ᐅ Bungalow with 140 sqm floor area and garage in the floor plan
Created on: 27 Jul 2014 19:44
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maikal
Hello fellow home builders,
In the coming months, we also plan to take on this exciting challenge and make our dream come true.
I have created a floor plan and would like to hear your opinions on it.
A brief explanation:
- Bungalow with a hipped roof, covered terrace area
- Garage with access to the house and a third toilet
- Most of the windows are planned as 150cm (59 inches) double casement with a mullion
- Terrace door as a lift-and-slide door
- Bathroom 1 with bathtub and shower
- Bathroom 2 will also have a shower
- The 62cm (24 inches) recess in the kitchen is intended for a stand-alone refrigerator
- The 80cm (31 inches) gap behind it is planned as a small storage area, possibly with a door
- The sliding door from the kitchen to the living room will be concealed within the wall
Many thanks in advance.
Best regards, Micha
In the coming months, we also plan to take on this exciting challenge and make our dream come true.
I have created a floor plan and would like to hear your opinions on it.
A brief explanation:
- Bungalow with a hipped roof, covered terrace area
- Garage with access to the house and a third toilet
- Most of the windows are planned as 150cm (59 inches) double casement with a mullion
- Terrace door as a lift-and-slide door
- Bathroom 1 with bathtub and shower
- Bathroom 2 will also have a shower
- The 62cm (24 inches) recess in the kitchen is intended for a stand-alone refrigerator
- The 80cm (31 inches) gap behind it is planned as a small storage area, possibly with a door
- The sliding door from the kitchen to the living room will be concealed within the wall
Many thanks in advance.
Best regards, Micha
Hello,
first of all, thank you very much for your rather constructive feedback on my floor plan. It’s definitely not as easy as I initially thought. But it motivates me to keep working on it and to apply the helpful suggestions.
The biggest weaknesses I have identified are the location of the utility room and the arrangement of quiet versus noisier rooms. I am also trying to adjust the size of some rooms accordingly.
Here are my answers to the questions asked:
- There will be no basement; all technical equipment must be accommodated on this level.
- The restroom in the garage is intended for use when spending time in the garden, so it is not necessary to always use the "main bathrooms" in the house.
Attached is the plot with a symbolic representation of the buildings. Total size = 644 sq m (6,929 sq ft)
first of all, thank you very much for your rather constructive feedback on my floor plan. It’s definitely not as easy as I initially thought. But it motivates me to keep working on it and to apply the helpful suggestions.
The biggest weaknesses I have identified are the location of the utility room and the arrangement of quiet versus noisier rooms. I am also trying to adjust the size of some rooms accordingly.
Here are my answers to the questions asked:
- There will be no basement; all technical equipment must be accommodated on this level.
- The restroom in the garage is intended for use when spending time in the garden, so it is not necessary to always use the "main bathrooms" in the house.
Attached is the plot with a symbolic representation of the buildings. Total size = 644 sq m (6,929 sq ft)
With 644 square meters (roughly 6,930 square feet), do you have such a high floor area ratio that you can afford a bungalow?
Also, I suspect you might be a bit of a frugal thinker ("nice bathrooms"—are those still a thing in the age of conscious living?) ... but a bungalow tends to be more expensive than a simple one-and-a-half-story house!
... On top of that, you seem somewhat resistant to professional advice when it comes to planning on your own—well, consider it a bit of a fun experiment, but make sure to involve a qualified expert later on.
Also, I suspect you might be a bit of a frugal thinker ("nice bathrooms"—are those still a thing in the age of conscious living?) ... but a bungalow tends to be more expensive than a simple one-and-a-half-story house!
... On top of that, you seem somewhat resistant to professional advice when it comes to planning on your own—well, consider it a bit of a fun experiment, but make sure to involve a qualified expert later on.
The floor space index is set at 0.4. Therefore, building a bungalow should be possible. For outbuildings (e.g., garage), the floor space index may be exceeded by 50%.
My plan is not intended to replace a professional, of course. I just don’t want to use the standard floor plans offered by homebuilding companies. So far, I haven’t found any of the many sample plans that match our ideas. That’s why we will visit homebuilders with our own floor plans, which will then be refined by an architect.
In the meantime, I have come up with new ideas and tried to incorporate the suggestions made here.
So, once again, I look forward to your opinions.
My plan is not intended to replace a professional, of course. I just don’t want to use the standard floor plans offered by homebuilding companies. So far, I haven’t found any of the many sample plans that match our ideas. That’s why we will visit homebuilders with our own floor plans, which will then be refined by an architect.
In the meantime, I have come up with new ideas and tried to incorporate the suggestions made here.
So, once again, I look forward to your opinions.
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Bauexperte30 Jul 2014 11:28Hello,
I just checked my partner’s documents (he works, unlike me, with a concrete block construction company) and found the attached floor plan. Since it is freely available online anyway, I can share it with you; it is meant to show you that a professionally drawn layout is on a different level, even though the plan itself is nothing special. Even if you feel that standard floor plans don’t appeal to you and the attached example doesn’t reflect your room program at all, they generally demonstrate that the designers have put a lot of thought into their concepts.
While I fully understand your wish to be involved in designing your bungalow, you have to eventually accept that you are reaching your limits... and there is a reason why the profession of architect is justified…
Regards, Bauexperte
maikal schrieb:Yvonne’s comment was most likely referring to the expected costs, since approximately 258 sqm (2776 sq ft) of buildable floor area is quite substantial...
The floor area ratio is set at 0.4. Therefore, building a bungalow should be possible.
maikal schrieb:Is Yvonne’s assumption correct?
In the meantime, I have come up with new ideas and tried to incorporate the suggestions provided here.
I just checked my partner’s documents (he works, unlike me, with a concrete block construction company) and found the attached floor plan. Since it is freely available online anyway, I can share it with you; it is meant to show you that a professionally drawn layout is on a different level, even though the plan itself is nothing special. Even if you feel that standard floor plans don’t appeal to you and the attached example doesn’t reflect your room program at all, they generally demonstrate that the designers have put a lot of thought into their concepts.
While I fully understand your wish to be involved in designing your bungalow, you have to eventually accept that you are reaching your limits... and there is a reason why the profession of architect is justified…
Regards, Bauexperte
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