ᐅ Floor Plan for a Single-Family Home on the Edge of a Forest
Created on: 22 Dec 2021 09:40
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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:
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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.
Matter of personal taste, but for me the ground floor is a) way too open and b) the hallway/entrance area is too large compared to the living space. And still no proper cloakroom.
I don’t see 40 sqm (430 sq ft) of living area. The 5 sqm (54 sq ft) next to the stairs feels more like hallway/entrance space to me. The dining area is already very narrow at 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in) and overall too small.
The access to the utility room also wastes 2 sqm (22 sq ft).
The upper floor also has great potential for optimization!
I don’t see 40 sqm (430 sq ft) of living area. The 5 sqm (54 sq ft) next to the stairs feels more like hallway/entrance space to me. The dining area is already very narrow at 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in) and overall too small.
The access to the utility room also wastes 2 sqm (22 sq ft).
The upper floor also has great potential for optimization!
I think it’s quite acceptable as it is. I wouldn’t rotate the walk-in closet either, because otherwise the remaining space would be under the sloped ceiling and hardly usable.
If it were mine, I would give the office only the bay window area and assign the entire room on the right side to the bedroom and wardrobes. The reason is the sloped ceilings, which extend over more than half of the bed. This could quickly cause headaches. That would annoy me for the rest of my life. Under the slopes, I would have a carpenter build custom wardrobes that fully utilize the slant. Areas that are too low, I would box in. I would change the gable window from small to large. Something like this (I hope this is enough to imagine):
What I would definitely change is the bathroom layout. You enter and immediately face a vertical wall or step right into the potential wet area of the shower. In my opinion, the T-shape layout is completely unsuitable here. I would get rid of it.
If it were mine, I would give the office only the bay window area and assign the entire room on the right side to the bedroom and wardrobes. The reason is the sloped ceilings, which extend over more than half of the bed. This could quickly cause headaches. That would annoy me for the rest of my life. Under the slopes, I would have a carpenter build custom wardrobes that fully utilize the slant. Areas that are too low, I would box in. I would change the gable window from small to large. Something like this (I hope this is enough to imagine):
What I would definitely change is the bathroom layout. You enter and immediately face a vertical wall or step right into the potential wet area of the shower. In my opinion, the T-shape layout is completely unsuitable here. I would get rid of it.
K a t j a schrieb:
I think it’s quite okay as it is. I wouldn’t rotate the dressing area either, because then the remaining space under the sloped ceiling would be hardly or not usable at all.
If it were mine, I would give the office only the bay window, and the bedroom plus wardrobes would take up the entire room on the right side of the plan. The reason is the slopes, which cover more than half of the bed. That could quickly cause headaches. That would be too annoying for me for the rest of my life. Under the slopes, I would have a carpenter custom-make wardrobes that fully utilize the sloped space. Areas too low would be boxed in. I would change the gable windows from small to large. Something like this (I hope you can imagine it):
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What I would definitely change is the bathroom layout. You enter and immediately face a vertical wall or step straight into the possible wet area of the shower. In my opinion, the T-shape is completely unsuitable here. Get rid of it. Thanks for the input. I will definitely change the T layout. I hadn’t noticed that until now.
The office feels a bit too small for me at just under 9m2 (about 97 sq ft). The windows in the gables are both floor-to-ceiling but divided and can only be opened at the top.
nagner99 schrieb:
We are quite satisfied so far, but the utility room and the guest room (office 2) will be swapped, so that the utility room becomes larger accordingly.Really? Bathrooms stacked above each other, utility room right next door. Optimal connection conditions for the bathrooms. The guest room would then be very uncomfortable.The cloakroom would give me a headache...
cryptoki schrieb:
Really? Bathrooms stacked above each other, utility room right next to them. Optimal connection setup for the bathrooms. The guest room would then be quite uncomfortable.
The cloakroom would give me a headache... Yes, unfortunately it has to be changed because the utility room will have an external door to the garage, which can only be located right next to the house. The guest room is actually an office and will get an additional window on the front wall of about 2.3m (7.5 feet) in length. A desk will be placed there with a cabinet behind it.
Do you have any ideas on how to solve the cloakroom issue? I have redrawn it a bit, but without exact dimensions. This would provide a cloakroom of approximately 1.80 x 0.70m (5.9 x 2.3 feet) next to the front door (which would then need to be mirrored).
What do you think of this?
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Pitiglianio21 Feb 2022 11:55For access to the utility room, I would omit the "small opening" and use this area as a cloakroom. Adjust the door position accordingly.
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