ᐅ Floor Plan for a 155 sqm Urban Villa – Your Opinion Needed

Created on: 11 Jun 2019 13:29

Hello everyone,

We have created the following floor plans. Do you see any potential for improvement or even major mistakes/misplanning in these layouts?

Floor plan of a living and dining area with sofa, dining table, kitchen corner, and a wardrobe cabinet marked in yellow.

Floor plan of a house: central staircase, bathroom with shower, two bedrooms, additional rooms.

Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 671 sqm (7,224 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.15 (maximum building footprint 100.6 sqm / 1,083 sq ft)
Gross floor area ratio (GFAR): 0.3
Building zone, building line, and boundary:
Number of parking spaces: 2 required (therefore double garage, minimum garage parking space width/length 2.4 / 5 m (7.9 / 16.4 ft))
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: cold roof with a 25° (25°) hip roof, used as storage space
Maximum buildable area including ancillary structures: 150.9 sqm (1,624 sq ft) (floor area ratio 0.15 plus 50%)

Owners’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: urban villa, due to storage possibility in the attic and maximum living area utilization within the given plot size
Basement, floors: no basement (budget constraints), 2 full floors due to development plan
Number of occupants, ages: 2 adults, 2 children (10 and 6 years old)
Office/guest room: family use, guest room for 5 overnight guests per year
Modern construction method: yes
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Fireplace: no
Balcony: no
Garage, carport: garage 4 x 8 m (13.1 x 26.2 ft)

House design
Designer: myself, using Sweet Home software
What do you particularly like? Spacious ground floor, large children’s rooms, large entrance area
What do you dislike? Double half-turn staircase
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house including fixtures:
Preferred heating system: ground source heat pump

Ramona1328 Dec 2023 23:13

#43

If there is a longer period without electricity, we will probably have other problems as well. You could proactively place a diesel generator in the garden 😀

In a new building, you are unlikely to freeze unless there is no power for weeks and temperatures remain consistently below zero degrees Celsius (32°F).

rasudiger29 Dec 2023 08:48

#44

I strongly recommend installing a central vacuum system and providing gas lines to the ceiling outlets, just as a precaution.

jens.knoedel29 Dec 2023 13:31

#45

Buchsbaum schrieb:

By the way, the disposal costs per night storage heater today range between 300 and 500 euros, depending on the size. Just so you know.

Where did you get those prices from? The costs only include disconnecting the units (if necessary), packaging the devices, and transport. Disposal at municipal facilities is always free or it is even prohibited for them to charge fees. Costs usually range between 50 and 150 euros.

Buchsbaum schrieb:

A chimney basically heats the whole house over two floors with its own heat.

Great tip! Currently, I heat my house through uninsulated hot water pipes and the circulation line. So I don’t need any heating system for the house — that’s some effective planning.

11ant29 Dec 2023 14:18

#46

The original poster (for the umpteenth time) owns a long-completed house, which he mentioned in another user’s thread. I wanted to use the current thread about his latest house to address him despite his limited private message privileges. I took this approach in order to NOT hijack a third user’s thread.
I kindly ask everyone who respects this to please refrain from turning this thread into a phantom chimney discussion!

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/

K a t j a29 Dec 2023 15:14

#47

11ant schrieb:

I kindly ask everyone who respects this, please do not hijack this thread with a phantom chimney discussion!

As far as I can see, the original poster no longer cares what happens to their thread since their house is already built and there hasn't been a new post in four years. So I would say anything is more interesting than a dead thread. I just grabbed some popcorn... 😀
My last information was that chimneys are going to be partially banned?

Buchsbaum29 Dec 2023 17:49

#48

jens.knoedel schrieb:

Where did you get those prices? There are only costs for disconnecting

If you have your night storage heaters removed and collected by a professional company, you should expect costs between 100 and 300 euros per heater.
However, costs can increase if the heaters contain hazardous materials. This is especially true for heating bricks contaminated with asbestos. It’s best to get quotes from several professional companies to compare prices.

The disposal costs depend on the following factors:

Labor (two or more people)
Travel expenses
Additional equipment (e.g., crane, lift platform)
Packaging
Disposal fees
Extra effort for handling hazardous substances

Night storage heaters are extremely heavy (200 kg (440 lbs) or more) and difficult to remove from buildings as intact units. However, dismantling them inside the building releases hazardous materials. This then requires decontamination of the house. For this reason, old night storage heaters are often given away in classifieds. But even for free, no one wants to take them. I once contacted a specialist company to dispose of 12 such units, and the cost was about 6000 euros gross. There are also districts where you can dispose of these units free of charge—but only if they are intact and securely packaged.

Night storage heaters were banned starting in 2009, then allowed again in 2014. So, ineffective energy policies are not new since Habeck; he only intensified the situation somewhat.

ᐅ Floor Plan for a 155 sqm Urban Villa – Your Opinion Needed

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