Hello everyone,
My wife and I are expecting our second child in about six weeks, and since our first child, who is 1.5 years old, currently only has a crib in the corner of our home office, building a house is becoming increasingly urgent.
The house is planned to accommodate four children and must also include at least one full office and possibly a second office for my wife. The style should be somewhat like a country house.
We have already visited our architect twice and received advice, and I have just scanned the preliminary drawings. I would appreciate your opinions and suggestions, especially regarding potential design flaws that might become a recurring annoyance for us over the coming decades... in short:
What do you think?
Best regards and many thanks!
Frank
My wife and I are expecting our second child in about six weeks, and since our first child, who is 1.5 years old, currently only has a crib in the corner of our home office, building a house is becoming increasingly urgent.
The house is planned to accommodate four children and must also include at least one full office and possibly a second office for my wife. The style should be somewhat like a country house.
We have already visited our architect twice and received advice, and I have just scanned the preliminary drawings. I would appreciate your opinions and suggestions, especially regarding potential design flaws that might become a recurring annoyance for us over the coming decades... in short:
What do you think?
Best regards and many thanks!
Frank
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BauProjekt1427 Apr 2014 20:23The house design suggests that the children will continue living in the house when they are older.
Is that correct?
Is that correct?
At first glance, I notice only two things that should be reconsidered:
1. Hallway and storage area: In my opinion, there are too many doors just to grab a can of ravioli. I would probably combine these into one room.
2. The upstairs toilet: The path to it is quite long... passing by two sinks... but nicely separated.
On a second look:
3. I would change the door to Child 1’s room or move it further into the room (since that square footage can’t really be used anyway).
4. Reconsider the sofa placement in front of the window in the living room; positioning it in front of the patio door isn’t a good solution. However, this also affects where the TV can be placed.
These are just some initial thoughts 🙂
1. Hallway and storage area: In my opinion, there are too many doors just to grab a can of ravioli. I would probably combine these into one room.
2. The upstairs toilet: The path to it is quite long... passing by two sinks... but nicely separated.
On a second look:
3. I would change the door to Child 1’s room or move it further into the room (since that square footage can’t really be used anyway).
4. Reconsider the sofa placement in front of the window in the living room; positioning it in front of the patio door isn’t a good solution. However, this also affects where the TV can be placed.
These are just some initial thoughts 🙂
Thank you very much for the quick responses!
@toxicmolotow: I tested access on Windows with Firefox and IE, and on Android with Chrome – but I can also upload the files here tomorrow. Where can I find the file management in the account, and what is the maximum size?
@BauProjekt14: At least it should be possible to divide the floors into two apartments – who will live there afterwards still remains to be seen. I don’t want to be living in a huge house with just two people in 20 years and not be able to divide it…
@ypg:
1. The small hallway is for the side entrance – probably boots, etc. of the children will be stored in the storage room, and I don’t want to trip over them all the time. Maybe the two hallways could be combined.
2. I need to take a closer look at the next version – the storage room and the shower will be swapped, so the toilet will be moved as well.
3. Where to move it? The square meters in the hallway won’t be more practical, right?
4. True, the space isn’t ideal. But in front of the sliding door isn’t better either… we’ll see – and plan for several satellite/antenna sockets. 🙂
Have a nice evening!
@toxicmolotow: I tested access on Windows with Firefox and IE, and on Android with Chrome – but I can also upload the files here tomorrow. Where can I find the file management in the account, and what is the maximum size?
@BauProjekt14: At least it should be possible to divide the floors into two apartments – who will live there afterwards still remains to be seen. I don’t want to be living in a huge house with just two people in 20 years and not be able to divide it…
@ypg:
1. The small hallway is for the side entrance – probably boots, etc. of the children will be stored in the storage room, and I don’t want to trip over them all the time. Maybe the two hallways could be combined.
2. I need to take a closer look at the next version – the storage room and the shower will be swapped, so the toilet will be moved as well.
3. Where to move it? The square meters in the hallway won’t be more practical, right?
4. True, the space isn’t ideal. But in front of the sliding door isn’t better either… we’ll see – and plan for several satellite/antenna sockets. 🙂
Have a nice evening!
Frank78 schrieb:
1. The small hallway is intended for the side entrance – the storage room will probably be where the children's boots and such are kept, and I wouldn’t want to trip over them every time. Maybe the two hallways could be combined. Right now it looks like the shoes will be left in the hallway (which child is going to open a door for that?)
And you’d have to awkwardly hop over to the storage room for supplies 😉
Frank78 schrieb:
3. Where to relocate? The square meters won’t be used more effectively in the hallway either, right? True... But the child won’t get crushed in an airlock right away 😉 Maybe try to find a compromise, I’m not sure either.
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BauProjekt1427 Apr 2014 23:19How does the structural engineering work in this case? The sliding door on the ground floor is 4 meters long (13 feet) and starts directly at the exterior wall... Normally, you would leave the load-bearing interior wall standing for about half a meter (20 inches) and then begin the lintel from there... At least, that's what I thought. ;-)
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