ᐅ Ideas for Modifications to Our Floor Plan

Created on: 21 Jul 2019 13:28
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Pädda
Hello. After a long planning phase with our architect, we have completed the floor plan and elevations. Maybe you will notice something that could still be optimized.
We look forward to your ideas!
Four elevations of a modern house (north, east, south, west) with garden.


First floor plan: bathroom, master bedroom with walk-in closet, two children’s rooms, office/guest room, hallway, stairs.


Ground floor plan with garage, entrance hall, bathroom, kitchen, open living-dining area, terrace.


Section A-A through a two-story building showing stairs, living and office areas, and roof structure.
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hemali2003
29 Jul 2019 08:34
Regarding the children’s room: we have one with a north-facing window and a skylight to the west, and it is always sufficiently bright—even in summer when the skylight blind is down.

As for the laundry room: I would like to point out that most of the time during the day, people stay downstairs. For me personally, it is simply more practical to take care of the laundry downstairs as well. With two children, there is a lot to do, and it would annoy me to have to run upstairs eight times a day just to transfer laundry. Often, it can’t wait. On the other hand, transporting clean and dirty laundry can wait—baskets are always carried up or down when going anyway.

For us personally, having a laundry room upstairs would not have been the right choice.
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haydee
29 Jul 2019 09:21
I really like having the laundry area upstairs.
Accidents involving vomiting or soiling don’t have to be carried through the house, and we spend most of our time upstairs, especially during the week.
When the kids say, "Mom, let me do it myself," they often rearrange the laundry while they’re at it. She does the washing on her own when we’re not at home.

Our bedroom faces northwest, and the children’s rooms face southeast and southwest. Especially in autumn, these two rooms get natural light for much longer and need artificial lighting later. I notice this when I walk from the children’s rooms into the bedroom. I wouldn’t have expected that.
The temperature difference between the rooms was about 1 degree Celsius (1.8°F) in recent days.
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ypg
29 Jul 2019 10:30
Pädda schrieb:

When the sun sets in the west, it shines on our terrace.

In summer, it sets in the northwest. In the west, it is around 6 to 7 p.m. (18 to 19 hours)... and if getting evening sun is important, you shouldn’t plan a bay window that blocks the sun after 12 p.m. The shadow also gets longer toward the evening...
So you plan in a way that you don’t have to keep rearranging the furniture.