Hello everyone,
We received a floor plan from the general contractor that we are basically satisfied with. However, we don’t like the position of the bungalow on the plot. We think the house is placed too centrally, which results in a lot of garden space wasted on the south side. We would like to move the house further north (3m (10 feet) from the boundary). But then the double garage no longer fits. Therefore, we need your help.
Maybe the floor plan needs to be changed after all?
Building plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 890 sqm (9587 sq ft)
Slope: none
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Gross floor area ratio
Building zone, building line and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 1
Roof style: hipped roof
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights / limits
Other requirements
Owners’ requirements:
Access from kitchen and living/dining area to the covered terrace. Access from double garage to utility room.
Number of occupants, age: female 29, male 32
Room requirements on ground floor: 2 children’s rooms approx. 15 sqm (161 sq ft) each, bedroom approx. 16 sqm (172 sq ft), kitchen approx. 20 sqm (215 sq ft), utility room 9 sqm (97 sq ft), guest room 9 sqm (97 sq ft), bathroom 9 sqm (97 sq ft), living/dining area 40 sqm (431 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Family use
Number of overnight guests per year
Open or closed architecture: closed
Conservative or modern construction style
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen separated from living/dining area by sliding door. No kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes
Music/sound wall: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: covered terrace 15 sqm (161 sq ft)
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
House design
Who designed it: planner/building contractor
What do you particularly like? Why? Separate living and sleeping areas with bathroom appeals to us.
What do you dislike? Why? Position of the house on the plot
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings and fixtures:
Preferred heating system: gas heating
If you have to give up features or extensions
-that you could give up: smaller living/dining area
-that you cannot give up:
Thank you very much for your suggestions!
Best regards
Nancy
We received a floor plan from the general contractor that we are basically satisfied with. However, we don’t like the position of the bungalow on the plot. We think the house is placed too centrally, which results in a lot of garden space wasted on the south side. We would like to move the house further north (3m (10 feet) from the boundary). But then the double garage no longer fits. Therefore, we need your help.
Maybe the floor plan needs to be changed after all?
Building plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 890 sqm (9587 sq ft)
Slope: none
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Gross floor area ratio
Building zone, building line and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 1
Roof style: hipped roof
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights / limits
Other requirements
Owners’ requirements:
Access from kitchen and living/dining area to the covered terrace. Access from double garage to utility room.
Number of occupants, age: female 29, male 32
Room requirements on ground floor: 2 children’s rooms approx. 15 sqm (161 sq ft) each, bedroom approx. 16 sqm (172 sq ft), kitchen approx. 20 sqm (215 sq ft), utility room 9 sqm (97 sq ft), guest room 9 sqm (97 sq ft), bathroom 9 sqm (97 sq ft), living/dining area 40 sqm (431 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Family use
Number of overnight guests per year
Open or closed architecture: closed
Conservative or modern construction style
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen separated from living/dining area by sliding door. No kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes
Music/sound wall: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: covered terrace 15 sqm (161 sq ft)
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
House design
Who designed it: planner/building contractor
What do you particularly like? Why? Separate living and sleeping areas with bathroom appeals to us.
What do you dislike? Why? Position of the house on the plot
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings and fixtures:
Preferred heating system: gas heating
If you have to give up features or extensions
-that you could give up: smaller living/dining area
-that you cannot give up:
Thank you very much for your suggestions!
Best regards
Nancy
Just because you use the bathroom every day doesn't mean you know the best way to design it. I drive a car daily as well, but that doesn't mean I can repair it.
How should the bathtub be positioned so that it’s not immediately visible? You can hardly hide it behind a wall.
When entering the bedroom from the living room, we have to go through two doors again. This was already criticized earlier in relation to the kitchen. The children will then only be able to access the main bathroom through the bedroom. I don’t think that’s ideal either.
How should the bathtub be positioned so that it’s not immediately visible? You can hardly hide it behind a wall.
When entering the bedroom from the living room, we have to go through two doors again. This was already criticized earlier in relation to the kitchen. The children will then only be able to access the main bathroom through the bedroom. I don’t think that’s ideal either.
NanDe schrieb:
Just because you use the bathroom every day doesn’t mean you automatically know the best way to design it. You do a lot of different things there, and the layout of everything would be more or less practical if you imagine it differently than how it is now.
NanDe schrieb:
The children then only access the main bathroom through the bedroom. No, they come from the kids’ hallway. Just from the bottom side of the plan instead of the left side.
NanDe schrieb:
If we enter the bedroom from the living room, we have to go through two doors again. This was criticized earlier regarding the kitchen. That wasn’t my point. I go into the bedroom to sleep (or to change clothes if the walk-in closet is there). From the kitchen, I go to the dining area, several times per meal, simply because you always forget the salt. You get to the kitchen from the pantry or when coming back from shopping. Usually, you do a big grocery shop only once a week, so honestly, a second door doesn’t bother me—about as little as the distance from the garage to the fridge.
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Regarding the bathroom, I see the fewest issues with making changes—currently, the door and window can still be shifted slightly to the center to allow for a different furniture layout. With 11 sqm (118 sq ft) and these dimensions, it makes sense to focus on other aspects first.
A long, awkward hallway can be highlighted, for example, with a track lighting system along the long wall or a few attractive pictures.
However:
The cloakroom space would be too small for four people.
The living room could be placed where the kitchen is now… you could experiment with the size of the utility room and rearrange the entire living room/utility room/kitchen area. But then you enter a process where you might consider fitting a row of built-in closets in the long hallway on the right side, essentially taking some space from the open-plan area, and so one change leads to another…
Wouldn’t it have been better to first draw such a design on graph paper yourself before discussing it?
At this point, one hardly wants to repaint or make any changes… [emoji848]
Best regards in brief
A long, awkward hallway can be highlighted, for example, with a track lighting system along the long wall or a few attractive pictures.
However:
The cloakroom space would be too small for four people.
The living room could be placed where the kitchen is now… you could experiment with the size of the utility room and rearrange the entire living room/utility room/kitchen area. But then you enter a process where you might consider fitting a row of built-in closets in the long hallway on the right side, essentially taking some space from the open-plan area, and so one change leads to another…
Wouldn’t it have been better to first draw such a design on graph paper yourself before discussing it?
At this point, one hardly wants to repaint or make any changes… [emoji848]
Best regards in brief
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