ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home (140 sqm Urban Villa) on a Slope with a Double Garage

Created on: 13 Jul 2018 11:06

Hello everyone,

Two months ago, we purchased a serviced building plot on a hillside and are currently deeply involved in the floor plan design, which is proving quite challenging due to the elevation difference.

I have been following the forum for a while and recently found a great template for our project that I think just needs some adjustments to fit our requirements. I would really appreciate your feedback and am, of course, open to criticism!

Development Plan / Restrictions

Plot size: 722sqm (7,770 sqft)
Slope: Yes (southwest)
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.8
Building window, building line and boundary: -
Edge development: No (only carport)
Number of parking spaces: 1-2 (in front of the garage and next to the house)
Number of storeys: 1.5
Roof style: No restrictions
Architectural style: No restrictions
Orientation: No restrictions
Maximum heights / limits: 3m (10 ft) distance to neighbor

Owner’s Requirements

Style, roof type, building type: Urban villa, hipped roof
Basement, storeys: No basement, 1.5 storeys
Number of occupants: 4 (ages: 44, 45, 16, 6 years)
Space requirements on ground and upper floor: Upstairs minimum bedroom 11sqm (118 sqft), walk-in closet 8sqm (86 sqft), 2 children’s rooms 12sqm (129 sqft) each, bathroom 13sqm (140 sqft)
Office: Family use or home office?: Not needed
Guest overnight stays per year: Rare
Open or closed architecture: Open downstairs, rather closed upstairs
Conservative or modern design: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: Minimum 6, possibility for a large dining table (big family)
Fireplace: No
Music / stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: If possible, a partially covered terrace
Garage, carport: Preferably a double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: Yes
Other: Storage space necessary, as no basement

House Design

Who designed the plan: Currently from the forum
What do you like most? Why? Great layout on the ground floor, still open upstairs
What do you not like? Why?: The upper floor layout still fits 3 children, which we don’t need
Estimated price by architect/planner: We thought, excluding land, max $250,000 - realistic?
Personal price limit for house, including fittings: €250,000
Preferred heating system: We are open!

If you have to give up something, which details or features

You can give up: Walk-in closet, double garage
You cannot give up: Large bathroom

Why does the design look the way it does?
We really like the design here by "kaho674." It truly reflects our ideas. The upper floor should still fit now but, of course, with our minimum required room sizes and the requirement to build only 1.5 storeys.

What is really important to us, especially since the plot is on a slope — the highest point at the street is just under 1m (3.3 ft) above the zero level and it drops 5.11m (16.8 ft) to the lowest point — is how everything can be integrated into the plot without the costs for filling and leveling running out of control. We have also considered an alternative to the urban villa in the style of a split-level house. What have your experiences been building on such a plot?

Many thanks

Floor plan of a house with kitchen, dining area, hallway, cloakroom, shower, utility room, garage and shed.

Floor plan of a multi-room residential house: bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, hallway and staircase.

Plot plan with house, garage, boundary lines and south orientation.

Franky7323 Jul 2018 18:16

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ypg schrieb:
Hold on, are the other ancillary building costs being omitted here? Just the utility connection fees alone are often in the five-figure range...

Oh yes, I think he also roughly estimated around 8,000 (about 8k) for those. I forgot to mention that!

kaho67423 Jul 2018 18:58

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Franky73 schrieb:

We were just looking at house façades at Scanhaus Marlow and noticed a house type called "SH 142 Drempel SF" – classic design with a bay window on one side. This variant would solve the issues with the required living space on the upper floor, right?

Yes, it would be a pretty standard house, but we would give it a personal touch.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "required living space." Personally, I would congratulate you on choosing this or a similar option. Even if most might have preferred something more spectacular, I’m not big on experimenting when it comes to house building. I guess I’m old-fashioned.

Franky7323 Jul 2018 19:29

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kaho674 schrieb:
I'm not quite sure what you mean exactly by "required room areas." Personally, I would congratulate you on this choice or a similar one. Even though most would probably have preferred something more spectacular. I'm not really into experiments when it comes to house building. I'm just old-fashioned.

We will commit to this now so we don’t keep switching plans!

What I meant is that with this option, there shouldn’t be any more issues regarding ceiling height. That way, I could adjust your room layout accordingly, placing the dressing room exactly in the bay window. However, we would love to add a balcony to the bay window, which would probably mean swapping the rooms around.

11ant23 Jul 2018 19:43

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