ᐅ Floor Plan for Semi-Detached House on a Slope – Suggestions for Improvement?
Created on: 27 Sep 2018 14:11
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RomeoZwo
Hello,
attached is a floor plan for a semi-detached house (only one half shown) on a sloping site, with a request for comments.
The semi-detached house is planned to be built on one plot, with both units intended for rental.
Currently, the plot is classified as outside the designated building area. Nearby (to the north and on the neighboring plot to the east), houses of similar size (height, site coverage ratio, floor area ratio) have been built in recent years with special exemptions. The informal preliminary inquiry regarding the conditions is ongoing with the local authorities, but I expect a lengthy discussion.
The following considerations were made:
- Maximum width 14 m (plot width slightly >20 m (66 feet))
- 3 similarly sized (bed)rooms of at least approximately 15 m² (160 sq ft)
- 3rd room more important than a garage (garage with boundary line construction likely not possible due to slope)
- Carport as a substitute for a garage
- Studio room if approved, otherwise a shallow hipped roof or green roof
- Living room/kitchen on the “entry level”
The following questions still arise, or I am not fully satisfied with:
- Possibly living room/kitchen in the basement level with direct garden access?
- If the roof terrace is approved, should we skip the balcony at the living room?
- The shape of the living room is difficult to furnish (goal: TV and garden view from the sofa)
- Prefer a garage over the 3rd room? (rental marketability)
- Little or no space for coat storage/shoe cabinet in the hallway (width approx. 1.35 m (4.4 feet))
- Too many windows? (We have this in our house because we love it, but here rental appeal is a factor)
- Planned so far as a semi-detached house with a party wall. Would it also be possible as a duplex with two separate residential units and a “standard” soundproof wall? Advantages? Disadvantages?
Once the basic conditions are clarified with the authorities, an architect will of course be commissioned — hopefully one with creative ideas, as I am not fixed on my sketch.
The basis for my design is long, engaging discussions with the architect during the planning of our own home, combined with a spatial imagination as a graduate engineer and experience in floor plans for VIP aircraft (yes, the sheikh who wants living, sleeping, and reception rooms in planes normally designed for 300 holiday passengers). Please excuse the use of this “drawing software” (you can’t even mirror the semi-detached half). I used boring evenings during business trips and had to rely on an online tool. We’ll see if I find time for a design in Catia…
Thanks very much for all the critical feedback :-P
Holger
attached is a floor plan for a semi-detached house (only one half shown) on a sloping site, with a request for comments.
The semi-detached house is planned to be built on one plot, with both units intended for rental.
Currently, the plot is classified as outside the designated building area. Nearby (to the north and on the neighboring plot to the east), houses of similar size (height, site coverage ratio, floor area ratio) have been built in recent years with special exemptions. The informal preliminary inquiry regarding the conditions is ongoing with the local authorities, but I expect a lengthy discussion.
The following considerations were made:
- Maximum width 14 m (plot width slightly >20 m (66 feet))
- 3 similarly sized (bed)rooms of at least approximately 15 m² (160 sq ft)
- 3rd room more important than a garage (garage with boundary line construction likely not possible due to slope)
- Carport as a substitute for a garage
- Studio room if approved, otherwise a shallow hipped roof or green roof
- Living room/kitchen on the “entry level”
The following questions still arise, or I am not fully satisfied with:
- Possibly living room/kitchen in the basement level with direct garden access?
- If the roof terrace is approved, should we skip the balcony at the living room?
- The shape of the living room is difficult to furnish (goal: TV and garden view from the sofa)
- Prefer a garage over the 3rd room? (rental marketability)
- Little or no space for coat storage/shoe cabinet in the hallway (width approx. 1.35 m (4.4 feet))
- Too many windows? (We have this in our house because we love it, but here rental appeal is a factor)
- Planned so far as a semi-detached house with a party wall. Would it also be possible as a duplex with two separate residential units and a “standard” soundproof wall? Advantages? Disadvantages?
Once the basic conditions are clarified with the authorities, an architect will of course be commissioned — hopefully one with creative ideas, as I am not fixed on my sketch.
The basis for my design is long, engaging discussions with the architect during the planning of our own home, combined with a spatial imagination as a graduate engineer and experience in floor plans for VIP aircraft (yes, the sheikh who wants living, sleeping, and reception rooms in planes normally designed for 300 holiday passengers). Please excuse the use of this “drawing software” (you can’t even mirror the semi-detached half). I used boring evenings during business trips and had to rely on an online tool. We’ll see if I find time for a design in Catia…
Thanks very much for all the critical feedback :-P
Holger
RomeoZwo schrieb:
The concept with 2 "staggered" maisonette apartments requires a bit more brainpower. I've postponed that for now. Yes, of course, it’s not trivial – but rewarding (simply because it’s much more sophisticated than two bowling lanes).
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ypg schrieb:
And the access to the basement is actually here labeled "Access to cellar rooms" Is it on the ground floor or in the basement?
RomeoZwo schrieb:
On the ground floor or in the basement?In the basement. One hallway is surplus. If you choose the "open plan room in the basement" option, you should be able to look from the stairs down into the open plan room and then to the garden.
Just as Ypg describes, it’s the same with friends. You go down the stairs, enter the open-plan living area, and have a view of the garden. Unusual, but not unpleasant.
In the basement, there is far too much storage space and not enough living space.
The “staircase area” must be removed.
On the upper floor, the public area now divides the private area.
Try drawing in actual furniture.
In the basement, there is far too much storage space and not enough living space.
The “staircase area” must be removed.
On the upper floor, the public area now divides the private area.
Try drawing in actual furniture.
Hello,
another attempt at the semi-detached house to incorporate the above comments.
What I like:
- "private" area on the ground floor between the bathroom and the three rooms
- large, open-plan living room
What I don’t like:
- long corridor on the ground floor
- WC in the basement directly accessed from the living room
While thinking about the two staggered apartments, I also looked again at the side view of the plot…
The building line of the neighboring house is at 4.5m (15 feet), with a recess at the entrance area reducing it to 3m (10 feet). If I try to follow this line, it would almost be possible to build a "standard" cross-section with the entrance at the lower level, or a split-level design with a staircase from the street to the house. However, I prefer an entrance at street level, which the neighboring house also has.
Looking forward to more ideas.
another attempt at the semi-detached house to incorporate the above comments.
What I like:
- "private" area on the ground floor between the bathroom and the three rooms
- large, open-plan living room
What I don’t like:
- long corridor on the ground floor
- WC in the basement directly accessed from the living room
While thinking about the two staggered apartments, I also looked again at the side view of the plot…
The building line of the neighboring house is at 4.5m (15 feet), with a recess at the entrance area reducing it to 3m (10 feet). If I try to follow this line, it would almost be possible to build a "standard" cross-section with the entrance at the lower level, or a split-level design with a staircase from the street to the house. However, I prefer an entrance at street level, which the neighboring house also has.
Looking forward to more ideas.
RomeoZwo schrieb:
Looking forward to more ideas I'm not – I prefer to wait for your maisonette version. I don’t expect anything from the bowling alley twin.
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