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
maxl229 schrieb:
Hello everyone,
here is a new draft.
Does the house really have to be so boxy?
I would also consider building narrower and more elongated on this long, narrow plot, as was suggested here before:
On the west side, I would arrange the kitchen, dining area, and living room from south to north. Advantage: south-facing windows in the open kitchen that provide natural light to the dining and living areas during the day. The other, smaller rooms could then be placed on the east side. The utility room and/or storage room can be integrated in the ground floor of the building structure, with an office located upstairs. A larger main building will probably be more cost-effective than an additional extension for these spaces. The entrance could possibly be on the east side if that fits the floor plan better.
Another benefit of a more elongated house would be a wider west-facing garden adjoining all the living spaces.
Does the garage need to be attached to the house with direct access? If this is not mandatory, it opens up more design options. It only rains a few times a year here, and heavy downpours are rare, plus there are jackets with hoods for that.
I also always wanted a garage directly at the house, but even with a large plot, due to the orientation and topography, it now looks like I’ll plan the garage further away from the house.
Brief status update:
After yesterday’s discussion with the architect and a subsequent site visit of the shell construction, we are considering abandoning our current plans and possibly changing the house style to a single-story design. The basis would be a previous project with the same plot orientation.
Overall, in my opinion, not much would need to be adjusted:
- Incorporation of an office
- Reduce overall width and extend to the rear
After yesterday’s discussion with the architect and a subsequent site visit of the shell construction, we are considering abandoning our current plans and possibly changing the house style to a single-story design. The basis would be a previous project with the same plot orientation.
Overall, in my opinion, not much would need to be adjusted:
- Incorporation of an office
- Reduce overall width and extend to the rear
maxl229 schrieb:
We are considering abandoning our plans and possibly changing the house style to build a single-story house instead. Why?
maxl229 schrieb:
Overall, in my opinion, not much would need to be adjusted:
- Integration of an office
- Reduce the overall width and extend the building towards the back But that would completely change the current (quite complex) floor plan.
Or am I misunderstanding?
Usually, you can’t just make a floor plan narrower in one area and longer in another because otherwise the rooms won’t function properly.
Edit: What kind of roof is planned for that?
face26 schrieb:
What type of roof is planned for that?In this version, there is a shed roof on the left and right sections, with a flat roof in the middle and a flat roof over the garage.maxl229 schrieb:
In this version, there is a mono-pitched roof on the left and right parts, with a flat roof in the middle and a flat roof over the garage.It can look nice. Personally, I am not a fan of flat roofs on residential buildings unless they are functionally necessary. The risk of a leak developing at a joint and water seeping into the house is always higher than with conventional pitched roofs. With the garage, this is less of an issue.
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