Hello everyone,
Last month we bought a nice plot of land and are currently planning our semi-detached house. Thanks to SweetHome3D, this can now be done from the sofa.
Our builder also offers architectural services, but we have already tried designing the floor plan ourselves and are looking forward to your feedback.
Here are some details:
Plot size: Total 800 sqm (8,611 sq ft), 400 sqm (4,305 sq ft) per half
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Our building envelope: 6 x 13.5 m (20 x 44 ft), internal dimensions: 5.6 x 13 m (18 x 43 ft)
Roof type: Gable roof, 45 degrees
Style: Modern/family
Orientation: Southwest
Building type: Semi-detached house
Basement: Yes
Number of floors: Single story
Number of occupants: Currently two
Kitchen: Semi-open, preferably with a sliding door
Fireplace: Yes
Other wishes/special features/daily routine: It is important for us to have a passage from the bedroom through the walk-in closet to the bathroom
Roof slopes cannot be drawn in our program: The slopes are on the east and west sides; the bedroom includes a dormer with floor-to-ceiling windows; the room "Child 1" has a window on the south side; the room "Child 2" has a roof window
Terrace/garden is planned to the west.
I look forward to your suggestions!
Best regards,
Anne
Last month we bought a nice plot of land and are currently planning our semi-detached house. Thanks to SweetHome3D, this can now be done from the sofa.
Our builder also offers architectural services, but we have already tried designing the floor plan ourselves and are looking forward to your feedback.
Here are some details:
Plot size: Total 800 sqm (8,611 sq ft), 400 sqm (4,305 sq ft) per half
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Our building envelope: 6 x 13.5 m (20 x 44 ft), internal dimensions: 5.6 x 13 m (18 x 43 ft)
Roof type: Gable roof, 45 degrees
Style: Modern/family
Orientation: Southwest
Building type: Semi-detached house
Basement: Yes
Number of floors: Single story
Number of occupants: Currently two
Kitchen: Semi-open, preferably with a sliding door
Fireplace: Yes
Other wishes/special features/daily routine: It is important for us to have a passage from the bedroom through the walk-in closet to the bathroom
Roof slopes cannot be drawn in our program: The slopes are on the east and west sides; the bedroom includes a dormer with floor-to-ceiling windows; the room "Child 1" has a window on the south side; the room "Child 2" has a roof window
Terrace/garden is planned to the west.
I look forward to your suggestions!
Best regards,
Anne
Hello everyone,
first of all, thank you very much for your comments.
It may not have been entirely clear from my post, but we will definitely plan the floor plan in detail with the architect. Initially, we tried to outline our ideas and gather as many opinions as possible.
We didn’t like the standard floor plan from the developer on the ground floor because the kitchen and living room are separated by the hallway, and we would prefer both rooms to be connected and only separated by a sliding door.
Without explanation, the staircase does indeed look unusual. We visited a nearly identical model house from the developer, where the staircase works so that you go straight up from the hallway, the stairs have a 90-degree angle, and at the top and bottom you face the bathroom or utility room, respectively. I manually copied the size of the staircase from the standard floor plan, but we will, of course, review this again with the architect. The staircase in the model house also seemed very narrow, so the size appeared appropriate to me.
The interior dimensions were given to us by the developer for our initial planning; we will ask again for the correct exterior dimensions. We would like the footprint to be wider, but the building plot boundary does not allow for more. So, we will have to figure out how to best design the so-called “tube rooms” you mentioned. Our third room in our current apartment is only 2.40 m (8 feet) wide and is fine for use as a future children’s room, especially since we have a few centimeters more width in our floor plan.
Until now, I hadn’t seen the roof window as problematic; the room in the model house seemed quite bright to us. Maybe an additional dormer with a floor-to-ceiling window would be needed. Of course, we would have to keep an eye on the cost for the dormer, so the question is whether a roof window in a children’s room is really a no-go, or if maybe someone has only a roof window there and it is fine for the child?
We want all three rooms on the first floor since the basement will initially only be built as a utility cellar, and the attic will not be converted for cost reasons.
We thought about the walk-in closet for a long time and thought it was okay that there is no window there and would not generally consider it a “dark hole.” But of course, thank you for the suggestion. It was important for us to access the bathroom through the walk-in closet, and since we want to keep our current wardrobe, we preferred not to have a sloped ceiling in that room.
Our current bathroom with the same layout is only 6 m² (65 sq ft), so we had assumed that 9 m² (97 sq ft) is not a “tiny bathroom.” However, we could consider taking some space from the bedroom for the bathroom if 9 m² (97 sq ft) is actually too small.
I now agree that the living-dining area is too tight. You could make the kitchen a bit smaller and use the larger space in front of the kitchen for the dining table. Unfortunately, as mentioned, the living room cannot be made wider.
We also saw the kitchen being a “pass-through room” as a weakness but didn’t see another option since we want the kitchen to be semi-open with a sliding door to the living room. What we definitely want to avoid is having the staircase in the living room instead of the hallway. We believe this would make upstairs quite noisy. Or do you have different experience with this?
Best regards,
Anne
first of all, thank you very much for your comments.
It may not have been entirely clear from my post, but we will definitely plan the floor plan in detail with the architect. Initially, we tried to outline our ideas and gather as many opinions as possible.
We didn’t like the standard floor plan from the developer on the ground floor because the kitchen and living room are separated by the hallway, and we would prefer both rooms to be connected and only separated by a sliding door.
Without explanation, the staircase does indeed look unusual. We visited a nearly identical model house from the developer, where the staircase works so that you go straight up from the hallway, the stairs have a 90-degree angle, and at the top and bottom you face the bathroom or utility room, respectively. I manually copied the size of the staircase from the standard floor plan, but we will, of course, review this again with the architect. The staircase in the model house also seemed very narrow, so the size appeared appropriate to me.
The interior dimensions were given to us by the developer for our initial planning; we will ask again for the correct exterior dimensions. We would like the footprint to be wider, but the building plot boundary does not allow for more. So, we will have to figure out how to best design the so-called “tube rooms” you mentioned. Our third room in our current apartment is only 2.40 m (8 feet) wide and is fine for use as a future children’s room, especially since we have a few centimeters more width in our floor plan.
Until now, I hadn’t seen the roof window as problematic; the room in the model house seemed quite bright to us. Maybe an additional dormer with a floor-to-ceiling window would be needed. Of course, we would have to keep an eye on the cost for the dormer, so the question is whether a roof window in a children’s room is really a no-go, or if maybe someone has only a roof window there and it is fine for the child?
We want all three rooms on the first floor since the basement will initially only be built as a utility cellar, and the attic will not be converted for cost reasons.
We thought about the walk-in closet for a long time and thought it was okay that there is no window there and would not generally consider it a “dark hole.” But of course, thank you for the suggestion. It was important for us to access the bathroom through the walk-in closet, and since we want to keep our current wardrobe, we preferred not to have a sloped ceiling in that room.
Our current bathroom with the same layout is only 6 m² (65 sq ft), so we had assumed that 9 m² (97 sq ft) is not a “tiny bathroom.” However, we could consider taking some space from the bedroom for the bathroom if 9 m² (97 sq ft) is actually too small.
I now agree that the living-dining area is too tight. You could make the kitchen a bit smaller and use the larger space in front of the kitchen for the dining table. Unfortunately, as mentioned, the living room cannot be made wider.
We also saw the kitchen being a “pass-through room” as a weakness but didn’t see another option since we want the kitchen to be semi-open with a sliding door to the living room. What we definitely want to avoid is having the staircase in the living room instead of the hallway. We believe this would make upstairs quite noisy. Or do you have different experience with this?
Best regards,
Anne
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