ᐅ Floor plan for an urban villa approx. 140 sqm – tips and suggestions?

Created on: 29 Sep 2018 15:36
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Bizzy
Hello everyone,

I need a bit of help with my floor plan – feedback, tips, suggestions – anything is welcome!

I’m having a city villa built through a general contractor (10.25 x 9.15 meters (33.6 x 30 feet)). They already have a standard floor plan, but I don’t like it. Here are our wishes:
  • Gallery in the entrance area
  • Open-plan kitchen and living area with pantry
  • Guest toilet with shower
  • Preferably 3 bedrooms (currently childless, but planning for children)
  • Walk-in closet

It’s almost impossible to fit all this into 140 sqm (1507 sq ft), so I need someone who understands floor plans better than I do. My biggest problem is the layout of the bathroom as well as the staircase (this will be a quarter-turn staircase, 16 steps, 19.5 cm (7.7 inches) riser height, 26 cm (10.2 inches) tread depth). Maybe too steep? I’m leaning towards adding a bay window at the entrance so that, because of the length of the staircase, there’s more space left in the living room – or even to increase the living area completely?

Floor plan: Open living and dining room with dining table, seating area, and kitchen on the left.


2D floor plan of a residential house with three bedrooms, bathroom, hallway, and doors


Two-story red brick house with six windows; view into bedroom, dining room, kitchen.


Two-story red brick house with black porch roof, glass fronts, and two trees in front
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Zaba12
29 Sep 2018 17:53
Calculate around €240,000 (approximately $260,000) for the house. Your extension adds about 10-12 m² (110-130 sq ft), so that’s an additional €20,000-24,000 (around $22,000-26,000).
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haydee
29 Sep 2018 17:54
What is included in the 220,000? There will still be additional costs.

Assume around 2,000 euros per square meter (approximately 185 dollars per square foot).

The house is too small for a gallery.
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Bizzy
29 Sep 2018 18:47
haydee schrieb:
What is included in the 220,000? There will be some additional costs.

I would assume around 2,000 euros per sqm (186 sq ft per 1,000 sq ft).

The house is too small for a gallery.

I already suspected that the gallery might cause issues. Although with other prefab house providers it fits in the floor plan as well – with the same living area.

Included are:
  • Concrete slab, excavation up to 40cm (16 inches)
  • Windows/doors
  • Tiles
  • LED spotlights
  • Electric blinds
  • Underfloor heating
  • Gas condensing boiler plus solar
  • Brick/cladding facade
  • Solid construction
  • Clay roof tiles
  • Gypsum plaster Q2 finish
  • Concrete staircase
  • Sanitary fittings by Grohe/Keramag
  • Shower in guest bathroom

We have planned a buffer of 10,000 euros for customization (additional sockets, upgraded bathroom fixtures, etc.) in our financing. The kitchen is also included. In addition, ancillary building costs of 40,000 euros are budgeted. We are building in Lower Saxony, in a small municipality. The plot of land is already owned.
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Zaba12
29 Sep 2018 18:55
Oh, have you already done the soil analysis and, most importantly, the geotechnical survey? Otherwise, your buffer will be eaten up by the groundwork. What will happen with the 40cm (16 inches) of excavation material?
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Zaba12
29 Sep 2018 19:24
It seems that no one here has noticed that there is no utility room. Where is the technical equipment supposed to go? Into the 2-3 sqm (22-32 sq ft) pantry?
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haydee
29 Sep 2018 19:26
Isn't that the room on the left?