ᐅ Floor Plan of a Single-Family Home with a Secondary Suite
Created on: 22 May 2017 10:40
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zwei&vierzig
Hello everyone,
We are in the process of building a house and, after much deliberation, have decided on the floor plans. I’d like to share the plans with you and look forward to your objective opinions.
Please do not comment on the kitchen layout. We are currently in the middle of kitchen planning, and the kitchen as shown on the plan will almost certainly not be implemented as is.
The plot has a steep slope from north to south (there is an 8-meter (26 feet) difference between the street and the lower boundary of the property) and a slight slope from east to west (this is the street side, with a 2-meter (6.5 feet) difference). Only the tenant of the basement apartment has access to the garden. Since the house turned out quite large, we decided to include a basement apartment to rent out. It has a separate entrance.
It was important for us to separate the living room from the kitchen and dining area because we have three cats, and I want to buy a nice sofa without worrying about destructive cat claws. Upstairs, we wanted a large hallway as a second living room. I’m not a fan of having TVs or computers in the children’s rooms.
There is no building permit/planning permission for the site. The garage will be built directly on the property boundary.
Building plan/restrictions
Plot size: 630 sqm (6,780 sq ft); plot width: 18 m (59 feet)
Slope: yes, steep south-facing slope
Building envelope, building line, and boundary:
Number of floors: basement/souterrain, two full floors, attic
Floor height: 2.80 m (9.2 feet)
Roof type: 25-degree hip roof
Architectural style: Swedish house (timber frame construction)
Orientation: south
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults and two children (not yet born)
Office: home office
Open or closed architecture: modern, but rather closed architecture
Open kitchen, kitchen island: large open kitchen with island; living room separate
Fireplace: planned
Balcony, roof terrace: large balcony with garden access and a small balcony on the bedroom
Garage: double garage
I hope I’ve covered all the important points upfront.
Best regards from the galaxy!
We are in the process of building a house and, after much deliberation, have decided on the floor plans. I’d like to share the plans with you and look forward to your objective opinions.
Please do not comment on the kitchen layout. We are currently in the middle of kitchen planning, and the kitchen as shown on the plan will almost certainly not be implemented as is.
The plot has a steep slope from north to south (there is an 8-meter (26 feet) difference between the street and the lower boundary of the property) and a slight slope from east to west (this is the street side, with a 2-meter (6.5 feet) difference). Only the tenant of the basement apartment has access to the garden. Since the house turned out quite large, we decided to include a basement apartment to rent out. It has a separate entrance.
It was important for us to separate the living room from the kitchen and dining area because we have three cats, and I want to buy a nice sofa without worrying about destructive cat claws. Upstairs, we wanted a large hallway as a second living room. I’m not a fan of having TVs or computers in the children’s rooms.
There is no building permit/planning permission for the site. The garage will be built directly on the property boundary.
Building plan/restrictions
Plot size: 630 sqm (6,780 sq ft); plot width: 18 m (59 feet)
Slope: yes, steep south-facing slope
Building envelope, building line, and boundary:
Number of floors: basement/souterrain, two full floors, attic
Floor height: 2.80 m (9.2 feet)
Roof type: 25-degree hip roof
Architectural style: Swedish house (timber frame construction)
Orientation: south
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults and two children (not yet born)
Office: home office
Open or closed architecture: modern, but rather closed architecture
Open kitchen, kitchen island: large open kitchen with island; living room separate
Fireplace: planned
Balcony, roof terrace: large balcony with garden access and a small balcony on the bedroom
Garage: double garage
I hope I’ve covered all the important points upfront.
Best regards from the galaxy!
Z
zwei&vierzig22 May 2017 23:08haydee schrieb:
You’re essentially living across three floors. Kids are outside almost every day of the year. Every drink or whatever has to be carried down the stairs. If you quickly want to do something, like cooking, you don’t have the kids in sight.
So you end up living on three levels as well.
The garden suddenly becomes a high-traffic area with children. Laundry is also done in the basement, and the pile of laundry grows with kids.
I think it’s a shame to compromise on the upper floor to use nice living spaces as a possible granny flat, in-law apartment, or to keep them empty.
One level for parents’ bedroom and children’s rooms, maybe later an office and guest rooms, plus laundry.
One level for cooking, living, dining, with convenient access to the garden.
One level for guests, office, small bathroom, open living hall, later the teenagers’ domain.
It’s a pity about the stairs. I could imagine that this might cause issues with renting or dividing the garden. Do you already have exterior views?A small building is planned for the garden, intended to include a kind of outdoor kitchen for exactly this reason—avoiding going back and forth. The basement just exists as it is. We currently live in a basement apartment and find it terrible. It’s full of pests and always dark.
We are working with the landscaper to find a good solution. There should be a small area for the tenant. Because of the various terraces, this should be feasible, or at least I hope so.
Z
zwei&vierzig22 May 2017 23:21ypg schrieb:
Something positive for a change
What I like about the hallway is that it’s not too large, yet still spacious. You can fit a nicely sized built-in wardrobe along the right wall, which will hold many, many bags and shoes [emoji151]
Also, I can well imagine the large kitchen, though only if it has a separate TV
I also like the upstairs living corridor (we have that too )
Without exact measurements, I also like the access from the dressing room to the bedroom, but unfortunately, that doesn’t quite fit here.
The bathroom is not to my taste, too much unused space; the corners in the other rooms don’t bother me. What I find really old-fashioned (also in the Swedish house) is this bay window facing north. The route to the washing machine would be too far and winding for me.
As an owner, I wouldn’t want this staircase to the garden, and as a tenant, I wouldn’t want it to be used.
18 meters (59 feet) in width really isn’t much, but I also wouldn’t put a square-shaped villa on a long, narrow plot. I can’t imagine a freelance architect would put this idea on paper.
The design looks like it fulfills the wish for a square villa from a house planner who can’t afford to upset clients with better designs. The granny flat is probably intended to qualify for a second KfW loan That’s legitimate!
The upper floor has potential to be better arranged. However, I’ll burst your bubble about the two living levels: where do you store the mop? Where is the laundry done? Where do you keep crate drinks? You’d have a huge barrier to the garden, another staircase to deal with, but I don’t want to repeat myself.
Regarding the granny flat: there is no space for a washing machine, dryer, vacuum cleaner, and cleaning supplies. You could make the bathroom smaller and split off a small storage room there, but that wouldn’t improve the furniture layout of the main room: I still say have the kitchen where the bathroom is, the bathroom next to the bedroom, and smaller... Also, privacy from the bedroom to the separate external stairs.
Have I mentioned that a long, narrow house would probably fit that plot much better? You’d also have more space on the side for stairs, exits, and so on.
Just some pointers—build however you like [emoji847]
Regards, YvonneFirst of all, thank you for your kind words.
The old-fashioned bay window is my own idea. I find it so beautiful *confesses* The large master bathroom is a compromise with my husband.
There will be a laundry chute from the upper floor straight down next to the washing machine in the basement. Next to the washing machine, there will be drying racks.
Do you see the red line on the ground floor plan at the balcony? That is the building limit line, and we are already slightly over it. The planners always designed narrower houses, but the living room, dining room, and kitchen wouldn’t have fit in one row then (all facing south!!!!)
Regarding the crate drinks: That’s a topic I’m currently having an intense discussion about with my husband.
I’ll take your input about the granny flat on board. We’ll see how that develops. Still, the bathroom easily fits a washing machine and dryer.
P.S. We do not want a KfW loan.
I currently also have a basement apartment.
Dry
No pests
Bright
Nice and cool in summer
You don’t notice storms or thunder at all
I already miss the last two points.
It really depends on how they are built.
Your apartment will get darker because of the balcony. What I curse every day is the half trip outside when going to the garden to play. At least when grilling, you don’t gain weight.
If you’re unlucky with basement living, I understand that you can’t come to terms with it. It just makes sense to use the basement level for houses on sloped plots.
Dry
No pests
Bright
Nice and cool in summer
You don’t notice storms or thunder at all
I already miss the last two points.
It really depends on how they are built.
Your apartment will get darker because of the balcony. What I curse every day is the half trip outside when going to the garden to play. At least when grilling, you don’t gain weight.
If you’re unlucky with basement living, I understand that you can’t come to terms with it. It just makes sense to use the basement level for houses on sloped plots.
Z
zwei&vierzig23 May 2017 09:57ypg schrieb:
Definitely avoid noisy units in the bathroom! What kind of noisy units?
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