ᐅ Floor plan design for a hillside house with 5 children's bedrooms
Created on: 17 Jun 2017 12:31
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Arifas
Dear fellow contributors,
I’m sharing our first attempt at the floor plan. Unfortunately, I can’t fill out the list because copying it over on my phone doesn’t work properly, sorry.
Key data:
5 children between 0 and 11 years old
2 adults in their mid-thirties
Plot of about 900 sqm (9700 sq ft), facing north
Building window edge on the street side: 17.35 m (57 ft)
Sloped site; within the building window, the ground rises about 2 m (7 ft) over 10 m (33 ft) from front to back
We want 5 small children’s bedrooms, a slightly larger office for working from home, a master bedroom, three showers, three toilets, a bathtub, and access to the garden through the living room on the upper floor. One wall in the children’s rooms should be removable later.
The attic is walkable.
We are allowed to build 2 full stories, with a ridge height of about 12 m (39 ft) and an eave height of 11.6 m (38 ft).
We would prefer a hip roof.
The current drawing is 9.5 by 11 m (31 by 36 ft), but we would like to have around 195 to 205 sqm (2100 to 2200 sq ft) of living space later; garage or storage will be added.
The back wall of the house is embedded up to about 2 m (7 ft) into the slope.
I will try to attach a rough overview of the plot.
I’m sharing our first attempt at the floor plan. Unfortunately, I can’t fill out the list because copying it over on my phone doesn’t work properly, sorry.
Key data:
5 children between 0 and 11 years old
2 adults in their mid-thirties
Plot of about 900 sqm (9700 sq ft), facing north
Building window edge on the street side: 17.35 m (57 ft)
Sloped site; within the building window, the ground rises about 2 m (7 ft) over 10 m (33 ft) from front to back
We want 5 small children’s bedrooms, a slightly larger office for working from home, a master bedroom, three showers, three toilets, a bathtub, and access to the garden through the living room on the upper floor. One wall in the children’s rooms should be removable later.
The attic is walkable.
We are allowed to build 2 full stories, with a ridge height of about 12 m (39 ft) and an eave height of 11.6 m (38 ft).
We would prefer a hip roof.
The current drawing is 9.5 by 11 m (31 by 36 ft), but we would like to have around 195 to 205 sqm (2100 to 2200 sq ft) of living space later; garage or storage will be added.
The back wall of the house is embedded up to about 2 m (7 ft) into the slope.
I will try to attach a rough overview of the plot.
Here we go. Whether backwards or forwards is still the question[emoji85]. Unfortunately, I only have the plan that I manually modified. We only received this sheet for the preliminary discussion and have to wait for the next one. Until then, I would like to suggest a few changes, so I’ll continue here.
So: The pantry probably needs to be removed. Instead, I would like to have a ceiling-high built-in cabinet on the left side in the kitchen.
My husband definitely doesn’t want a fixed staircase to the attic. He promises to carry all the boxes up and down that I want. Honestly, I have some doubts whether that will actually work out[emoji85]. But okay. We are building the house together, so we need to agree on this together.
In the current draft, I still have no idea how the bathrooms should be designed. And I don’t like children’s room 5. At one point, I wanted the two youngest to share that room—it won’t work like that because it’s too small. The walk-in closet in the bedroom could also be a bit tight[emoji21].
So: The pantry probably needs to be removed. Instead, I would like to have a ceiling-high built-in cabinet on the left side in the kitchen.
My husband definitely doesn’t want a fixed staircase to the attic. He promises to carry all the boxes up and down that I want. Honestly, I have some doubts whether that will actually work out[emoji85]. But okay. We are building the house together, so we need to agree on this together.
In the current draft, I still have no idea how the bathrooms should be designed. And I don’t like children’s room 5. At one point, I wanted the two youngest to share that room—it won’t work like that because it’s too small. The walk-in closet in the bedroom could also be a bit tight[emoji21].
Tall cabinet wall and side-by-side refrigerator are way too far from the countertop.
Walk-in closet... realistically, you can only fit 2 to 3 meters (6.5 to 10 feet) of wardrobe space, and you can’t really separate it properly, as you’ve already noticed. On the other hand, I think KZ5 is suitable for the initial phase with 2 babies/toddlers. It won’t be a huge play area, but it should work.
Maybe consider giving up the children’s bathroom upstairs, since there is one on the ground floor and the parents’ bathroom is accessible from outside. The children’s bathroom could then be just a toilet, and the protrusion could be removed from the children’s room.
Walk-in closet... realistically, you can only fit 2 to 3 meters (6.5 to 10 feet) of wardrobe space, and you can’t really separate it properly, as you’ve already noticed. On the other hand, I think KZ5 is suitable for the initial phase with 2 babies/toddlers. It won’t be a huge play area, but it should work.
Maybe consider giving up the children’s bathroom upstairs, since there is one on the ground floor and the parents’ bathroom is accessible from outside. The children’s bathroom could then be just a toilet, and the protrusion could be removed from the children’s room.
Maybe make the kitchen a bit narrower? That way, the distances wouldn’t be so long.
A walk-in closet is not an option. The kids’ bathroom upstairs also serves as a guest bathroom. That basically needs to stay.
My husband thinks the stairs to the attic are unnecessary and too cluttered with yet another staircase[emoji21].
I’ll read through the thread again tonight. I think some points are repeated, and I haven’t fully applied them yet.
A walk-in closet is not an option. The kids’ bathroom upstairs also serves as a guest bathroom. That basically needs to stay.
My husband thinks the stairs to the attic are unnecessary and too cluttered with yet another staircase[emoji21].
I’ll read through the thread again tonight. I think some points are repeated, and I haven’t fully applied them yet.
Arifas schrieb:
ypg my husband thinks the staircase to the attic is unnecessary and too crowded having another staircase.The staircase would be positioned above the other one (same stairwell) and would make things easier by providing a pantry or a great storage room upstairs, which everyone—even the wife and kids—would gladly and surely use.
Regarding the guest toilet: maybe it could be placed downstairs? (You still have space near the children’s bathroom and the utility room.) But if you redesign the parents’ area upstairs in the future, everything would be a bit more relaxed there.
How would you redesign the parent area?
And yes, the third bathroom could actually be moved downstairs. I’ll have to try that out tomorrow; it’s a new approach. Especially since there will already be four people using hot water downstairs, so one shower might be a bit tight.
Where would you place the guest and shower bathroom?
And yes, the third bathroom could actually be moved downstairs. I’ll have to try that out tomorrow; it’s a new approach. Especially since there will already be four people using hot water downstairs, so one shower might be a bit tight.
Where would you place the guest and shower bathroom?
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