Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 780 sqm (8397 sq ft)
Slope: 4.5 m (15 ft) over 30 m (98 ft), approximately 6% incline, sloping from east to west
Floor area ratio: 0.25
Plot ratio: 0.35
Edge development: Located within an existing neighborhood
Number of parking spaces: Large double garage including 2-3 spaces in front
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: Hipped roof
Style: "Urban villa" (The house is located in a very rural area at about 930 m (3051 ft) above sea level)
Orientation: Southwest
Maximum height/limits: Maximum building height: 8.5 m (28 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Urban villa, hipped roof, single-family home
Basement, floors: Fully basement with semi-integrated double garage, 2 full stories
Number of residents, ages: Us (both 27 years old) + 2 planned children
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor: See plan
Office: Primarily family use or home office? Mainly family use, but who knows? (Home office)
Guest bedrooms per year: Rare, maybe 2-3 times per year (max)
Open or closed architecture: Open
Traditional or modern style: Modern?
Open kitchen with island
Dining capacity: 6-8 seats
Fireplace: Not decided yet (Heating will be via ground source heat pump, possibly an additional Swedish wood stove)
Music/sound wall: No
Balcony, rooftop terrace: Covered terrace on southwest side, open terrace on garage roof facing northwest for flowers, herbs, etc.
Garage, carport: Very large garage for 2 cars including workshop
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: No, not planned currently
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine
House Design
Who designed the plan: First draft by us, no contact with an architect yet
What do you particularly like?
Large open living and dining area with kitchen and big window fronts. (Direct access to terrace / garden)
What don’t you like? So far nothing 🙂
Price estimate according to architect/planner: n/a
Personal price limit for house including equipment: n/a
Preferred heating technology: Ground source heat pump
If you have to give up something, on which details/extra features could you do without?
- Could do without: Covered seating area, can be added later if needed.
- Cannot do without: Integrated double garage
Notes
Due to the slight slope descending towards the neighborhood street, a (semi-)integrated garage seems ideal for this project from my point of view. The garage should also be used as a workshop and storage space (for lawnmower, winter tires, bicycles).
The outdoor and storage room in the basement should be understood as follows: We are enthusiastic fans of various mountain sports (mountain biking, climbing, skiing, ski touring, hiking, snowshoeing), which requires a lot of equipment and clothing. Therefore, we want a room (as close to the garage as possible) where all the equipment can be stored. We also want a small sink there for cleaning shoes or filling water bottles, etc. 🙂
I’m also unsure whether separating the laundry room and heating room makes sense or not. (In my parents’ house, it’s one big room, which works very well…)
On the ground floor, we want a large window front with sliding windows. The covered terrace should also have a glass roof (with adjustable shading) if possible, so the living and dining area doesn’t get too dark.
Any feedback is welcome, and I thank you in advance for the first assessment of our floor plan. (We are not architects: Please forgive the rather rough dimensioning 🙂
Regards from Switzerland
Seisler
Plot size: 780 sqm (8397 sq ft)
Slope: 4.5 m (15 ft) over 30 m (98 ft), approximately 6% incline, sloping from east to west
Floor area ratio: 0.25
Plot ratio: 0.35
Edge development: Located within an existing neighborhood
Number of parking spaces: Large double garage including 2-3 spaces in front
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: Hipped roof
Style: "Urban villa" (The house is located in a very rural area at about 930 m (3051 ft) above sea level)
Orientation: Southwest
Maximum height/limits: Maximum building height: 8.5 m (28 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Urban villa, hipped roof, single-family home
Basement, floors: Fully basement with semi-integrated double garage, 2 full stories
Number of residents, ages: Us (both 27 years old) + 2 planned children
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor: See plan
Office: Primarily family use or home office? Mainly family use, but who knows? (Home office)
Guest bedrooms per year: Rare, maybe 2-3 times per year (max)
Open or closed architecture: Open
Traditional or modern style: Modern?
Open kitchen with island
Dining capacity: 6-8 seats
Fireplace: Not decided yet (Heating will be via ground source heat pump, possibly an additional Swedish wood stove)
Music/sound wall: No
Balcony, rooftop terrace: Covered terrace on southwest side, open terrace on garage roof facing northwest for flowers, herbs, etc.
Garage, carport: Very large garage for 2 cars including workshop
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: No, not planned currently
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine
House Design
Who designed the plan: First draft by us, no contact with an architect yet
What do you particularly like?
Large open living and dining area with kitchen and big window fronts. (Direct access to terrace / garden)
What don’t you like? So far nothing 🙂
Price estimate according to architect/planner: n/a
Personal price limit for house including equipment: n/a
Preferred heating technology: Ground source heat pump
If you have to give up something, on which details/extra features could you do without?
- Could do without: Covered seating area, can be added later if needed.
- Cannot do without: Integrated double garage
Notes
Due to the slight slope descending towards the neighborhood street, a (semi-)integrated garage seems ideal for this project from my point of view. The garage should also be used as a workshop and storage space (for lawnmower, winter tires, bicycles).
The outdoor and storage room in the basement should be understood as follows: We are enthusiastic fans of various mountain sports (mountain biking, climbing, skiing, ski touring, hiking, snowshoeing), which requires a lot of equipment and clothing. Therefore, we want a room (as close to the garage as possible) where all the equipment can be stored. We also want a small sink there for cleaning shoes or filling water bottles, etc. 🙂
I’m also unsure whether separating the laundry room and heating room makes sense or not. (In my parents’ house, it’s one big room, which works very well…)
On the ground floor, we want a large window front with sliding windows. The covered terrace should also have a glass roof (with adjustable shading) if possible, so the living and dining area doesn’t get too dark.
Any feedback is welcome, and I thank you in advance for the first assessment of our floor plan. (We are not architects: Please forgive the rather rough dimensioning 🙂
Regards from Switzerland
Seisler
Am I correct in understanding that you plan to build against the natural slope of the land? I find it hard to imagine that the drainage on the property will be favorable.
On one hand, it would be interesting to know whether this embankment of 4.5m (15 feet) in the southwest is permitted, regardless of its practical sense. On the other hand, I would like to know what your budget limit for the house construction is.
On one hand, it would be interesting to know whether this embankment of 4.5m (15 feet) in the southwest is permitted, regardless of its practical sense. On the other hand, I would like to know what your budget limit for the house construction is.
ypg schrieb:
Am I correct in understanding that you plan to build against the natural slope of the land? I can’t imagine that drainage on the property will be favorable.
On one hand, it would be interesting to know if this 4.5-meter (15 feet) embankment in the southwest is allowed, regardless of the practicality, and on the other hand, I would like to know your budget limit for the house construction. No, you’re not quite right 🙂
The land slopes down towards the neighborhood street (so, more or less like the ramp to the front door in the drawing). That means in the northeast we have a lot of material (4.5 meters (15 feet)) and in the southwest “nothing” (0 meters (0 feet)).
To illustrate this better, I’ve added a photo showing the original terrain.
This means we need to cut into the earth in the northeast and add some fill in the southwest to level everything out.
By the way, the neighbors on both sides have done the same.
Regarding costs: I’m not sure if it makes sense to publish exact numbers here since the house is being built in Switzerland, where prices are well known not to be on the same level as in Germany or other countries. 🙂
But we’re estimating about 700,000 euros for the entire project excluding the land, which corresponds to a “normal” house in Switzerland 🙂
(So for this price you won’t get a huge or luxury home, just to clarify.)
I don’t find the angled wall (play corner) on the ground floor very appealing. I would straighten it and create an additional storage room in the hallway.
Since there is a separate children’s bathroom, I wouldn’t make the master bathroom accessible from the hallway. In general, I think having two doors or paths in and out of a bathroom is always inconvenient. But that’s a matter of personal preference.
I think these are quite substantial dimensions. If this is an ordinary house, then you Swiss are lucky. 😉
Since there is a separate children’s bathroom, I wouldn’t make the master bathroom accessible from the hallway. In general, I think having two doors or paths in and out of a bathroom is always inconvenient. But that’s a matter of personal preference.
I think these are quite substantial dimensions. If this is an ordinary house, then you Swiss are lucky. 😉
We also have a plot of land with a similar slope, but in our case it slopes from west to east, so basically the other way around. 😉
With a 4.5m (15 feet) height difference over 30m (98 feet) length, that’s actually a gradient of 15%, not 6% (just as a side note).
I’m not trying to convince you of anything, but a split-level design might be interesting for you. In our case, it’s looking quite likely that we’ll end up going with something like that.
Here is a rough cross-section of what it could look like for us:
The right side of the plan is east for us, so this is basically a cross-section viewed from the south.
On level 0, we have the carport, entrance, and basement. From there, a half-level goes up to level 1 with the dining and kitchen area, which also extends “to the left” into the master bedroom area.
From the kitchen area, level 2 leads to the living room, which is connected to the kitchen/dining area by a kind of gallery.
On level 3 are the children’s rooms, children’s bathroom, and the office/guest room.
Level 4 will be a roof terrace.
The huge advantage is simply that the building adapts to the natural terrain. That can save a lot of money.
We find this construction method extremely exciting and, after some viewings, have now decided that this is how we want to build.
If you can get enthusiastic about it, a split-level layout could be an option. The plot would definitely allow it – it’s practically made for it. 😉
With a 4.5m (15 feet) height difference over 30m (98 feet) length, that’s actually a gradient of 15%, not 6% (just as a side note).
I’m not trying to convince you of anything, but a split-level design might be interesting for you. In our case, it’s looking quite likely that we’ll end up going with something like that.
Here is a rough cross-section of what it could look like for us:
The right side of the plan is east for us, so this is basically a cross-section viewed from the south.
On level 0, we have the carport, entrance, and basement. From there, a half-level goes up to level 1 with the dining and kitchen area, which also extends “to the left” into the master bedroom area.
From the kitchen area, level 2 leads to the living room, which is connected to the kitchen/dining area by a kind of gallery.
On level 3 are the children’s rooms, children’s bathroom, and the office/guest room.
Level 4 will be a roof terrace.
The huge advantage is simply that the building adapts to the natural terrain. That can save a lot of money.
We find this construction method extremely exciting and, after some viewings, have now decided that this is how we want to build.
If you can get enthusiastic about it, a split-level layout could be an option. The plot would definitely allow it – it’s practically made for it. 😉
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Bauexperte17 Mar 2016 11:35sirhc schrieb:
I think those are already considerable dimensions. It’s all relative.
For example, in Switzerland, a nurse earns approximately 120,000 euros per year; she needs this annual salary to cover the ongoing rent and other expenses.
In the end, it’s _just_ numbers 😉
Regards, Bauexperte
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