ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a 150 sqm Single-Family Home – Tips for Improvement?

Hello everyone,

we are in the process of building a single-family house with a basement suitable for living. This is the design we have come up with. I would like to hear from you if you see any possibilities for improvements.

On the ground floor, there is a side entrance door on the right. The carport will be located there.

In the basement living area, the children's rooms face south. From there, it should be possible to access the terrace and the garden.

I look forward to your tips and suggestions!

With a questionnaire, help will come faster.

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best regards

At first glance:
1. Swap the walk-in closet and the bedroom—unless you don’t mind waking up twice every morning when going in and out.
2. Do the small walls in the children’s rooms serve a purpose? If not, consider removing them. They only reduce usable floor area and force you to arrange the rooms exactly as drawn, making rearranging difficult.
3. Will the shower have a door?
4. Is the bathroom too tight near the toilet? Only 0.6m (24 inches)?
5. What is the 1.6m (63 inches) dimension shown for in the bathroom?
6. Are there missing windows in the bedroom? Or is this due to a basement design constraint?

Hope this helps you out : )

Best regards

WilhelmRo schrieb:
At first glance:
1. Swap the dressing room and bedroom—unless you don’t mind waking up twice every morning when going in and out.
2. Do the small partition walls in the children’s rooms serve a purpose? Otherwise, maybe remove them? They only reduce the usable area and force the rooms to be arranged exactly as drawn, making rearranging difficult.
3. Will the shower have a door?
4. Will it get tight at the toilet? 0.6m (2 feet)?
5. What is the 1.6m (5 feet 3 inches) measurement in the bathroom for?
6. Are there missing windows in the bedroom? Or is that because of the basement living area?

Hope this helps : )

Best regards

Thanks for the quick initial assessment.

1: Good advice!
2: We thought that this way the rooms wouldn’t be just perfect squares and you wouldn’t have to place everything along the outer walls. With small partition walls, we thought there would be more layout options.
3: No, we prefer no glass door but an open shower (hence 120cm (47 inches)) for splash protection.
4: I planned 75cm (30 inches). Would that not be enough?
5: A small sauna measuring 196x160cm (77x63 inches).
6: Because of the basement living area, it’s limited, but we would like to include a small window for ventilation.

Would there be a better alternative for the staircase?

Best regards, Frank

Your bedroom is not considered a habitable room under building regulations if it has no windows and is therefore not permitted. Just a quick note.

2. Totally a matter of personal taste. It wouldn’t be mine. 🙂

3. That’s why I’m asking. A shower enclosure today is usually at least 1m x 1m (3.3 ft x 3.3 ft), so I doubt that reducing it by 20cm (8 inches) makes much difference. In your case, though, it’s not really a big deal because there’s the bathtub anyway. A tip: take a measuring tape, lay out 1.20m (4 feet) on the floor, and ask yourself, “Does it fit or not?”

4. In my 1990s rental apartment, the doors have an 80cm (31.5 inches) clear opening. Again – it’s your choice.

5. Okay, I’m not familiar with that. 🙂