@Lanini
Thanks for the tip about the walls, I’ll try the program again later. I only spent 3-4 hours experimenting with it yesterday, so I haven’t found all the features yet.
It’s important for us that the toilets are separate, because of odors and simultaneous use of the bathroom/shower. We want them separated; that’s how I’m used to it from my childhood home, and I had to go without that for 2-3 years in a rented apartment, which I found terrible.
A large square on the plan is 1 meter (3 feet), I thought that wouldn’t need to be explicitly added or mentioned.
Yes, the living room is kind of an issue. We definitely don’t want too much hallway space on the ground floor, so one room has to serve as the main room/passageway. I thought the living room was best suited for that.
The cloakroom would be a small shoe cabinet plus 2-3 hooks for jackets. Is more really needed?
We don’t have a designer or architect yet. Our plan is to meet with 2-3 people with our design to have it improved. It’s meant only as a guideline so they know roughly how large we want the rooms and what’s important to us (for example, dining room and living room should be surrounded by a roof terrace, two bathrooms, etc.).
@ypg
Yes, maybe we’ll add a small sink in the toilet. Right now there isn’t one, so we always go from the toilet to the bathroom to wash our hands.
I’ll try to adjust the walls, but I don’t really have a better idea of how to improve the floor plan, since we have a lot of requirements for ourselves and still want to keep the living space under 160 square meters (1,722 square feet) to keep it manageable to clean.
Thanks for the tip about the walls, I’ll try the program again later. I only spent 3-4 hours experimenting with it yesterday, so I haven’t found all the features yet.
It’s important for us that the toilets are separate, because of odors and simultaneous use of the bathroom/shower. We want them separated; that’s how I’m used to it from my childhood home, and I had to go without that for 2-3 years in a rented apartment, which I found terrible.
A large square on the plan is 1 meter (3 feet), I thought that wouldn’t need to be explicitly added or mentioned.
Yes, the living room is kind of an issue. We definitely don’t want too much hallway space on the ground floor, so one room has to serve as the main room/passageway. I thought the living room was best suited for that.
The cloakroom would be a small shoe cabinet plus 2-3 hooks for jackets. Is more really needed?
We don’t have a designer or architect yet. Our plan is to meet with 2-3 people with our design to have it improved. It’s meant only as a guideline so they know roughly how large we want the rooms and what’s important to us (for example, dining room and living room should be surrounded by a roof terrace, two bathrooms, etc.).
@ypg
Yes, maybe we’ll add a small sink in the toilet. Right now there isn’t one, so we always go from the toilet to the bathroom to wash our hands.
I’ll try to adjust the walls, but I don’t really have a better idea of how to improve the floor plan, since we have a lot of requirements for ourselves and still want to keep the living space under 160 square meters (1,722 square feet) to keep it manageable to clean.
Haha... No, not maybe.
A separate toilet must have a handbasin; anything else is just unpleasant!
I’ll skip the details on why and how you even brush your teeth 😉
Basically:
The more exterior surface area, the more expensive the house.
Why an L-shape?
A basement also increases the cost of a house. If you plan to include a basement, you need a storage room for the vacuum cleaner and similar items.
If the lot is on a slope, consider how to make use of the basement with an external entrance.
What is your budget for the house?
$350,000 including additional construction costs?
$300,000 for a house with a basement is not sufficient for your plan (L-shape, balconies).
Many plan for more living space than you actually have with 160sqm (1,722 sq ft). The living room often can hardly be used as living space.
What is the orientation of the plot?
Please clarify this—under a building line, I understand something different than an area, namely a line.
Draw a cross-section of the slope on graph paper! This will give a better impression, including how to use the basement and how to plan the ground floor. From this, the building shape will emerge.
A separate toilet must have a handbasin; anything else is just unpleasant!
I’ll skip the details on why and how you even brush your teeth 😉
Basically:
The more exterior surface area, the more expensive the house.
Why an L-shape?
A basement also increases the cost of a house. If you plan to include a basement, you need a storage room for the vacuum cleaner and similar items.
If the lot is on a slope, consider how to make use of the basement with an external entrance.
What is your budget for the house?
$350,000 including additional construction costs?
$300,000 for a house with a basement is not sufficient for your plan (L-shape, balconies).
Many plan for more living space than you actually have with 160sqm (1,722 sq ft). The living room often can hardly be used as living space.
What is the orientation of the plot?
Please clarify this—under a building line, I understand something different than an area, namely a line.
Draw a cross-section of the slope on graph paper! This will give a better impression, including how to use the basement and how to plan the ground floor. From this, the building shape will emerge.
Lanini schrieb:
But even now, in advance: I don’t like the location of the living room either. As ypg already mentioned, it’s a walk-through room rather than a retreat. The office feels very narrow and elongated, which will become even more apparent once realistic wall thicknesses are considered. I agree – but also hold the view that once the wall thicknesses are adjusted, the basis for discussion will have changed, or rather, it will only properly exist then.
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@11ant
The original poster isn’t yet at a stage where wall thickness matters.
First, draw a rectangle showing the plot of land including its orientation and the street, then a section with height details. Including neighboring buildings would be helpful, especially since privacy screening was mentioned in the initial post.
Sketches are meant to be reviewed every day and improved step by step.
A pencil and eraser are more effective for this than software. A well-thought-out sketch can take several days—yes, you can have something after 4 hours, but it won’t be thoroughly considered 🙂
And only then can you start with the exterior walls in the building window / planning permission phase 😉
The original poster isn’t yet at a stage where wall thickness matters.
First, draw a rectangle showing the plot of land including its orientation and the street, then a section with height details. Including neighboring buildings would be helpful, especially since privacy screening was mentioned in the initial post.
Sketches are meant to be reviewed every day and improved step by step.
A pencil and eraser are more effective for this than software. A well-thought-out sketch can take several days—yes, you can have something after 4 hours, but it won’t be thoroughly considered 🙂
And only then can you start with the exterior walls in the building window / planning permission phase 😉
ypg schrieb:
However, the original poster is not yet at the stage where wall thicknesses are relevant. Not in the drawings, but already taken into account in the calculations. At first, you can only sketch lines if you mentally subtract just under 1.20 m (4 feet) from the house width for that.
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@kbt09
Yes, a maximum of 2 storeys, but on the valley side 3 storeys can appear, so at the ground floor on the street side and at the garden side at the basement exit due to the slope would probably be optimal.
We definitely want to have the bedrooms at the top so that you can keep the window or balcony door open at night without worrying about someone breaking in.
@ypg
My husband prefers an L-shape since we are building in a residential area, although he would have preferred a more secluded location. With the L-shape, we hope to create the desired privacy. The building authority officer said that a basement is almost unavoidable because of the slope.
I have now uploaded the site plan with building setback lines (within which you may build) and the elevation plan. Currently, there are no neighbors; 3-4 houses will be built above us and 3-4 houses beside us. There is development in front of us, but since the neighbor is far below, you can hardly see them. SP is the grassland, which of course may not be built on.
Unfortunately, I have to completely change my plan now because I learned that you must not only step back 1.5 m (5 inches) at the front but also on the left and right sides (to keep the entire building slender). Only on the west side (towards the street) is stepping back not required. Annoying.
Yes, a maximum of 2 storeys, but on the valley side 3 storeys can appear, so at the ground floor on the street side and at the garden side at the basement exit due to the slope would probably be optimal.
We definitely want to have the bedrooms at the top so that you can keep the window or balcony door open at night without worrying about someone breaking in.
@ypg
My husband prefers an L-shape since we are building in a residential area, although he would have preferred a more secluded location. With the L-shape, we hope to create the desired privacy. The building authority officer said that a basement is almost unavoidable because of the slope.
Unfortunately, I have to completely change my plan now because I learned that you must not only step back 1.5 m (5 inches) at the front but also on the left and right sides (to keep the entire building slender). Only on the west side (towards the street) is stepping back not required. Annoying.
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