ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family house, approximately 160 m², with a hipped roof, basement, built on a sloping site
Created on: 20 May 2021 22:58
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Eastwood
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!
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!
Eastwood schrieb:
To be honest, I’m surprised by the negative reactions to the design. [...] What do I gain by designing the hillside house with 2 levels instead of 3? The design itself is not fundamentally bad, but it is meant for a different type of lot. Counter-question: what do you gain by placing a slab-on-grade house on a hillside lot?
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hanghaus200021 May 2021 17:13I want a plot like that too. 🤨 I really like it. How do you find such a beautiful plot?
Could you possibly share the price per m2 (square meter)?
As you can see in the design by @ypg, the house is one floor smaller. That saves a lot of costs. It also looks better. Could you tell us the zoning plan / building regulations? Please no links (that’s not allowed 😉). Then we can say more about the design.
Could you possibly share the price per m2 (square meter)?
As you can see in the design by @ypg, the house is one floor smaller. That saves a lot of costs. It also looks better. Could you tell us the zoning plan / building regulations? Please no links (that’s not allowed 😉). Then we can say more about the design.
Eastwood schrieb:
Plot size: 505m² (5432 sq ft)hanghaus2000 schrieb:
Can you possibly share the price per m² (square meter)?Eastwood schrieb:
Plot: 180k
Additional purchase costs: 14k That makes a total of 384 EUR per m² (36 USD per sq ft) including everything.
Eastwood schrieb:
To be honest, I’m surprised at why the design is being received so negatively. What are the underlying reasons that everyone sees what’s planned here as such a huge disaster? I really don’t understand it yet. What do I gain by planning the mentioned hillside house with 2 instead of 3 levels? You’re surprised? You’ve actually already made some observations yourself.
Eastwood schrieb:
The bedroom upstairs feels too large, the walk-in closet too small, possible kids’ bathroom upstairs?, uncertain if the upstairs bathroom layout works well. TV corner a bit small?, oddly unused space behind the sofa in the corner. Your preferences:
Eastwood schrieb:
Generally more open, so the available space feels as large as possible. Is that the case on the upper floor?
Eastwood schrieb:
modern construction style Is this townhouse modern?
Personally, you would gain more quality of life by having barrier-free access to your garden. Additionally, you save the costs of a basement that here basically only replaces the slab foundation. With only two levels, you have the utility rooms where you need them. You can go out through your patio doors without any risk of falling. You don’t need fall protection.
With individual planning, you can get almost everything you want.
Visually, a townhouse built on a slope is not exactly a highlight.
From an ecological perspective, it doesn’t really enhance the plot. You could almost say that a slab-on-ground house is being forced into the hill – albeit with the help of a cellar. But whether a usable cellar is really the better level for garden access is something I doubt.
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hanghaus200021 May 2021 19:09This is how I would have positioned it and planned the heights as already described. I would also be happy to move it 1-2 m (3-6 feet) further south.
hanghaus2000 schrieb:
I also want a plot like that. 🤨 I really like it. How do you find such a beautiful plot? I have to admit, when I think about these hillside plots, I often feel a bit envious. Even if some people don’t like my designs and I sometimes think they could have been done better, I believe there are often great examples. We mostly have flat land here, but there are occasional hills around our "mountains." Still, I couldn’t afford a little house like that. I usually take a shortcut through a woodland hill area on my way to the nearest hardware store; there’s a charming little house with a gable roof and large windows overlooking a park-like plot. On the ground floor, there’s a continuous balcony so you can clean the upper windows easily. From the front, it looks like a modest bungalow. The house must date back to the 1960s—totally timeless with a white facade. I’d prefer to buy something like that rather than those modern boxy buildings with three floors and two observation decks: in front of a 9-meter (30-foot) high wall, who wants to drink coffee? 🤨Similar topics