ᐅ Floor plan design for an urban villa with basement – any suggestions for improvement?
Created on: 8 Oct 2019 21:00
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canerol
Hello everyone,
We are currently planning a townhouse for the plot of land we purchased. We would appreciate your feedback, improvements, or suggestions regarding the floor plans.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 448m² (5409 ft²)
Slope: South-facing slope, within the building area approximately 1.6 m (5.25 ft) descending from street level
Building type: Single-family house, townhouse style
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.3
Plot ratio / floor space index: 0.6
Building area, building line, and boundary: Maximum building depth 14 m (46 ft), building length 10.5 m (34 ft)
Number of parking spaces: 1 in front of the garage entrance
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: Gable roof, 25-45 degrees; hip roof / tent roof 15-25 degrees
Architectural style: Modern
Orientation: South
Maximum height / limitations: No restrictions
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Townhouse style, hip/tent roof 25 degrees
Basement, floors: 2 full stories plus basement rooms and a separate apartment in the basement
Number and ages of occupants: 4 people, ages: 46, 47, children 20 and 16 years
Space requirements for basement (UG), ground floor (EG), upper floor (OG):
UG:[/B] Separate apartment for one child (20 years), WC & shower, 1 cellar/storage room, utility room
EG: Kitchen/dining/living, workspace
OG: Two children’s rooms (child 16 years), bathroom, master bedroom, storage room (washing machine, dryer)
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: conservative
Open kitchen with island: open kitchen
Number of dining places: 4
Fireplace: yes
Music/Stereo wall: no
Balcony: no
Terrace: yes, on the ground floor; according to the development plan, half the width of the house
Rainwater tank: no
Garage or carport: garage
House Design
Designed by:
- Structural engineer
Cost estimate according to structural engineer: 350,000€ including ancillary construction costs and utility connections
Personal budget limit for house including fittings: 370,000€
Heating system: Geothermal heating
Why does the design look like it does?
Since our children are older, we wanted to prioritize giving them large rooms. Due to the slight slope on the site, a basement with a separate apartment made sense. This is where our older son would have his own space. Our daughter would have her room on the upper floor. We wanted the living room to be large and open.
We have a family member (father-in-law) who runs a civil engineering company, so we expect to get the earthworks and landscaping done at a relatively low cost.
We are currently planning a townhouse for the plot of land we purchased. We would appreciate your feedback, improvements, or suggestions regarding the floor plans.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 448m² (5409 ft²)
Slope: South-facing slope, within the building area approximately 1.6 m (5.25 ft) descending from street level
Building type: Single-family house, townhouse style
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.3
Plot ratio / floor space index: 0.6
Building area, building line, and boundary: Maximum building depth 14 m (46 ft), building length 10.5 m (34 ft)
Number of parking spaces: 1 in front of the garage entrance
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: Gable roof, 25-45 degrees; hip roof / tent roof 15-25 degrees
Architectural style: Modern
Orientation: South
Maximum height / limitations: No restrictions
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Townhouse style, hip/tent roof 25 degrees
Basement, floors: 2 full stories plus basement rooms and a separate apartment in the basement
Number and ages of occupants: 4 people, ages: 46, 47, children 20 and 16 years
Space requirements for basement (UG), ground floor (EG), upper floor (OG):
UG:[/B] Separate apartment for one child (20 years), WC & shower, 1 cellar/storage room, utility room
EG: Kitchen/dining/living, workspace
OG: Two children’s rooms (child 16 years), bathroom, master bedroom, storage room (washing machine, dryer)
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: conservative
Open kitchen with island: open kitchen
Number of dining places: 4
Fireplace: yes
Music/Stereo wall: no
Balcony: no
Terrace: yes, on the ground floor; according to the development plan, half the width of the house
Rainwater tank: no
Garage or carport: garage
House Design
Designed by:
- Structural engineer
Cost estimate according to structural engineer: 350,000€ including ancillary construction costs and utility connections
Personal budget limit for house including fittings: 370,000€
Heating system: Geothermal heating
Why does the design look like it does?
Since our children are older, we wanted to prioritize giving them large rooms. Due to the slight slope on the site, a basement with a separate apartment made sense. This is where our older son would have his own space. Our daughter would have her room on the upper floor. We wanted the living room to be large and open.
We have a family member (father-in-law) who runs a civil engineering company, so we expect to get the earthworks and landscaping done at a relatively low cost.
kbt09 schrieb:
And if someone is going to live in the basement, then there should be a bathroom exactly there, not on the ground floor. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature: having a bathroom one floor up might be the most effective way to prevent your son from becoming a full-time dependent living at home—and in such a large resonance room next to the master bedroom, the daughter’s partner will have to be a master of quietness.
kaho674 schrieb:
If you want an island kitchen, then plan one in and redesign the house! And with all due respect to friendship prices, definitely not with Uncle Günter.
danixf schrieb:
You build a house over 200m² (2,150 sq ft) and have to make compromises because of a load-bearing wall in the planning phase. Better compromise than trouble *smile*
The whole situation—although not in every detail—reminds me of the thread by SupaCriz https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/erster-Entwurf-Grundriss-efh-ca-200qm-bitte-um-Feedback.18830/#post-175223
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
I’m quite puzzled. So the son has already started a 3-year vocational training, right? By the time your house is ready to move in, at least another 1.5 years will probably pass. You are planning a (quite dark and probably rather uncomfortable due to its size) huge room for your son, who might only live with you for another 1.5 years? That seems like a big waste of money. It would be better to use the money elsewhere or at least build a proper self-contained apartment that either your son or daughter and their partner could live in, or that could be rented out to tenants.
And if you want a kitchen island, design the kitchen so that a kitchen island can be installed… that is the main advantage of building a new house: you can plan the rooms according to your preferences!
And if you want a kitchen island, design the kitchen so that a kitchen island can be installed… that is the main advantage of building a new house: you can plan the rooms according to your preferences!
Is the existing building being discussed here, or is this about the planning of a design?
Dear original poster: Drafts are intended to be changed during the planning phase.
What do you want to have discussed here if you see the design as set in stone?
What exactly are you asking from us, if every suggestion a) about the reasoning behind an incomplete “granny flat” or b) about the impracticality of narrow “tube-like” rooms is ignored, and kitchen furniture is the only thing you consider worth changing?
Dear original poster: Drafts are intended to be changed during the planning phase.
What do you want to have discussed here if you see the design as set in stone?
What exactly are you asking from us, if every suggestion a) about the reasoning behind an incomplete “granny flat” or b) about the impracticality of narrow “tube-like” rooms is ignored, and kitchen furniture is the only thing you consider worth changing?
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Grantlhaua13 Oct 2019 09:42canerol schrieb:
I don’t see self-managing as rocket science either. Of course, with experience it’s definitely much easier. If you have the time for it and... How far do you live from the construction site? Do you have anyone else who is familiar with building work? Sorry, but reading this thread, I do have some concerns about self-managing the build without any site supervision or construction management...
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