ᐅ Requesting Feedback: Single-Family Home Approximately 135 m²
Created on: 3 Dec 2019 08:59
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Mrs.Alkatraz
Hello everyone,
I have been quietly following the forum for some time and would like to thank you for the many helpful insights.
I would appreciate your feedback on our planned floor plan.
Thank you in advance.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size 360m² (3,870 sq ft) + driveway
Slope approx. 1 m (3 ft) height difference
Number of parking spaces Carport
Number of floors 1.5 floors, upper floor with 2 m (6.5 ft) knee wall
Roof type Gable roof
Development plan according to §34
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type Single-family house with gable roof
Basement, floors Without basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, age 2 people, 37 and 34 with a dog
Office: family use or home office? No office
Overnight guests per year 0
Open or closed layout Rather closed, not too open, separate areas
Conservative or modern construction Rather conservative with modern elements
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Still undecided whether to have a sliding door to the kitchen, or possibly an additional work surface or kitchen island
Number of dining spaces 4
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: Carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons why or why not:
Hallway with coat rack and space for a dresser or cabinet, doors to the living room as a buffer zone for the dog.
House Design
Planned by:
- Architect, floor plan originated from the house builder, modified according to our ideas.
What do you particularly like? Why? Layout of the ground floor, orientation, kitchen possibly different
What do you not like? Still undecided whether the kitchen should be closed off with a sliding door or more open.
In the bathroom, a strip of windows on the eaves side between the bathtub and shower is planned.
Possibly an additional window in each children’s room on the eaves sides.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 340,000 including incidental building costs
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: 375,000
Preferred heating system: Air-to-water heat pump, possibly expandable with photovoltaic
I have been quietly following the forum for some time and would like to thank you for the many helpful insights.
I would appreciate your feedback on our planned floor plan.
Thank you in advance.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size 360m² (3,870 sq ft) + driveway
Slope approx. 1 m (3 ft) height difference
Number of parking spaces Carport
Number of floors 1.5 floors, upper floor with 2 m (6.5 ft) knee wall
Roof type Gable roof
Development plan according to §34
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type Single-family house with gable roof
Basement, floors Without basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, age 2 people, 37 and 34 with a dog
Office: family use or home office? No office
Overnight guests per year 0
Open or closed layout Rather closed, not too open, separate areas
Conservative or modern construction Rather conservative with modern elements
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Still undecided whether to have a sliding door to the kitchen, or possibly an additional work surface or kitchen island
Number of dining spaces 4
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: Carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons why or why not:
Hallway with coat rack and space for a dresser or cabinet, doors to the living room as a buffer zone for the dog.
House Design
Planned by:
- Architect, floor plan originated from the house builder, modified according to our ideas.
What do you particularly like? Why? Layout of the ground floor, orientation, kitchen possibly different
What do you not like? Still undecided whether the kitchen should be closed off with a sliding door or more open.
In the bathroom, a strip of windows on the eaves side between the bathtub and shower is planned.
Possibly an additional window in each children’s room on the eaves sides.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 340,000 including incidental building costs
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: 375,000
Preferred heating system: Air-to-water heat pump, possibly expandable with photovoltaic
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Mrs.Alkatraz3 Dec 2019 10:45Thank you for your feedback.
We actually like the entrance under the carport, especially since it is not immediately visible.
RMB is a good point; I will check it again.
The knee wall height of 2m (6 ft 7 in) is very important to us due to our height. We would prefer slightly less walking space.
About 340,000 € for the house, turnkey, including underfloor heating, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, air-to-water heat pump, kitchen, and additional construction costs (including demolition of an existing building).
We actually like the entrance under the carport, especially since it is not immediately visible.
RMB is a good point; I will check it again.
The knee wall height of 2m (6 ft 7 in) is very important to us due to our height. We would prefer slightly less walking space.
About 340,000 € for the house, turnkey, including underfloor heating, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, air-to-water heat pump, kitchen, and additional construction costs (including demolition of an existing building).
Then I would fundamentally consider what kind of kitchen I want – this has a decisive impact on your floor plan. You need to start getting specific about that.
I have an open kitchen and wouldn’t want it any other way. We don’t have children, so it doesn’t matter whether we can keep an eye on them or not. Most parents here, especially with young children, definitely recommend an open concept. Just something to think about.
I would never place the bedroom facing south if there are other options (in our case, it ended up in the southwest because there was no other way, but as I said, we don’t have children who then had to be moved to the dark north). Even if the second child’s room will rather be a hobby or office room, I would put it in the sunny area since you spend most of your daytime there, while the bedroom is mostly used for sleeping.
The bathroom can also be located above the kitchen (if the plumbing connections are at the back).
How likely is a second child? If it’s rather unlikely, I would make the second room smaller and instead include a walk-in closet.
I have an open kitchen and wouldn’t want it any other way. We don’t have children, so it doesn’t matter whether we can keep an eye on them or not. Most parents here, especially with young children, definitely recommend an open concept. Just something to think about.
I would never place the bedroom facing south if there are other options (in our case, it ended up in the southwest because there was no other way, but as I said, we don’t have children who then had to be moved to the dark north). Even if the second child’s room will rather be a hobby or office room, I would put it in the sunny area since you spend most of your daytime there, while the bedroom is mostly used for sleeping.
The bathroom can also be located above the kitchen (if the plumbing connections are at the back).
How likely is a second child? If it’s rather unlikely, I would make the second room smaller and instead include a walk-in closet.
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Mrs.Alkatraz3 Dec 2019 11:57Climbee schrieb:
Then I would fundamentally consider what kind of kitchen I want – that has a decisive impact on your floor plan design. You need to get more specific about that soon. We are currently working intensively on that.
Possibly also a door from the hallway directly into the kitchen,
sliding door to the living room removed, replaced by a countertop/bar, etc.
A second child is very unlikely.
I’m not really a fan of a separate dressing room on first thought.
I would need to look into that again.
A walk-in closet (when it’s not enclosed) has a clear advantage if people get up at different times. Not everyone is disciplined enough to prepare their clothes in the bathroom the night before, and then you end up making noise in the bedroom while your partner is still sleeping.
My husband is a perfect example. Preparing clothes the night before was out of the question, and if he woke up before me, he tried to find his clothes in the dark bedroom closet (so I could keep sleeping), which usually ended with him stubbing his toe somewhere, tripping over a drawer that hadn’t been fully pushed back, trying to stifle his groans of pain, hobbling out, and by then knocking over our chair where we had left our clothes. By that point, I was already wide awake.
I LOOOOVE our walk-in closet!!!
My husband is a perfect example. Preparing clothes the night before was out of the question, and if he woke up before me, he tried to find his clothes in the dark bedroom closet (so I could keep sleeping), which usually ended with him stubbing his toe somewhere, tripping over a drawer that hadn’t been fully pushed back, trying to stifle his groans of pain, hobbling out, and by then knocking over our chair where we had left our clothes. By that point, I was already wide awake.
I LOOOOVE our walk-in closet!!!
I find the design quite solid. There must be a kitchen door in the hallway – which the original poster has already noted. For such a small house, I also think the 3.85 m (12.6 feet) in the living room is still acceptable.
What, in my opinion, completely changes the situation is this: as the house is currently positioned, there are two separate strips of garden—one slightly larger, the other narrower. I would rotate the house to have one nice, continuous garden area:
Which means: please start over!
What, in my opinion, completely changes the situation is this: as the house is currently positioned, there are two separate strips of garden—one slightly larger, the other narrower. I would rotate the house to have one nice, continuous garden area:
Which means: please start over!
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