ᐅ Bungalow or detached single-family home of approximately 110 m²
Created on: 6 Sep 2019 08:16
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Gringoo
Development Plan / Restrictions
The development plan imposes virtually no restrictions.
Plot size: 650 m2 (7000 sq ft)
Slope: approximately 10% gradient from south to north (would need to be filled)
Number of parking spaces: 1
Orientation: terrace facing west/southwest due to large buildings to the south
Client Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type
Basement, number of floors
Number of occupants, age: 2
Office: family use or home office?
Overnight guests per year: 4-5 times
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: no
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport: double garage or garage plus carport
House Design
Who created the design:
- Planner from a construction company
What do you like most? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 300,000
Personal budget for house including fittings: 300,000
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump (open to alternatives)
Hello,
we are currently at the beginning of our planning phase.
The "problem" with our plot is the slight slope and the northern “tip,” which is hardly usable in a practical way. Due to lack of alternatives, we would still choose this plot and are now exploring what is possible. A preliminary design is already available—see attachment.
The garage would be set a bit lower due to the grading. Here I see the issue whether the office might be too dark because of the skylight?
Our alternative would be the Bungalow 110 from Town & Country with an open kitchen.
For a few days we have been considering whether a single-family house would be more sensible because then the windows in the upper area would be unobstructed.
My aim is to gather some “new” ideas on how best to deal with the lowered area.
So far, the plan is to move the garages as far north as possible and build the house attached to them.
The development plan imposes virtually no restrictions.
Plot size: 650 m2 (7000 sq ft)
Slope: approximately 10% gradient from south to north (would need to be filled)
Number of parking spaces: 1
Orientation: terrace facing west/southwest due to large buildings to the south
Client Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type
Basement, number of floors
Number of occupants, age: 2
Office: family use or home office?
Overnight guests per year: 4-5 times
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: no
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport: double garage or garage plus carport
House Design
Who created the design:
- Planner from a construction company
What do you like most? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 300,000
Personal budget for house including fittings: 300,000
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump (open to alternatives)
Hello,
we are currently at the beginning of our planning phase.
The "problem" with our plot is the slight slope and the northern “tip,” which is hardly usable in a practical way. Due to lack of alternatives, we would still choose this plot and are now exploring what is possible. A preliminary design is already available—see attachment.
The garage would be set a bit lower due to the grading. Here I see the issue whether the office might be too dark because of the skylight?
Our alternative would be the Bungalow 110 from Town & Country with an open kitchen.
For a few days we have been considering whether a single-family house would be more sensible because then the windows in the upper area would be unobstructed.
My aim is to gather some “new” ideas on how best to deal with the lowered area.
So far, the plan is to move the garages as far north as possible and build the house attached to them.
kbt09 schrieb:
A site plan with elevation points would still be useful. It's actually feasible to have two stories, with the garage, utility room, and possibly a bedroom/bathroom on the lower level, and the living areas on the upper level. I don’t think the slope is too steep for that.
I currently can’t find a site plan with elevation points. :-(
Using the geoatlas, I was only able to measure the slope.
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Mottenhausen6 Sep 2019 13:23If you don’t own the property yet, there won’t be a site and elevation plan available. As far as I know, the height information from online geoportals is not accurate enough for elevation data.
If you have a fairly modern smartphone with a barometric pressure sensor, you can download an app for this purpose. I use "Höhenmesser Plus," which uses the phone's pressure sensor to determine elevation. It can be calibrated using a known reference point or with geodata the app retrieves from the internet. This is accurate enough since the relative difference between the highest and lowest points is what matters, not the absolute elevation above sea level.
With the app, you go to the property and place the phone consecutively on various spots, such as the boundary markers, then record the measured heights on a plan. Using my Galaxy S8, I was able to match the surveyor’s site plan elevation within 10cm (4 inches) discrepancy, so for a start, this method is sufficiently accurate.
If you have a fairly modern smartphone with a barometric pressure sensor, you can download an app for this purpose. I use "Höhenmesser Plus," which uses the phone's pressure sensor to determine elevation. It can be calibrated using a known reference point or with geodata the app retrieves from the internet. This is accurate enough since the relative difference between the highest and lowest points is what matters, not the absolute elevation above sea level.
With the app, you go to the property and place the phone consecutively on various spots, such as the boundary markers, then record the measured heights on a plan. Using my Galaxy S8, I was able to match the surveyor’s site plan elevation within 10cm (4 inches) discrepancy, so for a start, this method is sufficiently accurate.
kbt09 schrieb:
A site plan with elevation points would still be useful. It is conceivable to have a two-story building, with the garage, utility room, possibly a bedroom/bathroom on the lower level, and the public rooms upstairs. Not really.
The slope runs from north to south. It is higher in the south. Planning a two-story building there just to create two levels on the north side does not seem desirable or even necessary. Especially since single-level living is preferred, and the garage can actually reduce the elevation by about half or a quarter level. With 110 sq meters (1,184 sq ft), there is no need to be very economical with the use of the plot. It would be different with 160 sq meters (1,722 sq ft) for four people.
As for the effort involved in earthworks, it probably does not make a difference.
Gringoo schrieb:
Yes, the windows then faced north, which probably doesn’t make sense.
The alternative would be a regular detached house instead of the bungalow. I have already suggested two alternatives/solutions...
However, I don’t understand the alternative “Town & Country,” nor the difference between a regular detached house versus a bungalow...
The floor plan options differ quite significantly from each other.
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Gringoo schrieb:Given the mentioned slope, I don’t see this "bit" being large enough to allow for reasonably nice windows — at best, only windows that let in light but offer no real view, or possibly ones with window sills just slightly above the garage roof, which would be vulnerable to heavy rain.
The garage would be set a bit deeper because of the slope.
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