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
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hanghaus20237 Mar 2024 14:5911ant schrieb:
I haven’t used "timber stud walls" for many years. I assume what is meant are the common lightweight partition walls made with metal stud framing. It would have been helpful if the original poster had explained why, in some places, solid timber beams are preferred as the framework – is it because they plan to build these parts themselves and want to leave the metal framing to professional drywall installers (I hesitate to call them “trained”)? Then try looking across the Atlantic. In the US, these are standard up to 7 stories. I believe it’s the same in Scandinavia as well.
Wouldn’t an architect have explained this clearly too? I was under the impression this was something completely new under testing here.
I only know of galvanized steel sheet profiles. Aluminum is new to me.
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
Then go across the big pond. There, buildings up to 7 stories high are standard. I think the same applies in Scandinavia as well. I still find plenty of dwarfs with Snow White in front of and behind the Siebengebirge mountains, so I’m quite happy to avoid crossing the big pond. Even if they really have timber frame constructions there, instead of just calling wood panel frame buildings by that name as a substitute.
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kbt09 schrieb:
@hanghaus2023 .. I admire your skill with sloped plots .. it is usually easy to understand and well thought out ... makes it enjoyable.I basically agree with that, but:the contour lines mentioned are supposedly half-meter lines, which is just a hopeful working hypothesis.
Further progress here would only be possible if the original poster shared a clearly detailed "surveyor's plan."
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Sleepwalker17 Mar 2024 23:56Hey everyone,
first of all, thank you very much for your comments and sorry for the delayed response!
I am currently very busy with work, and I naturally spend my limited free time with my child.
I will thoroughly address your questions as soon as I have the next free moment.
first of all, thank you very much for your comments and sorry for the delayed response!
I am currently very busy with work, and I naturally spend my limited free time with my child.
I will thoroughly address your questions as soon as I have the next free moment.
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hanghaus20238 Mar 2024 09:11kbt09 schrieb:
@hanghaus2023 .. I admire your skill with sloped plots .. it usually makes a lot of sense and is well considered ... and it’s enjoyable.Thank you very much.Unfortunately, the original poster often doesn’t see it that way.