ᐅ Floor Plan Modification for a 150 m² Single-Family Home Due to Staircase
Created on: 22 Jul 2021 15:18
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wolverine1987
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size = 870 m² (9350 sq ft)
Slope = no
Number of parking spaces = 2
Number of floors = 3
Roof style = hip roof
Design style = modern 🙂
Orientation = carport on the north side, living area on the south side
Homeowners’ Requirements
Design style, roof style, building type = modern
Basement, floors = basement yes, 3 floors
Number of occupants, ages = currently 2 adults (34 and 32) + child 4 months old
Space requirements ground floor / upper floor = planned 75 m² (807 sq ft) per floor
Office: family use or home office = yes, possible home office
Guest bedrooms per year = none
Open or closed architecture = open
Conservative or modern construction = modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island = yes, open with kitchen island but visually separated from living room
Number of dining seats = minimum 8
Fireplace = undecided
Balcony, roof terrace = no
Garage, carport = carport with storage box
House Design
Planner: self-designed
What do you like especially? Why? = the separation of living room with kitchen and dining area
Preferred heating technology: air heat pump
If you had to give up, on which details/features
- can you give up: maybe the pantry
- cannot give up:
Why is the design the way it is?
For example: a lot of self-designed plans and visits to prefab homes
Hello! We already have another plan shared in this forum, but we are considering changing from a straight staircase to a spiral staircase.
What do you think about my design?
Is there enough space for the pantry behind the kitchen?
How do you find the room sizes?
Plot size = 870 m² (9350 sq ft)
Slope = no
Number of parking spaces = 2
Number of floors = 3
Roof style = hip roof
Design style = modern 🙂
Orientation = carport on the north side, living area on the south side
Homeowners’ Requirements
Design style, roof style, building type = modern
Basement, floors = basement yes, 3 floors
Number of occupants, ages = currently 2 adults (34 and 32) + child 4 months old
Space requirements ground floor / upper floor = planned 75 m² (807 sq ft) per floor
Office: family use or home office = yes, possible home office
Guest bedrooms per year = none
Open or closed architecture = open
Conservative or modern construction = modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island = yes, open with kitchen island but visually separated from living room
Number of dining seats = minimum 8
Fireplace = undecided
Balcony, roof terrace = no
Garage, carport = carport with storage box
House Design
Planner: self-designed
What do you like especially? Why? = the separation of living room with kitchen and dining area
Preferred heating technology: air heat pump
If you had to give up, on which details/features
- can you give up: maybe the pantry
- cannot give up:
Why is the design the way it is?
For example: a lot of self-designed plans and visits to prefab homes
Hello! We already have another plan shared in this forum, but we are considering changing from a straight staircase to a spiral staircase.
What do you think about my design?
Is there enough space for the pantry behind the kitchen?
How do you find the room sizes?
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wolverine198725 Nov 2021 00:17So, the carport will probably have a single-pitch roof, but we are not yet sure if the terrace roof will be the same.
What do you think about the room layout in general?
Especially the kitchen and dining area?
Do you think we are too close to the neighboring property on the east side? Since the kitchen and dining room are located there?
How far do you think we can move the entire house towards the west?
What do you think about the width of the entrance area?
What do you think about the room layout in general?
Especially the kitchen and dining area?
Do you think we are too close to the neighboring property on the east side? Since the kitchen and dining room are located there?
How far do you think we can move the entire house towards the west?
What do you think about the width of the entrance area?
wolverine1987 schrieb:
Here are the elevations.
Please share your opinion on the floor plan, the elevations, and the orientation on the plot. Where is the street located?
wolverine1987 schrieb:
Do you think we are positioned too close to the neighboring plot on the east side? Where exactly is it?
Hangman schrieb:
The placement on the plot Honestly, I can’t really assess it because the plot is shown isolated by itself.
Otherwise, it looks quite good—nice and clear.
The hip roof feels a bit excessive to me, but tastes differ.
Consider adding a washbasin in the guest toilet.
The bathroom doesn’t offer space for drying off or applying lotion. It seems like you would be in each other’s way.
wolverine1987 schrieb:
So, the carport will now probably have a single-pitch roof, Then it will be adjacent to the bathroom window. That’s why I suggested extending it to a gable roof at the front area, where it is twice as wide.
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wolverine1987 schrieb:
So, the carport will probably have a mono-pitched roof, but we’re not yet sure if the terrace roof will be the same.
What do you think about the room layout? Especially the kitchen and dining area?
Do you think we are too close to the neighboring property on the east side? Since the kitchen and dining room are located there?
How far do you think we can move the whole house towards the west?
What do you think about the width of the entrance area? I would suggest green flat roofs for both the carport and terrace, but I’m not sure how well that would fit with the hipped roof. I like the room layout, especially on the ground floor. For the kitchen, I would skip the barstool/counter combo and instead design a generous peninsula. What’s the point of a counter when the table is only about 1m (3 feet) away? The storage area behind the kitchen could be made a bit narrower to increase the distance between kitchen and dining area. But of course, that’s a matter of taste.
Whether the house can be shifted to the west depends on the carport and the required setback distance from the property boundary. If allowed, you can move the house slightly west, but in my opinion, it’s not a crucial factor.
The entrance area width is sufficiently wide.
I like this point here:
Tom1978 schrieb:
You’ve planned a fireplace in the living room. Will it be a panoramic fireplace as a room divider, so you can enjoy it from the dining area, for example at Christmas? You could design the fireplace as a three-sided fireplace and move it far enough to the left side of the plan to create a suitable passage, so you wouldn’t need the sliding door. The area to the right of the fireplace could then be used as a cozy nook.
I would recommend making the doors from the entrance area to the kitchen and living room simple openings without doors. I’m not a fan of doors myself, but that’s also a matter of taste. All the doors in the plan are shown as 2m (6 ft 7 in) wide, which is too narrow!
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wolverine198725 Nov 2021 20:36Hello!
Thank you for your replies, I’m only now getting around to responding.
To the left of the plan by the carport is the residential street.
There is a neighbor on the right side according to the sloped layout of the plot, and another neighbor at the top of the plan. To the left is the residential street and at the bottom an emergency access road.
The sink is included in the guest toilet but just not drawn in. The bathroom is intended to be a T-shaped bath if space allows; if not, we will change that. Hopefully, the bathroom planner will help us with this.
Yes, that’s exactly what we’re thinking. The sliding door was just drawn by the planner to show that the area could be separated if needed.
You’re right. I’ll soon get a quote from the roofer—let’s see what they say about it.
Yes, we’re just worried that the dining room and kitchen will be too close to the neighbor’s property, so we might be observed while eating 🙂
How could we move it further to the left? I think that would cause issues with the fireplace location on the upper floor, right?
Yes, we probably want wider doors with glass sidelights or something similar to brighten the hallway. We definitely want doors inside though; otherwise, it feels too open for us.
The doors will also be built taller; it’s just that the plan currently shows standard door sizes everywhere.
Thank you for your help—your opinions really help us since we’re not very decisive ourselves...
Do you have any other suggestions?
What do you think about the window sizes and the size of the terrace cover (we are considering 4 x 8 m (13 x 26 ft))?
Best regards
Thank you for your replies, I’m only now getting around to responding.
ypg schrieb:
Where is the street located?
To the left of the plan by the carport is the residential street.
ypg schrieb:
Where exactly is it?
There is a neighbor on the right side according to the sloped layout of the plot, and another neighbor at the top of the plan. To the left is the residential street and at the bottom an emergency access road.
ypg schrieb:
Reconsider having a sink in the guest toilet. The bathroom doesn’t provide space for drying or applying cream. People will get in each other’s way there.
The sink is included in the guest toilet but just not drawn in. The bathroom is intended to be a T-shaped bath if space allows; if not, we will change that. Hopefully, the bathroom planner will help us with this.
Tom1978 schrieb:
You have planned a fireplace in the living room. Will it be a panoramic fireplace as a room divider, so you can enjoy it, for example, during Christmas dinner?
Yes, that’s exactly what we’re thinking. The sliding door was just drawn by the planner to show that the area could be separated if needed.
11ant schrieb:
Then it affects the bathroom window. That’s why I suggested extending the gable roof in the front area where it is twice as wide.
You’re right. I’ll soon get a quote from the roofer—let’s see what they say about it.
Hangman schrieb:
Whether the house can be shifted west depends possibly on the carport and the required setback from the property boundary. If it’s allowed, you could move the house slightly west, but in my view, it’s not crucial.
Yes, we’re just worried that the dining room and kitchen will be too close to the neighbor’s property, so we might be observed while eating 🙂
Hangman schrieb:
You could design the fireplace as a three-sided fireplace and move it far enough to the left so you create a suitable passage and eliminate the sliding door. The area on the right side of the fireplace could then serve as a cozy corner.
How could we move it further to the left? I think that would cause issues with the fireplace location on the upper floor, right?
Hangman schrieb:
I would prefer to have the doors from the entrance area to the kitchen and living room as open passages. I’m not a fan of doors, but that’s a matter of taste. All doors in the plan are marked at 2m (6.6 ft), which is too low!
Yes, we probably want wider doors with glass sidelights or something similar to brighten the hallway. We definitely want doors inside though; otherwise, it feels too open for us.
The doors will also be built taller; it’s just that the plan currently shows standard door sizes everywhere.
Thank you for your help—your opinions really help us since we’re not very decisive ourselves...
Do you have any other suggestions?
What do you think about the window sizes and the size of the terrace cover (we are considering 4 x 8 m (13 x 26 ft))?
Best regards
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