ᐅ Floor Plan for a 150 sqm Urban Villa – Suggestions for Improvement
Created on: 13 Apr 2020 15:22
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Matthias_1212
Hello dear forum community,
Last year, we reserved a plot of land in Neuenhagen near Berlin. We are currently waiting for the approval of the development plan, which has unfortunately been delayed by 2 months due to the current situation (next local council meeting).
Regarding the construction company, we have chosen Roth Massivhaus and their “Lugana” villa.
To the essentials:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 646 sqm (6952 sq ft)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.25
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary: Building line 6 m (20 ft) from the street
Edge development: carport permitted
Number of parking spaces: 1.5
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof shape: anything except flat roof
Maximum height / limits: max. height of structures 9 m (30 ft)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: urban villa
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 full floors
Number of residents, age: 2 adults + one baby from June 2020 and planned another child
Room requirements on ground and upper floors: total of 5 rooms
Office: family use and home office
Open kitchen, cooking island: kitchen layout largely completed with kitchen studio. We are quite sure it will be a G-shaped kitchen.
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Garage, carport: carport
House Design
Who designed the plan: The design is based on the company’s standard floor plan, which we adapted to our needs (e.g., added one room).
What do you especially like? Why? All room requests were taken into account. Symmetrical arrangement of the front facades on the ground and upper floors. Open sightline from the front door to the garden.
What do you not like? Why? Hallways are somewhat large, children’s rooms may be too small.
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump with controlled ventilation for living spaces
If you have to give up something, which details/upgrades
- can you do without: pantry (unfortunately, there was no space left)
- cannot do without: office with 10 sqm (requirement from my wife’s employer), walk-in closet
Why is the design like it is?
We added a room to the company’s standard floor plan and also referred to several other plans from the internet. Symmetry between the two house fronts and an open sightline from the front door to the garden are very important to us. We arranged the rooms accordingly.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
- Is the layout overall logical?
- Are the hallways too large? How could they be reduced?
- Are the children’s rooms too small? How could they be made larger?
-> We look forward to your feedback, suggestions, or improvements.
Best regards
Matthias
Last year, we reserved a plot of land in Neuenhagen near Berlin. We are currently waiting for the approval of the development plan, which has unfortunately been delayed by 2 months due to the current situation (next local council meeting).
Regarding the construction company, we have chosen Roth Massivhaus and their “Lugana” villa.
To the essentials:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 646 sqm (6952 sq ft)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.25
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary: Building line 6 m (20 ft) from the street
Edge development: carport permitted
Number of parking spaces: 1.5
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof shape: anything except flat roof
Maximum height / limits: max. height of structures 9 m (30 ft)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: urban villa
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 full floors
Number of residents, age: 2 adults + one baby from June 2020 and planned another child
Room requirements on ground and upper floors: total of 5 rooms
Office: family use and home office
Open kitchen, cooking island: kitchen layout largely completed with kitchen studio. We are quite sure it will be a G-shaped kitchen.
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Garage, carport: carport
House Design
Who designed the plan: The design is based on the company’s standard floor plan, which we adapted to our needs (e.g., added one room).
What do you especially like? Why? All room requests were taken into account. Symmetrical arrangement of the front facades on the ground and upper floors. Open sightline from the front door to the garden.
What do you not like? Why? Hallways are somewhat large, children’s rooms may be too small.
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump with controlled ventilation for living spaces
If you have to give up something, which details/upgrades
- can you do without: pantry (unfortunately, there was no space left)
- cannot do without: office with 10 sqm (requirement from my wife’s employer), walk-in closet
Why is the design like it is?
We added a room to the company’s standard floor plan and also referred to several other plans from the internet. Symmetry between the two house fronts and an open sightline from the front door to the garden are very important to us. We arranged the rooms accordingly.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
- Is the layout overall logical?
- Are the hallways too large? How could they be reduced?
- Are the children’s rooms too small? How could they be made larger?
-> We look forward to your feedback, suggestions, or improvements.
Best regards
Matthias
You have a nice plot there. The layout arranged by the city is also very attractive and, above all, fair.
First, I think you should mirror the entire design horizontally. The sun mainly comes from the top left side, right? So you should orient it accordingly.
The upper floor seems unbalanced to me. The children’s rooms appear too small in relation to the other rooms. Especially the huge walk-in closet – is it really necessary? How many meters of storage space do you actually need there? The bathroom is also larger than the children’s rooms. Do you need it that big? With that size, you’d expect at least an integrated sauna. It should be enjoyable to spend time there. Is that the case?
Could you provide the exterior dimensions? You can leave out the bay window. Just something like 10 x 10 meters (33 x 33 feet) or similar, so it’s clear what we’re looking at.
First, I think you should mirror the entire design horizontally. The sun mainly comes from the top left side, right? So you should orient it accordingly.
The upper floor seems unbalanced to me. The children’s rooms appear too small in relation to the other rooms. Especially the huge walk-in closet – is it really necessary? How many meters of storage space do you actually need there? The bathroom is also larger than the children’s rooms. Do you need it that big? With that size, you’d expect at least an integrated sauna. It should be enjoyable to spend time there. Is that the case?
Could you provide the exterior dimensions? You can leave out the bay window. Just something like 10 x 10 meters (33 x 33 feet) or similar, so it’s clear what we’re looking at.
Matthias_1212 schrieb:
I’m surprised that the dining table on the ground floor suddenly fits after all. I now place it more within the room – assuming a necessary width of 2.80m (9 feet 2 inches) [1m (3 feet 3 inches) table + 2 × 60cm (2 feet) chairs + 2 × 30cm (1 foot) clearance behind each chair]. But you can clearly see that no one can sit there anymore. Or if people do sit around the table, no one can get between the dining table and the kitchen units / counter. Let alone that there are still bar stools standing there.
At the moment, you have an unused gap in front of the bay window. Of course, you can slide the table there if you want, as long as it doesn’t bother you that it then shifts noticeably towards the living room.
On the other hand, you end up with an unused gap where the dining table was before.
In my opinion, the bay window doesn’t make much sense here.
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Alessandro16 Apr 2020 11:24You also have zero floor space for a dresser or similar furniture in the living/dining area without making the room feel overcrowded.
Hello Matthias,
I came across your thread by chance and am glad to get to know a future neighbor in advance. We will also be building in this development area, provided the zoning plan is finally approved.
A bit has already been said about the room layout, but I would like to add a few comments. I took the images of your floor plans and rotated, mirrored, and added a north arrow for better orientation.
Why mirrored?
Ground floor:
This way, more sunlight enters the living/dining area through the additional kitchen window, and the home office also receives more daylight. Alternatively, you can swap the office and the utility room (keeping the 10m² (108 sq ft) requirement in mind) if mirroring is not an option.
Upper floor:
Although the bathroom will no longer get daylight during the day, the children’s rooms, at least Child 1’s room, will get sunlight all day.
Attached are the two modified images and a site plan of the development area to give people a better idea.
If you ever want to exchange ideas beforehand, feel free to contact me. Unfortunately, I can’t send you a private message yet, otherwise I would have done so.
Otherwise, all the best to you as a young family. You probably have a lot going on right now. I was told the zoning plan might be approved in October. Until then, there is still time to consider some options.
Regards
René
I came across your thread by chance and am glad to get to know a future neighbor in advance. We will also be building in this development area, provided the zoning plan is finally approved.
A bit has already been said about the room layout, but I would like to add a few comments. I took the images of your floor plans and rotated, mirrored, and added a north arrow for better orientation.
Why mirrored?
Ground floor:
This way, more sunlight enters the living/dining area through the additional kitchen window, and the home office also receives more daylight. Alternatively, you can swap the office and the utility room (keeping the 10m² (108 sq ft) requirement in mind) if mirroring is not an option.
Upper floor:
Although the bathroom will no longer get daylight during the day, the children’s rooms, at least Child 1’s room, will get sunlight all day.
Attached are the two modified images and a site plan of the development area to give people a better idea.
If you ever want to exchange ideas beforehand, feel free to contact me. Unfortunately, I can’t send you a private message yet, otherwise I would have done so.
Otherwise, all the best to you as a young family. You probably have a lot going on right now. I was told the zoning plan might be approved in October. Until then, there is still time to consider some options.
Regards
René
From my experience, I can tell you that our building permit procedure took years (from proposal to approval)... Currently, the actual apportionment process has been ongoing since August 2019...
I also think you should be cautious about planning the houses already. The plots at the end of the two rows have a significantly smaller building envelope.
Has it already been confirmed that this will be an open building method?
Best regards
I also think you should be cautious about planning the houses already. The plots at the end of the two rows have a significantly smaller building envelope.
Has it already been confirmed that this will be an open building method?
Best regards
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