ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family house with three children's bedrooms and a double garage

Hello everyone,

My wife and I want to build a single-family house in a new residential development. We have received the first draft from our designer and would like to gather suggestions and improvement ideas.

Our basic requirements:
- An extra room on the ground floor as an office / guest room
- Shower bathroom on the ground floor
- 3 children’s bedrooms on the upper floor
- Double garage

What we don’t like about the current design:
- Secondary entrance is outside the garage
- Living area is too small
- Entrance area is a bit tight, with a small coat closet
- Layout on the upper floor
-> Master bedroom is very large (we actually don’t need a walk-in closet)
-> 1 children’s room is large, the other 2 are quite small (ideally all around 15sqm (160 sq ft))

Maybe some of you have optimization suggestions. We have thought about converting the attic and creating a kind of studio for ourselves or preparing it for future expansion. We currently have 2 children (2 1/2 years and one on the way). Although 3 children are planned, you never know... So currently, we only need 3 rooms on the upper floor, which could all be made larger, and we might even have space for a storage room or a children’s bathroom. Of course, this would involve significantly higher costs. What do you think?

Thanks for your help and best regards
Kenche2024

For conceptual considerations regarding attic conversion... there is not enough headroom available... even the position of the staircase would have to be newly created.

Move the garage 1.5 meters (5 feet) closer to the street. That way, you get a side entrance to the garage and save 9 m² (97 ft²) of paving.

Then take advantage of the 9-meter (30 feet) setback allowance. The 1-meter (3 feet) wall probably won't cost much more than the slanted roof overhang.

I wouldn't like the house that way.

I think the side entrance is just right. This way, you can park in the garage to optimize access to the bicycles. And when coming home from grocery shopping, you can easily use the side entrance in front of the garage, with convenient access to the open trunk. It is also protected from rain.

I am always amazed by the enthusiasm for precisely planning the rework pockets, and I also doubt the completely flat nature of the plot as shown in the drawings.

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@kbt09 the original poster writes:

Kenche2024 schrieb:

What we don’t like about the design:
- Side entrance located outside the garage

If the cars are parked a bit further back, you can easily access the side entrance door. It’s also easy to ride a bicycle through the middle.

@11ant the driveway has a 2% slope towards the street.