ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family house, approximately 190 sqm, with a basement, drawn on graph paper to scale
Created on: 22 Dec 2021 10:49
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Hausprojekt35
Hello everyone,
below you will find our design that we feel comfortable with. We took your advice and drew everything on graph paper to the millimeter, without using any “toy furniture” models.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 850 sqm (9150 sq ft)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: max. 180 sqm (1938 sq ft)
Building envelope, building line and boundary: see sketch
Edge development: see sketch
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Gable roof
Style: contemporary and timeless
Orientation: west
Maximum heights / limits: Ridge height: 11.50 m (38 ft), Eaves height: 7.50 m (25 ft)
Other requirements: Driveway max. 5 meters (16 feet) wide
Client Requirements
Basement, floors: Yes
Number of occupants, ages: 4 (38, 37, 7, 5)
Office: family use or home office?: Both
Guest overnight stays per year: 6–10 times
Open or closed architecture: “semi-open”
Number of dining seats: 10
Fireplace: No
Music/sound system wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Yes
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why something should or should not be:
The dining terrace as well as the kitchen and “outdoor kitchen” are deliberately located on the north side. A forest borders the north, where we can cook and eat outside undisturbed, unobserved, and without direct sunlight. This is important to us and simply feels best; we cook a lot and extensively. Brightness is provided through large sliding windows. The pool shown on the plan already exists on the property. We want to keep it and renovate it later.
House Design
Who designed it: DIY
What do you like most? Why?: All our wishes have been included.
What do you dislike? Why?: Possibly the staircase is too close to the entrance door and the “reception area” feels too cramped?
Personal budget for the house, including fittings: 600,000–650,000
If you had to give up certain details / expansions:
- could you give up: symmetry + southern orientation*
- could not give up: kitchen, dining and living in one line + large kitchen with terrace access + decent cloakroom + spacious living room
*Note: to the south there is a street and a relatively tall neighbouring house. A south-facing garden is not an option for us.
Why is the design as it is now? For example:
We tried many things, did a lot... this orientation and the resulting layout feel right to us according to local conditions. From our point of view, we are using the plot optimally: nice west garden, north side for undisturbed leisure time (privacy from neighbors).
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Do you see any bottlenecks or do the proportions look okay?
P.S.: I forgot to draw the window in the guest WC. The basement access inside the house is located beside the stairs, off the hallway. The assumed stair dimensions are 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) long and 1.10 m (3 ft 7 in) wide.
below you will find our design that we feel comfortable with. We took your advice and drew everything on graph paper to the millimeter, without using any “toy furniture” models.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 850 sqm (9150 sq ft)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: max. 180 sqm (1938 sq ft)
Building envelope, building line and boundary: see sketch
Edge development: see sketch
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Gable roof
Style: contemporary and timeless
Orientation: west
Maximum heights / limits: Ridge height: 11.50 m (38 ft), Eaves height: 7.50 m (25 ft)
Other requirements: Driveway max. 5 meters (16 feet) wide
Client Requirements
Basement, floors: Yes
Number of occupants, ages: 4 (38, 37, 7, 5)
Office: family use or home office?: Both
Guest overnight stays per year: 6–10 times
Open or closed architecture: “semi-open”
Number of dining seats: 10
Fireplace: No
Music/sound system wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Yes
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why something should or should not be:
The dining terrace as well as the kitchen and “outdoor kitchen” are deliberately located on the north side. A forest borders the north, where we can cook and eat outside undisturbed, unobserved, and without direct sunlight. This is important to us and simply feels best; we cook a lot and extensively. Brightness is provided through large sliding windows. The pool shown on the plan already exists on the property. We want to keep it and renovate it later.
House Design
Who designed it: DIY
What do you like most? Why?: All our wishes have been included.
What do you dislike? Why?: Possibly the staircase is too close to the entrance door and the “reception area” feels too cramped?
Personal budget for the house, including fittings: 600,000–650,000
If you had to give up certain details / expansions:
- could you give up: symmetry + southern orientation*
- could not give up: kitchen, dining and living in one line + large kitchen with terrace access + decent cloakroom + spacious living room
*Note: to the south there is a street and a relatively tall neighbouring house. A south-facing garden is not an option for us.
Why is the design as it is now? For example:
We tried many things, did a lot... this orientation and the resulting layout feel right to us according to local conditions. From our point of view, we are using the plot optimally: nice west garden, north side for undisturbed leisure time (privacy from neighbors).
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Do you see any bottlenecks or do the proportions look okay?
P.S.: I forgot to draw the window in the guest WC. The basement access inside the house is located beside the stairs, off the hallway. The assumed stair dimensions are 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) long and 1.10 m (3 ft 7 in) wide.
I would definitely choose the closed option.
I find the open option very impractical with children growing older (as parents, you have no privacy when all the visiting children are running around). Besides that, I also think it looks really bad.
The closed option looks much more elegant.
I find the open option very impractical with children growing older (as parents, you have no privacy when all the visiting children are running around). Besides that, I also think it looks really bad.
The closed option looks much more elegant.
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Hausprojekt3526 Apr 2022 22:08Würfel* schrieb:
What I don’t like about your house is the frame on the north facade. It blocks the west sun from the balcony and the north terrace. That’s a shame. But otherwise, I like the floor plan!We like the frame because it serves several purposes: it allows us to create a rectangular building shape for a gable roof oriented east-west. In addition, it enables us to cover the balcony on the upper floor well and provide privacy screening. We don’t necessarily need the west sun on the upper floor (the children's room faces west, and the hallway and bedroom should get enough natural light). In short, this frame makes sense.
But you are right, it might be a bit too much. Therefore, on the ground floor towards the west, we have now planned the frame as a half-height wall to allow west sunlight in the living room:
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Hausprojekt3526 Apr 2022 22:30@ypg Many thanks for your input, which helped us make some adjustments based on your suggestions:
- Staircase: Turned, open, half-landing
- Living room: Rotate the sofa + balcony door facing west (that should be sufficient).
- Entrance area: A double-leaf interior door in the entrance area, since the door to the living room is removed due to the open staircase
- Cloakroom: Right side with bench seating + tall cabinet. Left side: Half-height cabinet with mirror for keys, etc.
- Cloakroom:
- Living room including fireplace:
Furthermore, in the dining room we replaced the lift-and-slide door with a panoramic window, which feels much cozier:
- Staircase: Turned, open, half-landing
- Living room: Rotate the sofa + balcony door facing west (that should be sufficient).
- Entrance area: A double-leaf interior door in the entrance area, since the door to the living room is removed due to the open staircase
- Cloakroom: Right side with bench seating + tall cabinet. Left side: Half-height cabinet with mirror for keys, etc.
- Cloakroom:
- Living room including fireplace:
Furthermore, in the dining room we replaced the lift-and-slide door with a panoramic window, which feels much cozier:
Hausprojekt35 schrieb:
We like the frame because it serves several purposes: with the frame, we can shape a rectangular building structure for a gable roof oriented east-west. That sounds like the press release for a tender draft, but in reality – at least I think so – the house will be called the SIMS house throughout the entire development ;-)
In other words: I find the attempt to turn the bug into a feature rather “ambitious” ;-)
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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Hausprojekt3526 Apr 2022 23:0411ant schrieb:
This reads like a press release for a draft tender, but in reality – or so I think – the house will simply be called the SIMS house throughout the entire neighborhood ;-)
What I mean is: I find the attempt to reframe the bug as a feature rather “ambitious” ;-)I would honestly enjoy living in this “SIMS house” as a SIMS character 🙂
In other words: I don’t care what the whole neighborhood calls the house 😉
Hausprojekt35 schrieb:
I don’t care what the whole neighborhood calls the houseI can well believe that. I’m just afraid you will start doubting your planners if it really turns out the way you have portrayed it (and a draftsman is unaffected if it meets the requirements of the building authority/planning permission).https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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