ᐅ Floor plan for a 160 sqm urban villa – Requesting advice!
Created on: 28 Jan 2019 09:23
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Bauherrin92
Hello everyone,
we are planning to build an urban villa with 160 sqm (1720 sq ft) plus a basement in rural Bavaria. Since we are now in the crucial phase of floor plan design, we would really appreciate your opinions and suggestions for improvements.
The following issues concern us the most:
1. Arrangement of the house and garage on the plot: The garage has been deliberately placed on the west side to create distance from the neighbor. To catch the evening sun, the house has been set back. However, I wonder if this looks "good," as I have never seen such an arrangement before. We are also undecided whether the garage should be detached or attached to the house (possibly with access through the pantry?). On the plans, the garage is at the neighbor’s boundary. There is currently no house there.
2. The cloakroom and dressing room seem too small to comfortably place proper wardrobes and move around freely.
3. In general, I feel the overall design could still be improved, including the arrangement of windows.
Here is the questionnaire:
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 800 sqm (8,600 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: 0.35
Floor space index: 0.7
Building window, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) to the street
Edge development: garage yes
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: 2
Roof style: open construction
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa, 2 full storeys, hipped roof
Basement, storeys: basement, ground floor, first floor
Number of people, age: two adults, schoolchild, expecting a baby
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: three bedrooms, spacious living-dining area, separate cloakroom, shower toilet on the ground floor
Office: none
Guest bedrooms per year: none
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4–10 (when guests visit)
Fireplace: yes
Garage, carport: prefabricated double garage
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be included:
- Cloakroom in a niche
- Shower toilet on the ground floor, later for the teenage daughter
- Large children’s rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the garden
- Dressing room in the master bedroom
- Pantry for yellow bags (recycling waste bags), vacuum cleaner, cleaning supplies, pasta stock, etc.
House design
Who made the plan: planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Basement: fine as is
- Ground floor: large pantry, L-shaped kitchen/living/dining area
- Upper floor: large children’s rooms
What don’t you like? Why?
- Ground floor: layout of toilet and cloakroom
- Upper floor: dressing room and bathroom possibly too small
- detached garage
Preferred heating technology: undecided so far
If you had to give up something, which details/upgrades would you skip?
- Could give up: access from garage into the house
- Could not do without: pantry, dressing room, cloakroom
Why has the design turned out as it is now? Our wishes were implemented by the planner
We look forward to your advice!!!
P.S.: The red circle is supposed to indicate north, sorry, it couldn’t be done otherwise!
we are planning to build an urban villa with 160 sqm (1720 sq ft) plus a basement in rural Bavaria. Since we are now in the crucial phase of floor plan design, we would really appreciate your opinions and suggestions for improvements.
The following issues concern us the most:
1. Arrangement of the house and garage on the plot: The garage has been deliberately placed on the west side to create distance from the neighbor. To catch the evening sun, the house has been set back. However, I wonder if this looks "good," as I have never seen such an arrangement before. We are also undecided whether the garage should be detached or attached to the house (possibly with access through the pantry?). On the plans, the garage is at the neighbor’s boundary. There is currently no house there.
2. The cloakroom and dressing room seem too small to comfortably place proper wardrobes and move around freely.
3. In general, I feel the overall design could still be improved, including the arrangement of windows.
Here is the questionnaire:
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 800 sqm (8,600 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: 0.35
Floor space index: 0.7
Building window, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) to the street
Edge development: garage yes
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: 2
Roof style: open construction
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa, 2 full storeys, hipped roof
Basement, storeys: basement, ground floor, first floor
Number of people, age: two adults, schoolchild, expecting a baby
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: three bedrooms, spacious living-dining area, separate cloakroom, shower toilet on the ground floor
Office: none
Guest bedrooms per year: none
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4–10 (when guests visit)
Fireplace: yes
Garage, carport: prefabricated double garage
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be included:
- Cloakroom in a niche
- Shower toilet on the ground floor, later for the teenage daughter
- Large children’s rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the garden
- Dressing room in the master bedroom
- Pantry for yellow bags (recycling waste bags), vacuum cleaner, cleaning supplies, pasta stock, etc.
House design
Who made the plan: planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Basement: fine as is
- Ground floor: large pantry, L-shaped kitchen/living/dining area
- Upper floor: large children’s rooms
What don’t you like? Why?
- Ground floor: layout of toilet and cloakroom
- Upper floor: dressing room and bathroom possibly too small
- detached garage
Preferred heating technology: undecided so far
If you had to give up something, which details/upgrades would you skip?
- Could give up: access from garage into the house
- Could not do without: pantry, dressing room, cloakroom
Why has the design turned out as it is now? Our wishes were implemented by the planner
We look forward to your advice!!!
P.S.: The red circle is supposed to indicate north, sorry, it couldn’t be done otherwise!
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Bauherrin9225 Feb 2019 19:3511ant schrieb:
A width of 151 cm (60 inches) is too heavy for a single-leaf door, so a double-leaf door is recommended. The width hardly justifies an asymmetrical division, so I would divide it symmetrically. The emergency escape window would have to be designed with a mullion; for the other windows, I would handle it the same way. Using posts is slightly cheaper but reduces the glass width.What is an emergency escape window? Mullion? If floor-to-ceiling windows are meant, the bottom part is fixed glazing, and only the upper part can be opened.
11ant schrieb:
Using it as a passageway for a garbage bin or lawnmower is a matter of preference. No, we have 3 m (10 feet) on the east side for that.
kaho674 schrieb:
Of course, it also depends on the quantity. Quantity of windows see #1
kaho674 schrieb:
I’d rather make the garage wider and enjoy the extra space. That would be great if it didn’t cost anything. I think 6.80 m (22 feet) is a custom size...
Curly schrieb:
The ceiling height would be much too low for me; I wouldn’t plan a finished room height under 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in), preferably 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in).We currently have 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) from the plastered ceiling to the floor, which I find quite generous. My old childhood room had 2.45 m (8 ft) ceiling height and it never felt cramped. Although that was only 18 sqm (194 sq ft). With 52 sqm (560 sq ft) open space on the ground floor, I can’t really judge...
11ant schrieb:
If it’s about symmetrical double-leaf patio doors, I’d recommend 226 cm (7 ft 5 in) or 251 cm (8 ft 3 in); 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) is okay for asymmetrical double-leaf patio doors, but for French balconies, 151 cm (5 ft) symmetrical is sufficient.We’re getting two lift-and-slide doors measuring 3 m (10 ft) (width) by 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) (height) as terrace access. What exactly is meant by symmetrical and asymmetrical concerning windows?
Bauherrin92 schrieb:
What is an emergency escape window? Stulp? An emergency escape window is a window that serves as a "secondary escape route." A firefighter in full gear with breathing apparatus must be able to climb through it: with a symmetrical double casement window that is 151cm (59 inches) wide, this is not possible if there is a central mullion. Stulp means that instead of a central mullion, the two window sashes overlap or interlock.
Bauherrin92 schrieb:
What is meant by symmetrical and asymmetrical windows?? The same as elsewhere: symmetrical means the left side and right side share the width equally at 50% each. An asymmetrical emergency escape window could be divided roughly 70:30, and could also be designed with a fixed mullion.
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Bauherrin9226 Feb 2019 07:25Thank you for the explanation @11ant
Bauherrin92 schrieb:
That would be great if it didn’t cost anything. I think 6.80 m (22 feet 4 inches) is a custom size...
It would definitely be worth it to me. Otherwise, you might as well throw away the land behind it. How much did it cost?B
Bauherrin9226 Feb 2019 07:52kaho674 schrieb:
That would definitely be worth it to me. Otherwise, you might as well throw away the land behind it. How much did it cost?80 cm (31 inches) between the house and the garage doesn’t really make sense, right? There’s no normal passageway that can be nicely designed there. I need to ask about enlarging the garage.
133 € per sqm (including development costs)
A garage 6.80 meters (22 feet) wide may be a special size for a precast concrete double garage, but there are alternatives to consider: steel garages (size not an issue), lightweight concrete element garages (also flexible), or for example combining two single garages of possibly different widths. I don’t need to repeat here that a single wide double-car door is not necessarily the best solution, even though it is popular with most people.
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