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.
Today we spoke with the earthworks contractor. We have a meeting on the site this Saturday, and construction will start at the beginning of March [emoji898][emoji445]
We have also ordered a fireplace and are really excited about it [emoji7]. From the front, it will be installed in the front left corner, built as a mirror image
We have also ordered a fireplace and are really excited about it [emoji7]. From the front, it will be installed in the front left corner, built as a mirror image
We have completed the construction plan meeting, been assigned a site manager, and with some luck, the start-of-construction meeting will take place next week [emoji445][emoji126].
We were very pleased to be able to move the sink in the master bathroom to the wall where the radiator was planned. These two will simply switch places, allowing us to install our 1m (3.3 ft) wide vanity. The air-to-water heat pump will now be positioned in front of the house, moving it away from the bedroom window.
The kitchen will get a window to the left of the sink, and we have discussed all rooms with the electrician. The electrician’s price adjustment was already in our email inbox this evening.
There seems to be a surprise regarding the earthworks, but we will only find out at the end of the week...
We were very pleased to be able to move the sink in the master bathroom to the wall where the radiator was planned. These two will simply switch places, allowing us to install our 1m (3.3 ft) wide vanity. The air-to-water heat pump will now be positioned in front of the house, moving it away from the bedroom window.
The kitchen will get a window to the left of the sink, and we have discussed all rooms with the electrician. The electrician’s price adjustment was already in our email inbox this evening.
There seems to be a surprise regarding the earthworks, but we will only find out at the end of the week...
This will still become clear [emoji85][emoji23].
Our shell construction contractor is now confirmed and, for warranty reasons (earth-contact exterior wall, backfilling, etc.), prefers to handle the earthworks themselves. This was actually our original plan. Up until now, we were always told that we absolutely had to find our own earthwork contractor, which we finally managed to do. Regarding coordination on the construction site, the site manager now strongly recommends working with the shell contractor instead.
I was completely transparent with the earthwork contractor we found ourselves, who made a very good impression. He is a) currently not in the best health and b) clearly advises us to use the shell contractor for the earthworks. I think that is very kind and generous of him, especially since he is missing out on a substantial job. We really appreciate that he informed us about this directly (in writing), and in this case, we would definitely offer him compensation for preparing the quote.
But for now, we are waiting for the shell contractor’s quote and will take it from there. We are under some pressure because the shell contractor is basically resisting if they don’t get to handle the earthworks and backfilling… Let’s see how it develops.
Our shell construction contractor is now confirmed and, for warranty reasons (earth-contact exterior wall, backfilling, etc.), prefers to handle the earthworks themselves. This was actually our original plan. Up until now, we were always told that we absolutely had to find our own earthwork contractor, which we finally managed to do. Regarding coordination on the construction site, the site manager now strongly recommends working with the shell contractor instead.
I was completely transparent with the earthwork contractor we found ourselves, who made a very good impression. He is a) currently not in the best health and b) clearly advises us to use the shell contractor for the earthworks. I think that is very kind and generous of him, especially since he is missing out on a substantial job. We really appreciate that he informed us about this directly (in writing), and in this case, we would definitely offer him compensation for preparing the quote.
But for now, we are waiting for the shell contractor’s quote and will take it from there. We are under some pressure because the shell contractor is basically resisting if they don’t get to handle the earthworks and backfilling… Let’s see how it develops.
haydee schrieb:
Is it normal here that the person who builds the retaining walls also does the backfilling?
Do you have a lot of excavation material?That’s probably better. We wanted it that way from the start. They always said they don’t offer that service. Well. Now they do.We will have about 350 cubic meters (12,360 cubic feet) to dispose of.
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