ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family house, approximately 160 m², with a hipped roof, basement, built on a sloping site

Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 505m² (6088 ft²)
Slope: approx. 10% (3m (10 ft) descent over 30m (98 ft) length)
Site occupancy index (Floor Area Ratio): 0.3
Floor space index
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: See excerpt from development plan
Peripheral development
Number of parking spaces: Double garage
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: Hipped roof
Style: Townhouse
Orientation: Terrace/garden faces southeast
Maximum heights/limits: Ridge height 6m (20 ft), eaves height 8.6m (28 ft)
Other regulations:

Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Full ceiling height on the upper floor, so flat or hipped roof; shed roof also possible. Lots of natural light inside the house with an unobstructed view towards the garden.
Basement, floors: Basement, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, ages: 2 persons, male/female, aged 28/29
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: Study/guest room, open-plan living, dining, kitchen area; guest toilet with shower on ground floor; 2 children's rooms, master bedroom with walk-in closet; large bathroom in the basement; hobby and fitness room and a workspace for home office; when 2 children arrive; utility/technical room; storage room
Office: Family use or home office? My fiancée is a teacher; I work from home 2 days a week.
Guest overnight stays per year: maybe 5 times
Open or closed architecture: Generally open to make the available space feel as large as possible.
Conservative or modern construction: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Yes to both
Number of dining seats: 6 permanent, 8 occasional
Fireplace: Planned but location still uncertain, so not included in the design yet
Music/stereo wall: Not planned
Balcony, roof terrace: The plan is to provide basement access at ground level with a small terrace there. A balcony will be built later in front of the living room on the ground floor as the main outdoor living space, done by ourselves.
Garage, carport: Double garage
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: Not planned yet.
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why certain things are desired or avoided:
We have a nice, unobstructed view towards the southeast, which will likely remain so (there is a creek). Therefore, we want to maximize this view with window area, terrace/balcony, etc. We welcome suggestions regarding heat protection as we wonder if this might cause problems.

House Design
Designer: Architect working with our construction company
What do you especially like? Why?
The ground floor suits us pretty well; kitchen with pantry hidden behind the wall.
What do you not like? Why?
The upstairs bedroom feels too large, while the walk-in closet is small; possible to have the children’s bathroom upstairs? Unsure about the layout of the upstairs bathroom; TV corner might be too small; awkward unused space behind the couch in the corner; too little usable wall space due to many windows? Does a fireplace make sense here? Is a U-shaped kitchen with an island possible here, or would it be too narrow? A U-shape would provide more storage.
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 440,000€
Personal budget for the house including equipment: 500,000€
Preferred heating system: Ground-source heat pump (brine-water heat pump)

If you have to give up on something, which details/extensions
Can give up: Fireplace, bedroom space
Cannot give up: Plenty of storage space in the kitchen, lots of light in the living room and windows facing the garden, study/guest room with minimum 14m² (150 ft²)

Why is the design as it is now? For example:
Standard design from the planner: Modified standard design. External dimensions were increased, floor plan almost completely changed.
Which wishes were implemented by the architect: Pantry hidden behind kitchen wall, passage from bedroom to bathroom, south-facing corner in living area, garden-facing bedroom
What makes it particularly good or bad in your view: The site conditions are well utilized. Remaining open questions are a drawback.

We are already quite satisfied with the design but have no experience with building matters, so we may overlook many things. Often a floor plan alone doesn't fully convey the sense of space that will develop later. Also, we might miss details that more experienced people might notice immediately.

That’s what we hope for. Many thanks in advance for all critiques and suggestions!

I can hardly believe the budget or price estimate for three floors?!

It reminds me of my own thread. Here, an exterior dimension of 9.35m (31 feet) seems more than enough for the open-plan living area, while for me, an interior dimension of 9.90m (32.5 feet) feels too tight ;-)

I have a few ideas for the upper floor. How flexible are you? Would you be able or willing to adjust the windows on the upper floor as well?

Eastwood schrieb:

Standard design from the planner: modified standard design.

Which (Bien-Zenker?) model is behind this?

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Ypsi aus NI schrieb:

I can hardly believe the budget or price estimate for three floors?!

It reminds me of my own thread. Here, 9.35m (31 feet) exterior dimensions seem more than enough for the open living area, while in my case, 9.90m (32.5 feet) interior dimensions feel too tight ;-)

I have a few ideas for the upper floor. How flexible are you? Would you be able or willing to adjust the windows on the upper floor as well?

Budget: There are limitations. The template only asks very generally about the "house." The plot is not included, and the basement is not fully finished as living space. We basically only use the planned hobby room downstairs plus the future office, and the builder quoted a ridiculous price for fully finishing the basement (50,000). Is that normal?
However, screed will be done in the basement and a proper floor will be installed in the two unused rooms.

Well, so far no one except me has said that it would be sufficient 🙂
Ideas for the upper floor: Bring them on. We haven’t thought much about the windows there yet. We only want to keep the corner windows in the bedroom, and the window in the dressing room can go.

11ant schrieb:

Which (Bien-Zenker ?) model is behind this?

It’s Schwabenhaus and was initially a Solitaire 145.

Be sure to include accurately scaled furniture in your plans. The open-plan area suggests spaciousness that won’t be achieved with real furniture.

Just a rough outline. Don’t stick rigidly to the idea that both children’s rooms must be exactly the same size. To me, that little recess in the hallway next to the bedroom isn’t worth it. Place the doors to the children’s rooms centered in the hallway and, if you want equal sizes, work with a wall offset—there you could place a cupboard, for example.
The bedroom is still large enough.
The walk-in closet really deserves to be called a walk-in here.
Parent bathroom and children’s bathroom are separated. Yes, you enter the parents’ private area through the bedroom, but the bathroom and walk-in closet are next to each other and separated from the bedroom. This means you’d have to quietly pass by the person still sleeping when getting ready in the morning.
The children’s bathroom only works with a bathtub or shower in my sketch. A bit unusual: possibly use a corner bathtub if the little ones are still small, then replace it with a large shower after a few years.
Think about it and try playing around with the floor plan yourself!