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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rbommes
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
H
HausaufGrund7 Jul 2018 13:52Hi,
I mostly read rather than write, and I have noticed more than once that this forum offers truly great support with genuinely valuable tips. Where else can you get free planning assistance for floor plans with ideas and suggestions (for example from kaho674, 11ant, and of course many others)?
Here, a floor plan was optimized free of charge, and alternative options were presented.
Although it doesn’t really fit in this thread, I think this is a good example. I can imagine that as a builder, you might not even be aware of this, especially at the beginning of a construction project. Particularly because everyone involved in construction wants to earn a decent profit first.
So, a good piece of advice to the thread starter: definitely think critically about the recommendations—this will really help you move forward.
Well, I just wanted to mention that. With that said—keep it up.
Best regards
I mostly read rather than write, and I have noticed more than once that this forum offers truly great support with genuinely valuable tips. Where else can you get free planning assistance for floor plans with ideas and suggestions (for example from kaho674, 11ant, and of course many others)?
Here, a floor plan was optimized free of charge, and alternative options were presented.
Although it doesn’t really fit in this thread, I think this is a good example. I can imagine that as a builder, you might not even be aware of this, especially at the beginning of a construction project. Particularly because everyone involved in construction wants to earn a decent profit first.
So, a good piece of advice to the thread starter: definitely think critically about the recommendations—this will really help you move forward.
Well, I just wanted to mention that. With that said—keep it up.
Best regards
kaho674 schrieb:
How they manage this with external dimensions of 9.08 x 9.08 meters (30 x 30 feet), ... at least offers hope of gaining something from the difference compared to the dimensions possible here.
HausaufGrund schrieb:
Where else do you get free planning support for the floor plan with ideas and suggestions (e.g., from kaho674, 11ant, and of course everyone else). I rarely provide drawn suggestions myself; the best ones here come from kbt09.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Good evening everyone,
Thank you again to all of you. I am happy to consider your comments and ideas.
Floor plans: Thank you very much for your feedback and the floor plans. The double doors to the living room can definitely be moved. I think we still need to experiment a bit with the staircase in the planning stage. It was taken from the original draft. I will bring the ideas and floor plans to the next meeting.
We will also address the T-shaped bathroom.
Child planning: This is a difficult question. We currently have two children, and that is fine. But I can’t say what things will look like in five years. It would simply be nice to have an option through the office/hobby room/reduced living room space, rather than everything being fixed right now. This point is also not easy for my wife. Just imagine the question: What if there are twins again?
Future extension: What is your opinion here? A house can grow later on, of course. This is quite common with existing properties. Or is this simply not done today anymore (maybe because exterior walls are too massive)?
Finger: This was among our top choices but unfortunately not within our budget.
I am attaching the floor plan that brought the “manufacturer” to our attention.
This floor plan is very similar to Finger. In both plans, the kitchen was too small for us and with the shower on the ground floor it became too tight in our plan. So, in a short discussion, the planner and we created the current draft.
Walk-in closet: I recreated/marked the closet at home and measured our wardrobe. I need about 1.50 m (5 feet) of wardrobe space, my wife also needs 1.50 m (5 feet). Additionally, 1 m (3 feet) is required for miscellaneous items. This should fit in the planned walk-in closet. Comparing with other floor plans, I don’t always see more space elsewhere, sometimes even with a sloping roof (which might not be obvious at first glance in the floor plan). Of course, it won’t be a ballroom, but I believe it is possible. A wardrobe in the bedroom doesn’t always provide more “free space” either. Possibly the partition wall to the bedroom can be made narrower, either with drywall or a thinner masonry, which would gain a few centimeters (inches). The walk-in closet will be discussed again at the next appointment.
Thank you again and have a great evening.
Rainer
Thank you again to all of you. I am happy to consider your comments and ideas.
Floor plans: Thank you very much for your feedback and the floor plans. The double doors to the living room can definitely be moved. I think we still need to experiment a bit with the staircase in the planning stage. It was taken from the original draft. I will bring the ideas and floor plans to the next meeting.
We will also address the T-shaped bathroom.
Child planning: This is a difficult question. We currently have two children, and that is fine. But I can’t say what things will look like in five years. It would simply be nice to have an option through the office/hobby room/reduced living room space, rather than everything being fixed right now. This point is also not easy for my wife. Just imagine the question: What if there are twins again?
Future extension: What is your opinion here? A house can grow later on, of course. This is quite common with existing properties. Or is this simply not done today anymore (maybe because exterior walls are too massive)?
Finger: This was among our top choices but unfortunately not within our budget.
I am attaching the floor plan that brought the “manufacturer” to our attention.
This floor plan is very similar to Finger. In both plans, the kitchen was too small for us and with the shower on the ground floor it became too tight in our plan. So, in a short discussion, the planner and we created the current draft.
Walk-in closet: I recreated/marked the closet at home and measured our wardrobe. I need about 1.50 m (5 feet) of wardrobe space, my wife also needs 1.50 m (5 feet). Additionally, 1 m (3 feet) is required for miscellaneous items. This should fit in the planned walk-in closet. Comparing with other floor plans, I don’t always see more space elsewhere, sometimes even with a sloping roof (which might not be obvious at first glance in the floor plan). Of course, it won’t be a ballroom, but I believe it is possible. A wardrobe in the bedroom doesn’t always provide more “free space” either. Possibly the partition wall to the bedroom can be made narrower, either with drywall or a thinner masonry, which would gain a few centimeters (inches). The walk-in closet will be discussed again at the next appointment.
Thank you again and have a great evening.
Rainer
@rbommes ... in the walk-in closet in your design, the issue is less the length of the wardrobe rows and more the distance between them, which looks to be no more than about 65 cm (25.5 inches).
And @kaho674 has already provided several examples where 3 to 4 m (10 to 13 feet) of wardrobe space is more accessible.
And @kaho674 has already provided several examples where 3 to 4 m (10 to 13 feet) of wardrobe space is more accessible.
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