ᐅ Floor Plan for Urban Villa – Request for Suggestions

Created on: 28 Aug 2017 13:53
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DanielaS
Hello everyone, we are in the final stages of planning our house and would like to get your opinion on our floor plans. The building permit / planning application has not yet been submitted, so changes are still possible.

Urban villa / hipped roof
Plot size: 615 sqm (6620 sq ft)

Orientation: Entrance facing east, garden area southwest

Number of parking spaces: 2 plus a large garage (6 x 6 m) (20 x 20 ft)
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: hipped roof
Style: modern

Owners’ requirements:
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa, modern
Basement, floors: without
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor: everything shown in the floor plan
Office: family use or home office? home office
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen
Number of dining seats: up to 10
Oven / stove: yes
Garage, carport: garage
Energy: air-to-water heat pump and possibly an electricity storage system with solar panels

At the moment, we are considering moving the kitchen to the other side and creating a passage to the utility room. This would change the shape of the bathroom, making it longer and narrower, and allow us to enlarge the utility room so it could also serve as a pantry.

The layout upstairs should remain as it is. We know the bathroom is quite large, but if possible we would like to keep it that way. The window arrangement is not finalized yet. We would appreciate any suggestions.
11ant31 Aug 2017 18:43
kbt09 schrieb:
but such a huge bathroom can be divided differently

Huge bathrooms can realistically only be made smaller if they are not being used. Without a third washbasin (which I would rather put in a separate children’s bathroom), a whirlpool tub in addition to the bathtub and shower, bidet, etc., a bathroom of 20+ square meters (215+ square feet) basically only creates one thing: unnecessarily long distances between basic needs and handwashing. In my opinion, this is a flaw, not a feature. Since square rooms have the same dimensions in both width and length, the only solution here, in my view, is to eliminate the excess area. Thanks to the door tucked into the corner, a bathroom this size doesn’t even feel spacious—just too large.
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matte
31 Aug 2017 18:55
For the bathroom, I would rotate the wall with the toilet and bidet 90° counterclockwise and attach it to the upper wall of the plan, so that both fixtures are basically opposite the sink. Behind this, you could create a great shower area.
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DanielaS
31 Aug 2017 19:04
The bathroom is definitely not finished. Yesterday, we considered moving the bathroom to where the dressing room is now, the bedroom to where the bathroom currently is, and integrating the dressing room into the upper area of the bedroom. This might be better for everyone.
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DanielaS
31 Aug 2017 19:05
With the bedroom and walk-in closet located downstairs, and the bathroom upstairs. Better?
2D floor plan with marked bathroom area at the bottom right
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ypg
1 Sep 2017 13:38
No, the bathrooms should be stacked vertically, and the toilet should not have its drain above the kitchen.
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DanielaS
1 Sep 2017 13:42
ypg schrieb:
No, the bathrooms should be stacked vertically, and the toilet’s drain should not be located above the kitchen.
Ok, thanks. Is that related to the plumbing? In Canada, the bathroom was above the kitchen, and it was not a problem.