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).
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Sunshine38721 Mar 2023 19:04But with your low price of 2600 € per square meter, I believe that any further reduction of this affordable general contractor price will lead to their insolvency at the latest during the shell construction phase. Worst case, you end up with an unfinished house and endless debts. I would build for that price and avoid stress with lawyers and courts. It takes months to reach a solution there. And construction costs might be even higher by then. Plus, lawyers also cost money.
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EinmalimLeben22 Mar 2023 08:45Yes, I can understand that opinion as well. However, on the other hand, something that is not legal should not simply be accepted; instead, advice should be sought and the next steps discussed. Saying now, "Okay, accepted," would, in turn, mean that the company could impose an increase on us at any time, even if it is not lawful, and we would continue building blindly. We want to start, of course, but who can guarantee that the next increase won’t come immediately afterwards? We also need some certainty about the final price after waiting for one year, especially since the materials could likely already have been ordered within that time. At present, I have no explanation as to what exactly has become more expensive and why I should pay more.
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Costruttrice22 Mar 2023 08:50Just because you are consulting a lawyer now doesn’t mean it will turn into a legal dispute and go to court. A lawyer can review the contract and advise on how to proceed, what options you have, and where there might be risks. Then you can see how the construction company responds. They also don’t want a legal battle.
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EinmalimLeben2 Apr 2023 12:58Update on the lawyer: we had a good initial consultation and subsequently forwarded a letter from him to the company. Within a few days, after their “review,” we succeeded in avoiding an increase because the company acknowledged their own delays. Many thanks for the advice here in the forum, especially to 11ant!
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EinmalimLeben4 May 2023 08:57Update: We have our kick-off meeting scheduled for next week and the construction start is planned for the end of May. The studio binders are now fixed, and we have also reversed the front door.
Today we received the new plans, but the architect did not move the door to the north. We are now considering whether to leave it as it is.
On the left side at the entrance, a deep closet about 1.20 m (4 feet) long. On the right side, centered, a narrow bench and possibly a dresser for shoes, children’s hats, and so on.
How would you arrange this?
Today we received the new plans, but the architect did not move the door to the north. We are now considering whether to leave it as it is.
On the left side at the entrance, a deep closet about 1.20 m (4 feet) long. On the right side, centered, a narrow bench and possibly a dresser for shoes, children’s hats, and so on.
How would you arrange this?
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motorradsilke4 May 2023 09:37Then you (or someone else) will probably often get hit by the front door in the back when someone is entering while you are taking something out of the cupboard.
I wouldn’t consider that a good solution.
If anything, I would hang the front door to open the other way and have a sliding door cupboard.
I would slide the door all the way to the left side of the plan. Then on the right, first a bench and then a cupboard. On the left, a small chest of drawers.
I wouldn’t consider that a good solution.
If anything, I would hang the front door to open the other way and have a sliding door cupboard.
I would slide the door all the way to the left side of the plan. Then on the right, first a bench and then a cupboard. On the left, a small chest of drawers.
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