ᐅ Final floor plan, single-family house, 7.99 x 11.11 meters

Hello!
We have basically finished the planning now. I’d be interested in your opinions.
I have attached the ground floor and first floor plans. The basement is pretty straightforward: fitness room, workshop, office, utility room.

A few points we have thought about for a while:

Open staircase.
We have seen this in real life and really like it. It opens up the spatial feeling a bit. The downside I see is noise transmission from the living/dining area to the children’s bedrooms/bedrooms. I think we can live with that, but we have planned it so that a drywall partition could still be added on the ground floor.

Main entrance facing north, carport on the south side.
The reason is this: originally, the carport was planned along the rear property line. However, I’m concerned about costs if the entire driveway needs to be paved. That would be nearly 200sqm (2,150 sqft). What would something like that cost? Also, fees are charged for sealed surfaces. Or does anyone have a practical idea?
We had also considered placing the main entrance on the east side, but then the hallway/utility room layout became unattractive.

Living room size
There are about 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) to the wall. We’ve arranged our living room furniture accordingly and think it’s sufficient. Otherwise, the planned wardrobe with floor-to-ceiling sliding doors in the entrance area would have to be removed.

The conservatory is not really a conservatory, but rather an enclosed terrace with glass sliding doors.

Best regards,
Daniel

I know it’s your final plan, but for me, it wouldn’t work to sit at the dining table and constantly have the bathroom door in view…

Is there a basement, or where is the utility room located?

Hello Daniel,

I like the open area for cooking / dining / living / stairs overall.

However, I would reconsider the following points:

The passage between the shower and the wall in the ground floor bathroom seems very narrow (70 - 80 cm (28 - 31 inches)?).

The doors from the entrance area and the ground floor bathroom, when open, block access to the stairs leading to the upper floor and basement (if there is one). This could cause unpleasant collisions between someone using the stairs and a door suddenly being opened by another person.

I also find the location of the ground floor toilet directly next to the dining table less than ideal.

The entrance area might feel awkward, since you walk straight into a wall (cabinet).

The pantry is very narrow at 1.57 m (62 inches). An open shelf could work – a cabinet with hinged doors likely not, as there would be hardly any space left by the wall. The pantry door also seems very narrow.

The dressing room on the upper floor would personally be too narrow for me at 1.76 m (69 inches). Similar problem as the pantry. Probably still possible with open shelving or sliding-door closets, but a hinged-door wardrobe would be borderline again.

In the upper floor bathroom, it is too dark inside the shower without lighting (due to the full-height wall). Also, the shower will not function well without a door – water splashing in front of the shower entrance in the bathroom could create a slipping hazard.

Best regards,
Dirk

Thanks for the comments!

We originally swapped the ground floor bathroom with the utility room. However, I thought that the hallway often gets dirty. You walk through it every time on the way to the toilet and bring the dirt into the living area. But I will think about it again. The bathroom on the plan isn’t quite right either. The shower is narrower and elongated. The shower enclosure might even end up on the window side. I have the plumbing plan somewhere and will share it when I get a chance.

In the pantry, we will have standard open heavy-duty shelves about 40cm (16 inches) deep.
We have also thought about the wall in the dressing room several times. It’s supposed to be more of an open walk-in wardrobe than a dressing room.

The shower length is 140cm (55 inches). Will the spray reach that far? The partition wall is open at the top, and there will be some recessed spotlights in the ceiling.

Yes, there is a basement – as mentioned above. It includes the utility room, workshop, gym, and office.

I have now revised the floor plan in my software. This also makes the living room larger. Is the bathroom too small like this?

Hello,

we have a shower about 2.20 meters (7 ft 3 in) long with a rain showerhead.

Depending on the height of the person showering, the "spray shadow" is about 1.5 to 1.8 meters (5 to 6 ft). If you have planned recessed lights, that shouldn’t be a problem.

In my opinion, a heavy-duty shelf with a depth of about 40 cm (16 inches) is a bit too shallow. You can’t even fit a large can of food on it without it sticking out. A depth of 50 cm or even 60 cm (20 or 24 inches) would probably make more sense. But that’s just a matter of preference... 😉

What do you think about swapping the bedroom with the adjacent children’s room, removing the wall between the bedroom and the dressing room, and instead installing a floor-to-ceiling built-in wardrobe (possibly accessible from both sides)?

Regards,

Dirk