ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home of Approximately 150 m²
Created on: 12 Feb 2018 18:09
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chrisw81
Hello,
After a long search, we signed the notarized contract for the land purchase at the end of December. We are now actively planning the floor plan. Unfortunately, the plot is somewhat awkwardly shaped (not rectangular), which creates some limitations for the layout from our perspective. We already have a first draft, but there are several areas we don’t like and are unsure how to improve. Maybe you have some ideas; we would appreciate your input.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 601 m² (6465 sq ft)
Building envelope, building line, boundary: Building line with the house on the west side
Peripheral setbacks: 7 m (23 ft) from the street (north), otherwise the usual 3 m (10 ft)
Number of parking spaces: 2 desired
Number of floors: 1 full story allowed
Roof style: Gable roof
Design style: open construction method
Orientation: South
Maximum heights / limits: Ridge height max. 8.5 m (28 ft)
Additional requirements: Max. 100 m² (1076 sq ft) of built-up area
Client Requirements
Style, roof form, building type: Solid construction house, rectangular, no bay windows, no projections, etc., gable roof
Basement, floors: no basement; 1.5 stories
Number and age of residents: 2 people, age between 30 and 40, possibly children later
Space needs on ground floor and upper floor: Ground floor – living/dining room, kitchen, guest toilet, utility room, office
Office: family use or home office?: family use
Guest stays per year: 20 days
Open or closed architecture: open living area, closed hallway
Conservative or modern style: conservative
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen, island without cooktop
Number of dining seats: 2-4
Fireplace: yes, chimney planned
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Further wishes, special features, daily routine, and reasons for preferences:
- A wardrobe area on the ground floor is important where coats can be stored relatively out of sight.
- On the upper floor, it would be nice to have an open gallery with a desk or similar (not a must and not necessarily next to the stairs).
- A walk-in closet would be nice but not essential.
- A storage room on the upper floor is very important since we do not have a basement.
House Design
Who created the design:
- Basic design by the construction company (FIBAV Stadthaus Vision Studio)
- DIY modifications based on online floor plans (especially Viebrockhaus Maxime 330)
What do you particularly like? Why?:
- Layout of the living/dining area and the narrowing kitchen reduces the hallway effect a bit
- Many windows in the living/dining area
- Wide hallway on the ground floor
What do you dislike? Why?:
- Few options to place furniture (dresser, wardrobe) in the ground floor hallway due to many doors
- Very large hallway upstairs, considered wasted space
- Bedroom is quite small; should be the largest room upstairs (preferably 16 m² (172 sq ft), children’s rooms rather 14 m² (151 sq ft))
- Stair placement limited by chimney location
- Door placement upstairs limited by chimney
- A staircase rotated 90 degrees (entrance next to front door) would appeal more
- Difficult to align windows upstairs and downstairs on the gable end vertically
- Floor-to-ceiling windows upstairs; wider windows with a sill height around 100 cm (40 inches) would be preferred
Price estimate by architect/planner: 200,000 €
Personal price limit for the house including equipment: 210,000 €
Preferred heating technology: gas heating
What details or expansions could you give up?
- Can do without: gallery next to stairs upstairs. Living area could also be narrower (e.g., 4.20 m (14 ft) instead of 4.47 m (15 ft))
- Cannot do without: storage room upstairs, shower in guest toilet, extra natural light in the ground floor hallway (e.g., side panel on front door or window)
Why was the design made this way? For example, standard plan from planner?
- Since the house has very little space on the south side, the house should be very narrow in order not to waste more space to the south. It should be wider so that living, dining, and kitchen areas face south as much as possible.
Were corresponding wishes from the architect implemented? No architect meeting has taken place yet.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How can the ground floor hallway be better designed to fit a wardrobe? Can the stairs be positioned better or replaced? Should the hallway be enlarged and living space reduced? How can the upstairs hallway be better utilized? Can the bedroom be enlarged? Is it possible to swap the bedroom with another room, e.g., move it to the southeast to allow a walk-in closet?
Thank you very much in advance for your criticism and suggestions!
After a long search, we signed the notarized contract for the land purchase at the end of December. We are now actively planning the floor plan. Unfortunately, the plot is somewhat awkwardly shaped (not rectangular), which creates some limitations for the layout from our perspective. We already have a first draft, but there are several areas we don’t like and are unsure how to improve. Maybe you have some ideas; we would appreciate your input.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 601 m² (6465 sq ft)
Building envelope, building line, boundary: Building line with the house on the west side
Peripheral setbacks: 7 m (23 ft) from the street (north), otherwise the usual 3 m (10 ft)
Number of parking spaces: 2 desired
Number of floors: 1 full story allowed
Roof style: Gable roof
Design style: open construction method
Orientation: South
Maximum heights / limits: Ridge height max. 8.5 m (28 ft)
Additional requirements: Max. 100 m² (1076 sq ft) of built-up area
Client Requirements
Style, roof form, building type: Solid construction house, rectangular, no bay windows, no projections, etc., gable roof
Basement, floors: no basement; 1.5 stories
Number and age of residents: 2 people, age between 30 and 40, possibly children later
Space needs on ground floor and upper floor: Ground floor – living/dining room, kitchen, guest toilet, utility room, office
Office: family use or home office?: family use
Guest stays per year: 20 days
Open or closed architecture: open living area, closed hallway
Conservative or modern style: conservative
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen, island without cooktop
Number of dining seats: 2-4
Fireplace: yes, chimney planned
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Further wishes, special features, daily routine, and reasons for preferences:
- A wardrobe area on the ground floor is important where coats can be stored relatively out of sight.
- On the upper floor, it would be nice to have an open gallery with a desk or similar (not a must and not necessarily next to the stairs).
- A walk-in closet would be nice but not essential.
- A storage room on the upper floor is very important since we do not have a basement.
House Design
Who created the design:
- Basic design by the construction company (FIBAV Stadthaus Vision Studio)
- DIY modifications based on online floor plans (especially Viebrockhaus Maxime 330)
What do you particularly like? Why?:
- Layout of the living/dining area and the narrowing kitchen reduces the hallway effect a bit
- Many windows in the living/dining area
- Wide hallway on the ground floor
What do you dislike? Why?:
- Few options to place furniture (dresser, wardrobe) in the ground floor hallway due to many doors
- Very large hallway upstairs, considered wasted space
- Bedroom is quite small; should be the largest room upstairs (preferably 16 m² (172 sq ft), children’s rooms rather 14 m² (151 sq ft))
- Stair placement limited by chimney location
- Door placement upstairs limited by chimney
- A staircase rotated 90 degrees (entrance next to front door) would appeal more
- Difficult to align windows upstairs and downstairs on the gable end vertically
- Floor-to-ceiling windows upstairs; wider windows with a sill height around 100 cm (40 inches) would be preferred
Price estimate by architect/planner: 200,000 €
Personal price limit for the house including equipment: 210,000 €
Preferred heating technology: gas heating
What details or expansions could you give up?
- Can do without: gallery next to stairs upstairs. Living area could also be narrower (e.g., 4.20 m (14 ft) instead of 4.47 m (15 ft))
- Cannot do without: storage room upstairs, shower in guest toilet, extra natural light in the ground floor hallway (e.g., side panel on front door or window)
Why was the design made this way? For example, standard plan from planner?
- Since the house has very little space on the south side, the house should be very narrow in order not to waste more space to the south. It should be wider so that living, dining, and kitchen areas face south as much as possible.
Were corresponding wishes from the architect implemented? No architect meeting has taken place yet.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How can the ground floor hallway be better designed to fit a wardrobe? Can the stairs be positioned better or replaced? Should the hallway be enlarged and living space reduced? How can the upstairs hallway be better utilized? Can the bedroom be enlarged? Is it possible to swap the bedroom with another room, e.g., move it to the southeast to allow a walk-in closet?
Thank you very much in advance for your criticism and suggestions!
I’m not sure how it would look in real life since part of it would be in front of the window, but looking at the picture:
I was thinking of a bench seating solution at the island that also extends a bit (the floor plan seems to show a fairly wide passage between the bottom row and the island). I would also place the sofa on the other wall, but I don’t think you wanted the piano by the window, right?
Sample image (c) Baufritz
To be a bit blunt: I read through the thread and you didn’t take any of the many helpful suggestions. There were also several designs with two lift-and-slide doors! Complaining about the forum now seems a bit unfair.
I was thinking of a bench seating solution at the island that also extends a bit (the floor plan seems to show a fairly wide passage between the bottom row and the island). I would also place the sofa on the other wall, but I don’t think you wanted the piano by the window, right?
Sample image (c) Baufritz
To be a bit blunt: I read through the thread and you didn’t take any of the many helpful suggestions. There were also several designs with two lift-and-slide doors! Complaining about the forum now seems a bit unfair.
11ant schrieb:
I see a corner sofa as either confined by its name, meaning it must be placed in a corner, or if you want it freestanding in a room, you need about 35 m² (375 sq ft) of living space excluding the kitchen area for the layout to work. If you value the three-seater part (lying length), I would recommend a three-seater sofa— but without the rigidly attached two-seater section. And just as I like to mention pumice (or another third option) in "Ytong or Poroton" discussions, I want to point out here that there are not only single or corner sofas; you can also combine a sofa and armchairs.
By the way, there is a simple way to combine any seating arrangement with an outward view: just get rid of the TV—this also eliminates the need to orient the seating inward. Yes, that idea isn’t bad at all—sofa on the west side with, for example, two armchairs opposite—it looks good that way. Focusing too much on the TV orientation isn’t always ideal. However, for us, the corner sofa would give everyone a great view of the fireplace—which we carefully planned. Now it’s meant to be looked at as well.
chrisw81 schrieb:
I just regret having acted so aimlessly back then. If you really were aimless, you cleverly covered it up with an obsession for detail. You held second place for a long time, right behind @blaupuma
chrisw81 schrieb:
However, the corner sofa would offer everyone seated a great view of the fireplace – which we put so much effort into planning. Now it should be seen as well. I can hardly resist mentioning that a fake fireplace could be repositioned more flexibly.
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Tamstar schrieb:
I’m not sure how it would look in real life, since part of it would be in front of the window, but looking at the picture:
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I thought of a bench solution at the island that extends a bit (it looks on the floor plan like the passage between the bottom row and the island is quite spacious). I would also place the sofa along the other wall; but you didn’t want the piano by the window, right?
Sample image (c) Baufritz
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Thanks for the photo, it looks really interesting. Definitely something to consider. We already have cabinets and an open shelf facing the dining area on the kitchen island. But I think you might achieve a similar effect by placing the table quite close to the window and a bit more towards the island. It just needs to be easy to get around, and as with the example picture, the person sitting inside usually has the worst spot and can’t easily get out. That’s why we planned to place the table a bit away from the window (about 60-70cm (24-28 inches)) so it’s easy to get up from anywhere.
Tamstar schrieb:
To be a bit blunt: I read through the thread and you didn’t take up any suggestions from the many helpful posts. There were even several design proposals featuring two sliding patio doors! So criticizing the forum now seems a bit unfair. Yes, I know, I’m familiar with the designs and it wasn’t my intention to complain or blame anyone here. I also showed the plans to relatives and others who didn’t find anything wrong with them.
Back then, there were just too many elements that needed to fit together—things you often don’t see combined in a model home—so they usually appear much more window-heavy: fireplace (+ bench + wood shelf), TV, bookshelf, piano. It wasn’t easy to place everything in a practical way, and to also consider sensible window placement was probably too much to ask. Maybe less (furniture) would have been more, but we wanted to have it all.
chrisw81 schrieb:
[ATTACH alt="Sofa.jpg"]41934[/ATTACH] At first, my living room windows looked just as bare, so I installed curtains and drapes, and the effect was really surprising! So go ahead and try it—also consider dimming the fixed lighting a bit (after all, you’re not going to perform surgery on the coffee table), and you’ll have a completely different room.
Many people I know, from my generation, prefer those bare windows and want them that way. Personally, I usually don’t like that look.
You still have to be careful with show homes.
Many show homes currently just convey a sense of minimalism, openness, and spaciousness. It’s modern.
The formerly generous entrance area becomes a bottleneck with piles of shoes and coats (of course, the show home only had 4 empty hooks).
The freestanding bathtub is built in with shelves — 4 people really do need a lot of towels, toiletries, etc.
And the once large space between the dining and living areas has turned into a slalom course because a play kitchen and train set take up the room.
Many show homes currently just convey a sense of minimalism, openness, and spaciousness. It’s modern.
The formerly generous entrance area becomes a bottleneck with piles of shoes and coats (of course, the show home only had 4 empty hooks).
The freestanding bathtub is built in with shelves — 4 people really do need a lot of towels, toiletries, etc.
And the once large space between the dining and living areas has turned into a slalom course because a play kitchen and train set take up the room.
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