ᐅ Floor plan for a single-family house with a pitched roof and gable, approximately 170 sqm (about 1,830 sq ft)

Hello everyone,

we are planning to build our dream home. Since I am technically interested and want to create initial ideas and wishes in the form of a floor plan myself, I would like to build on your experiences and advice.

The plan is for a single-family house, 1.5-story construction – just a typical house!

The following list has been shortened as there are not many restrictions from the zoning plan / building permit. For clarity, only the restrictions that actually need to be considered are listed:

Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot size = 883m² (9500 sq ft)
Slope = flat surface
Site coverage ratio = 30% -> corresponds to 265m² (2850 sq ft)
Number of floors = 1.5

Client Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type = gable roof with gable end
Basement, floors = no basement, ground floor, upper half-story
Number of occupants, age = currently 2, planned 4
Space requirements on the ground floor:
- Office I / later accessible bedroom = about 15m² (160 sq ft)
- Kitchen (closed) = about 16m² (170 sq ft)
- Utility room including pantry = about 13m² (140 sq ft)
- Guest bathroom (including barrier-free shower) = about 5m² (55 sq ft)
- Living room = about 30-35m² (320-375 sq ft)

Space requirements on the upper floor:
- Master bedroom = about 16m² (170 sq ft)
- Children’s room I + II = about 15m² (160 sq ft) each
- Office = about 10m² (110 sq ft)
- Bathroom = about 13m² (140 sq ft)
- Walk-in closet = 8m² (85 sq ft)

Office: family use or home office?
- Wife’s office on the ground floor with plenty of daylight necessary
- Husband’s office on the upper floor

Guest stays per year
- max. 2 people for 2 occasions -> guest sofa in upper floor office

Open or closed architecture -> rather closed
Conservative or modern style -> rather conservative
Open kitchen, cooking island -> no open kitchen, cooking island optional
Number of dining seats -> 4 in kitchen
Fireplace -> vent / flue should be provided
Balcony, roof terrace -> not necessary
Garage, carport -> double garage

House design
Who is planning the design -> our own design
Personal budget for house including fittings: -> €250,000
Preferred heating system: -> conventional gas condensing boiler with solar feed-in and underfloor heating; radiators preferred in bedrooms upstairs for faster warming of room air

If you had to give up anything, which details / additions could you do without?
- can do without: nothing :-)
- cannot do without: everything :-)

In general, we plan the ground floor so that my wife has an office with plenty of natural light. Later, this room should be converted for age-appropriate use, in case climbing stairs becomes difficult. Therefore, the guest bathroom will already have a level-access shower.
The office and guest bathroom should be aligned in the floor plan. If my wife’s clients need to use the restroom, they should not have to walk across the house.

We plan the house with about 165-175m² (1775-1885 sq ft). With clever room layout and intelligent concepts, we might be able to reduce the required size. This means corridors should be kept as short as possible. Galleries are not necessary.

From the outside, we would like a house in the style of Viebrockhaus Maxime 700, but extended with a gable towards the terrace (south-facing). I would also like to know how you would place the house and the double garage on my plot.

I would appreciate your comments on all necessary topics.

Thank you very much and have a nice Sunday!

Best regards
Julian

Hmm, this still seems very undeveloped and the information is insufficient. What is the knee wall height? How is the house planned to be positioned on the plot (please mark it)? The walls are extremely thin – 20cm (8 inches) would be more suitable for planning (17.5cm (7 inches) plus plaster) – you can always make them thinner later. Fully label the rooms and furnish them realistically – don’t forget the shower in the upstairs bathroom. Add stair dimensions – floor-to-floor height and ceiling height as well. Exterior dimensions are missing too.

After that, we can take another look. 🙂

kaho674 schrieb:
What about the knee wall height?

Good question – in the example picture there is (almost) none, but the attic floor plan doesn’t show any roof slope.

The picture and floor plan also seem to not match well otherwise: such a “Frisian house style” works better with a floor plan where the ridge is also the main axis of the house, meaning a clear (preferably almost “elongated”) horizontal layout, rather than a square shape.

julianpe schrieb:
From the outside, we want a house in the style of Viebrockhaus Maxime 700, but extended with a gable facing the terrace (south-facing).

So from above, basically a cross-shaped roof? – I would rather invest the additional cost of this more complex roof structure into a nice bathroom.

julianpe schrieb:
I would also like to know how you would plan the house and the double garage on my plot.

One of the most expensive things about this garage (is it supposed to be a steel garage? I don’t see the wall thickness?) is that small notched square meter at the corner, which apart from providing a direct passage isn’t really useful.

Firstly, I think these passages are unnecessarily overrated, and secondly, on one hand, the flat-roof garage looks terrible with this house style, so I wouldn’t attach it just for aesthetic reasons – on the other hand, the house’s roof structure is complicated enough that I wouldn’t want to extend it over the garage as well.

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11ant schrieb:
One of the most expensive parts of this garage (is it supposed to be a steel garage? The wall thickness isn't visible?) is this recessed square meter at the corner, which, apart from providing a direct passage, serves no real purpose.

I first sketched it roughly as it seemed practical to me. However, I want to keep the costs as low as possible. Which recessed square meter are you referring to that could be disregarded?

What alternatives to these "pass-throughs" would you recommend?

julianpe schrieb:
Which recessed square meter do you mean that could be ignored?

Not "ignored," but rather "not overcomplicated": I mean the notched corner where the house basically cuts out a part for the garage.

julianpe schrieb:
What alternatives to these "pass-throughs" would you recommend?

At most, you could extend a canopy from an attached garage to the front door. But for stylistic reasons, I wouldn’t want to build the garage attached here.

My garage is also set apart from the house (five hundred meters (1,640 feet)), and I’d hardly look strange using an open umbrella on that path less than ten times a year. The two cats and two dachshunds on the way haven’t attacked me yet either.

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I also find the floor plans lacking clear dimensions and room labels. If the 18.52 m² (199 sq ft) room on the ground floor is meant to be the kitchen, I would be very interested to see a furniture layout proposal. To me, that space for a kitchen with dining area doesn’t seem any larger than a room of about 14 m² (150 sq ft).

In the garage, the cars should be positioned properly in relation to the garage door, or alternatively, the garage door should be made wider. Otherwise, you’ll see that in the first case, it’s practically impossible to get the bicycles out of the corner.

Otherwise, I agree with 11ant that the passage between the garage and the house creates a narrow, awkward space.

It might also be worth considering combining the kitchen and dining area to create a quieter living space. This saves one seating place, reduces hallway space, and allows for better kitchen furnishing.