Hi, we are building a house with a very well-known prefab house company, and this is the preliminary floor plan.
Site Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 1100 sqm (11,840 sq ft)
No site development plan/land use restrictions
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type – urban villa with hipped roof
Basement, floors – no basement, 2 full stories
Number of people, ages – mom, dad, 2 boys, and grandparents
Office: will be used as a naturopathic practice
Guest sleepers per year: many!
Open or closed architecture: open
Open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 6
Garage, carport: possibly carport
Wishes/Particulars/Daily routine: shared use of the practice by the client and grandma, who lives in the extension. Possibly a third child (hence a room on the ground floor with a shower).
House Design
Who designed it:
- Modified standard plan from a large prefab house company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Gallery + open ground floor, large floor-to-ceiling double windows
What do you dislike? Why?
- Possibly the living room is too small
Estimated price according to architect/designer:
- approx. 475,000 € (only the house, without land)
Personal price limit for house including fittings: 500,000 €
Preferred heating system: gas boiler and underfloor heating
If you had to give up anything, which details/extensions
- Could give up: possibly different window arrangement, possibly 2 bathrooms upstairs
- Cannot give up: 3rd children’s room and the practice
Why is the design like it is now? e.g.
See above: practice, possibly 3 children, multigenerational house
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
We searched a long time for the ideal house for us and my parents and finally found it. Before signing next week and starting construction, we want a last check. Any improvement suggestions? Maybe how to enlarge the living room? Thanks in advance. PS: we want to remove the windows marked in yellow. All windows in the house are floor-to-ceiling.
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Site Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 1100 sqm (11,840 sq ft)
No site development plan/land use restrictions
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type – urban villa with hipped roof
Basement, floors – no basement, 2 full stories
Number of people, ages – mom, dad, 2 boys, and grandparents
Office: will be used as a naturopathic practice
Guest sleepers per year: many!
Open or closed architecture: open
Open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 6
Garage, carport: possibly carport
Wishes/Particulars/Daily routine: shared use of the practice by the client and grandma, who lives in the extension. Possibly a third child (hence a room on the ground floor with a shower).
House Design
Who designed it:
- Modified standard plan from a large prefab house company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Gallery + open ground floor, large floor-to-ceiling double windows
What do you dislike? Why?
- Possibly the living room is too small
Estimated price according to architect/designer:
- approx. 475,000 € (only the house, without land)
Personal price limit for house including fittings: 500,000 €
Preferred heating system: gas boiler and underfloor heating
If you had to give up anything, which details/extensions
- Could give up: possibly different window arrangement, possibly 2 bathrooms upstairs
- Cannot give up: 3rd children’s room and the practice
Why is the design like it is now? e.g.
See above: practice, possibly 3 children, multigenerational house
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
We searched a long time for the ideal house for us and my parents and finally found it. Before signing next week and starting construction, we want a last check. Any improvement suggestions? Maybe how to enlarge the living room? Thanks in advance. PS: we want to remove the windows marked in yellow. All windows in the house are floor-to-ceiling.
At first glance, I notice that the living room, which measures 3.70 x 3.x0 meters (12.1 x 12.x feet), is not furnished to scale. A standard family sofa would have to be placed in the open space, but that would hardly be comfortable. You would then be sitting in the entrance corridor. Where are the square meters of the central section located? The goal here seems to be zoning and furnishing without ignoring the center and to see this section as a generous part of the house. However, everything also has to be usable within this corridor. I don’t think this was intended.
Regarding the office/practice: our office is 14 square meters (150 square feet), which I already find very small for office work. I don’t think you realize what is impossible to fit under 11 square meters (118 square feet) or what a room with three doors cannot function as. Here, at least one door is too many. Otherwise, I would swap the utility room and the toilet and close off the connection between the corridor and the main hallway with a door.
I personally find the granny flat too small for a couple in their mid-60s, but that’s up to each individual’s preferences.
The walk-in closet is almost unused, which is a shame given the expensive square meters. The same goes for the children’s bathroom.
P.S. By the way, we also have an open entrance hallway with a view straight through to the dining area. I wouldn’t do it again because it isn’t exactly cozy there. For the dining space, meaning an active area, it’s okay, but for a chill-out area, I would consider something else.
Regarding the office/practice: our office is 14 square meters (150 square feet), which I already find very small for office work. I don’t think you realize what is impossible to fit under 11 square meters (118 square feet) or what a room with three doors cannot function as. Here, at least one door is too many. Otherwise, I would swap the utility room and the toilet and close off the connection between the corridor and the main hallway with a door.
I personally find the granny flat too small for a couple in their mid-60s, but that’s up to each individual’s preferences.
The walk-in closet is almost unused, which is a shame given the expensive square meters. The same goes for the children’s bathroom.
P.S. By the way, we also have an open entrance hallway with a view straight through to the dining area. I wouldn’t do it again because it isn’t exactly cozy there. For the dining space, meaning an active area, it’s okay, but for a chill-out area, I would consider something else.
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benutzer 100417 Oct 2019 17:53The huge flat roof half greened and half used as a roof terrace – I could imagine something extraordinary there. But you don’t need that, since the garden is large enough, right?
The kitchen is poorly furnished and not to scale. The island cannot be realized as shown.
For the living room, I would plan the sofa to be placed in the niche, with the TV positioned in the upper corner.
The master area is quite large at around 38 sqm (about 410 sq ft), but it ultimately offers only about 5 meters (16.5 ft) of closet space. I would place the bed on the opposite side and move the walk-in closet/bathroom doors more to the right. This way, the headboard is not next to the entrance door.
The door to the secondary unit should open the other way.
Why are there two doors to the workspace? I would definitely remove one. If there is a waiting area in the connecting building, then the exterior door can be omitted.
What I don’t see at all is a proper coatroom or wardrobe space for a family of four to five people.
For the living room, I would plan the sofa to be placed in the niche, with the TV positioned in the upper corner.
The master area is quite large at around 38 sqm (about 410 sq ft), but it ultimately offers only about 5 meters (16.5 ft) of closet space. I would place the bed on the opposite side and move the walk-in closet/bathroom doors more to the right. This way, the headboard is not next to the entrance door.
The door to the secondary unit should open the other way.
Why are there two doors to the workspace? I would definitely remove one. If there is a waiting area in the connecting building, then the exterior door can be omitted.
What I don’t see at all is a proper coatroom or wardrobe space for a family of four to five people.
Well, I would say it is definitely an improvement compared to the original design. It’s a shame that not everything can apparently be implemented with this company.
Basically, everything has already been said. In my opinion, very little of it has been put into practice. Especially the cloakrooms and storage spaces are far too small in your plan. Most of the main house’s outerwear will end up in Child 3’s room. I bet that the pointless door to the garden in the connecting section will soon be blocked by something. I wonder why the connecting section is still needed at all? If you moved the entrance of the extension to the front, the entire connecting section could be used for something else (by the way, it is almost the same size as the utility room). Or it could be removed altogether. As it stands, it is just a useless corridor – strange.
Since it is supposed to be this way after all:
I would rotate all the bathroom fixtures in the extension by one position so that the washbasin is at the shower's saddle point. All other fixtures would shift accordingly.
I had also thought about a sliding door between the office and the entrance hallway in the main house, as Yvonne suggested, so visitors cannot see directly into the living area.
Basically, everything has already been said. In my opinion, very little of it has been put into practice. Especially the cloakrooms and storage spaces are far too small in your plan. Most of the main house’s outerwear will end up in Child 3’s room. I bet that the pointless door to the garden in the connecting section will soon be blocked by something. I wonder why the connecting section is still needed at all? If you moved the entrance of the extension to the front, the entire connecting section could be used for something else (by the way, it is almost the same size as the utility room). Or it could be removed altogether. As it stands, it is just a useless corridor – strange.
Since it is supposed to be this way after all:
I would rotate all the bathroom fixtures in the extension by one position so that the washbasin is at the shower's saddle point. All other fixtures would shift accordingly.
I had also thought about a sliding door between the office and the entrance hallway in the main house, as Yvonne suggested, so visitors cannot see directly into the living area.
The senior extension has at least been slightly worsened—I wouldn’t want to misuse the strong word "improved" here. Do alternative health practitioners mainly make house calls now? Because the treatment room seems quite impractical to me, and patients will probably use the bathroom in the annex just as often as the guest bathroom in the main house—if that is not desired, I don’t see the plans as ready for approval yet. The overall design looks "off" to me, meaning the extension appears visually like it has "no roof." What exactly is the deal with this "temporary property boundary" that cuts a wedge into the floor plan?
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Dear all,
Please take a look. I think I’ve got it!
The utility room is now in the center; I specifically added all the equipment to show the person in charge that everything fits. Then I repositioned the entrance to the separate apartment. I believe this should be the best solution. It enlarges the practice area and our living room and gives us a shower and a wardrobe.
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