ᐅ Floor plan 9 x 11.30 m, for 4 people, including 2 home offices

Hello everyone,

We would greatly appreciate feedback on our floor plan draft. Our appointment with the architect is still ahead, but we want to be well prepared 🙂

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 400 m², approx. 15x27 m (161 ft², approx. 49x89 ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio
Building window, building line, and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) distance from the street and neighbors (resulting in a 9 m (30 ft) house width), max. 14 m (46 ft) towards the garden
Edge development: See attachment; viewed from the street, there is a semi-detached house on the left, a detached house on the right, and behind the garden a row of low bungalows
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof shape: Any
Style: Any
Orientation: Any
Maximum heights / limits: Eaves height 6.50 m (21 ft), ridge height 11.0 m (36 ft)
Other requirements

Owners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Classic detached house with a gable roof
Basement, floors: With basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, 2 children (planned)
Room requirements on ground and upper floors
Office: Family use or home office?: 1 office for permanent home office use, 1 workspace for part-time home office (could be integrated in another room)
Guest bedrooms per year
Open or closed layout: Open living/dining area, preferably L-shaped so that the kitchen is somewhat separated
Conservative or modern construction style
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of dining seats: Space for a large table (8 people) desired
Fireplace
Music / stereo setup: Stereo system left and right of the TV
Balcony, rooftop terrace: Not needed
Garage, carport: Possibly carport
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why some things should or should not be included

House Design
Who created the plan:
- Do-it-Yourself

What do you like especially? Why?

We wanted:
* Parents’ wing with walk-in closet as a “distribution space” (shift work: One should be able to sleep in the bedroom while the other uses the closet/bathroom)
* 2 children’s rooms, ideally acoustically separated by buffer rooms from each other and separated from the parents’ wing
* Living space in L-shape so you don’t always look directly into the kitchen from the sofa
* 2 workspaces
* In case of need, living on the ground floor later should be possible (office turns into bedroom, guest toilet to bathroom with shower)
* You should not have to walk through the living room to get upstairs.

The hard requirements seem to be met for now 😎

We tend to avoid the sun rather than seek it. Garden use mainly for grilling or sitting in the evening sun, possibly on a second terrace further back in the garden if the shade otherwise gets in the way.

What do you not like? Why?

We have no idea if what we planned will work and make sense, even if the hard criteria are met.
We are also unsure if the kitchen space is sufficient.

Price estimate from architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment:
Preferred heating technology: Air-to-water heat pump

If you had to give up something, which details / expansions
- could you give up:
- could you not give up:

Why is the design like it is now? For example
Standard design from the planner?
Which wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What makes it particularly good or bad in your view?

What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?

We played a lot of Tetris, but have no idea if the rooms
a) feel right and
b) are practical.
What could be done in terms of design to enhance or improve the house?
Will the house be bright enough?

Thank you in advance for your input!
Happy New Year.