ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home (Urban Villa) Approx. 140 m² (3 Children’s Bedrooms)
Created on: 5 Jul 2018 10:59
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Hello everyone,
We were fortunate to be allocated a building plot and are currently working intensively on the floor plan design.
I have been following the forum for a while and have already implemented some ideas.
We are now entering the critical phase and I would like to share our planning with you. I would appreciate your feedback.
For example, would a narrow, tall window for the staircase make sense (if the door with the light strip is rotated)?
The windows at the front are rather small due to the floor plan. Do you see a better solution here? (Otherwise, it can stay as it is since we don’t spend much time there and it would mainly be for show.)
Where should the outdoor unit of the air-to-water heat pump be placed?
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 430m2 (4628 ft2)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: 0.8
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: 11m x 14m (36 ft x 46 ft)
Edge development: No
Number of parking spaces: 1-2 (in front of the garage and beside the house)
Number of storeys: 2
Roof style: No restrictions
Architectural style: No restrictions
Orientation: No restrictions
Maximum heights/limits: Eave height 6m (20 ft), ridge height 11m (36 ft). Distance to neighbors 3m (10 ft), garage must be set back 5m (16 ft) to the rear. Construction beyond the building envelope with bay windows, canopies, solar panels, etc. is allowed.
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Urban villa, hipped roof
Basement, storeys: No basement, 2 storeys
Number of occupants, ages: 4-5 (34; 30; 1.5; 1.5)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: Upper floor: 3 children’s bedrooms for future family planning
Office, family use or home office?: Guest room initially as office/hobby room, later possibly as children’s room/playroom
Guests per year: Rarely
Open or closed architecture: Open downstairs, rather closed upstairs
Traditional or modern design: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: Minimum 6, possibility for a long dining table (large family)
Fireplace: No
Music/sound wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: Yes (possibly at the garden shed)
Other: Storage space needed due to no basement (long garage, garden shed & utility room, unheated attic)
House Design
Planner: - Planner from a construction company & do-it-yourself
What do you especially like? Why? Lots of house on a small footprint, wishes well implemented. Floor-to-ceiling windows downstairs, only in the master bedroom upstairs.
What do you dislike? Why?: Possibly minor things we may have overlooked, optimizing windows?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 230,000 – 240,000€
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 240,000€
Preferred heating system: Air-to-water heat pump, underfloor heating
If you have to give up on certain details/finishes
-Can give up: Bathroom can be designed differently, walk-in closet
-Can’t give up: Large kitchen, dining area, three children’s bedrooms
Why is the design the way it is now?
Standard design from the planner which we optimized with other plans from the internet.
Thank you very much
We were fortunate to be allocated a building plot and are currently working intensively on the floor plan design.
I have been following the forum for a while and have already implemented some ideas.
We are now entering the critical phase and I would like to share our planning with you. I would appreciate your feedback.
For example, would a narrow, tall window for the staircase make sense (if the door with the light strip is rotated)?
The windows at the front are rather small due to the floor plan. Do you see a better solution here? (Otherwise, it can stay as it is since we don’t spend much time there and it would mainly be for show.)
Where should the outdoor unit of the air-to-water heat pump be placed?
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 430m2 (4628 ft2)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: 0.8
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: 11m x 14m (36 ft x 46 ft)
Edge development: No
Number of parking spaces: 1-2 (in front of the garage and beside the house)
Number of storeys: 2
Roof style: No restrictions
Architectural style: No restrictions
Orientation: No restrictions
Maximum heights/limits: Eave height 6m (20 ft), ridge height 11m (36 ft). Distance to neighbors 3m (10 ft), garage must be set back 5m (16 ft) to the rear. Construction beyond the building envelope with bay windows, canopies, solar panels, etc. is allowed.
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Urban villa, hipped roof
Basement, storeys: No basement, 2 storeys
Number of occupants, ages: 4-5 (34; 30; 1.5; 1.5)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: Upper floor: 3 children’s bedrooms for future family planning
Office, family use or home office?: Guest room initially as office/hobby room, later possibly as children’s room/playroom
Guests per year: Rarely
Open or closed architecture: Open downstairs, rather closed upstairs
Traditional or modern design: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: Minimum 6, possibility for a long dining table (large family)
Fireplace: No
Music/sound wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: Yes (possibly at the garden shed)
Other: Storage space needed due to no basement (long garage, garden shed & utility room, unheated attic)
House Design
Planner: - Planner from a construction company & do-it-yourself
What do you especially like? Why? Lots of house on a small footprint, wishes well implemented. Floor-to-ceiling windows downstairs, only in the master bedroom upstairs.
What do you dislike? Why?: Possibly minor things we may have overlooked, optimizing windows?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 230,000 – 240,000€
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 240,000€
Preferred heating system: Air-to-water heat pump, underfloor heating
If you have to give up on certain details/finishes
-Can give up: Bathroom can be designed differently, walk-in closet
-Can’t give up: Large kitchen, dining area, three children’s bedrooms
Why is the design the way it is now?
Standard design from the planner which we optimized with other plans from the internet.
Thank you very much
Yes, the T has to go. The walk-in closet doesn’t work: it’s too narrow.
Under the stairs: what do you mean? How much closet space should fit there?
You can afford living space for four people. That’s great! But why would you want more than you can afford? Just saying: people on welfare get judged... just something to think about. There’s no need to cram the house full, it will already be crowded enough with the children’s friends.
Under the stairs: what do you mean? How much closet space should fit there?
You can afford living space for four people. That’s great! But why would you want more than you can afford? Just saying: people on welfare get judged... just something to think about. There’s no need to cram the house full, it will already be crowded enough with the children’s friends.
11ant schrieb:
That’s “half the battle” if no one misses the guest bathroom. It makes redesigning a lot easier.
Take a look here: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Grundriss-für-11m-x-8-25m-ok.24781/ – Zaba12 also has three kids’ rooms and only half a meter (about 1.5 feet) wider house, so maybe you can find some inspiration there. The house will actually be built like that :-p. Over the next three days, we’ll be collecting the neighbors’ signatures, and then the final planning application will be submitted under the simplified approval procedure. The long access road ended up saving us with the home construction grant, because we could have had approval a year ago already, as you can see from the date of my thread :-p
kaho674 schrieb:
Apart from the budget, I think the design is not bad.
A few critical points:
How big is the shower in the bathroom?
Otherwise, the ground floor is quite nice. It’s a relatively small house. You shouldn’t expect too much – in my opinion, it’s not a showstopper, but solid.
First floor: I don’t see how to enlarge the tiny room with this staircase. The staircase fits quite charmingly into the ground floor, but it’s unsuitable for the first floor. Perhaps a half-turn staircase could solve this problem.
The walk-in closet is too tight – better to add another storage room and integrate wardrobes into the bedroom, see sketch.
I find the wall positions as Katja has shown them very successful for the size. You won’t be able to get more out of the floor plan above.
Okay, there is quite a bit of storage space in the attic.
Please make sure you get a detailed list of everything included in the fixed price. I’m afraid there might be some unpleasant surprises.
Despite that, I would reconsider the room on the ground floor. Initially, it could remain unused or be used as an office/guest room. Only if a third child arrives would it become necessary. And in that case, I might have to sleep on the ground floor for a few years.
As I have mentioned several times: the walk-in closet doesn’t work as planned, and this affects the entire layout on the upper floor because you will still need a wardrobe. Katja’s layout is definitely much better and allows for four bedrooms on the upper floor.
Please make sure you get a detailed list of everything included in the fixed price. I’m afraid there might be some unpleasant surprises.
Despite that, I would reconsider the room on the ground floor. Initially, it could remain unused or be used as an office/guest room. Only if a third child arrives would it become necessary. And in that case, I might have to sleep on the ground floor for a few years.
As I have mentioned several times: the walk-in closet doesn’t work as planned, and this affects the entire layout on the upper floor because you will still need a wardrobe. Katja’s layout is definitely much better and allows for four bedrooms on the upper floor.
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