Hello everyone,
we plan to start building our house next year. We have set the following floor plan as our starting point and would appreciate your feedback 🙂
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Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: approx. 560 m² (6000 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor space index: not specified
Building window, building line, and boundary: see drawing
Boundary development: none yet
Number of parking spaces: double garage
Number of storeys: 2
Roof type: pitched roof
Architectural style: urban villa
Orientation: see drawing
Maximum height/limits: 9 m (30 ft)
Other requirements: ridge height: 6.5 m (21 ft)
Owners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa, pitched roof, 25°
Basement, storeys: no basement, 2 storeys
Number of residents, age: couple (32, 35), children planned
Closed architecture: closed
House design
Planning origin: developed together with the builder as a starting point
What we like most: basically, we designed the floor plan ourselves and we like it. The only criticism is the relatively small kitchen.
Builder’s cost estimate: 320,000
Personal budget for house including fittings: 350,000
Preferred heating technology: heat pump (if possible) or gas
we plan to start building our house next year. We have set the following floor plan as our starting point and would appreciate your feedback 🙂
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Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: approx. 560 m² (6000 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor space index: not specified
Building window, building line, and boundary: see drawing
Boundary development: none yet
Number of parking spaces: double garage
Number of storeys: 2
Roof type: pitched roof
Architectural style: urban villa
Orientation: see drawing
Maximum height/limits: 9 m (30 ft)
Other requirements: ridge height: 6.5 m (21 ft)
Owners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa, pitched roof, 25°
Basement, storeys: no basement, 2 storeys
Number of residents, age: couple (32, 35), children planned
Closed architecture: closed
House design
Planning origin: developed together with the builder as a starting point
What we like most: basically, we designed the floor plan ourselves and we like it. The only criticism is the relatively small kitchen.
Builder’s cost estimate: 320,000
Personal budget for house including fittings: 350,000
Preferred heating technology: heat pump (if possible) or gas
Bau_2016 schrieb:
How do you think the small "reading room" will affect the living room? We saw something similar used as a small study in a show home and found it quite interesting.By the way, Biolek often described dishes as interesting even when he never wanted to try them again 😉
Seriously though:
Instead of one, you now have two doors in the living area (excluding dining/kitchen).
If anything, I would consider extending the wall that limits the 2.30m (7 ft 7 in) space and that would fix it. Shift the window slightly and place a desk in the recess. That way, it becomes a workspace. The current entrance situation in the living room isn’t attractive but just a passage. Right now, I mostly see walls that feel confining.
But you want a library. Space for books you can’t part with or a place to read? I could tell you that once you have a garden, you probably won’t have time for either 🙂 At least not enough to justify a separate room for it. However, it’s also about fulfilling your small wishes. But then you either need to build bigger or accept the rather small kitchen. If I were you, I’d sit down again and list the pros and cons.
How do you plan to arrange the living room there? Where would the sofa go if there’s another door?
I also noticed the small cloakroom. Will the rest go under the stairs?
asks Yvonne
Since children are planned and the likelihood of multiple births is quite low, you could consider leaving out the reading room on the ground floor and instead use one of the children's rooms as a reading room for a few years. When you have two children, reading times in the first years will be quite limited anyway; until then, you can come up with another solution. What else should go into the children's rooms?
The hallway on the ground floor is, as already mentioned, very dark. The entrance area to the living room, to put it mildly, does not look very appealing.
I don’t find the layout of the bathroom-bedroom-dressing room on the upper floor very practical. If one person wants to sleep in longer, the other constantly has to go back and forth between the bathroom and the dressing room.
Storage space is quite limited, and is the utility room supposed to be the main storage area for the kitchen?
The hallway on the ground floor is, as already mentioned, very dark. The entrance area to the living room, to put it mildly, does not look very appealing.
I don’t find the layout of the bathroom-bedroom-dressing room on the upper floor very practical. If one person wants to sleep in longer, the other constantly has to go back and forth between the bathroom and the dressing room.
Storage space is quite limited, and is the utility room supposed to be the main storage area for the kitchen?
Thanks everyone for your replies.
We now have to make the house wider and are currently adjusting the floor plan. Since major changes are not planned, I am somewhat unsure about the mechanical room-bedroom situation. We are planning either a heat pump or a gas heating system, and I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to place the bedroom above the mechanical room because of possible noise from the equipment.
Additionally, the electrical panel will be located under the bedroom. Hopefully, all cables can be routed along the wall and through the ceiling to the gallery. Could electromagnetic fields be a concern? (I know this might be paranoid of me 😉 and this question is more or less a matter of belief).
We now have to make the house wider and are currently adjusting the floor plan. Since major changes are not planned, I am somewhat unsure about the mechanical room-bedroom situation. We are planning either a heat pump or a gas heating system, and I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to place the bedroom above the mechanical room because of possible noise from the equipment.
Additionally, the electrical panel will be located under the bedroom. Hopefully, all cables can be routed along the wall and through the ceiling to the gallery. Could electromagnetic fields be a concern? (I know this might be paranoid of me 😉 and this question is more or less a matter of belief).
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willWohnen4 Jul 2015 18:41Hello @Bau 2016. I’m just a layperson; our house is currently under construction.
When planning the layout, we made sure that the utility room and bedroom are far apart. But whether this will actually be necessary in practice due to noise, I can’t say yet. We will have a heat pump and a central ventilation system. I want to sleep well away from all rotors and other equipment. Better safe than sorry.
Regarding the layout and the reading room:
I don’t mind having a small separate room instead of an even larger living room (36 m² (387 sq ft) is quite big already) that’s also more awkwardly shaped. But why on earth do you want to access it through the living room??? 🤨 For me, rooms that you have to pass through are always just a last resort, except maybe bedroom/dressing room/bathroom combinations. You could have a door from the hallway instead and not lose so much living room space to doors and traffic flow. It’s much more comfortable in everyday life if the person in the reading room (which can also be used in the future as a small home office, ironing room, sewing room, jewelry workshop, model car room, etc.) doesn’t disturb those in the living room, and vice versa.
P.S.: With as many TV and LAN cable outlets as my husband has had installed throughout the house, there’s no escaping electromagnetic pollution here anyway! :p 🙄 😀
When planning the layout, we made sure that the utility room and bedroom are far apart. But whether this will actually be necessary in practice due to noise, I can’t say yet. We will have a heat pump and a central ventilation system. I want to sleep well away from all rotors and other equipment. Better safe than sorry.
Regarding the layout and the reading room:
I don’t mind having a small separate room instead of an even larger living room (36 m² (387 sq ft) is quite big already) that’s also more awkwardly shaped. But why on earth do you want to access it through the living room??? 🤨 For me, rooms that you have to pass through are always just a last resort, except maybe bedroom/dressing room/bathroom combinations. You could have a door from the hallway instead and not lose so much living room space to doors and traffic flow. It’s much more comfortable in everyday life if the person in the reading room (which can also be used in the future as a small home office, ironing room, sewing room, jewelry workshop, model car room, etc.) doesn’t disturb those in the living room, and vice versa.
P.S.: With as many TV and LAN cable outlets as my husband has had installed throughout the house, there’s no escaping electromagnetic pollution here anyway! :p 🙄 😀
ypg schrieb:
Seriously:
Instead of one, you now have two doors in the living area (excluding dining/kitchen).
If anything, I would consider extending the wall that borders the 2.30 meters (7 ft 7 in) and that would be fine. Move the window slightly and place the desk in the niche. Then it would become a workspace. The current entrance situation in the living room is not NICE, it’s just a corridor. Right now, I just see walls that feel confining.
But you want a library. Space for books you don’t want to part with, or a place to read? I could tell you now that there won’t be much time for that once you have a garden 🙂 In any case, such a space wouldn’t justify an extra room. But it’s also about fulfilling your small wishes. Then you either have to build bigger or accept the rather small kitchen. If I were you, I’d sit down again and list the pros and cons.
How do you plan to arrange the living room? Where will the sofa go if there’s another door there?
I also noticed the small coat rack. Will it otherwise go under the stairs?
asks YvonneThanks, ypg, for the specific questions 🙂 We will now try to also place the furniture. The background for the reading room is this: we already have quite a few books and need space for about 4 meters (13 ft) of bookshelves. It is difficult to place the shelves in the living room because wall space is needed for windows and, for example, the TV.
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