ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a Single-Family Home without a Basement / 4-Person Household
Created on: 21 Dec 2020 20:23
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Mr.Graves138
Hello dear forum,
what do the experts say about the following floor plan (especially regarding the questions described below)? Does anything stand out to you as something that should definitely be avoided?
Thank you in advance
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 447m² (5400 sq ft)
Slope: no, but the plot slopes down about 80cm (31 inches) from the street and needs to be filled
Site coverage ratio 0.4
Floor area ratio 0.4
Building envelope, building line, building boundary
Border development: see attachment
Number of parking spaces: single garage + 2 outdoor parking spaces
Number of floors: 1.5 (only 1 full floor = ground floor)
Roof type: gable roof
Orientation: north/south
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height 5.30m (17 ft 5 in); wall height 5.60m (18 ft 5 in); full height 10.80m (35 ft 5 in); storey height 7.70m (25 ft 3 in)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: solid house, gable roof approx. 37° pitch, knee wall approx. 95cm (37 inches)
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, ages: 4 (parents 32 and 29, children 5 and 1)
Room requirements ground floor / upper floor: ground floor 90m² (970 sq ft), upper floor 80m² (860 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? both
Guests per year: 6
Open or closed architecture: closed? see floor plan
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: open, with seating (bar)
Number of dining seats: 6-8
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no balcony, terrace on ground floor
Garage, carport: single garage, possibly carport for 2 spaces
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Further wishes / special features: photovoltaic system, half-turned narrow-wing staircase with landing, alternatively solid stair
House Design
Planning by: general contractor and DIY
What do you especially like? Large living/dining area, open kitchen, many storage rooms, large walk-in shower
What do you not like? Why? A lot of space is lost through the hallway/corridor. Perhaps the rooms could be arranged more space-efficiently?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 400,000 without ancillary construction costs
Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment: 430,000 without ancillary construction costs
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump with cooling function and underfloor heating
If you had to compromise, on which details / extra features
-can you do without: walk-in closet in the master bedroom, glass sliding door in living/dining room, possibly smaller utility room, cooling function of the air-to-water heat pump
-can’t do without: large living/dining room with open kitchen, spacious shower, storage rooms and attic storage
Why was the design developed like this?
The general contractor planned the house at 10.5m x 8.50m (34 ft 5 in x 28 ft) with basement (waterproof concrete). Because of the groundwater level, the house would be about 80cm (31 inches) higher than the street, knee wall 1.20m (47 inches), attic height only 1.20m (47 inches). A staircase to the house entrance would be necessary. Due to the small rooms and expensive basement, I designed a floor plan without a basement myself. I increased the living room width from 3.85m to 4.50m (from 12 ft 7 in to 14 ft 9 in).
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
How can I make the room layout and arrangement more efficient? How and where can I save space? The hallway on the ground floor takes up a lot of square meters, even though it is only 1.25m (49 inches) wide. One reason is the large staircase, but also the long corridor consumes space and feels somewhat narrow. Is it possible to cleverly reduce the living space from currently about 170m² (1,830 sq ft) to 160m² (1,720 sq ft) or less? Different staircase? Move the entrance door? Is there an effective alternative to the cooling function of the underfloor heating? The goal is to save costs through optimization.
I appreciate every opinion, suggestion, and sketch!
what do the experts say about the following floor plan (especially regarding the questions described below)? Does anything stand out to you as something that should definitely be avoided?
Thank you in advance
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 447m² (5400 sq ft)
Slope: no, but the plot slopes down about 80cm (31 inches) from the street and needs to be filled
Site coverage ratio 0.4
Floor area ratio 0.4
Building envelope, building line, building boundary
Border development: see attachment
Number of parking spaces: single garage + 2 outdoor parking spaces
Number of floors: 1.5 (only 1 full floor = ground floor)
Roof type: gable roof
Orientation: north/south
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height 5.30m (17 ft 5 in); wall height 5.60m (18 ft 5 in); full height 10.80m (35 ft 5 in); storey height 7.70m (25 ft 3 in)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: solid house, gable roof approx. 37° pitch, knee wall approx. 95cm (37 inches)
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, ages: 4 (parents 32 and 29, children 5 and 1)
Room requirements ground floor / upper floor: ground floor 90m² (970 sq ft), upper floor 80m² (860 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? both
Guests per year: 6
Open or closed architecture: closed? see floor plan
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: open, with seating (bar)
Number of dining seats: 6-8
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no balcony, terrace on ground floor
Garage, carport: single garage, possibly carport for 2 spaces
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Further wishes / special features: photovoltaic system, half-turned narrow-wing staircase with landing, alternatively solid stair
House Design
Planning by: general contractor and DIY
What do you especially like? Large living/dining area, open kitchen, many storage rooms, large walk-in shower
What do you not like? Why? A lot of space is lost through the hallway/corridor. Perhaps the rooms could be arranged more space-efficiently?
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 400,000 without ancillary construction costs
Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment: 430,000 without ancillary construction costs
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump with cooling function and underfloor heating
If you had to compromise, on which details / extra features
-can you do without: walk-in closet in the master bedroom, glass sliding door in living/dining room, possibly smaller utility room, cooling function of the air-to-water heat pump
-can’t do without: large living/dining room with open kitchen, spacious shower, storage rooms and attic storage
Why was the design developed like this?
The general contractor planned the house at 10.5m x 8.50m (34 ft 5 in x 28 ft) with basement (waterproof concrete). Because of the groundwater level, the house would be about 80cm (31 inches) higher than the street, knee wall 1.20m (47 inches), attic height only 1.20m (47 inches). A staircase to the house entrance would be necessary. Due to the small rooms and expensive basement, I designed a floor plan without a basement myself. I increased the living room width from 3.85m to 4.50m (from 12 ft 7 in to 14 ft 9 in).
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
How can I make the room layout and arrangement more efficient? How and where can I save space? The hallway on the ground floor takes up a lot of square meters, even though it is only 1.25m (49 inches) wide. One reason is the large staircase, but also the long corridor consumes space and feels somewhat narrow. Is it possible to cleverly reduce the living space from currently about 170m² (1,830 sq ft) to 160m² (1,720 sq ft) or less? Different staircase? Move the entrance door? Is there an effective alternative to the cooling function of the underfloor heating? The goal is to save costs through optimization.
I appreciate every opinion, suggestion, and sketch!
Mr.Graves138 schrieb:
If I copy the kitchen’s wide window into the bathroom, wouldn’t that mean having a window in the shower!? Exactly. In the shower area, you can apply frosted film or something similar. Then you'd also have a shelf for shower products right there.
Mr.Graves138 schrieb:
Roller shutters can be omitted in the bathroom and the cost deducted accordingly. I didn’t consider the symbolic fifty for leaving out the roller shutter box; you’d just spend that on an ice cream, so I didn’t think the effort of mentioning it was worth it. But without the shutter box, you gain a bit more height without clashing with the sloped ceiling—that’s likely the reason for reducing the size.
Mr.Graves138 schrieb:
The garage, for example, is marked in green. Right—but is it also made of concrete like the ceilings? And are the masonry walls otherwise built from, for example, bricks?
By the way, I’m seeing many poor-quality details again. The draftsman seems to use an unusual approach to dimension lines, and the vertical dimensions of the windows are completely missing.
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Mr.Graves13830 Mar 2021 18:27ypg schrieb:
I think it’s all quite nice, with clear, well-defined rooms.
But I really don’t like the open-plan living area. The kitchen takes away space from the living room corner; also, the dining table leans into the lounge area, not just from the entrance perspective. I would reduce the kitchen by at least 60cm (24 inches), shift everything to the right on the plan, and thus give the living room at least 60cm (24 inches) more space for the sofa. Right now, about 2.40m (7 ft 10 in) for a sofa feels quite cramped. The sofa and dining table are only sketched in as examples. On the left side of the living room, there is theoretically 3.75m (12 ft 4 in) of space up to the 3m (9 ft 10 in) sliding door. My current U-shaped seating area, which is 2.92m (9 ft 7 in) wide, fits comfortably—am I missing something? The dining table is intended to be centered in front of the lift-and-slide door.
The distance between the kitchen units is currently 1.30m (4 ft 3 in). I don’t see how I could reduce that by 0.6 to 1.0m (2 ft to 3 ft 3 in)! Where exactly should I cut down?
Mr.Graves138 schrieb:
The sofa and dining table are shown just as examples.Mr.Graves138 schrieb:
On the left side of the living room is theoretically space for the sofa.Mr.Graves138 schrieb:
My current U-shaped seating area, which is 2.92m (9 feet 7 inches) wide, should fit easily, or am I missing something? The dining table is supposed to be centered in front of the lift-and-slide door.Do you see the problem? "Theoretically" and "as an example" hardly reflect reality. Your task is to draw in YOUR own furniture and the planned kitchen layout. Otherwise, you might be surprised by six chairs squeezed into 1.2m² (13 square feet). Or when watching TV (I don’t see space for that either), you might have to look over your example dining chairs if you plan the sofa theoretically where you say.Mr.Graves138 schrieb:
The sofa and dining table are just drawn as examples. On the left side of the living room, there is theoretically 3.75m (12.3 ft) of space up to the 3m (9.8 ft) sliding door for the sofa. My current U-shaped sectional, which is 2.92m (9.6 ft) wide, should fit in easily, or am I missing something? The dining table is supposed to be centered in front of the lift-and-slide door.
The distance between the kitchen units is currently 1.30m (4.3 ft). I can’t really save 0.6–1.0m (2.0–3.3 ft) there, right!? Where exactly should I save space? I also see little room for adjustment in the kitchen. A 1.30m (4.3 ft) clearance is actually ideal. I wouldn’t reduce that.
What might be a problem is if you place the table centered in front of the sliding door and also have bar stools at the counter as shown. There will barely be enough space behind the chairs to pull them out (especially the middle chair needs a lot of space) and to walk past. We have about 70–80 cm (28–31 inches) between the start of the sliding door and the end of the kitchen counter, and we need that to comfortably walk behind the chairs. We don’t even have bar stools; with those, it would be impossible.
The 3.75m (12.3 ft) space for the sofa seems perfect to me. Since yours is only 2.90m (9.5 ft), you will still have enough room to walk between the sofa and table.
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