ᐅ Bungalow Floor Plan with 140 sqm – Is the Storage Space Sufficient?
Created on: 23 Feb 2023 13:38
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EinmalimLeben
Hello! I would like to share our plans with you and would appreciate any suggestions or improvements, more specifically further down. First of all:
Development Plan / Restrictions
- Plot size: 707 sqm (7,609 sq ft)
- Slope: no
- Site coverage ratio: -
- Floor area ratio: no development plan, same as neighboring buildings
- Building window, building line and boundary
Edge buildings: 3 m (10 ft), building encumbrance considered
- Number of parking spaces: 2
- Number of storeys: 1
- Roof style: hipped roof
- Architectural style: bungalow
- Orientation: driveway on the south side, terrace on the north side
- Maximum height / limits: -
- Other requirements: -
Owners’ Requirements
- Style, roof type, building type
Small but cozy floor(s) 😉 No stairs (for husband), bungalow / country house style, no basement, attic not usable
- Number of people, age: 2 adults, 2 children (2 and 5 years old)
- Space requirement: 140 sqm (1,507 sq ft)
- Office: family use or home office: both teachers, so necessary, but one desk is enough
- Overnight guests per year: grandmother often (about every other weekend), otherwise irregular visits from friends or family members
- Open or closed architecture: both
- Traditional or modern construction: both
- Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes, already purchased
- Number of dining seats: 6
- Fireplace: no
- Music/sound system wall: no
- Balcony, roof terrace: no
- Garage, carport: carport planned later
- Utility garden, greenhouse: children’s play equipment, some garden for vegetables, more of a natural garden
- Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons for choices: our plot is quite narrow; a bungalow was our dream and fits well on the lot, although it is quite far from the driveway and parking spaces. We prefer a country house style; the house will have red facing bricks with an anthracite-colored roof. We all spend a lot of time on hobbies and gardening in the afternoons, but the children also want their fun... The large building to the east on the neighboring plot will soon be demolished and replaced by three large buildings with senior apartments. The distance to us will then increase somewhat, but these are three storeys and part of our street will be used. So there are quite a few changes happening around here. The village has many supermarkets, a drugstore, an outdoor pool, and schools, but no train station or grammar school. Those are located in the nearest larger town (15 minutes by bus/car).
House Design
- Who designed the plan: planner from a construction company with us
- What do you particularly like? Why?
The layout, bathrooms, separation of living and sleeping areas, open kitchen
- What don’t you like? Why? Possibly too little space in the utility/technical room and for storage cabinets?
- Price estimate according to architect/planner: Plot 80,000, house price 321,000 without flooring and painting but tiled in kitchen, baths and utility room, we signed in April 2022 and financed at the same time, rural Lower Saxony plot but located between three large cities, additional costs for the plot paid so far 16,500 (property taxes, tree removal, surveying...), planned further 30,000 for construction road, extra cost for deeper excavation, drainage. Kitchen (Bristol style) from Häcker in L-shape with island already purchased and stored, 14,000 Euro as it is a display kitchen and only slightly modified.
- Personal price limit for the house including fixtures and fittings: flooring 5,000, painter, electrician, tiles... 10,000, kitchen 14,000, furniture included, new sofa 1,000 and a few new cabinets: approx. 360,000 Euro without exterior works and additional costs.
- Favored heating technology: we are installing geothermal heat
- If you had to give up some details or fittings, which ones? I think we have already given up on a lot of unnecessary things. Carport for now
- Things you can’t do without: open kitchen, children’s bathroom with shower, shutters on the south side
- Why is the design as it is now? Developed together with planner
- Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Bungalow, children’s room 14 sqm (150 sq ft), children’s bathroom with shower
- What do you think makes it particularly good or bad? Everything on one level, wishes were implemented, possibly too little space for stuff?
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
We like the floor plan as it is and have already obtained building permit/planning permission for it. I would like to know if the space in the utility room is sufficient and if there is enough space for cabinets. We currently live on 73 sqm (785 sq ft) and have rather little; even the basement only stores a bit of Christmas decoration, children’s clothes for the younger one to grow into, and my husband’s workshop items, which will eventually go into a shed/workshop. The children currently share one room (11 sqm (118 sq ft)). If it is then split into two rooms in the house, that should be plenty. Still, there is sometimes some concern since many here plan much larger and allocate more storage space...
Would you change anything else or are we overlooking something? We have no load-bearing walls and could still make some adjustments before construction starts (even if it costs more).
Development Plan / Restrictions
- Plot size: 707 sqm (7,609 sq ft)
- Slope: no
- Site coverage ratio: -
- Floor area ratio: no development plan, same as neighboring buildings
- Building window, building line and boundary
Edge buildings: 3 m (10 ft), building encumbrance considered
- Number of parking spaces: 2
- Number of storeys: 1
- Roof style: hipped roof
- Architectural style: bungalow
- Orientation: driveway on the south side, terrace on the north side
- Maximum height / limits: -
- Other requirements: -
Owners’ Requirements
- Style, roof type, building type
Small but cozy floor(s) 😉 No stairs (for husband), bungalow / country house style, no basement, attic not usable
- Number of people, age: 2 adults, 2 children (2 and 5 years old)
- Space requirement: 140 sqm (1,507 sq ft)
- Office: family use or home office: both teachers, so necessary, but one desk is enough
- Overnight guests per year: grandmother often (about every other weekend), otherwise irregular visits from friends or family members
- Open or closed architecture: both
- Traditional or modern construction: both
- Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes, already purchased
- Number of dining seats: 6
- Fireplace: no
- Music/sound system wall: no
- Balcony, roof terrace: no
- Garage, carport: carport planned later
- Utility garden, greenhouse: children’s play equipment, some garden for vegetables, more of a natural garden
- Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons for choices: our plot is quite narrow; a bungalow was our dream and fits well on the lot, although it is quite far from the driveway and parking spaces. We prefer a country house style; the house will have red facing bricks with an anthracite-colored roof. We all spend a lot of time on hobbies and gardening in the afternoons, but the children also want their fun... The large building to the east on the neighboring plot will soon be demolished and replaced by three large buildings with senior apartments. The distance to us will then increase somewhat, but these are three storeys and part of our street will be used. So there are quite a few changes happening around here. The village has many supermarkets, a drugstore, an outdoor pool, and schools, but no train station or grammar school. Those are located in the nearest larger town (15 minutes by bus/car).
House Design
- Who designed the plan: planner from a construction company with us
- What do you particularly like? Why?
The layout, bathrooms, separation of living and sleeping areas, open kitchen
- What don’t you like? Why? Possibly too little space in the utility/technical room and for storage cabinets?
- Price estimate according to architect/planner: Plot 80,000, house price 321,000 without flooring and painting but tiled in kitchen, baths and utility room, we signed in April 2022 and financed at the same time, rural Lower Saxony plot but located between three large cities, additional costs for the plot paid so far 16,500 (property taxes, tree removal, surveying...), planned further 30,000 for construction road, extra cost for deeper excavation, drainage. Kitchen (Bristol style) from Häcker in L-shape with island already purchased and stored, 14,000 Euro as it is a display kitchen and only slightly modified.
- Personal price limit for the house including fixtures and fittings: flooring 5,000, painter, electrician, tiles... 10,000, kitchen 14,000, furniture included, new sofa 1,000 and a few new cabinets: approx. 360,000 Euro without exterior works and additional costs.
- Favored heating technology: we are installing geothermal heat
- If you had to give up some details or fittings, which ones? I think we have already given up on a lot of unnecessary things. Carport for now
- Things you can’t do without: open kitchen, children’s bathroom with shower, shutters on the south side
- Why is the design as it is now? Developed together with planner
- Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Bungalow, children’s room 14 sqm (150 sq ft), children’s bathroom with shower
- What do you think makes it particularly good or bad? Everything on one level, wishes were implemented, possibly too little space for stuff?
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
We like the floor plan as it is and have already obtained building permit/planning permission for it. I would like to know if the space in the utility room is sufficient and if there is enough space for cabinets. We currently live on 73 sqm (785 sq ft) and have rather little; even the basement only stores a bit of Christmas decoration, children’s clothes for the younger one to grow into, and my husband’s workshop items, which will eventually go into a shed/workshop. The children currently share one room (11 sqm (118 sq ft)). If it is then split into two rooms in the house, that should be plenty. Still, there is sometimes some concern since many here plan much larger and allocate more storage space...
Would you change anything else or are we overlooking something? We have no load-bearing walls and could still make some adjustments before construction starts (even if it costs more).
Evolith schrieb:
Hipped RoofEvolith schrieb:
Because of that, the attic is hugeI can’t agree with that. I also have a hipped roof (which I chose voluntarily at the time) and in my opinion, a gable roof would provide about 30% more storage space due to the higher roofline along the ridge towards the gable walls. Or am I oversimplifying this?
Anyway, I regret my decision to go with a hipped roof back then. Partly because of the storage space, and also because it limits the area available for solar panels.
Aesthetically, I now feel hipped roofs are too trendy, which triggers my preference for something more distinctive.
kbt09 schrieb:
At least a fixed staircase makes the attic more practical to use.We deliberately chose not to have one, because we didn’t want it to be too easy to store clutter up there.
After clearing out and decluttering the basement in our old house,
never again.
Now the ladder is used only every 4 to 8 weeks, and we go up usually to bring down chairs for gatherings.
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EinmalimLeben28 Feb 2023 09:52A fixed staircase was also a topic of discussion for us yesterday, but I think it’s unnecessary to have a staircase (in the way) just for storage space. That might change, but that’s how I see it right now.
Then I will ask about the price of dry floor trusses.
Then I will ask about the price of dry floor trusses.
Tolentino schrieb:
I can't quite understand that. I also have a hip roof (chosen voluntarily at the time) and I believe that with a gable roof I would have about 30% more storage space due to the higher roofline along the ridge towards the gable walls. Or am I oversimplifying it?
In any case, I regret my decision to go with a hip roof back then. Partly because of the storage space, and partly because less photovoltaic panels fit on it.
Aesthetically, I now think hip roofs are too trendy, which makes my preference for gable roofs stronger. Sorry, I forgot to mention that we have a half-hip roof. Because of that, two sides naturally offer significantly more usable space.
But apart from the two half-hip sides, the roof pitch would be the same except for 1 degree. Friends of ours essentially copied our house with a hip roof. The resulting attic space is very similar. Personally, I find such a steep hip roof unattractive without the half-hip, but to each their own taste.
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