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!
Of course, it can be quite expensive to finish three levels as living space. If you don’t want a common room in the basement/cellar, you should at least place the bedrooms there with external access and then reduce the upper floor living space by half – this way, the ground floor can serve as a roof terrace. Or something like that. There are countless variations, but you need to plan carefully, consider different ideas, and do the calculations. A true cellar room in the basement is something I mostly know only from older buildings, from the times when people still kept animals in the house and there was a barn door leading outside down there.
Eastwood schrieb:
I still don’t see the design as that disastrous.A convertible isn’t a disaster either – but even with a fold-down rear seat, it’s just not the same as a station wagon.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
ypg schrieb:
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Something like this.
You will have to chamfer anyway, which is already included in the high additional building costs...
The software can’t show everything: I used your plot as a template. The house is shifted forward and narrower, but also wider up to 3 meters (10 feet) from the property line. I haven’t planned the basement in detail yet, but roughly indicated where utility rooms and living spaces could be. The garage is partially included in the living space basement except for the 3 meters (10 feet). Overall, you save the whole utility basement, but the total is still about 160 sqm (1,722 sq ft)... okay, it needs some fine-tuning since I quickly just inserted 10 cm (4 inches) thick walls. Can you recommend any free software that would allow me to create something similar and visualize my ideas? @11ant aptly called my plot “prescription-required,” and honestly, apart from the people here, I haven’t found anyone with original ideas.
Ralle90 schrieb:
We also bought a hillside house with three floors last year. I think the architect did a decent job with the design. The basement was fully converted into a living area. In terms of external dimensions, it is slightly smaller than your plan at 9.60 x 7.60 m (31.5 x 25 feet). On the upper floor, we have the bedrooms and bathroom, on the ground floor an open living area with kitchen, utility room, and guest toilet, and in the basement a small bathroom, a small and a large storage room, and one large room that could easily be divided into two rooms.
The outdoor area was landscaped on two levels with retaining walls made of natural stone on both sides of the house. On the ground floor level, there is a carport on one side of the front door and a terrace on the other side. On the basement level, there is another terrace, a garden house, and the rest is lawn and garden.
On both sides of the house, stairs made of natural stone lead down to the garden.
What this would cost today, especially finishing the outdoor areas with the retaining walls, is of course a big question. You need to be able to afford it. But building on a slope is always more expensive. @Ralle90 could you perhaps share more details about the house? It sounds quite similar to what we are planning (a single-family home with a basement apartment, a side carport, a lot of retaining walls, and currently one level that is kind of halfway between the basement and ground floor).
That would be really great. Thank you.
Ventreri schrieb:
Can you recommend a free software that allows me to create similar visualizations and map out my ideas? @11ant aptly described my plot as “prescription-required,” and honestly, apart from people here, I haven’t found anyone with original ideas. Are you the original poster?
It was created using Homebyme.
Thanks for your likes 🙂