ᐅ Floor plan design ~138 m² of living space, two full stories, urban villa
Created on: 11 Apr 2017 01:25
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rfrey
Hello everyone,
For weeks now, we have been gathering ideas from model home parks and our local area. In our opinion, the result is now good. However, since I am concerned that we might be missing some common pitfalls, I kindly ask for your honest feedback. Unfortunately, we will only work with an architect to create a detailed plan with measurements later on.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 393 m² (4,226 ft²)
Slope: no
Floor space ratio (FSR): 0.4
Gross floor area ratio (GFAR): 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: 3m (10 ft) to all property boundaries, garage can be built on the property line
Number of parking spaces: 1 garage + 1 open
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: hipped roof, 22° pitch, square footprint
External house dimensions: 9.50m x 9.50m (31 ft x 31 ft)
Maximum heights/restrictions: none
Other specifications: none
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: urban villa
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2, both 30 years old
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: approximately 140 m² (1,507 ft²) in total. Large open living/dining/kitchen area
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guest bedrooms per year: rare
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4–6
Fireplace: no
Music/sound wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage extra long to provide additional storage space (min. 7 m / 23 ft)
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for choices or exclusions
House design
Who designed the plan: DIY
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Kitchen and dining area on the south side
- Large living/kitchen/dining space
- Walk-in closet with direct access to the bathroom
- Shower recessed into a niche
- Storage room under the straight concrete staircase
What do you not like? Why?
- Distance between sofa and opposite wall (TV wall) only 3.50 m (11.5 ft)
- Bedroom on the north side, while the garden will be on the south side
- We are considering adding a small open space between the children’s room and the bedroom, directly adjacent to the doors of both rooms. It should not be too large. Windows would be planned at the top and bottom. Any opinions? We are aware of potential noise and odor disturbance.
- I would like a direct access from the garage into the house.
- The plot is not optimally utilized.
I can provide necessary wall dimensions on request.
Perhaps you also see a better way to position the house on the plot in combination with the garage.
Thank you in advance!
Best regards,
Raphael
For weeks now, we have been gathering ideas from model home parks and our local area. In our opinion, the result is now good. However, since I am concerned that we might be missing some common pitfalls, I kindly ask for your honest feedback. Unfortunately, we will only work with an architect to create a detailed plan with measurements later on.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 393 m² (4,226 ft²)
Slope: no
Floor space ratio (FSR): 0.4
Gross floor area ratio (GFAR): 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: 3m (10 ft) to all property boundaries, garage can be built on the property line
Number of parking spaces: 1 garage + 1 open
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: hipped roof, 22° pitch, square footprint
External house dimensions: 9.50m x 9.50m (31 ft x 31 ft)
Maximum heights/restrictions: none
Other specifications: none
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: urban villa
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2, both 30 years old
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: approximately 140 m² (1,507 ft²) in total. Large open living/dining/kitchen area
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guest bedrooms per year: rare
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4–6
Fireplace: no
Music/sound wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage extra long to provide additional storage space (min. 7 m / 23 ft)
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for choices or exclusions
House design
Who designed the plan: DIY
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Kitchen and dining area on the south side
- Large living/kitchen/dining space
- Walk-in closet with direct access to the bathroom
- Shower recessed into a niche
- Storage room under the straight concrete staircase
What do you not like? Why?
- Distance between sofa and opposite wall (TV wall) only 3.50 m (11.5 ft)
- Bedroom on the north side, while the garden will be on the south side
- We are considering adding a small open space between the children’s room and the bedroom, directly adjacent to the doors of both rooms. It should not be too large. Windows would be planned at the top and bottom. Any opinions? We are aware of potential noise and odor disturbance.
- I would like a direct access from the garage into the house.
- The plot is not optimally utilized.
I can provide necessary wall dimensions on request.
Perhaps you also see a better way to position the house on the plot in combination with the garage.
Thank you in advance!
Best regards,
Raphael
What are the basic dimensions, anyway?
Some reference measurements are needed, for example the width of the walk-in closet and bedroom, then the kitchen...
A Jette Joop house simply does NOT work well on a small area... a small area here would be around 70m² (750 sq ft) of living space on one level.
To me, it all looks very tight and cramped, considering that the kitchen needs more cabinets and should ideally be wider or longer.
Two doors in the family bathroom: this is a much-discussed topic in other floor plan threads – just take a look.
I don’t see a cloakroom for four people.
Basically, you want to fit too much into a small floor plan – that just can’t work properly.
Some reference measurements are needed, for example the width of the walk-in closet and bedroom, then the kitchen...
A Jette Joop house simply does NOT work well on a small area... a small area here would be around 70m² (750 sq ft) of living space on one level.
To me, it all looks very tight and cramped, considering that the kitchen needs more cabinets and should ideally be wider or longer.
Two doors in the family bathroom: this is a much-discussed topic in other floor plan threads – just take a look.
I don’t see a cloakroom for four people.
Basically, you want to fit too much into a small floor plan – that just can’t work properly.
For comparison: our house has 1 square meter more gross floor area but only 132 square meters (1,421 square feet) of living space. There is no open void, no technical installations on the ground floor, and significantly less hallway space on the upper floor, but more space in the rooms. As a result, we feel like we have "more space" than with your layout.
By the way, our plot is even 20 square meters (215 square feet) smaller, and we are happy with it, although the shape is different.
I always find bathroom designs with two doors to be awkward.
By the way, our plot is even 20 square meters (215 square feet) smaller, and we are happy with it, although the shape is different.
I always find bathroom designs with two doors to be awkward.
rfrey schrieb:
House exterior dimensions: 9.50 m x 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in x 31 ft 2 in)Sorry, I overlooked that. The interior dimensions would be less than 8.70 m (28 ft 6 in)...
rfrey schrieb:
Maybe you have a better idea for positioning the house on the plot together with a garage.Then I looked at the site plan:
In my opinion, the shape of the house does NOT fit the plot. Choose a rectangular shape with the long side oriented north/south, then you have your connection to the garage. Although I have seen this connecting passage hotly debated here in the house building forum, because in most cases a) it is unnecessary and b) it ruins the rest of the design.
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