ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home with a Secondary Apartment
Created on: 6 Mar 2024 00:38
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Sleepwalker1
Dear forum members,
I have been following this forum for some time now and have already gathered a lot of helpful information for our planned house construction. Many thanks for that!
We have now finalized our floor plan, and I would appreciate your expert feedback on our designs.
P.S. Since the location and orientation of the house and garage on the corner plot are quite fixed and conform to the development plan, my main concern is the room dimensions and whether the layout, in your opinion, works well in reality. Of course, I am open to any suggestions and improvements.
Thank you in advance!
Best regards
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 880 m² (9,470 sq ft)
Slope: 3 meters (10 feet) incline from south to north (see attached survey)
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Gross floor area ratio (GFAR): 0.8
Building area boundaries, building line, and limits: 3 meters (10 feet)
Edge development: Garage directly adjacent to neighbor’s property, up to 9 meters (30 feet) in length
Number of parking spaces: 2
Client Requirements
No basement, 2 full floors
Number of occupants, age: 4 people (2 adults in their mid-30s, 1 toddler, 1 child planned)
Office: occasional home office (2 days per week)
Overnight guests per year: possibly 4–5 times
Open-concept design
Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: 8
KfW standard EH 40 compliant (including granny flat)
Potential preparation for a fireplace (installation not allowed due to KfW requirements)
Garage with storage room and carport (also serves as entrance canopy)
House Design
Designer: Architect
What we like: open living/dining area, utility room on the upper floor, storage room with freezer under the stairs, “mudroom” in the technical room, granny flat, half-landing staircase, carport serving as entrance canopy
What we don’t like: possibly the office
Estimated price according to architect: 500,000 €
Personal budget for the house, including fittings: approx. 550,000 € (plus own work)
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If You Had to Give Up Certain Details or Extras
Separate walk-in closet, T-shaped bathroom layout
Why the Design Is the Way It Is
Based on our individual preferences and wishes
I have been following this forum for some time now and have already gathered a lot of helpful information for our planned house construction. Many thanks for that!
We have now finalized our floor plan, and I would appreciate your expert feedback on our designs.
P.S. Since the location and orientation of the house and garage on the corner plot are quite fixed and conform to the development plan, my main concern is the room dimensions and whether the layout, in your opinion, works well in reality. Of course, I am open to any suggestions and improvements.
Thank you in advance!
Best regards
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 880 m² (9,470 sq ft)
Slope: 3 meters (10 feet) incline from south to north (see attached survey)
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Gross floor area ratio (GFAR): 0.8
Building area boundaries, building line, and limits: 3 meters (10 feet)
Edge development: Garage directly adjacent to neighbor’s property, up to 9 meters (30 feet) in length
Number of parking spaces: 2
Client Requirements
No basement, 2 full floors
Number of occupants, age: 4 people (2 adults in their mid-30s, 1 toddler, 1 child planned)
Office: occasional home office (2 days per week)
Overnight guests per year: possibly 4–5 times
Open-concept design
Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: 8
KfW standard EH 40 compliant (including granny flat)
Potential preparation for a fireplace (installation not allowed due to KfW requirements)
Garage with storage room and carport (also serves as entrance canopy)
House Design
Designer: Architect
What we like: open living/dining area, utility room on the upper floor, storage room with freezer under the stairs, “mudroom” in the technical room, granny flat, half-landing staircase, carport serving as entrance canopy
What we don’t like: possibly the office
Estimated price according to architect: 500,000 €
Personal budget for the house, including fittings: approx. 550,000 € (plus own work)
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If You Had to Give Up Certain Details or Extras
Separate walk-in closet, T-shaped bathroom layout
Why the Design Is the Way It Is
Based on our individual preferences and wishes
You should seriously consider patenting the clever trick of flooding your lot flat by interpreting the one-meter contour lines (on the otherwise nearly unreadable) "surveyor’s map" as quarter-meter lines for the floor plan design!
Understandably, this means I won’t be addressing any further details.
Except, of course, to add myself to the list of those who caught you on the planning mistake of designing the upper floor before the ground floor. You can tell by the blood in the shoe (that’s why I’ll be calling it the “Cinderella planning” from now on) [hheh].
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Understandably, this means I won’t be addressing any further details.
Except, of course, to add myself to the list of those who caught you on the planning mistake of designing the upper floor before the ground floor. You can tell by the blood in the shoe (that’s why I’ll be calling it the “Cinderella planning” from now on) [hheh].
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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hanghaus20236 Mar 2024 14:31Unfortunately, the labels on the contour lines are unreadable. Could you upload a higher-quality version? I hope that @11ant did not misinterpret something here. If I use your data, then the contour lines have a spacing of 0.5 m (20 inches).
In your opinion, the building area is fully utilized. Please mark it on the site plan. If there is a zoning plan (building permit / planning permission), please show it to us.
At least show us a plan so we can understand the surroundings. Where is the road? Is that a retaining wall in the southwest?
In your opinion, the building area is fully utilized. Please mark it on the site plan. If there is a zoning plan (building permit / planning permission), please show it to us.
At least show us a plan so we can understand the surroundings. Where is the road? Is that a retaining wall in the southwest?
@ypg A height difference of 1 meter (3.3 feet) over 9 meters (30 feet) is feasible. I don't see any problem with that. We have 1.2 meters (4 feet) over 8 meters (26 feet), which still results in a relatively gentle driveway compared to many in this area.
That said, I’m not saying I like the positioning of the house and garage. I estimate the landscaping will cost a large five-figure amount, unless a raised terrace and stairs to the garden are planned.
That said, I’m not saying I like the positioning of the house and garage. I estimate the landscaping will cost a large five-figure amount, unless a raised terrace and stairs to the garden are planned.
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hanghaus20237 Mar 2024 09:00Sleepwalker1 schrieb:
I have been reading here for quite some time nowThen you would have seen that more information is helpful and having a dialogue is very useful.
What are aluminum stud walls? I have never seen those before.
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hanghaus20237 Mar 2024 10:39Without knowing the development plan, the surroundings, or the fact that the contour lines have a 0.5 m (1.6 ft) spacing, I think this is a much better approach.
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
Then you would have read that more information is helpful and a dialogue is very useful. And that "dialogue" often does not primarily mean "applause."
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
What are aluminum stud walls? I have never seen those. I haven’t seen "timber stud walls" for many years. I believe what is meant are standard lightweight partition walls with metal profile construction. Here, the original poster would have been wise to explain why, in some places, solid timbers are apparently preferred as the framework—does he want to build these himself and leave the metal stud work to the professional (I hesitate to say "trained") drywall installers?
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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