ᐅ Floor plan for a detached single-family house with a gable roof, 1.5 stories – suggestions for improvements?
Created on: 17 Jul 2018 09:31
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Hello. My partner and I are planning to build a house soon. This is the first draft from the planner at the construction company. The design was created based on our specifications (a hand-drawn sketch from us).
Gable roof, single-family house, no basement, 1.5 stories, currently 2 people in the household; later 3-4.
The terrace is planned to be adjacent to the kitchen and living area, mainly facing west. Do you think it would be better to have it facing south instead? Possibly wrap around the corner near the living area?
Our requirement was to have direct access from the garage/carport into the utility room, and from there directly into the kitchen.
- Is the size of the utility room sufficient? All the building services should be housed there. Additionally, the utility room should also serve as a kind of pantry. Laundry tasks will also be done there.
- What do you think about the downstairs bathroom? Showering directly in front of the window doesn’t seem ideal^^.
Gable roof, single-family house, no basement, 1.5 stories, currently 2 people in the household; later 3-4.
The terrace is planned to be adjacent to the kitchen and living area, mainly facing west. Do you think it would be better to have it facing south instead? Possibly wrap around the corner near the living area?
Our requirement was to have direct access from the garage/carport into the utility room, and from there directly into the kitchen.
- Is the size of the utility room sufficient? All the building services should be housed there. Additionally, the utility room should also serve as a kind of pantry. Laundry tasks will also be done there.
- What do you think about the downstairs bathroom? Showering directly in front of the window doesn’t seem ideal^^.
Tx-25 schrieb:
Okay, the floor plan—both we and the general contractor have already gone through quite a bit of scrutiny. [...] Our only requirement is that the utility room is next to the kitchen, and the kitchen adjoins the living/dining area. Not quite: the garage also needs to be next to the utility room. I would first look for the reason behind the "praise" of the floor plan there. Also, Lower Saxony doesn’t necessarily mean Frisian gables. The gable is actually not meant to show you can count to three but to give the entrance a gable despite the house’s axis running parallel to the street.
Tx-25 schrieb:
What is so bad about the layout? It’s not the layout itself that’s bad—it’s the idea of trying a modified layout on the same floor plan. A new plan is needed. No matter how similar the new one ends up being, it’s beneficial not to drag the previous version forward in the design evolution.
Tx-25 schrieb:
Regarding your suggestions, I’d be interested in seeing a floor plan from you. Do you have anything for us? Maybe you yourselves:
Tx-25 schrieb:
The design was created based on our specifications (a hand-drawn sketch by us). Please share the sketch, no matter how rough. I’d like to see how faithfully it was adopted. I actually doubt the described approach. Rather, I think the planner gave you one of their very old plans in a modern adaptation and presented it as an implementation of your drawing.
Tx-25 schrieb:
His planning was free and the first draft. Most likely in vain, and as I said, I rather suspect it was actually the first draft from his grandfather—albeit the original from about sixty years ago probably had a basement.
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11ant schrieb:
...I actually think even the first draft by his grandfather – although the original, about sixty years old, probably included a basement. You should know, then.
11ant schrieb:
Please share the drawing, no matter how rough it is. I would like to see how accurately it was copied. I actually doubt the described approach. Instead, I think the planner gave you their outdated plan, slightly modernized, as the implementation of your drawing.I don’t understand why I would lie to you?! You can be sure I would admit if something had been forced on us.
With the previous main contractor, we also presented the current plan. They addressed it well during discussions but then sent us plans from the internet that had nothing to do with our plan. We have not contacted them since.
Maybe we need to revisit this after the last six pages.
Personally, I still tend to want to optimize the existing floor plan. The arrangement of the rooms is optimal for us (except for the bathroom and study on the ground floor).
Maybe the gable could be moved towards the back, with another room above in the center as already suggested to make use of the gable. This would free up more space downstairs for the dining area. The study could be removed downstairs and the bathroom shifted to the left, with a small recess used for a coat closet. The utility room would remain a walk-through room (which we find practical). The kitchen should no longer serve as a passageway. Therefore, the utility room must have access to the hallway.
And don’t worry, 11ant. Before you slap your forehead: we will also be looking into complete alternatives.
Tx-25 schrieb:
Personally, I still tend to optimize the existing floor plan. It is not easy to consider the floor plan and the building volume separately. The building shape changes if you separate the garage. However, without a site plan, it is not productive to discuss where the garage would be placed. So far, we don’t even know the exterior dimensions and how much flexibility they allow.
Tx-25 schrieb:
Maybe move the gable to the back, then add another room at the top center as already suggested to make use of the gable. This would create more space for the dining area downstairs. The study could then be omitted downstairs, and the bathroom moved to the left. Regarding the bathroom downstairs: who would be showering there? Wouldn’t a toilet alone be sufficient? I would first arrange the rooms and then plan aesthetic elements, rather than starting with the premise that “a third gable must be included” and only afterwards figuring out a useful purpose for it.
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