Hello everyone,
I would like to hear/read your opinions about our floor plan!
After a lot of consideration and planning, our current floor plan looks like this. It will be an urban villa (10.50 m x 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in x 34 ft 5 in), KFW 55 energy standard).
The entrance faces the street (private driveway).
To the right of the house (street side) there is a small play street.
After finalizing this floor plan, we have already decided to swap the bathroom and the bedroom on the upper floor. This makes more sense because of the kitchen on the ground floor (shorter routing for utility lines).
The heating system (probably a heat pump) will be installed in the garage (technical room).
The electrical supply including smart home system will be located in the utility room, along with the ventilation system.
The shower (about 90 cm x 90 cm (35 in x 35 in)) on the ground floor is not yet fixed in place! Most likely, it makes the most sense to enlarge the wall towards the utility room slightly (creating a sort of niche).
A kitchen island is planned in the kitchen.
I hope you can make some sense of the information so far.
I would really appreciate it if some of you could take a look at the whole thing.
Best regards
I would like to hear/read your opinions about our floor plan!
After a lot of consideration and planning, our current floor plan looks like this. It will be an urban villa (10.50 m x 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in x 34 ft 5 in), KFW 55 energy standard).
The entrance faces the street (private driveway).
To the right of the house (street side) there is a small play street.
After finalizing this floor plan, we have already decided to swap the bathroom and the bedroom on the upper floor. This makes more sense because of the kitchen on the ground floor (shorter routing for utility lines).
The heating system (probably a heat pump) will be installed in the garage (technical room).
The electrical supply including smart home system will be located in the utility room, along with the ventilation system.
The shower (about 90 cm x 90 cm (35 in x 35 in)) on the ground floor is not yet fixed in place! Most likely, it makes the most sense to enlarge the wall towards the utility room slightly (creating a sort of niche).
A kitchen island is planned in the kitchen.
I hope you can make some sense of the information so far.
I would really appreciate it if some of you could take a look at the whole thing.
Best regards
Hello.
That is quite a lot of windows you have there. Have you considered the costs or do you have the necessary budget? I like lots of windows too, but somehow it seems a bit overwhelming to me.
Otherwise, I would first paint the wardrobe area and enlarge the shower/toilet. The entrance area is large enough to allocate more space for a wardrobe, for example, in the form of a niche in the utility room wall.
I am also a fan of pantries, but this one is very cramped, and the sliding door alone is quite expensive. It might make more sense to plan for two additional tall cabinets and store drink crates in the utility room. Then again, the utility room door can be moved to create a wardrobe niche. For kitchen planning, I recommend the kitchen forum website. (You can never start planning a kitchen too early!)
The living room corner seems very tight to me. How is it supposed to be furnished?
Upstairs, I wonder why the children’s rooms are on the north side. Both as kids and teenagers, they spend the most time in their rooms and should also get sunlight (especially in winter). That means I would move the bedroom and bathroom to the rear and the two children’s rooms to the front. The drainage for the bathroom, toilet, and utility room should be easier that way.
The dressing room would probably have to be placed in front of or behind the bedroom with one children’s room across the front. But the current dressing room doesn’t work anyway. It consists only of circulation space and windows. No cabinets will fit in there!
milkie
That is quite a lot of windows you have there. Have you considered the costs or do you have the necessary budget? I like lots of windows too, but somehow it seems a bit overwhelming to me.
Otherwise, I would first paint the wardrobe area and enlarge the shower/toilet. The entrance area is large enough to allocate more space for a wardrobe, for example, in the form of a niche in the utility room wall.
I am also a fan of pantries, but this one is very cramped, and the sliding door alone is quite expensive. It might make more sense to plan for two additional tall cabinets and store drink crates in the utility room. Then again, the utility room door can be moved to create a wardrobe niche. For kitchen planning, I recommend the kitchen forum website. (You can never start planning a kitchen too early!)
The living room corner seems very tight to me. How is it supposed to be furnished?
Upstairs, I wonder why the children’s rooms are on the north side. Both as kids and teenagers, they spend the most time in their rooms and should also get sunlight (especially in winter). That means I would move the bedroom and bathroom to the rear and the two children’s rooms to the front. The drainage for the bathroom, toilet, and utility room should be easier that way.
The dressing room would probably have to be placed in front of or behind the bedroom with one children’s room across the front. But the current dressing room doesn’t work anyway. It consists only of circulation space and windows. No cabinets will fit in there!
milkie
I think the hallway on the ground floor is too much wasted space, and the cloakroom is too small for four people.
If the ventilation system is located in the utility room, I’m not sure there will be much space left for anything else, especially if you also want to include a shower niche. Most of the utility room is circulation space so you can pass through.
If the ventilation system is located in the utility room, I’m not sure there will be much space left for anything else, especially if you also want to include a shower niche. Most of the utility room is circulation space so you can pass through.
I like the many windows, but why are you installing such narrow windows everywhere (dressing room, gallery, living, dining, on the corners upstairs)? Leave out the masonry "supports" and use continuous window surfaces. Where structural support is necessary, for example in the living room at the southeast corner, an unobtrusive round steel column can be placed in the corner.
The walk-in closet practically has no usable floor space. Either a door or a window is in the way. You will probably regret the second door in the bathroom, as it will likely just be annoying. The upstairs hallway is huge. I think there is still a lot of potential for optimization there. Do you really want to have the entire ground floor so completely open?
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Bauabenteurer24 Jul 2014 13:06I would design the access to the walk-in closet only through the hallway. These two doors do take up space and of course also cost money (materials + installation). Whether you need a "proper" interior door for the walk-in closet is really a matter of personal preference; a decorative sliding curtain or something similar is basically sufficient.
If the doors are removed, you will have space in the bedroom for a chest of drawers (e.g., for underwear) and room in the bathroom for a storage cabinet (for towels, cleaning supplies, etc.).
If the doors are removed, you will have space in the bedroom for a chest of drawers (e.g., for underwear) and room in the bathroom for a storage cabinet (for towels, cleaning supplies, etc.).
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