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ᐅ Floor Plan Fails Discussion Thread – Floor Plans Nobody Wanted

Created on: 12 Feb 2019 15:53
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Recently, during a discussion here, the idea came up to specifically collect house designs—mostly floor plans—that turned out to be dead ends.

Therefore, I would like to invite you to share those floor plans (or even façade views) where you yourself realized that they are best left in the trash bin.

In my opinion, such examples are most valuable when you not only share the drawing but also explain the reasons for discarding it. Feel free to add an "after" picture showing the improved successor (or final) design that resulted from these insights.

In memory of Hans Rosenthal’s "that was great!" jump of joy, the heading "that was rubbish!" came to mind for this.

I have two requests: First, please do not upload all 1 to 257 failed drafts preceding the final design, but only the one where "a light bulb moment" occurred; and second, please only share designs that you subsequently changed (not just mirrored or rotated).
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Snowy3614 Sep 2021 13:17
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We drew the floor plan with chalk full scale on the ground in an industrial area … this was also very helpful
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Bauen202214 Sep 2021 13:46
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Yaso2.0 schrieb:

I once saw a provider—just enter “full-scale floor plan” into a search engine, and this provider comes up. At that time, unfortunately, their location was too far from me. But from Q4/21, a location in Hamburg is supposed to open. If it had already existed, I would have done it!
Basically a great idea, but I was able to rent the hall for a month at a better price 😀
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Michilo14 Sep 2021 14:02
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I have seen this full-scale floor plan service before. I find it a bit expensive, but on the other hand, you don’t have to put in any effort.
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BauFamily15 Sep 2021 10:27
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Zaba12 schrieb:



From the outside, it looks like this now:

It looks nice! What is the pitch of your roof? Do you have a knee wall?
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Myrna_Loy15 Sep 2021 11:11
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Bauen2022 schrieb:

Regarding this topic, I can only recommend the following. I rented a hall of about 100m2 (1,076 sq ft) and sketched the floor plans for the ground and upper floors, then recreated them using cardboard boxes. It doesn’t look great, but it gives a very good sense of what you’ve planned on paper. For example, we adjusted several windows and changed some rooms. Everything may seem fine on paper, but when you walk through the house in real conditions, you quickly realize what works and what doesn’t. I highly recommend this approach.

I notice this every time I plan the renovation of our old building. Even with well-detailed plans created using good CAD software, I have stood inside the house and realized that a "brilliant idea" doesn’t actually work. Our contractors are by now used to the fact that things don’t always look like the plans they were sent. “Wasn’t there a wall here?”