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.
Laufi92 schrieb:
Do you mean further away from the wall?I meant the bedrooms in the extension still need to be moved so that the wardrobe can be placed behind them.kaho674 schrieb:
I meant that in the extension, the bedrooms still need to be shifted so that the closet can fit behind them.I’m just concerned that the space around the bed might become too tight.
What is KBE?:
= Colony-Forming Unit
= Catholic Federal Working Group for Adult Education
= Cologne Bonn Railway Company
= Competence Center for Heritage Conservation
= Municipal Participation Company Ltd. of Envia
= Component-Based Engineering
= KBE 50-2 M Eco Magnetic Core Drilling Machine
???
= Colony-Forming Unit
= Catholic Federal Working Group for Adult Education
= Cologne Bonn Railway Company
= Competence Center for Heritage Conservation
= Municipal Participation Company Ltd. of Envia
= Component-Based Engineering
= KBE 50-2 M Eco Magnetic Core Drilling Machine
???
Laufi92 schrieb:
I just have concerns that the space around the bed might become too tight No.kaho674 schrieb:
What does KBE stand for?:
= Colony Forming Unit
= Catholic Federal Association for Adult Education
= Cologne Bonn Railway Company
= Competence Center for Building Preservation
= Municipal Participation Company Ltd. of Envia
= Component-Based Development
= KBE 50-2 M Eco Magnetic Core Drilling Machine
??? That’s exactly what I thought too haha. But apparently, it stands for "Controlled ventilation system."
I just had another idea. The utility room would be accessible from the granny flat. So the semi-detached house could also use it as an extra storage room. Now the challenge is mainly with the layout. If you simply remove the wall between the small storage room and the utility room, you’d get a long corridor. You could also fit a lot of shelves there. Plus, we would save the third front door (to the utility room)!
Laufi92 schrieb:
That’s exactly what I was thinking too, haha. But it apparently stands for "controlled ventilation system."
I just had another idea. The utility room is accessible from the granny flat, so it could also be used as an additional storage room. The challenge is mainly with the layout. If you simply remove the wall between the small storage room and the utility room, you’d end up with a long corridor. You could also fit a lot of shelving there. Plus, we would save the third door (to the utility room)!Similar topics