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

Created on: 8 Jan 2018 12:54
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king_20001
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...

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hanse987
9 Jan 2018 12:33
kaho674 schrieb:
This is getting crazier and crazier. What kind of nitpickers are working in the building department?

I think the 5m (16 feet) in front of the garage is rather standard. The building department just wants an extra parking space in front of the garage to prevent, for example, visitors from parking on the street.
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king_20001
9 Jan 2018 12:50
kaho674 schrieb:

The neighboring garages are then a total of 6m (20 feet) away, if I understand correctly.

No, it is 3m (10 feet). The garage is allowed to start right at the property line, but the house is not. That’s why most people build the garages along the outer boundaries, with the house in the middle. If I gave up my garage, I would have the neighbor’s garage just 3m (10 feet) away from my window.
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king_20001
9 Jan 2018 12:52
hanse987 schrieb:
I think the 5m (16.4 ft) in front of the garage is more of a standard. The building authority simply requires an additional parking space in front of the garage, so that visitors, for example, don’t park on the street.

Yes, that’s the case, and in addition, this space is not considered a second parking spot. The development plan states that parking spaces must be usable independently of each other.
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king_20001
9 Jan 2018 12:59
ypg schrieb:
It’s not helpful to discuss a design after the building permit / planning permission application has been submitted.
Honest words can be painful.
If I knew the application was in process, I would advise withdrawing it if there are major mistakes.
Otherwise, I stay silent.
One can hope the application will not be approved. The issue with the 16-meter (52.5 feet) width was known; this saves the cost of a garage and prioritizes living spaces with natural light over having a car parked inside. That’s my opinion.

You’re excited about something you have worked on for a long time, and then something like this happens. Well, I can handle criticism because these choices were made for specific reasons. The only concern was the staircase, which is actually why I asked in the first place.
kaho6749 Jan 2018 13:04
king_20001 schrieb:
No, it’s 3 meters (10 feet). The garage may start right at the property line, but the house cannot.

Ah, I see.
Not exactly ideal, I’d say. But as you mentioned, there’s no more space left in the cities. Swallowing this bitter pill is tough.
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Tanita
9 Jan 2018 13:47
Hello King,
our plot is even narrower, about 14.x meters (46.x feet) wide. We also have two garages, but arranged so that one is next to the house and the other in front of it.
The one in front of the house is positioned about 2 meters (6.5 feet) away, perpendicular to the street. This means you have to turn the car around the corner to enter (in theory it works...), but we have windows on three sides and a passage to the garden.
Maybe you could place the carport directly parallel to the street?

Best regards,
Tanita