ᐅ Floor Plan for a Single-Family Home on the Edge of a Forest
Created on: 22 Dec 2021 09:40
N
nagner99
Hello,
we have purchased a plot of land that is an infill lot within a residential area from the 1990s. It is a corner lot with forest on two sides. We now want to build a single-family house.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 1022 sqm (around 11,000 sq ft)
Slope: slight fall towards the street
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.3
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
Edge development: no
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 1
Roof type: gable roof, 35° pitch
Architectural style: brick veneer
Orientation: street on the south side
Maximum height/limits: 4 m (13 ft) eaves height
Other specifications:
-
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: solid construction without basement
Basement: no; floors: ground floor or attic
Number and age of occupants: 2 adults; 28 years, 29 years, 1 child planned
Space requirements on ground floor: open living-dining area, study, utility room, pantry, shower toilet
Upper floor: master bedroom plus walk-in closet, 1 children’s room, bathroom with tub and shower and double sinks, second office
Office use: family use or home office? Home office, two needed
Number of guest sleepers per year: 1-2
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes, island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage with storage room
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: maybe
Other wishes/particular needs/daily routine, including reasons why some features are included or excluded
House design
Who designed it: designed by me using SweetHome 3D and discussed and costed with the general contractor
What do you like most? Why? The gallery and the cloakroom with a passage to the garage
What do you dislike? Why? Storage space might be tight, utility room possibly too small
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: not yet known, approx. 430,000 EUR
Personal budget limit for house including fittings: -
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up certain details/finishes,
- what can you do without: KfW 55 standard, towel radiator in the bathroom, kitchen island, if well justified: good question
- what you cannot do without: the open gallery must remain
Why is the design as it is now? e.g.
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad? We like the layout, maybe the walk-in closet needs to be swapped depending on the knee wall height
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
We have a lot of light in the living room from the conservatory and high ceiling heights. Naturally, some space is lost by the design, but we accept that consciously.
we have purchased a plot of land that is an infill lot within a residential area from the 1990s. It is a corner lot with forest on two sides. We now want to build a single-family house.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 1022 sqm (around 11,000 sq ft)
Slope: slight fall towards the street
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.3
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
Edge development: no
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 1
Roof type: gable roof, 35° pitch
Architectural style: brick veneer
Orientation: street on the south side
Maximum height/limits: 4 m (13 ft) eaves height
Other specifications:
-
Client requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: solid construction without basement
Basement: no; floors: ground floor or attic
Number and age of occupants: 2 adults; 28 years, 29 years, 1 child planned
Space requirements on ground floor: open living-dining area, study, utility room, pantry, shower toilet
Upper floor: master bedroom plus walk-in closet, 1 children’s room, bathroom with tub and shower and double sinks, second office
Office use: family use or home office? Home office, two needed
Number of guest sleepers per year: 1-2
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes, island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage with storage room
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: maybe
Other wishes/particular needs/daily routine, including reasons why some features are included or excluded
House design
Who designed it: designed by me using SweetHome 3D and discussed and costed with the general contractor
What do you like most? Why? The gallery and the cloakroom with a passage to the garage
What do you dislike? Why? Storage space might be tight, utility room possibly too small
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: not yet known, approx. 430,000 EUR
Personal budget limit for house including fittings: -
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up certain details/finishes,
- what can you do without: KfW 55 standard, towel radiator in the bathroom, kitchen island, if well justified: good question
- what you cannot do without: the open gallery must remain
Why is the design as it is now? e.g.
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad? We like the layout, maybe the walk-in closet needs to be swapped depending on the knee wall height
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
We have a lot of light in the living room from the conservatory and high ceiling heights. Naturally, some space is lost by the design, but we accept that consciously.
ypg schrieb:
Unfortunately, many people who have no sense of measurements do not develop this skill for their house using software. Using graph paper and units, with pencil and hands-on practice to understand what a meter really is and what it isn’t, would be the better approach to start with.It is very important to first draw a cross-section showing how tall the attic floor can actually be—that is, where there is standing height. Then, working top-down, focus on the attic first—and include all downpipes!—that’s how you make it all come together.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
I have now received more detailed plans from the architect, who has restructured the layout slightly to make it fit better. What remains is that you can walk from the hallway through to the open living/dining room and kitchen without any additional separation such as a door.
Apart from higher heating costs, is there any reason not to do it this way?
Apart from higher heating costs, is there any reason not to do it this way?
B
Bauenaberwie30 Jan 2022 22:29SoL schrieb:
Cooking odors spreading throughout the rest of the house, lack of sound insulation, faster death in a zombie apocalypse.
None of these are deal-breakers for most people, but you do have to think them through... Phew, I could live with all of that, but my biggest concern would be the zombie apocalypse...
nagner99 schrieb:
I have now received a more detailed plan from the architect, who has restructured the whole thing a bit to make it fit better.I don’t see anything to be able to comment on…driver55 schrieb:
- Exterior walls?
- Furnishing?
- Dark cloakroom
- Staircase far too short
- Two “protrusions” on the house?
- Void space that just wastes room and costs money
- …
- Square meters and budget don’t matchI’m curious.These 60m² (645 sq ft) living halls are very difficult to furnish, and they are rarely cozy. There are many inquiries in another community where, for example, someone has a very expensive kitchen on the right side of the plan, with a €6k Berbel skyline range hood suspended from the ceiling. In the center, as an extension of the house entrance, there is a table, and on the left side of the plan, a corner sofa, TV unit, and large window front. That’s it. There are many such examples. These halls are noisy, get very hot in summer, and people spend a lot of time behind blinds. In the evening, the window fronts appear as black, reflective surfaces. There are no alcoves, no cozy corners, nothing.
Similar topics