ᐅ Floor Plan for a 180 sqm Single-Family Home with a Gable Roof – Suggestions for Improvement
Created on: 10 Aug 2019 08:41
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Goermi
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: still over 2000 sqm (approx. 21,500 sq ft)
Slope: slight hillside location
The plot currently consists of two parcels, both owned by my father.
The narrower, smaller one is still within the municipality’s development plan, the other is not.
Once I know how the house will be built, a portion of about 800 sqm (8,600 sq ft) will be transferred to me as the building plot from the two parcels.
There is no development plan for the plot, so there are no specific regulations.
I have already clarified through a positive preliminary building inquiry that construction is allowed there.
The main conditions in this inquiry are:
- 3 m (10 ft) distance from the neighboring property, including the garage
- Distance from the street approx. 9 m (30 ft)
- 1.5 floors
- At least half of the house must be located on parcel 515
Client Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Single-family house with gable roof
Basement, floors: Not yet decided if there will be a basement; otherwise 1.5 floors
Number of residents, age: 2 adults (mid-30s) and 1 child (1 year)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: 160-180 sqm (1,720-1,940 sq ft) of living area
Office: 1 room should be usable as a home office
Guest bedrooms per year: 4
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern style: a mix of both
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: none
Music/stereo wall: none
Balcony, roof terrace: no balcony, but a large terrace
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: large garden for children
The house should not be too big so that it remains manageable for cleaning in about 30 years and doesn’t have too much unused space once the children have moved out.
Additionally, we want a hobby room for sports and music activities.
House Design
Designed by: Architect
What do you particularly like? Why?: large kitchen with dining area; terrace
What do you not like? Why?: utility room or half-basement with integrated garage, or a full basement
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 350,000–400,000€
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: 450,000€
Preferred heating system: ground-source heat pump
If you have to give up on which features/expansions:
- Can give up: basement, children’s bathroom
- Cannot give up: large kitchen with seating
Why did the design turn out the way it is now?
For example, the architect has so far implemented all our wishes.
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Since the garage cannot be placed on the left side of the house due to the preliminary building inquiry restrictions, it must be either under or in front of the house. Right side doesn’t make sense as it faces south.
Should the garage be integrated under the house, effectively as a basement? Should we build a half or full basement? What are the pros and cons?
We are still unsure about the window design. Large corner windows in the living room, yes or no? Should the kitchen also have corner windows to maintain the overall exterior look?
What would you change about the floor plan?
Regards
Goermi
Plot size: still over 2000 sqm (approx. 21,500 sq ft)
Slope: slight hillside location
The plot currently consists of two parcels, both owned by my father.
The narrower, smaller one is still within the municipality’s development plan, the other is not.
Once I know how the house will be built, a portion of about 800 sqm (8,600 sq ft) will be transferred to me as the building plot from the two parcels.
There is no development plan for the plot, so there are no specific regulations.
I have already clarified through a positive preliminary building inquiry that construction is allowed there.
The main conditions in this inquiry are:
- 3 m (10 ft) distance from the neighboring property, including the garage
- Distance from the street approx. 9 m (30 ft)
- 1.5 floors
- At least half of the house must be located on parcel 515
Client Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Single-family house with gable roof
Basement, floors: Not yet decided if there will be a basement; otherwise 1.5 floors
Number of residents, age: 2 adults (mid-30s) and 1 child (1 year)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: 160-180 sqm (1,720-1,940 sq ft) of living area
Office: 1 room should be usable as a home office
Guest bedrooms per year: 4
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern style: a mix of both
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: none
Music/stereo wall: none
Balcony, roof terrace: no balcony, but a large terrace
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: large garden for children
The house should not be too big so that it remains manageable for cleaning in about 30 years and doesn’t have too much unused space once the children have moved out.
Additionally, we want a hobby room for sports and music activities.
House Design
Designed by: Architect
What do you particularly like? Why?: large kitchen with dining area; terrace
What do you not like? Why?: utility room or half-basement with integrated garage, or a full basement
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 350,000–400,000€
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: 450,000€
Preferred heating system: ground-source heat pump
If you have to give up on which features/expansions:
- Can give up: basement, children’s bathroom
- Cannot give up: large kitchen with seating
Why did the design turn out the way it is now?
For example, the architect has so far implemented all our wishes.
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Since the garage cannot be placed on the left side of the house due to the preliminary building inquiry restrictions, it must be either under or in front of the house. Right side doesn’t make sense as it faces south.
Should the garage be integrated under the house, effectively as a basement? Should we build a half or full basement? What are the pros and cons?
We are still unsure about the window design. Large corner windows in the living room, yes or no? Should the kitchen also have corner windows to maintain the overall exterior look?
What would you change about the floor plan?
Regards
Goermi
Goermi schrieb:
@ypg a children’s bathroom does not mean that anything is smaller there, but that the children have their own bathroom even when they are 18 and don’t have to use the parents’ bathroom.Exactly. But just compare the showers in the parents’ bathroom and the children’s bathroom.
Then consider the RBM, and you’re probably looking at a shower width of about 70.75cm (28 inches) in the children’s bathroom. As a result, a person will stand slightly angled toward the exit, and the toilet area gets wet.
In the main bathroom, by the way, you first have to get past the shower to get inside.
Both are pretty much right on the edge.
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hampshire11 Aug 2019 09:20I quite like the house design in relation to the described wish list.
Integrating the garage into the basement is an elegant solution. On one hand, you don’t want the house to be too large to keep cleaning manageable later on, but on the other hand, there is sometimes a lot of wasted space without any real “function,” like in the entryway or the dining kitchen.
There is no rule about having a half or full basement. Build the space you need or want. A half basement is more expensive per square meter. As you may know, I’m not a fan of calculating based on price per square meter.
The house can certainly handle a bit of exterior asymmetry; I wouldn’t stress over windows making the kitchen potentially less practical. On the contrary: you can approach this creatively and with some design flair.
I find the ratio of cooking/eating area to living space unfortunate. It seems as though a wall was absolutely necessary there, based on the constraints of the exterior wall. I would definitely revise this and not just accept the exterior wall as “fixed.”
The bathrooms need to be functional. A bathtub in a curved corner allows for convenient access to the shower. The idea that a shower might turn into a storage room for older children does not match my experience with two teenage boys who are, at best, average in tidiness.
Integrating the garage into the basement is an elegant solution. On one hand, you don’t want the house to be too large to keep cleaning manageable later on, but on the other hand, there is sometimes a lot of wasted space without any real “function,” like in the entryway or the dining kitchen.
There is no rule about having a half or full basement. Build the space you need or want. A half basement is more expensive per square meter. As you may know, I’m not a fan of calculating based on price per square meter.
The house can certainly handle a bit of exterior asymmetry; I wouldn’t stress over windows making the kitchen potentially less practical. On the contrary: you can approach this creatively and with some design flair.
I find the ratio of cooking/eating area to living space unfortunate. It seems as though a wall was absolutely necessary there, based on the constraints of the exterior wall. I would definitely revise this and not just accept the exterior wall as “fixed.”
The bathrooms need to be functional. A bathtub in a curved corner allows for convenient access to the shower. The idea that a shower might turn into a storage room for older children does not match my experience with two teenage boys who are, at best, average in tidiness.
The shower in the children's bathroom is narrower than the shower trays from the 1980s. YPG wanted to avoid that.
Partial basement or full basement puts pressure on the budget.
Storage room mostly below the 2-meter (6.5 feet) height limit is not usable.
The children's bathroom still needs some additional space.
Partial basement or full basement puts pressure on the budget.
Storage room mostly below the 2-meter (6.5 feet) height limit is not usable.
The children's bathroom still needs some additional space.
hampshire schrieb:
There is no rule for half or full basements. [...] A half basement is more expensive per square meter. I’m not a fan of calculating by price per square meter, as you may already know. Neither am I, but you’ve already mentioned the rule yourself. As a rough approximation, you can say that a half-room basement costs about three-quarters of a full basement. In other words, the reduced area corresponds roughly to the square of the savings: for example, 1.0 minus 0.5 (area) results in approximately 1.0 minus (0.5 squared = 0.25), which equals 0.75 (price) — just a rough rule of thumb, as such formulas usually are.
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I also find the children's shower too small.
One possible solution:
Move the toilet a bit further under the sloping roof (this can certainly be done without losing comfort by another 30 - 40 cm (12 - 16 inches)), and extend the shower into the storage room reaching up to the stairwell, so the storage room would be about 1 m² (11 sq ft) in size. That should be enough space for the vacuum cleaner, cleaning supplies, and small items.
Olli
I also find the children's shower too small.
One possible solution:
Move the toilet a bit further under the sloping roof (this can certainly be done without losing comfort by another 30 - 40 cm (12 - 16 inches)), and extend the shower into the storage room reaching up to the stairwell, so the storage room would be about 1 m² (11 sq ft) in size. That should be enough space for the vacuum cleaner, cleaning supplies, and small items.
Olli
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