ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Gable Roof House (Knee Wall Height 2.20 m) Approximately 170 sqm
Created on: 2 Nov 2021 15:01
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Bauwunsch85
Hello everyone,
We would appreciate your suggestions and ideas on our first floor plan draft.
Please excuse the unprofessional sketches, but we are still at the beginning and have our first meeting with a potential construction company next week.
Zoning plan / restrictions
Plot size: 550 m² (5,920 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio (building coverage ratio): 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building boundaries, building line, and setbacks: 3 m (10 ft)
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Style: modern
Orientation as shown in pictures (almost perfect north-south orientation)
Maximum heights / limits
Ridge height: 10 m (33 ft)
Eaves height at least 1.5 m (5 ft) lower than ridge height
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof house with a high knee wall 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
Basement, floors: no
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults and 1 child planned
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Both home offices
Guests sleeping per year: negligible
Open or closed architecture
Conservative or modern construction style
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why or why not for these elements
- Passage from garage to utility room for bringing dry groceries / beverage crates into the house
- 2 office options as both work from home
- Passage in front of the bed is sufficient for us; currently we only have 40 cm (16 inches) in front of a dresser with TV
- Wardrobe to be under the stairs (possibly enclosed)
- Child 2 room to serve as office / sports room
House design
Who created the planning:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why? Preferably an additional storage room
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: €395,000
Personal price limit for house including fittings: €500,000
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details / expansions can you do without?
- Can do without: fireplace
- Cannot do without: walk-in closet (storage for bed linen / towels for the house)
We would appreciate your suggestions and ideas on our first floor plan draft.
Please excuse the unprofessional sketches, but we are still at the beginning and have our first meeting with a potential construction company next week.
Zoning plan / restrictions
Plot size: 550 m² (5,920 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio (building coverage ratio): 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building boundaries, building line, and setbacks: 3 m (10 ft)
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Style: modern
Orientation as shown in pictures (almost perfect north-south orientation)
Maximum heights / limits
Ridge height: 10 m (33 ft)
Eaves height at least 1.5 m (5 ft) lower than ridge height
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof house with a high knee wall 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
Basement, floors: no
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults and 1 child planned
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Both home offices
Guests sleeping per year: negligible
Open or closed architecture
Conservative or modern construction style
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why or why not for these elements
- Passage from garage to utility room for bringing dry groceries / beverage crates into the house
- 2 office options as both work from home
- Passage in front of the bed is sufficient for us; currently we only have 40 cm (16 inches) in front of a dresser with TV
- Wardrobe to be under the stairs (possibly enclosed)
- Child 2 room to serve as office / sports room
House design
Who created the planning:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why? Preferably an additional storage room
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: €395,000
Personal price limit for house including fittings: €500,000
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details / expansions can you do without?
- Can do without: fireplace
- Cannot do without: walk-in closet (storage for bed linen / towels for the house)
Search for “stairs basics” here. That way you can check what measurements are necessary. The staircase, as already mentioned, is about 1 meter (3 feet) too short, which will mess up your entire floor plan. A straight staircase is something you really have to “afford.”
Personally, I wouldn’t go with a knee wall height of 2.2 meters (7 feet 3 inches) unless there is a legal requirement for it. Many pieces of furniture simply can’t fit there anymore. This also needs to be taken into account when planning windows. To put it bluntly, a taller person would have to bend down just to avoid looking downwards.
Edit: I’ll raise the question again whether it even makes sense to discuss a floor plan before the first consultation. Let that go for now and instead write a list of things you would like or definitely don’t want. Then see what the general contractor comes up with...
Personally, I wouldn’t go with a knee wall height of 2.2 meters (7 feet 3 inches) unless there is a legal requirement for it. Many pieces of furniture simply can’t fit there anymore. This also needs to be taken into account when planning windows. To put it bluntly, a taller person would have to bend down just to avoid looking downwards.
Edit: I’ll raise the question again whether it even makes sense to discuss a floor plan before the first consultation. Let that go for now and instead write a list of things you would like or definitely don’t want. Then see what the general contractor comes up with...
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Bauwunsch852 Nov 2021 16:58face26 schrieb:
Personally, I wouldn’t go for a knee wall height of 2.2 meters (7 ft 3 in) unless there’s a legal or building regulation reason for it. You won’t be able to place many pieces of furniture there anymore. It also needs to be considered when planning the windows. To put it bluntly, a taller person would have to duck just to look straight ahead instead of looking down. I understand what you mean, but you don’t actually lose that much space. In the attached photo, the knee wall is 2.06 meters (6 ft 9 in) above the finished floor, and with heights of 1.70/1.79 meters (5 ft 7 in / 5 ft 10 in), you can look outside comfortably.
face26 schrieb:
Edit: I’ll raise the question again whether it even makes sense to discuss a floor plan before the first consultation. Just set that aside for now, better make a list of things you would like or definitely don’t want. Then see what ideas the general contractor brings to the table... That’s certainly true, but while writing down what’s important to us, you quickly start experimenting with whether something might actually work.
Bauwunsch85 schrieb:
I see what you mean, but you’re not really losing that much with it. In the attached picture, the window height is 2.06 meters (6 ft 9 in) above the finished floor level and with our 1.70/1.79 meters (5 ft 7 in/5 ft 10 in) height we can comfortably look outside.Well… I could have used the picture as an example to show the effect and explain why you don’t do it like that. Just look at the door and frame for comparison. With a height of about 1.8 meters (5 ft 11 in), you end up looking at the window frame or straight onto the street. Besides, to get the same window area (for room lighting), you often need to make the window wider, which leads to the well-known “light bands.” To me, it looks like a window from a converted attic in an older building. I wouldn’t want that in a new build. But if it doesn’t bother you…
Bauwunsch85 schrieb:
Please excuse the unprofessional sketches No, thank you for that, it’s very endearing!
However, the drawings also reveal that your house plans are too close to standard catalog designs to make it sensible to pursue a fully custom design.
Bauwunsch85 schrieb:
Knee wall height 2.20m (7 ft 3 in). This makes it a bit cozier due to a slight roof slope Well, that’s a matter of personal taste. Unfortunately, it will be more expensive than a roof that doesn’t start directly above the upper floor.
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Bauwunsch852 Nov 2021 18:4511ant schrieb:
Unfortunately, it will be more expensive than a roof that doesn’t start already on the upper floor. Another option for us would be a traditional town villa, but their floor plans usually look quite uninspired and are probably even more expensive than a gable roof due to the hip roof structure.
11ant schrieb:
However, the drawings also reveal that your house requirements are too close to catalog designs to make an individual plan a wise choice. Since none of the options from various online providers really matched our needs, we considered designing the plan ourselves. An L-shaped living/dining/kitchen area is rare, allowing space for an office/guest room on the ground floor. We also like the idea of placing the seating area out of direct sunlight. Catalog floor plans are always difficult to adapt to your own existing furniture.
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Myrna_Loy2 Nov 2021 18:54This is completely standard! There are 101 variants from different providers, all looking more or less the same. For example, take a look at Single-family house Maxime 300.
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