ᐅ Floor Plan Design: Single-Family Home with 4 Bedrooms and Office, 160 sqm
Created on: 9 Mar 2024 21:55
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Hello dear community,
we are a family of five (2 adults, 3 children) currently planning to build a house. It is quite challenging to find a floor plan with 4 bedrooms plus an office/guest room while keeping the overall size affordable. We have already tested several layouts and would appreciate your feedback and comments. Our current plan is a compromise between construction costs and size. So our main focus is to get the most out of the available space. Of course, having more space would be better, but unfortunately, we are limited to about 160 square meters (1,722 square feet). We would like to use this floor plan to obtain comparable offers from home builders.
Thank you in advance!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 550 square meters (5,920 square feet)
Building envelope: 12 m x 20 m (39 feet x 66 feet)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.2
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: hip roof
Architectural style: classic city villa
No formal development plan, §34
Owners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: city villa with hip roof, 2 floors without basement
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: approx. 150 square meters (1,615 square feet) (2 adults, 3 children)
Office: home office with 2 workstations
Guest stays per year: mainly grandparents, 2-3 times
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern design: modern, open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: no
Additional requirements:
House Design
Origin of the plans: self-designed based on several examples and inspirations from the internet. The windows are still placeholders.
We are unsure about the bay window. We have planned it to gain some extra space for the dining table, especially when guests come, as we can easily have 10 people. Additionally, it helps to fit in the 3rd children’s bedroom better. The question is how the cost of a bay window compares to simply increasing the overall floor area. Maybe someone here has experience with this. Also, if other arrangements might exist that use the space more efficiently.
Budget limit for the house, including fixtures: 550,000 euros (approx. $) (including photovoltaic system and ready to move in)
Preferred heating system: heat pump
Ground Floor
Upper Floor
Site Plan
we are a family of five (2 adults, 3 children) currently planning to build a house. It is quite challenging to find a floor plan with 4 bedrooms plus an office/guest room while keeping the overall size affordable. We have already tested several layouts and would appreciate your feedback and comments. Our current plan is a compromise between construction costs and size. So our main focus is to get the most out of the available space. Of course, having more space would be better, but unfortunately, we are limited to about 160 square meters (1,722 square feet). We would like to use this floor plan to obtain comparable offers from home builders.
Thank you in advance!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 550 square meters (5,920 square feet)
Building envelope: 12 m x 20 m (39 feet x 66 feet)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.2
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: hip roof
Architectural style: classic city villa
No formal development plan, §34
Owners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: city villa with hip roof, 2 floors without basement
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: approx. 150 square meters (1,615 square feet) (2 adults, 3 children)
Office: home office with 2 workstations
Guest stays per year: mainly grandparents, 2-3 times
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern design: modern, open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: no
Additional requirements:
- Open living/dining area and kitchen
- Utility/technical room large enough for laundry and with exterior access
- Bathroom with double sink and preferably a T-layout
- Guest toilet with shower on the ground floor
- Office for home office that can also serve as a guest room
- Option to have a second small desk in the master bedroom or a second workspace (both work from home frequently)
House Design
Origin of the plans: self-designed based on several examples and inspirations from the internet. The windows are still placeholders.
We are unsure about the bay window. We have planned it to gain some extra space for the dining table, especially when guests come, as we can easily have 10 people. Additionally, it helps to fit in the 3rd children’s bedroom better. The question is how the cost of a bay window compares to simply increasing the overall floor area. Maybe someone here has experience with this. Also, if other arrangements might exist that use the space more efficiently.
Budget limit for the house, including fixtures: 550,000 euros (approx. $) (including photovoltaic system and ready to move in)
Preferred heating system: heat pump
Ground Floor
Upper Floor
Site Plan
Bertram100 schrieb:
I can’t give an example, I’m not able to plan.Just copy it from the internet? I don’t think stairs require less space in other countries.
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Schorsch_baut7 Jun 2024 08:14Oh yes, they are really quite steep. I have worked in Utrecht and Amsterdam, and I was really wary of the stairs in the houses there. If they were two degrees steeper and 1cm (0.4 inches) shorter, they would have been ladders.
haydee schrieb:
@ypg and with a crutch, laundry basket, or baking tray, it gets really tight. My parents have been cursing their only 75 cm (30 inch) door for almost 40 years.Yes, I wouldn’t go into any storage room carrying a laundry basket or baking tray either. For example, this is why I would curse kitchen pass-throughs leading to the pantry if they were through cabinets.Schorsch_baut schrieb:
Oh yes, but it’s really tight. I have worked in Utrecht and Amsterdam, and I dreaded the stairs in those houses. If they were two degrees steeper and one centimeter (0.4 inch) shorter, they would have been ladders.Yes, extremely space-saving designs don’t hold up well today. That’s why builders try to give stairs in new homes a little more than the minimum required dimensions. There’s no need to take old houses in London, Amsterdam, or other dense city centers as examples when better alternatives exist.S
Schorsch_baut7 Jun 2024 11:02There is a lot to learn from old houses when it comes to space management. Nowadays, we often see attempts to fit floor plans from the low-interest-rate period into significantly smaller layouts without wanting to make any compromises.
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Schorsch_baut7 Jun 2024 11:04Here is an example of a floor plan that is very similar. However, I would switch the living room and kitchen. This way, you would have a cozy corner for the sofa and access to the terrace from both the kitchen and dining area.
K a t j a schrieb:
I can’t really imagine how this is supposed to look.
150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) with 4 bedrooms, a guest room/office, guest bathroom with shower, and a large utility room, plus 2 home office spaces – honestly, I’m surprised you don’t also have a pantry and a sauna on your wish list. Will that 8 sqm (86 sq ft) kitchen really be enough for you in the long run? And the bedroom closet – can you even stand in front of it and open it properly?
So I took the basic idea and organized it a bit. Even though I went with a depth of 8.7 m (28.5 ft), only a 50 cm (20 inch) wardrobe fits. The utility room at 7.7 sqm (83 sq ft) will probably seem too small to you, but I think the 3 m (9.8 ft) kitchen is even worse. I really wonder: Does this still make sense or would it be better to drop it?
Thanks first of all for taking the time to draw up a draft. That wouldn’t be bad. I always thought it made sense to plan the bathroom upstairs above the utility room?
Regarding the overlap of the toilet and staircase, here is a quick, incomplete sketch. The staircase stays in the same place, so no need to redesign the upper floor.
As for the other objections: Of course, we’re trying to fit everything into as little square meters as possible, but only the necessary rooms. I don’t think having a room for each child plus an office is excessive. Construction costs are high, but does that mean you should give up entirely? What’s the alternative? Nowadays, it’s hard to find an apartment that size, and there’s hardly any price difference.
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