ᐅ Floor plan single-family house 155 m², no basement, 3 children's bedrooms, 1 office
Created on: 17 Dec 2024 12:18
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h28smbh
Hello everyone,
We have been planning the floor plan for our future home for a few months now. Naturally, we have some uncertainties, so we are interested in opinions from others who are also involved with this topic.
Attached are the plans as images.
The furnishings are only examples.
I look forward to any criticism and tips!
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 614 m² (6,605 ft²)
Slope: slight incline
Site occupancy index (floor area ratio): 0.4
Floor space index: 0.8
Building window, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft)
Edge development: open construction method, boundary garages up to 9 m (30 ft) allowed
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: max. 3 full storeys
Roof types: gable roof up to 35°; hipped roof up to 35°; shed roof up to 20°; flat roof, pyramid roof up to 35°
Style guidelines:
- Paint in very dark or very bright colors is not permitted
- To maintain a calm appearance of the building structure, the variety of materials used should be limited
Orientation: -
Maximum heights / limits: max. 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in), with shed roof max. 7.25 m (23 ft 9 in) at the ridge
Additional requirements:
- Exterior walls must be constructed to allow maximum energy savings
- Excavations and embankments up to max. 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) allowed
- Retaining walls are not permitted
Homeowner requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: ecological timber construction, gable roof
Basement, storeys: 2 full storeys
Number of people, age: currently 2 adults + 1 child (2 years old) + 2 additional children planned
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
- Storage space desired, since no basement
- Office should be reasonably large as sometimes two people will work there
- Children’s rooms should have a practical size > 12 m² (130 ft²) and be as similar in size as possible
- Bathroom can be smaller
Office: 1 part-time home office + 1 full-time home office
Overnight guests per year: 3-10
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern style: somewhere in between – modern country house? Definitely wood.
Open kitchen, cooking island: open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: no
Sound / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: preferably a large garage for one car, some bicycles (plus trailer), a workbench and some storage
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: 2-3 raised beds + 4-5 tomato plants + 1-2 fruit trees
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why or why not for certain features:
- Minimum ceiling height 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). Otherwise, especially in open rooms, it looks oppressive.
- Technical equipment preferably in the garage to keep noise “outside”
- Ground floor should potentially function as an accessible apartment later (office becomes bedroom, ideally large shower in the ground floor bathroom)
- Hallway with ample storage for jackets and shoes (e.g. large built-in closet)
- Pantry is nice to have but not a must
- Walk-in closet is considered unnecessary
- Bedroom should have enough space for a bedside crib
- Ideally kitchen/living/dining arranged around a corner
- Children’s rooms facing south
House design
Designed by: Do-it-Yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
- That technical equipment does not take up space in the house
- That the utility room is partially under the stairs, making good use of space
- That the office could later be used as a bedroom
- That a lot of light comes in on the south side
- That there is a terrace door to the kitchen
- Technical/sanitary/pipework concentrated in one corner of the floor plan
What do you not like? Why?
- The layout of the ground floor bathroom is not ideal, but we couldn’t manage a rectangular bathroom
- Possibly the house “slides” too far south due to the wide garage
- Kitchen/living/dining does not wrap around a corner
Price estimate according to architect/planner: for a comparable floor plan with 10 m² (108 ft²) less living space and without a wood facade, we received a turnkey offer from a prefab house company for 505k. I estimate this floor plan at about 550k.
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 650k
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up something, which details/extensions could you do without:
- Wood facade
Which you could not give up:
- Office
- 3 children’s rooms
Why did the design end up this way? For example:
- No washing machine in the bathroom desired – therefore utility room
- Technical room in the garage, because otherwise the ground floor footprint becomes so large that the house is no longer affordable for us
- No basement to save costs
We have been planning the floor plan for our future home for a few months now. Naturally, we have some uncertainties, so we are interested in opinions from others who are also involved with this topic.
Attached are the plans as images.
The furnishings are only examples.
I look forward to any criticism and tips!
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 614 m² (6,605 ft²)
Slope: slight incline
Site occupancy index (floor area ratio): 0.4
Floor space index: 0.8
Building window, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft)
Edge development: open construction method, boundary garages up to 9 m (30 ft) allowed
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of storeys: max. 3 full storeys
Roof types: gable roof up to 35°; hipped roof up to 35°; shed roof up to 20°; flat roof, pyramid roof up to 35°
Style guidelines:
- Paint in very dark or very bright colors is not permitted
- To maintain a calm appearance of the building structure, the variety of materials used should be limited
Orientation: -
Maximum heights / limits: max. 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in), with shed roof max. 7.25 m (23 ft 9 in) at the ridge
Additional requirements:
- Exterior walls must be constructed to allow maximum energy savings
- Excavations and embankments up to max. 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) allowed
- Retaining walls are not permitted
Homeowner requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: ecological timber construction, gable roof
Basement, storeys: 2 full storeys
Number of people, age: currently 2 adults + 1 child (2 years old) + 2 additional children planned
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
- Storage space desired, since no basement
- Office should be reasonably large as sometimes two people will work there
- Children’s rooms should have a practical size > 12 m² (130 ft²) and be as similar in size as possible
- Bathroom can be smaller
Office: 1 part-time home office + 1 full-time home office
Overnight guests per year: 3-10
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern style: somewhere in between – modern country house? Definitely wood.
Open kitchen, cooking island: open kitchen
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: no
Sound / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: preferably a large garage for one car, some bicycles (plus trailer), a workbench and some storage
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: 2-3 raised beds + 4-5 tomato plants + 1-2 fruit trees
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why or why not for certain features:
- Minimum ceiling height 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). Otherwise, especially in open rooms, it looks oppressive.
- Technical equipment preferably in the garage to keep noise “outside”
- Ground floor should potentially function as an accessible apartment later (office becomes bedroom, ideally large shower in the ground floor bathroom)
- Hallway with ample storage for jackets and shoes (e.g. large built-in closet)
- Pantry is nice to have but not a must
- Walk-in closet is considered unnecessary
- Bedroom should have enough space for a bedside crib
- Ideally kitchen/living/dining arranged around a corner
- Children’s rooms facing south
House design
Designed by: Do-it-Yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
- That technical equipment does not take up space in the house
- That the utility room is partially under the stairs, making good use of space
- That the office could later be used as a bedroom
- That a lot of light comes in on the south side
- That there is a terrace door to the kitchen
- Technical/sanitary/pipework concentrated in one corner of the floor plan
What do you not like? Why?
- The layout of the ground floor bathroom is not ideal, but we couldn’t manage a rectangular bathroom
- Possibly the house “slides” too far south due to the wide garage
- Kitchen/living/dining does not wrap around a corner
Price estimate according to architect/planner: for a comparable floor plan with 10 m² (108 ft²) less living space and without a wood facade, we received a turnkey offer from a prefab house company for 505k. I estimate this floor plan at about 550k.
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 650k
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up something, which details/extensions could you do without:
- Wood facade
Which you could not give up:
- Office
- 3 children’s rooms
Why did the design end up this way? For example:
- No washing machine in the bathroom desired – therefore utility room
- Technical room in the garage, because otherwise the ground floor footprint becomes so large that the house is no longer affordable for us
- No basement to save costs
h28smbh schrieb:
Concept building volume (development proposal with suggested ridge orientation) But that’s a picture from a sales brochure. Is there an official site plan available to view?
h28smbh schrieb:
For a comparable floor plan with a total of 10 sqm (108 sq ft) less living space and without a wood facade, we received a turnkey offer from a prefab house company for 505k. Is that with or without the garage? With or without the foundation slab?
h28smbh schrieb:
We’d like to place the technical equipment in the garage to keep any noise “outside.” If that’s allowed in a QNG building? The technical systems must be within the thermal envelope, so having them in an outbuilding obviously involves more effort with insulation and supply lines. In our case, covering the supply lines with a slab extension would not be permitted.
h28smbh schrieb:
We won’t build 100% turnkey, even though I wrote that above. Our own work will be quite limited, so I didn’t list it separately. We’ll probably only lay the floors ourselves. That can hardly be considered own work anymore, since 95% of builders (including or especially well-known ones) exclude floor coverings from their turnkey offers. The same applies to most remaining painting work. Nowadays, you often need to paint the stairs yourself, and treating the underside of the roof is usually not included either. Every company has its own scope of work description, so you can’t tell at a glance what exactly is included in a “turnkey” offer and what isn’t. The €3000/sqm (per square meter) price refers to a plastered standard house with PVC windows.
Now, about the design:
I would also place the house fully to the north so that the garden can be on the south and west side. I would follow the slope of the land. That means aligning the house’s ridge parallel to the street, as suggested in the sales brochure. Then open the rooms facing the garden with windows. With an elongated floor plan, you could also create three properly sized children’s rooms.
What I think is well considered is the spacious entrance hall with the huge closet and the terrace door in the kitchen.
Otherwise, many things could be done better: door swings and furniture locations, the children’s rooms (I’ve seen better solutions for three kids’ rooms), the utility room—nobody would want to be in there, it’s so unimaginative. My 4 sqm (43 sq ft) utility room is more appealing. Also, the living room has rather limited furnishing possibilities.
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hanghaus202317 Dec 2024 22:15Is the upper building limit also the property boundary? Then you would still need to keep a setback (3m (10 feet)?).
As already suggested, the house should be moved closer to the street.
That is the maximum you are allowed to build.
I hope the roof pitches are not being misinterpreted in the same way.
Basement, ground floor, and attic with knee wall, or a stepped floor with a flat roof.
I would position the house and garage as far forward as possible.
I assume the zoning plan drafter is assuming a gable-end building style.
As already suggested, the house should be moved closer to the street.
That is the maximum you are allowed to build.
I hope the roof pitches are not being misinterpreted in the same way.
Basement, ground floor, and attic with knee wall, or a stepped floor with a flat roof.
I would position the house and garage as far forward as possible.
I assume the zoning plan drafter is assuming a gable-end building style.
A garage will work for one car. If a second car is added later, the garage will be too narrow to quickly fit a trash bin or a bicycle between the vehicles. If that is desired, I would recommend an interior width of about 6.5m (21 feet).
The technical area in the garage needs to be insulated just like the thermal envelope of the house.
The technical area in the garage needs to be insulated just like the thermal envelope of the house.
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hanghaus202318 Dec 2024 10:25h28smbh schrieb:
If the natural terrain drops more than 1.50 m (5 feet) at the building, measured along the slope line, then a building with hillside construction consisting of a basement and ground floor must be built.I just read this now. In that case, you can also use the image you provided, if the house is only 8 m (26 feet) wide.The basis is that the plot has been surveyed with detailed elevation measurements, especially in the area of the house.
It should be clarified in advance what is meant by excavation and filling, because the image at the bottom right would then not apply.
Perhaps your interpretations of the development plan are also somewhat inaccurate.
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Maulwurfbau18 Dec 2024 12:02Just because this caught my eye here.
We are currently building a "similar" house. About 170 m² (1,830 sq ft), timber frame construction, wood fiber insulation, wooden windows, oak folded staircase, plaster facade, interior painter’s fleece, oak parquet flooring, and so on. Local, rather small contractor, KfW40+ standard, pitched roof. For the house with only a 30 m² (320 sq ft) garage (prefabricated garage) including a photovoltaic system with storage, I’m looking at a total of 571,000 euros all in, including the foundation slab and earthworks. Not included are the plot, purchase-related costs, external landscaping, architect, or other fees.
We are currently building a "similar" house. About 170 m² (1,830 sq ft), timber frame construction, wood fiber insulation, wooden windows, oak folded staircase, plaster facade, interior painter’s fleece, oak parquet flooring, and so on. Local, rather small contractor, KfW40+ standard, pitched roof. For the house with only a 30 m² (320 sq ft) garage (prefabricated garage) including a photovoltaic system with storage, I’m looking at a total of 571,000 euros all in, including the foundation slab and earthworks. Not included are the plot, purchase-related costs, external landscaping, architect, or other fees.
ypg schrieb:
Is there an official site plan that can be viewed? @h28smbh
Am I correct in assuming that you are reluctant to share information or provide comments?
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