ᐅ Floor plan and 3D images of a 160m² urban villa. Please provide your feedback :)
Created on: 8 Jun 2019 13:44
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Keenan86
Hello dear forum community,
My wife and I are planning to start our building project in a few months. It will be an urban villa with approximately 160 m² (1,722 sq ft) of living space. We have already purchased the plot of land (540 m² (5,813 sq ft)) and are currently in the planning phase. We would like to build with a general contractor and are actually quite satisfied with the one we have chosen so far.
However, we are not entirely sure about the floor plan and whether it really works well. This is our first (and hopefully last) building project. We would appreciate feedback from more experienced people who can offer us some tips. Thanks in advance!
My wife and I are planning to start our building project in a few months. It will be an urban villa with approximately 160 m² (1,722 sq ft) of living space. We have already purchased the plot of land (540 m² (5,813 sq ft)) and are currently in the planning phase. We would like to build with a general contractor and are actually quite satisfied with the one we have chosen so far.
However, we are not entirely sure about the floor plan and whether it really works well. This is our first (and hopefully last) building project. We would appreciate feedback from more experienced people who can offer us some tips. Thanks in advance!
We thought about storing the beverage crates in the small storage room under the stairs and keeping items that are not used frequently in the attic. We are planning for 2 children, but we could possibly do without the room downstairs. Perhaps this would also be more practical, allowing the kitchen to be extended further downward and a storage room installed there?
I think a small storage room on the upper floor is a good idea for brooms, swim bags, etc. Having the washing machine there is very practical, whether you decide to keep that room is up to you.
If you plan to have two children, I would balance the size difference between the parents’ bedroom and the smaller children’s room. You would have more space for sleeping than the child would for sleeping, studying, and spending time with friends.
Fully furnish the walk-in closet; the wardrobes look too narrow.
There is very little space between the bed and the wall in the bedroom. Try it out, considering your current bed. Having the bed under the window is very impractical. For ventilation and cleaning, you have to crawl over the bed.
The bathtub under the window is the same. I have this as well and don’t find it too problematic. The handheld shower and the bathtub stay clean. The shower seems quite narrow.
Ground floor:
Make sure to draw in your existing or desired furniture. Then you can see if there is enough space. After that, bring in more natural light from the west and improve circulation paths.
The utility room has no space for appliances. Next to the mechanical ventilation unit will be the electrical panel, and the home connections also need space. The washing machine and dryer are stacked. You have to collect dirty laundry in the bathroom, there is no sink for hand washing, and the laundry basket can only stand in the middle of the room. A drying rack has no place.
At least remove the door to the carport to gain some wall space.
If you plan to have two children, I would balance the size difference between the parents’ bedroom and the smaller children’s room. You would have more space for sleeping than the child would for sleeping, studying, and spending time with friends.
Fully furnish the walk-in closet; the wardrobes look too narrow.
There is very little space between the bed and the wall in the bedroom. Try it out, considering your current bed. Having the bed under the window is very impractical. For ventilation and cleaning, you have to crawl over the bed.
The bathtub under the window is the same. I have this as well and don’t find it too problematic. The handheld shower and the bathtub stay clean. The shower seems quite narrow.
Ground floor:
Make sure to draw in your existing or desired furniture. Then you can see if there is enough space. After that, bring in more natural light from the west and improve circulation paths.
The utility room has no space for appliances. Next to the mechanical ventilation unit will be the electrical panel, and the home connections also need space. The washing machine and dryer are stacked. You have to collect dirty laundry in the bathroom, there is no sink for hand washing, and the laundry basket can only stand in the middle of the room. A drying rack has no place.
At least remove the door to the carport to gain some wall space.
Keenan86 schrieb:
This is our first (and hopefully last) construction project. I tend to disagree, since "both 32" argues against it. Your generation is much more likely to build again before old age, rather than remodeling your current home to be more accessible.
Keenan86 schrieb:
We have already purchased the plot (540m² (5813 sq ft)) [...] We are just not entirely sure if the floor plan is really well thought out. This design shows that a square town villa with a side length of 10.25m (33.6 ft) already works significantly worse than one with a side length of 9.5m (31.2 ft). I’m happy to share a simple trick to improve the floor plan considerably: simply break away from the square concept. For a northeast-facing property, bedrooms, and living room, the layout could easily sacrifice some depth and instead gain more width — for example (if you even want to develop the next design from this one, which isn’t bad but also not award-winning). With 540 m² (5813 sq ft), you should have enough space to allow for more; please show the plot.
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