. Without photos, we can’t tell what cost savings or extra expenses may arise from the existing garage/technical room. It’s good that the service connections are already there. However, rainwater could still pose problems due to the huge roof area and its drainage (especially if an infiltration system is already in place).Yes, it is drawn to a scale of 1:100. What do you mean by small room corners? Groceries will go into the garage and technical room. We have also already considered the staircase. The north-facing terrace is not a big issue for us. There is also a garden shed with a terrace planned in the yard.
Hello,
the plot is quite large, so what do you think about a corner bungalow? We liked that style, but it wasn’t possible on our plot. We saw one at the Viebrockhaus model home park in Kaarst, which you can probably find online as well.
We also visited several prefab home parks, but unfortunately, I didn’t like a single floor plan. We went to our architect without a plan, who then asked us what we wanted and created a design based on that. After several revisions, we finalized our floor plan, and now the foundation slab is complete. Hopefully, construction will progress quickly from here...
the plot is quite large, so what do you think about a corner bungalow? We liked that style, but it wasn’t possible on our plot. We saw one at the Viebrockhaus model home park in Kaarst, which you can probably find online as well.
We also visited several prefab home parks, but unfortunately, I didn’t like a single floor plan. We went to our architect without a plan, who then asked us what we wanted and created a design based on that. After several revisions, we finalized our floor plan, and now the foundation slab is complete. Hopefully, construction will progress quickly from here...
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