Hello,
we would like to build an accessible bungalow for our parents. Our architect has already created a second design, but we are still not completely satisfied with it. More on that later.
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 562m² (6046 ft²)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio 0.3
Floor area ratio 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary see site plan
Edge development as in NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: 2
Roof shape
Architectural style
Orientation -
Maximum heights/limits -
Other requirements -
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: Bungalow with hipped roof and double garage
Basement, storeys -
Number of occupants, age: 2, 65
Space requirement on ground floor and upper floor: Ground floor only, but with fixed concrete stairs to attic as storage
Office: family use or home office? Hobby room for crafting / ironing
Guests per year: 0
Open or closed layout: rather closed
Conservative or modern construction -
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Separate kitchen with table for 3 people
Number of dining seats: 6 in dining room
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse -
House Design
Designed by:
- Architect
What do you particularly like? Why? -
What do you not like? The floor area of 120m² (1290 ft²) is actually too small. Especially the living room with the sofa placed in the room is not appealing and takes up a lot of space.
Personal budget for the house including fittings: not relevant for now
Preferred heating system: heat pump
Why is the design the way it is now?
Second draft by the architect
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Desired is a bungalow with double garage. Separate kitchen with enough work surface, small pantry. Living and dining rooms. An extra room for crafting/ironing or later use as a bedroom for a caregiver. Bathroom to be barrier-free with bathtub (the bathtub does not need to be barrier-free, only the shower, toilet and sink). My parents want a terrace facing east to enjoy the morning sun while having breakfast; natural shade from the house at midday and evening would be great.
I have attached the site plan and current floor plan.
What ideas do you have to optimize the house design? I have also considered integrating the garage partly into the house to possibly gain more space. Or, in the second plan, placing the kitchen crosswise and moving the living room further back. This would create more space on the lower level, but the question is how best to use it. Moreover, the pantry would no longer be integrated.
we would like to build an accessible bungalow for our parents. Our architect has already created a second design, but we are still not completely satisfied with it. More on that later.
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 562m² (6046 ft²)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio 0.3
Floor area ratio 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary see site plan
Edge development as in NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: 2
Roof shape
Architectural style
Orientation -
Maximum heights/limits -
Other requirements -
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: Bungalow with hipped roof and double garage
Basement, storeys -
Number of occupants, age: 2, 65
Space requirement on ground floor and upper floor: Ground floor only, but with fixed concrete stairs to attic as storage
Office: family use or home office? Hobby room for crafting / ironing
Guests per year: 0
Open or closed layout: rather closed
Conservative or modern construction -
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Separate kitchen with table for 3 people
Number of dining seats: 6 in dining room
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse -
House Design
Designed by:
- Architect
What do you particularly like? Why? -
What do you not like? The floor area of 120m² (1290 ft²) is actually too small. Especially the living room with the sofa placed in the room is not appealing and takes up a lot of space.
Personal budget for the house including fittings: not relevant for now
Preferred heating system: heat pump
Why is the design the way it is now?
Second draft by the architect
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Desired is a bungalow with double garage. Separate kitchen with enough work surface, small pantry. Living and dining rooms. An extra room for crafting/ironing or later use as a bedroom for a caregiver. Bathroom to be barrier-free with bathtub (the bathtub does not need to be barrier-free, only the shower, toilet and sink). My parents want a terrace facing east to enjoy the morning sun while having breakfast; natural shade from the house at midday and evening would be great.
I have attached the site plan and current floor plan.
What ideas do you have to optimize the house design? I have also considered integrating the garage partly into the house to possibly gain more space. Or, in the second plan, placing the kitchen crosswise and moving the living room further back. This would create more space on the lower level, but the question is how best to use it. Moreover, the pantry would no longer be integrated.
Stefan67422578 schrieb:
The only downside is, yes, the path from the bedroom to the bathroom goes through the entire house.I already see several other issues.The bedroom-to-bathroom route has already been mentioned: eventually, a weak bladder will be a problem.
One of the most important considerations—not only for old age—is that someone might become seriously ill, bedridden, or unwell, while the other person is healthy and still wants to receive visitors or maintain a normal life. This situation cannot be managed together with an unwell partner.
For this reason, the floor plan simply doesn’t work.
Stefan67422578 schrieb:
I will show it to my parents. WhatsApp the URL of this discussion to my mother – if she doesn’t have a messenger app, I will share the assessment anyway.
Evolith schrieb:
My father-in-law also didn’t want to give up his motorcycle because he said he still rides it. But seriously, does your father really still ride it, and if so, for how long? .
Stefan67422578 schrieb:
My parents like the solution quite well. My mother definitely wants to keep her closet in the bedroom while still having a walk-in closet. (More like a storage room with cupboards than a real dressing room. We would build the wall as a lightweight partition so it can be easily removed if needed to create more space in the bedroom. The only downside is that the route from the bedroom to the bathroom goes through the whole house. For now, we’ll have the architect draw up the options and see what he thinks. An architect who you “have draw” sounds more like one in quotation marks (aka a draftsman)?
haydee schrieb:
Use graph paper with millimeter squares, draw the floor plan, and include all existing and desired furniture to scale, including circulation space. Graph paper with millimeter (mm) grids is good, as long as you remember to round all dimensions, positions, and space requirements up to the nearest full twenty centimeters (8 inches) in the final result.
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The design is still far from complete. There isn't even a cabinet drawn in the living/dining room, and you can't get into the dressing room with a laundry basket unless you are very slim.
Since "age-appropriate" simply means everything on one level and a walk-in shower, I would first look up standard bungalows online.
The design is still far from complete. There isn't even a cabinet drawn in the living/dining room, and you can't get into the dressing room with a laundry basket unless you are very slim.
Since "age-appropriate" simply means everything on one level and a walk-in shower, I would first look up standard bungalows online.
haydee schrieb:
Standard bungalows The problem here is that most bungalows found online measure around 10 x 10 meters (33 x 33 feet) or more. The plot is actually not suitable for a bungalow. Additionally, other plots will most likely take advantage of two floors. But that doesn’t really matter for the design. It was also mentioned that they don’t prioritize sunlight. Fact: As the original poster, you don’t have the skill to design a house. That’s just how it is. Sorry. But you do have an architect: let them handle it! That’s what designs are for — to be changed and improved. Tell the architect what you want, but don’t allow a hallway through a storage room to the bedroom or a single-family house without proper zoning to be designed. Or present your own attempts to the architect. And I advise carefully examining the sketches offered here.Similar topics