ᐅ Single-Family House Floor Plan with Gable Roof – Opinions, Feedback, Suggestions

Hello everyone,

Although our planning is already quite advanced, I would appreciate your feedback, critical opinions, or suggestions (hopefully not meaning "redo everything" :-) ).

Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 454 sqm (4,887 sq ft)
Slope
Site coverage ratio 0.3
Floor area ratio 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary line see attachment
Edge development: new residential area
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 2
Roof shape: None specified
architectural style: None specified
Orientation: south-southeast (SSE)
Maximum heights/limits top edge (of foundation) 11.0 m (36 ft) above ground level
Additional requirements: Extensive greening of garage roofs

Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: gable roof (flat anthracite tiles) with hipped gable (pre-weathered zinc), dormer with flat roof, red-brown clinker brick, anthracite windows
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults in mid-30s; 2 children (1 and 4 years)
Space requirements on ground and upper floor: utility room and study (partly home office)/guest room (combined)
Office: family use or home office?
Number of overnight guests per year
Open or closed layout: rather closed
Conservative or modern building style: classic to modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: partially open
Number of dining spaces: at least 6 (one central dining table)
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: no – TV unit instead
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes/particulars/daily routine

House Design
Planner: architect
-contractor’s planner
-architect
-Do-it-yourself by you
What do you like most? Staircase, bathroom, living room
What do you like least? Actually nothing. Possibly that there is no “real” walk-in closet.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: 410,000 EUR
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings:
Preferred heating technology: gas condensing boiler/solar thermal system

If you had to give up certain details/extensions
-can you give up: basement; full staircase instead of a pull-out attic ladder (currently also planned this way); shower in guest WC (already omitted)
-cannot give up: fireplace

Thank you and best regards
kassiopeia

Quick thoughts:
Where will your building services go? Heating system, water heater, electrical panel, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery? I don’t see any placeholders for these.
I also notice very few storage rooms or spaces, except for the attic.
Therefore, I would completely remove the utility room/kitchen door to gain more usable space, and the sink there as well.
The storage room under the entire stair width should be deepened; otherwise, the living room looks a bit odd.
On the upper floor: I’m never a fan of having two doors in the bathroom...
But definitely, the bathtub should be positioned better against the wall to give the toilet more space.

I can imagine you will rarely use the planned terrace – expect that the terrace in front of the kitchen will become your favorite spot 😉

Thank you for the feedback. The heating system and hot water tank will be located in the attic – you're right, that wasn’t clear from the plans. 🙂
The idea behind not using the full width of the storage/pantry space under the stairs is to use part of that area in the living room as a (book) shelf.
Could you please clarify exactly what you meant with your comment about the bathtub?
The terraces are still provisional for now, but I think your assessment will probably be correct. :-)

kassiopeia schrieb:

What exactly do you mean by your comment about the bathtub?
:-)

Move the bathtub further to the left according to the plan, so the toilet has more space.
However, I would also surround the bathtub on both sides with platforms about 20-30cm (8-12 inches) wide.

Hello,
I’m a bit late, but maybe this will still help you:
In my opinion, the staircase is a bit too short (and also drawn the wrong way around on the upper floor).
Apart from that, I agree with Yvonne (@ypg) on all points.

Hello Jochen,

Thank you – it’s still not too late :-).
What do you mean by your comment that the staircase on the upper floor is drawn the wrong way around? The intended direction of travel is from north (street) to south (garden). On the upper floor, the first few steps are covered by the hallway (in front of the bedroom entrance) and therefore appear shorter. The actual length of the staircase is shown on the ground floor plan, or did you mean that it also appears too short there?

Thanks and best regards