ᐅ Floor plan of an urban villa with a hipped roof – final adjustments

Development Plan/Restrictions: Max. house width 10m (33 feet)
Plot size: 495m² (5329 square feet)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.8
Building envelope: 10m x 14m (33 feet x 46 feet)
Edge development: new residential area
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: minimum 2 full floors
Roof style: all allowed
Maximum heights/limits: ridge height 10m (33 feet)

Client requirements
Style: urban villa
Roof style: hip roof
Basement: no
Floors: 2 full floors
Number of occupants, ages: 4 people, 30, 30, 2, 1
Room requirements on:
Ground floor: living room, study, kitchen, dining area, utility room
Upper floor: 2 children's rooms, master bedroom, bathroom
Office: home office
Guest stays per year: 10
Open or closed layout: The kitchen should not be aligned in a continuous line with the living room
Kitchen with cooking island
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes
Garage: 2 prefabricated garages

House design
Planned by:
- Architect
Dislikes?
The direction of the staircase
Why?
Because I believe that dirt tracked onto the entrance stairs will be carried to the upper floor.

Preferred heating system: geothermal

If you have to give up certain details/structures:
- can you give up:
- cannot give up:

Why is the design the way it is now?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...

What would bother me much more is having to carry the laundry all through the house and the kitchen. Also, the shower in this bathroom is very questionable. You almost have to step over the toilet.
And the worst thing is the garages located immediately to the left and right. Natural light can only come from the front. Why is that?

I think the house looks crooked because of the staggered windows on the right. The two garages (someone once called them elephant ears here) are not my taste either. I also don’t like the orientation. Instead of the small windows on the south side and the garage on the west, I would have opened up the whole house to the sun despite the inconvenient orientation.

Otherwise, the floor plan is pretty standard. The door to the utility room would bother me as well.

And sorry: I’m missing the north arrow in the drawings, I might have rotated it towards the south or something.

The house, with the garages, almost has the character of a townhouse. A pity.

Yes, but why are they set back so far? That would ruin the living room view. It would be less problematic if they were located near the front by the utility room.

Sorry, I wouldn’t build it like that. If you absolutely have to have a car parked on each side, then the maximum should be under an open carport further forward.

What is the purpose of the mysterious box between the living room and the long garage?

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