ᐅ Floor Plan Review: Single-Family House with Three Children's Bedrooms
Created on: 29 Oct 2020 08:47
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DasWirdNix
Hello everyone,
We are quite far along in our floor plan design, so I now dare to "throw it to the pros for feedback."
Thank you in advance for your tips and suggestions!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 843 sqm (9065 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio
Gross floor area ratio
Building window, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 6
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: North/South
Maximum height / limits: 18 m (59 ft)
Other requirements: no geothermal probe, 3 m (10 ft) setback from boundary
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof, minimum 23 degrees
Basement, floors: yes, 2 floors
Number of people, ages: 5 (> 35, > 35, 13, 9, 2)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor: guest bathroom, office, kitchen, living room, dining area, utility room
Office: family use or home office? Home office and guest room
Number of overnight guests per year:
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern building style: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: yes
Number of dining seats: 1
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: possibly later on canopy/garage
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: raised garden beds
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain options are preferred or not
House Design
Planning by: combination of DIY and architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Large children’s rooms, orientation towards the garden
What do you not like? Why? Kitchen not very large, dining area borderline too tight, but both not serious; no open space (void); stair design not ideal (straight or with landing would be better but difficult); facade facing north (street) currently doesn’t feel very harmonious
Price estimate by architect/planner: n/a
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: n/a
Preferred heating technology: trench collector, alternatively air-to-water heat pump (groundwater protection area)
If you have to give up something, which details / expansions
- can you give up: garage could be a bit narrower
- cannot give up: children’s rooms
Why did the design turn out as it is now? For example:
Standard design from planner? Basic considerations regarding orientation towards the garden, design of children’s rooms, and experience with open living in our current home
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Everything possible
What makes it, in your opinion, particularly good or bad? Economical reduction of walking distances, large children’s rooms
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Are we overlooking an important detail in the planning?
We are quite far along in our floor plan design, so I now dare to "throw it to the pros for feedback."
Thank you in advance for your tips and suggestions!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 843 sqm (9065 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio
Gross floor area ratio
Building window, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 6
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: North/South
Maximum height / limits: 18 m (59 ft)
Other requirements: no geothermal probe, 3 m (10 ft) setback from boundary
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof, minimum 23 degrees
Basement, floors: yes, 2 floors
Number of people, ages: 5 (> 35, > 35, 13, 9, 2)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor: guest bathroom, office, kitchen, living room, dining area, utility room
Office: family use or home office? Home office and guest room
Number of overnight guests per year:
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern building style: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: yes
Number of dining seats: 1
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: possibly later on canopy/garage
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: raised garden beds
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain options are preferred or not
House Design
Planning by: combination of DIY and architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Large children’s rooms, orientation towards the garden
What do you not like? Why? Kitchen not very large, dining area borderline too tight, but both not serious; no open space (void); stair design not ideal (straight or with landing would be better but difficult); facade facing north (street) currently doesn’t feel very harmonious
Price estimate by architect/planner: n/a
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: n/a
Preferred heating technology: trench collector, alternatively air-to-water heat pump (groundwater protection area)
If you have to give up something, which details / expansions
- can you give up: garage could be a bit narrower
- cannot give up: children’s rooms
Why did the design turn out as it is now? For example:
Standard design from planner? Basic considerations regarding orientation towards the garden, design of children’s rooms, and experience with open living in our current home
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Everything possible
What makes it, in your opinion, particularly good or bad? Economical reduction of walking distances, large children’s rooms
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Are we overlooking an important detail in the planning?
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Nice-Nofret29 Oct 2020 09:52… “that’s actually enough” basically means: you think it’s enough for your wife, but she’s not happy with it.
I would place the kitchen on the left side of the plan with a freestanding island in front; then the dining table in the center of the room. You can keep the fireplace where it is – OR you can move it, for example, to the bottom right corner of the plan with an external chimney. Alternatively, you could position it somewhere on the right wall of the plan – either with an external or internal chimney.
I think having a room on the living level is a good idea; if a child ever has a broken leg or otherwise temporarily has difficulty climbing the stairs, you can sleep on the living level for a while. Usually, though, I would use the room as a library, quiet sitting room, or something similar.
I would place the kitchen on the left side of the plan with a freestanding island in front; then the dining table in the center of the room. You can keep the fireplace where it is – OR you can move it, for example, to the bottom right corner of the plan with an external chimney. Alternatively, you could position it somewhere on the right wall of the plan – either with an external or internal chimney.
I think having a room on the living level is a good idea; if a child ever has a broken leg or otherwise temporarily has difficulty climbing the stairs, you can sleep on the living level for a while. Usually, though, I would use the room as a library, quiet sitting room, or something similar.
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DasWirdNix29 Oct 2020 09:55Here is an earlier draft with the kitchen on the left.
- Placement of the fireplace is not ideal
- The living room feels a bit uncomfortable or where to put the TV?
- The wall to the guest room is too far away, making the guest room very large.
- Placement of the fireplace is not ideal
- The living room feels a bit uncomfortable or where to put the TV?
- The wall to the guest room is too far away, making the guest room very large.
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DasWirdNix29 Oct 2020 09:58Nice-Nofret schrieb:
... 'it’s actually enough' means in plain language: You think it’s enough for your wife, but she is not happy with it Yes. No. I mean, it’s enough for our cooking habits. There is space for pizza dough, our appliances can be accommodated, and we don’t get in each other’s way. We don’t do that “Instagram cooking with friends” thing. When friends come over, we cook. In my opinion, we already have too much stuff in the kitchen today...
Nice-Nofret schrieb:
I would place the kitchen on the left side of the plan with a freestanding island in front; then the dining table in the center of the room. You can keep the fireplace where it is — OR you could move it, for example, to the bottom-right corner of the plan with an outdoor chimney. You could also locate it somewhere on the right wall — either with an outdoor chimney or an indoor fireplace. I don’t think an outdoor fireplace on the terrace is ideal. It would have to be placed sideways. Then we have the problem that the roof ridge runs from north to south, and the chimney must extend 1 meter (3 feet) above the highest point. So we would have a very tall chimney on the house side. That doesn’t look very good.
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Nice-Nofret29 Oct 2020 10:01Your alternative floor plan would be exactly my style, but it has to work for you. I also like the short distance between the kitchen, basement, entrance, and pantry.
I’m not a fan of having the kitchen in the stairwell area because of the cooking smells; the food aroma tends to rise and linger in the hallway. The stairwell naturally creates a crossflow or chimney effect, drawing air upward.
I’m not a fan of having the kitchen in the stairwell area because of the cooking smells; the food aroma tends to rise and linger in the hallway. The stairwell naturally creates a crossflow or chimney effect, drawing air upward.
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DasWirdNix29 Oct 2020 10:04Nice-Nofret schrieb:
Your alternative floor plan is exactly my style, but it has to work for you.
I don’t like having the kitchen in the stairwell area because of cooking smells; the food odors rise and then linger in the hallway. The stairwell inevitably causes some cross-ventilation or chimney effect upward. Understood. I’ll attach the floor plan from above in a moment. For the cooking smells, I’m planning a POWERFUL exhaust hood.
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Nice-Nofret29 Oct 2020 10:06Which range hood are you considering? There are really great models available now, but they still don’t capture 100% of all odors; for example, there’s usually still some smell coming from the oven.
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