ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home with Conservatory and Site Selection
Created on: 18 Dec 2017 15:13
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Nanny Ogg
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: approx. 550 m² (5900 sq ft)
Slope: slightly descending from west to east; approx. 1-2 m (3-7 ft)?
Plot ratio (floor space index):
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: Building envelope: 15 x 15 m (49 x 49 ft); distance to the street 5 m (16 ft); distance to the right neighbor 3 m (10 ft); plot width at street side approx. 18 m (59 ft); plot length approx. 30 m (98 ft)
Edge development: Garage may be built directly on the left property boundary (viewed from the street)
Number of parking spaces:
Number of storeys: number of full storeys not specified
Roof style: no specifications
Architectural style: no specifications
Orientation: gable end either perpendicular or parallel to the street
Maximum heights / limits: wall height 4-7 m (13-23 ft); upper edge of building 7.3 - 10.5 m (24-34 ft)
Further requirements:
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof; single-family house
Basement, storeys: no basement; 1.5 storeys with attic
Number of occupants, ages: currently 2 adults (30, 31 years) and one child (1.5 years); second child planned; space reserved for a third child desired
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Ground floor: open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area; utility room; small bathroom with shower; bedroom
Upper floor: 2 children’s rooms, guest room, office, bathroom with bathtub
Office: family use or home office? family use
Overnight guests per year: parents visit about 10 times a year for long weekends
Open or closed architecture: ?
Conservative or modern construction: ?
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen
Number of dining seats: daily 5; expandable to at least 8-10
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport for 2 cars; bicycle garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: not planned for now
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why or why not:
- The ground floor bedroom should fit a family bed with two 140 cm (55 inch) mattresses; side access along the long side is sufficient.
- Fitness area with climbing wall bars and rings attached to the ceiling
- Guest room should be convertible into a children’s room if a third child arrives
- Conservatory adjacent to the dining area
- Mudroom behind the entrance door should not be a thoroughfare (stairs not directly behind the front door)
- Preferred construction method: solid wood house (methods like Holz100, only wood, etc.)
- Central ventilation system with heat recovery
House Design
Who designed the plan: do-it-yourself
What do you especially like? Why?
- Good use of space; all rooms accommodated without the house becoming too large
- Entire living and dining area faces the garden
- Separate entrance vestibule for muddy shoes
- Equally sized children’s rooms
What do you dislike? Why?
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: not available
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: not yet defined
Preferred heating system: not yet decided; preferably with much renewable energy (geothermal?)
Key data of house design:
- Living area 135 m² (1453 sq ft); footprint 144 m² (1550 sq ft); building area 88 m² (947 sq ft) + 4 m² (43 sq ft) conservatory
- Roof pitch 38°
- Knee wall 1.15 m (3.8 ft)
- Tilt-and-slide door in conservatory
- Exterior walls 35 cm (14 in); interior wall next to kitchen 20 cm (8 in), otherwise 12 cm (5 in)
If you had to give up, which details or additional features
- you could do without:
- you could not do without:
Why was the design created as it is now?
Inspired by various standard plans and then modified independently.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
We want to build in a newly developed neighborhood that is not yet fully serviced. We have not yet chosen a plot (currently not for sale).
So I’m looking for advice both on the floor plan and choosing a suitable plot. Any of the shown plots are possible except those in the area with the city villas (for some I have entered approximate size and lengths). I initially selected a plot where the garden faces roughly west to catch the evening sun. The current floor plan would also fit the other green-marked plots.
Plot size: approx. 550 m² (5900 sq ft)
Slope: slightly descending from west to east; approx. 1-2 m (3-7 ft)?
Plot ratio (floor space index):
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: Building envelope: 15 x 15 m (49 x 49 ft); distance to the street 5 m (16 ft); distance to the right neighbor 3 m (10 ft); plot width at street side approx. 18 m (59 ft); plot length approx. 30 m (98 ft)
Edge development: Garage may be built directly on the left property boundary (viewed from the street)
Number of parking spaces:
Number of storeys: number of full storeys not specified
Roof style: no specifications
Architectural style: no specifications
Orientation: gable end either perpendicular or parallel to the street
Maximum heights / limits: wall height 4-7 m (13-23 ft); upper edge of building 7.3 - 10.5 m (24-34 ft)
Further requirements:
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof; single-family house
Basement, storeys: no basement; 1.5 storeys with attic
Number of occupants, ages: currently 2 adults (30, 31 years) and one child (1.5 years); second child planned; space reserved for a third child desired
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Ground floor: open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area; utility room; small bathroom with shower; bedroom
Upper floor: 2 children’s rooms, guest room, office, bathroom with bathtub
Office: family use or home office? family use
Overnight guests per year: parents visit about 10 times a year for long weekends
Open or closed architecture: ?
Conservative or modern construction: ?
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen
Number of dining seats: daily 5; expandable to at least 8-10
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport for 2 cars; bicycle garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: not planned for now
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why or why not:
- The ground floor bedroom should fit a family bed with two 140 cm (55 inch) mattresses; side access along the long side is sufficient.
- Fitness area with climbing wall bars and rings attached to the ceiling
- Guest room should be convertible into a children’s room if a third child arrives
- Conservatory adjacent to the dining area
- Mudroom behind the entrance door should not be a thoroughfare (stairs not directly behind the front door)
- Preferred construction method: solid wood house (methods like Holz100, only wood, etc.)
- Central ventilation system with heat recovery
House Design
Who designed the plan: do-it-yourself
What do you especially like? Why?
- Good use of space; all rooms accommodated without the house becoming too large
- Entire living and dining area faces the garden
- Separate entrance vestibule for muddy shoes
- Equally sized children’s rooms
What do you dislike? Why?
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: not available
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: not yet defined
Preferred heating system: not yet decided; preferably with much renewable energy (geothermal?)
Key data of house design:
- Living area 135 m² (1453 sq ft); footprint 144 m² (1550 sq ft); building area 88 m² (947 sq ft) + 4 m² (43 sq ft) conservatory
- Roof pitch 38°
- Knee wall 1.15 m (3.8 ft)
- Tilt-and-slide door in conservatory
- Exterior walls 35 cm (14 in); interior wall next to kitchen 20 cm (8 in), otherwise 12 cm (5 in)
If you had to give up, which details or additional features
- you could do without:
- you could not do without:
Why was the design created as it is now?
Inspired by various standard plans and then modified independently.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
We want to build in a newly developed neighborhood that is not yet fully serviced. We have not yet chosen a plot (currently not for sale).
So I’m looking for advice both on the floor plan and choosing a suitable plot. Any of the shown plots are possible except those in the area with the city villas (for some I have entered approximate size and lengths). I initially selected a plot where the garden faces roughly west to catch the evening sun. The current floor plan would also fit the other green-marked plots.
I would redesign the entire house.
Take your room requirements to an architect or approach one or two prefabricated house companies. Just give them your room program and review their proposals. A large room program on a small footprint. Different staircase and both floors can be designed differently.
Soundproofing: It depends on the wall construction. The architect should be able to advise you on this.
Ground floor:
Hallway is dark and relatively large.
Closet for five people is quite small.
Storage room – everything you have there would fit into a cabinet.
Bedroom is too narrow.
Bathroom without a window – acceptable in a rental apartment.
Utility/technical room is very small. Water connection, electrical connection, gas, ventilation system, hot water, fuse box, washing machine, dryer – the room is already overflowing. There is no space yet for a crate of drinks or dirty laundry.
The open living area is too small. It’s fine for three people, but you could have up to five persons – three of them children – and once a month up to seven people for a few days.
Upper floor:
My initial thoughts on the sports area:
How often do you think your husband will still use the sports room once you really have three children?
Some children are not bothered if you use the sports area while they are sleeping, others are very sensitive.
When do you think you will be able to let your children use the sports area unsupervised?
Do you work out while there are loud teenagers in the rooms?
Could the guest room be converted into a combined guest/sports room? Neither is used regularly. It would make sense to combine them.
Take your room requirements to an architect or approach one or two prefabricated house companies. Just give them your room program and review their proposals. A large room program on a small footprint. Different staircase and both floors can be designed differently.
Soundproofing: It depends on the wall construction. The architect should be able to advise you on this.
Ground floor:
Hallway is dark and relatively large.
Closet for five people is quite small.
Storage room – everything you have there would fit into a cabinet.
Bedroom is too narrow.
Bathroom without a window – acceptable in a rental apartment.
Utility/technical room is very small. Water connection, electrical connection, gas, ventilation system, hot water, fuse box, washing machine, dryer – the room is already overflowing. There is no space yet for a crate of drinks or dirty laundry.
The open living area is too small. It’s fine for three people, but you could have up to five persons – three of them children – and once a month up to seven people for a few days.
Upper floor:
My initial thoughts on the sports area:
How often do you think your husband will still use the sports room once you really have three children?
Some children are not bothered if you use the sports area while they are sleeping, others are very sensitive.
When do you think you will be able to let your children use the sports area unsupervised?
Do you work out while there are loud teenagers in the rooms?
Could the guest room be converted into a combined guest/sports room? Neither is used regularly. It would make sense to combine them.
Nanny Ogg schrieb:
- Thanks for the tip about soundproofing. How thick should I roughly plan the wall there? haydee schrieb:
Soundproofing: It depends on the wall construction. And on quite a few other factors. The common simplistic idea found in this forum—and elsewhere—that the thicker and denser the material, the better for soundproofing, doesn’t really capture the whole picture. Soundproofing is as much about the design and stiffness of the structure as it is about mass, and mass matters the least. The saying “there’s no substitute for displacement” does not, in my opinion, apply to house construction.
ypg schrieb:
You should let a trained professional handle that. Architects have studied this. Exactly. I agree with the advice
haydee schrieb:
Take your room layout to an architect or contact one or two prefabricated house companies. Just give them your room program and have a look at their suggestions. From my point of view, the design shown here is no more (but also no less) than a fairly developed visual starting point for a professional, who can then further refine it.
But just as fathers-to-be like to feel a bit involved, homebuilders also like to participate in planning. I have seen many first attempts, both here and elsewhere, that were clearly worse. So it is certainly worth working on the design a bit more before passing it on to experienced hands.
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Nanny Ogg20 Dec 2017 14:01Thanks for the tip about the Danwood floor plan. It’s a nice idea.
It is also planned that an architect will work on it. I just wanted to get a rough idea of what it might look like beforehand since we still need to choose the plot. And I think it only makes sense to go to the architect once you have a plot, right? (At least that’s what a provider told us.) Or do you think we should see the architect before the plots go on sale?
So if anyone has any opinions about choosing the plot, please share. 🙂
The way you put “being pregnant and wanting to plan” is nicely phrased. And it probably fits quite well. Since I still have a bit more time at the moment, I probably won’t be able to resist tweaking things a little. It’s fun anyway 🙂
It is also planned that an architect will work on it. I just wanted to get a rough idea of what it might look like beforehand since we still need to choose the plot. And I think it only makes sense to go to the architect once you have a plot, right? (At least that’s what a provider told us.) Or do you think we should see the architect before the plots go on sale?
So if anyone has any opinions about choosing the plot, please share. 🙂
The way you put “being pregnant and wanting to plan” is nicely phrased. And it probably fits quite well. Since I still have a bit more time at the moment, I probably won’t be able to resist tweaking things a little. It’s fun anyway 🙂
Nanny Ogg schrieb:
And I think it only makes sense to go to the architect once you have a plot of land, right? Answer from Radio Eriwan: basically yes, but input from the architect can also lead to finding a more suitable plot.
Is anyone already building there so that the neighboring buildings can be assessed more concretely?
What about the plots to the right of your favorite plot, are they all taken already? I would prefer those.
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