ᐅ Design for a single-family home featuring three children's bedrooms, a basement, and a boundary wall or party wall construction.
Created on: 12 Aug 2020 22:57
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Pumukel
Hello everyone.
After following the discussions for a long time, I would now like to ask for your feedback.
As you can see from the questionnaire, the current design was created solely by me.
I can provide detailed dimensions later if the grid drawing is insufficient for clarity.
Preliminary notes:
- 1 square equals 1 x 1 meter (3.3 x 3.3 feet)
- The northern wall is on the boundary line and must be built as a fire protection wall.
- The walk-in closet does not require a window.
- The small master bathroom could either have a fire protection window, as shown, opaque due to neighbor regulations above the toilet, or a strip window installed at a height of 1.8 m (5 feet 11 inches) across the entire width of the room.
- Lightwell in the office is planned larger, but the window is not floor-to-ceiling.
- Upper floor windows are not floor-to-ceiling.
- An additional door after the cloakroom could serve as a "windbreak," but this could certainly be added later.
I look forward to your feedback.
Questionnaire:
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size
420 sqm (5,070 sq ft)
Slope
No
Site coverage ratio
0.4
Floor area ratio
-
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
West side: 5 m (16 feet 5 inches) setback from the street, East side: 3 m (10 feet) from the boundary
The house to the north must also be built as a terraced house, the house to the south is a typical single-family house. To the east is an existing property with a garden and a tall hedge facing our plot. To the west is the access road. Beyond the road to the west, the area remains undeveloped.
Edge development
Main building must be on the northern property boundary
There are no specifications in the development plan regarding garage or carport, so these do not have to be on the southern boundary.
Number of parking spaces
1.5
Number of floors
2 full floors
Roof type
No restrictions
Architectural style
No restrictions
Orientation
No restrictions
Maximum heights/limits
Maximum wall height 6.5 m (21 feet 4 inches), maximum ridge height 8.5 m (27 feet 10 inches)
Other requirements
Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type:
Modern, gable roof, terraced house
Basement, floors
Basement desired, 2 full floors
Number of people, ages
2 adults (32/31 years), 2 children (3/0 years), 1 more child planned
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor
3 children’s rooms, office desired
Office use: family or home office?
Both
Occasional guests per year
Rarely
Open or closed architecture
Open, lots of light
Traditional or modern construction
Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Both yes
Number of dining seats
6–8
Fireplace
Not necessary, but no objection either
Music/stereo wall
No, living room is used less for TV
Balcony, roof terrace
No
Garage, carport
Yes, yes
Utility garden, greenhouse
No
Additional wishes, special features, daily routine, reasons for including or excluding certain items
-
House design
Who designed the plan:
Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
L-shape of the living-dining area,
Covered terrace
What do you dislike? Why?
Upper floor in general not 100% perfect (width of children’s rooms)
Cost estimate according to architect/planner:
None
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings:
450K (without land, without additional building costs)
Preferred heating technology:
Gas condensing boiler
If you have to give up something, what details or extensions could you do without
-Could do without: basement bathroom, walk-in closet, master bathroom
-Cannot do without: 3 children’s rooms, office, kitchen island
Why is the design the way it is?
It was developed based on the northern boundary building requirement and the goal of having as much garden and a terrace on the west side as possible.
After following the discussions for a long time, I would now like to ask for your feedback.
As you can see from the questionnaire, the current design was created solely by me.
I can provide detailed dimensions later if the grid drawing is insufficient for clarity.
Preliminary notes:
- 1 square equals 1 x 1 meter (3.3 x 3.3 feet)
- The northern wall is on the boundary line and must be built as a fire protection wall.
- The walk-in closet does not require a window.
- The small master bathroom could either have a fire protection window, as shown, opaque due to neighbor regulations above the toilet, or a strip window installed at a height of 1.8 m (5 feet 11 inches) across the entire width of the room.
- Lightwell in the office is planned larger, but the window is not floor-to-ceiling.
- Upper floor windows are not floor-to-ceiling.
- An additional door after the cloakroom could serve as a "windbreak," but this could certainly be added later.
I look forward to your feedback.
Questionnaire:
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size
420 sqm (5,070 sq ft)
Slope
No
Site coverage ratio
0.4
Floor area ratio
-
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
West side: 5 m (16 feet 5 inches) setback from the street, East side: 3 m (10 feet) from the boundary
The house to the north must also be built as a terraced house, the house to the south is a typical single-family house. To the east is an existing property with a garden and a tall hedge facing our plot. To the west is the access road. Beyond the road to the west, the area remains undeveloped.
Edge development
Main building must be on the northern property boundary
There are no specifications in the development plan regarding garage or carport, so these do not have to be on the southern boundary.
Number of parking spaces
1.5
Number of floors
2 full floors
Roof type
No restrictions
Architectural style
No restrictions
Orientation
No restrictions
Maximum heights/limits
Maximum wall height 6.5 m (21 feet 4 inches), maximum ridge height 8.5 m (27 feet 10 inches)
Other requirements
Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type:
Modern, gable roof, terraced house
Basement, floors
Basement desired, 2 full floors
Number of people, ages
2 adults (32/31 years), 2 children (3/0 years), 1 more child planned
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor
3 children’s rooms, office desired
Office use: family or home office?
Both
Occasional guests per year
Rarely
Open or closed architecture
Open, lots of light
Traditional or modern construction
Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Both yes
Number of dining seats
6–8
Fireplace
Not necessary, but no objection either
Music/stereo wall
No, living room is used less for TV
Balcony, roof terrace
No
Garage, carport
Yes, yes
Utility garden, greenhouse
No
Additional wishes, special features, daily routine, reasons for including or excluding certain items
-
House design
Who designed the plan:
Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
L-shape of the living-dining area,
Covered terrace
What do you dislike? Why?
Upper floor in general not 100% perfect (width of children’s rooms)
Cost estimate according to architect/planner:
None
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings:
450K (without land, without additional building costs)
Preferred heating technology:
Gas condensing boiler
If you have to give up something, what details or extensions could you do without
-Could do without: basement bathroom, walk-in closet, master bathroom
-Cannot do without: 3 children’s rooms, office, kitchen island
Why is the design the way it is?
It was developed based on the northern boundary building requirement and the goal of having as much garden and a terrace on the west side as possible.
The staircase you designed is unfortunately not in the same location on the upper floor as it is on the ground floor.
The problem is: If I move the staircase further towards the top of the plan to give the children’s rooms more width, the living room becomes smaller.
Currently, I have a width of 3m (10 feet) in the two children’s rooms and 4m (13 feet) in the living room. Both are still acceptable, but what do you think?
Additionally, you took away my access to the so far unmentioned "morning coffee spot."
So, the idea was to enjoy the morning sun in the lower right corner next to the WC.
The problem is: If I move the staircase further towards the top of the plan to give the children’s rooms more width, the living room becomes smaller.
Currently, I have a width of 3m (10 feet) in the two children’s rooms and 4m (13 feet) in the living room. Both are still acceptable, but what do you think?
Additionally, you took away my access to the so far unmentioned "morning coffee spot."
So, the idea was to enjoy the morning sun in the lower right corner next to the WC.
Is the staircase planned on the left or right side?
The staircase itself should be a bit wider: 1 meter (3.3 ft) for the stairs plus 20 cm (8 inches) for the wall (a load-bearing structure is probably unavoidable, so at least 17.5 cm (7 inches) plus plaster on both sides). This will make the passage quite narrow, so it’s better to reduce the size of the bathroom and the corner by about 20 cm (8 inches) downward.
I would suggest adding a separate exit to the bedroom/dressing area and installing a sliding door for the dressing room, so after dressing you can go straight into the hallway without waking up the person still sleeping with light and noise.
The staircase itself should be a bit wider: 1 meter (3.3 ft) for the stairs plus 20 cm (8 inches) for the wall (a load-bearing structure is probably unavoidable, so at least 17.5 cm (7 inches) plus plaster on both sides). This will make the passage quite narrow, so it’s better to reduce the size of the bathroom and the corner by about 20 cm (8 inches) downward.
I would suggest adding a separate exit to the bedroom/dressing area and installing a sliding door for the dressing room, so after dressing you can go straight into the hallway without waking up the person still sleeping with light and noise.
I actually find the plan quite ideal. I would only "reverse" the direction of the staircase at the top. This provides more circulation space at the "landing" and directly accesses 3 out of 4 doors. In the current layout, you reach one door quickly but have to walk around to get to the other rooms.
Best regards
Best regards
Basti2709 schrieb:
I also like the floor plan itself, but the staircase takes up too much space. A half-turn staircase would work much better here. That way, for example, the children's rooms could be slightly larger. However, for children, a staircase with uniform rectangular steps is much better and easier to manage early on... Especially if a third child is expected, it’s important that the older ones can use the stairs independently. (Being three on a staircase where the steps are narrower on one side is much harder.)
I think my children would love being able to enter the living room from both sides and would probably run around in circles all the time. The hallway is actually the preferred play area anyway. Not the children's rooms. Definitely not alone in their rooms. So having an extra square meter there is not really necessary.
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Alessandro13 Aug 2020 11:08The only option I can think of to make the children's rooms larger is to box in the staircase. Unfortunately, this would eliminate the natural daylight in the hallway:
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Alessandro13 Aug 2020 11:19or you can install a frosted glass panel here
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