ᐅ Floor plan for a 140 m² single-family house with garage – is the house orientation suitable?

Created on: 23 Sep 2018 14:06
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plexo
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot Size
741 m2 (7,974 sq ft)

Slope
No

Site Coverage Ratio
0.3

Floor Area Ratio

Building Window, Building Line, and Boundary
3 m (10 ft)

Boundary Construction
Garage allowed on boundary

Number of Parking Spaces
1 parking space in garage, 1 in front of the house

Number of Floors
1.5

Roof Type
Gable roof

Architectural Style
Modern

Orientation
??

Maximum Heights / Limits
Top of parapet 4.5 m (15 ft) // Ridge height 9.5 m (31 ft)
Additional requirements

Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type

Basement, Floors
No basement, ground floor, attic with sloped ceiling (1.5 floors)

Number of Occupants, Age
Currently 2 adults, 30 years old, possibly 1 child in the future

Room Requirements on Ground Floor, Upper Floor
Ground floor: Bedroom, bathroom with separate toilet room, walk-in closet, utility room, kitchen, living-dining room
Upper floor: Office, guest room, small shower bathroom, 2 additional rooms

Office Use: Family or Home Office?
Home office, lesson preparation

Occasional Overnight Guests
Sporadic

Open or Closed Layout
Open

Conservative or Modern Construction
Modern

Open Kitchen, Kitchen Island
No kitchen island, kitchen only for cooking, dining to be in separate dining room

Number of Dining Seats
8 including guests

Fireplace
Yes

Music / Stereo Wall
Flat TV

Balcony / Roof Terrace
No

Garage / Carport
Solidly built garage for 1 car, extension for bicycles

Utility Garden / Greenhouse
No

Additional Requests / Special Features / Daily Routine, including reasons for choices
Living should be fully possible on the ground floor, therefore the bedroom is downstairs with direct access to the bathroom and walk-in closet. A forest borders the property at the back, so living-dining area and bedroom face the forest. The toilet should be separate from the bathroom so someone can use the toilet undisturbed while the partner gets ready. Also, guests do not need to enter the bathroom, only the toilet.

House Design
Designer
Self-designed

Price Estimate According to Architect / Planner:

Personal Price Limit for House, including Fittings:
Preferred heating technology: approximately 350,000 + -

If you had to give up, which features / expansions
- Can give up:
- Cannot give up: Bedroom and living-dining room facing the garden

Why was the design created this way? For example:
Standard design from the planner?
The plot is narrow at the front and widens toward the back. Therefore, a rather narrow house (approx. 8 m wide (26 ft)) with a bay window. On the left (south) side is a neighbor, so we want the living-dining area on the right and the garage on the left for separation.

What do you consider particularly good or bad about it?
The house fits well into the building window. Living on one level is well implemented.

What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters or less?
What do you think about the general orientation of the house? For example, the living room facing west.
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haydee
25 Sep 2018 18:18
4 meters (13 feet) is more realistic.

If the bedroom is upstairs, there is no reason to have sleeping areas downstairs. I only see disadvantages.
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plexo
25 Sep 2018 18:18
No, a bungalow would also be allowed. However, there are a few reasons against it:
1) We need at least a home office.
2) We often have weekend guests and require a guest room.
3) There are no children planned or present yet, but we want to have 1-2 children's rooms as a "backup." Family planning should not fail because of the space.

Fitting all of this on one floor would exceed the limits.
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plexo
25 Sep 2018 18:20
@haydee The reason for having the bedroom on the ground floor is quite simple. We have dogs, and they sometimes need to go outside at night. That’s also why the bedroom is facing the garden. This way, we only need to open the floor-to-ceiling window, and the dogs can go out.
kaho67425 Sep 2018 18:58
plexo schrieb:
@haydee The reason for having the bedroom downstairs is quite simple. We have dogs, and they sometimes need to go outside at night. That’s also why the bedroom faces the garden. This way, we only have to open the floor-to-ceiling window, and the dogs can go out.
Isn’t that sweet? Anyone would love to be a dog at your place. 🙂
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haydee
25 Sep 2018 19:17
Draw the furniture accurately to scale.
Use a 4-meter (13-foot) staircase and mentally simulate everyday situations.

Consider how it is currently, but also with children.

Do you still get that much company, or is the sofa bed in the study sufficient?
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ypg
25 Sep 2018 22:22
plexo schrieb:
It’s not a 2 m (6.5 ft) line, I’m not sure how to calculate from where the 2 m (6.5 ft) height is reached. The roof pitch should be 40 degrees.

The best way to determine this is to draw the cross-section on graph paper using a set square.