ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a New Single-Family Home with Double Garage (Urban Villa)
Created on: 27 Dec 2019 13:42
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maxl229
Hello everyone,
last week we received the first draft proposal from our architect for the new build of a detached single-family house with a double garage.
Below are the answers to the questionnaire, completed as much as possible.
If I have misunderstood or answered any points incorrectly, please excuse me.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 1701 sqm (front approx. 27 m (89 feet))
Slope: slightly rising towards the north, but no impact on floor plan or design
Site coverage ratio: N/A
Floor area ratio: N/A
Building window, building line and boundary:
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces:
Number of storeys:
Roof type: N/A
Architectural style: N/A
Orientation: North
Maximum heights / limits:
Additional requirements: §34
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Urban villa with a hipped roof / garage with hipped roof
Basement, storeys: no basement, 2 full storeys
Number of occupants, age: 2, 28
Room requirements on the ground floor: kitchen, living + dining, office, guest WC, pantry, laundry room
Upper floor: 1 master bedroom + walk-in closet + bathroom, 2 children’s bedrooms + bathroom, storage room
Office: home office
Number of overnight guests yearly: not relevant
Open or closed design: open
Conservative or modern construction style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
House Design
Planned by:
- architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
The upper floor layout was implemented as discussed;
The architect added an open space in the entrance area, which we find very good.
What do you not like? Why?
Since we did not want a flat roof on the garage, a double garage with a hipped roof was planned, followed by a flat roof extension to provide direct access to the house.
However, the layout of the rooms for laundry + drying, heating + technical equipment, as well as pantry + utility room, feels somewhat awkward.
If possible, we would like to switch the pantry with the laundry room and add a pantry off the kitchen.
This would allow the outbuilding to be slightly smaller and the kitchen window to be enlarged. However, I suspect this will increase the overall footprint.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: approx. 390,000 EUR (including ventilation system)
Personal budget limit for the house, including equipment: estimate fits budget
Preferred heating system: gas + solar thermal (the draft currently includes an air-source heat pump)
If you had to do without, which details / additions
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Overall, our wishes regarding layout and construction style have been well implemented.
Only the above-mentioned layout of the outbuilding including the pantry seems somewhat awkward.
What do you think of our ideas, and what possibilities for redesign would you suggest?
Thank you in advance for the lively discussion!
Best regards,
maxl229
last week we received the first draft proposal from our architect for the new build of a detached single-family house with a double garage.
Below are the answers to the questionnaire, completed as much as possible.
If I have misunderstood or answered any points incorrectly, please excuse me.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 1701 sqm (front approx. 27 m (89 feet))
Slope: slightly rising towards the north, but no impact on floor plan or design
Site coverage ratio: N/A
Floor area ratio: N/A
Building window, building line and boundary:
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces:
Number of storeys:
Roof type: N/A
Architectural style: N/A
Orientation: North
Maximum heights / limits:
Additional requirements: §34
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Urban villa with a hipped roof / garage with hipped roof
Basement, storeys: no basement, 2 full storeys
Number of occupants, age: 2, 28
Room requirements on the ground floor: kitchen, living + dining, office, guest WC, pantry, laundry room
Upper floor: 1 master bedroom + walk-in closet + bathroom, 2 children’s bedrooms + bathroom, storage room
Office: home office
Number of overnight guests yearly: not relevant
Open or closed design: open
Conservative or modern construction style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
House Design
Planned by:
- architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
The upper floor layout was implemented as discussed;
The architect added an open space in the entrance area, which we find very good.
What do you not like? Why?
Since we did not want a flat roof on the garage, a double garage with a hipped roof was planned, followed by a flat roof extension to provide direct access to the house.
However, the layout of the rooms for laundry + drying, heating + technical equipment, as well as pantry + utility room, feels somewhat awkward.
If possible, we would like to switch the pantry with the laundry room and add a pantry off the kitchen.
This would allow the outbuilding to be slightly smaller and the kitchen window to be enlarged. However, I suspect this will increase the overall footprint.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: approx. 390,000 EUR (including ventilation system)
Personal budget limit for the house, including equipment: estimate fits budget
Preferred heating system: gas + solar thermal (the draft currently includes an air-source heat pump)
If you had to do without, which details / additions
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Overall, our wishes regarding layout and construction style have been well implemented.
Only the above-mentioned layout of the outbuilding including the pantry seems somewhat awkward.
What do you think of our ideas, and what possibilities for redesign would you suggest?
Thank you in advance for the lively discussion!
Best regards,
maxl229
ypg schrieb:
if it makes your wife happy I think that, in the end, the room will be used as a typical utility room, housing the washing machine, dryer, storage for cleaning supplies, an iron, a sink, and so on.
Something like this:
Basically, though, the location of the utility room in the floor plan isn’t unusual, is it?
Of course, the size of the outbuilding can be debated.
Possibly reduce the footprint slightly and extend the double garage with a partition wall for bicycles, etc.
maxl229 schrieb:
We’ll see if it turns out that way in the end.
At the moment, my girlfriend wants a fully equipped laundry and ironing room... Instagram influence, I guess.*lol yes, my dream was also a house like in a lifestyle magazine. But with a partner first and then a child, that unfortunately wasn’t possible. Right now, it looks more like a hidden object game.
Anyway, such an ironing room probably won’t be used once you have a toddler, since it’s not really child-friendly and too far away to keep an eye on the child.
Does anyone have an idea how to design the windows in the new “plan” for the living/dining room?
I quickly sketched in the existing furniture (sofa, wall unit, etc.) and realized that not many more windows (=light) can actually fit. Since the room is only 4m (13 feet) wide and our sofa is 3.20m (10.5 feet), it also can’t be placed inside the room as intended.
I quickly sketched in the existing furniture (sofa, wall unit, etc.) and realized that not many more windows (=light) can actually fit. Since the room is only 4m (13 feet) wide and our sofa is 3.20m (10.5 feet), it also can’t be placed inside the room as intended.
maxl229 schrieb:
I was thinking that the staircase on the upper floor could simply be mirrored, and the area currently to the left next to the stairs would then shift to the right. Or am I missing something?Then take a look at this ... with that, you won’t get to the kids’ side anymore.
It somehow feels like things aren’t really progressing here.
Here’s a suggestion with the same footprint and west-facing exposure:
Advantages:
- large, bright kitchen with space for family and friends
- pantry directly adjacent to the kitchen
- laundry chute possible with direct access to the laundry area
- bright children’s rooms with southern sunlight
- bright office
- bicycle storage directly planned
- over 7m (23 feet) of wardrobe space in the walk-in closet
- large bathroom accessible to everyone
Here’s a suggestion with the same footprint and west-facing exposure:
Advantages:
- large, bright kitchen with space for family and friends
- pantry directly adjacent to the kitchen
- laundry chute possible with direct access to the laundry area
- bright children’s rooms with southern sunlight
- bright office
- bicycle storage directly planned
- over 7m (23 feet) of wardrobe space in the walk-in closet
- large bathroom accessible to everyone
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