Hello everyone,
after taking some time to use our plot provisionally, we now want to build a house on it. It will serve as a second home while the children are small and later as the main residence for us parents. The plot rises by 3 meters over the first 19 meters from the street, see site plan. After that, it is flat. The house is planned to be located there. A large garage will be built into the hillside at the northern boundary.
I would appreciate any advice on possible errors and optimizations. In particular, common modular dimensions for the kitchen units (facing each other). I want to optimize the connection to the garden. The facade is made of larch wood, and the ceiling in the living room is open.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 1200 m² (12,917 sq ft)
Slope: yes
Building envelope, building line and boundary: approx. 19 m (62 ft)
Additional requirements: §34
Client requirements
Number of people, age: 4 persons
Room requirements on ground and upper floors
Office: family use or home office? Both
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: no
Number of dining spaces: 6 or more
Fireplace: yes
Music/sound system wall: preferred
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, also explanations of why certain options are preferred or avoided
House design
Planner:
- Planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why? Open living room without a ceiling.
What do you not like? Why?
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 280,000 €
If you have to give up, which details/additions
- can you give up: second bathroom
- cannot give up: fireplace
Why is the design like it is now? For example,
Standard design from the planner? Yes, including own modifications
after taking some time to use our plot provisionally, we now want to build a house on it. It will serve as a second home while the children are small and later as the main residence for us parents. The plot rises by 3 meters over the first 19 meters from the street, see site plan. After that, it is flat. The house is planned to be located there. A large garage will be built into the hillside at the northern boundary.
I would appreciate any advice on possible errors and optimizations. In particular, common modular dimensions for the kitchen units (facing each other). I want to optimize the connection to the garden. The facade is made of larch wood, and the ceiling in the living room is open.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 1200 m² (12,917 sq ft)
Slope: yes
Building envelope, building line and boundary: approx. 19 m (62 ft)
Additional requirements: §34
Client requirements
Number of people, age: 4 persons
Room requirements on ground and upper floors
Office: family use or home office? Both
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: no
Number of dining spaces: 6 or more
Fireplace: yes
Music/sound system wall: preferred
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, also explanations of why certain options are preferred or avoided
House design
Planner:
- Planner from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why? Open living room without a ceiling.
What do you not like? Why?
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: 280,000 €
If you have to give up, which details/additions
- can you give up: second bathroom
- cannot give up: fireplace
Why is the design like it is now? For example,
Standard design from the planner? Yes, including own modifications
Patrick. schrieb:
What options do you see for creating affordable living space? I find it hard to justify financing a prefabricated house for about 250,000 - 300,000 € (about 270,000 - 320,000 USD) just for weekends. Patrick. schrieb:
After taking some time to use our plot temporarily, we now want to build a house on it. It will serve as a second home while the children are young and later become the primary residence for us parents. I call that an interesting change of mind and congratulate you with envy—without resentment—on the plot and being able to afford a weekend house with a double garage. Moving next to the cemetery in old age perfectly matches my sense of humor—the bungalow is far from “small.” With children (what age?), the entrance area “with or without a cloakroom” is poorly planned. When I think of a “weekend house,” cleaning a lot is the last thing that comes to mind.
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Hello, nice to hear from you again! It was indeed a long process, I won’t deny that. I also don’t consider it small. I thought it would be small compared to other construction projects here.
One of the goals in the design was to minimize circulation paths. That’s why there are practically no hallways. Is it impractical to use the utility room as a cloakroom? The children are under 10 years old. I have never been able to try that out in everyday life. In the entrance area, there really is no space to store anything.
One of the goals in the design was to minimize circulation paths. That’s why there are practically no hallways. Is it impractical to use the utility room as a cloakroom? The children are under 10 years old. I have never been able to try that out in everyday life. In the entrance area, there really is no space to store anything.
Patrick. schrieb:
Is it impractical to use the utility room as a wardrobe?Well, you won’t have any space at all, since the technical equipment needs to go in there, and the room is quite small. I don’t see it being suitable for multiple uses.I find it difficult to comment adequately on this floor plan. You currently live in a house with children, and this new, smaller house is ultimately intended for retirement but still needs to accommodate children as well. As a couple, you could live much more openly and would only need to address both of your needs and habits. However, as it stands, it has to function as a vacation home and also for teenagers or young adults, whose personalities and relationships with you are still uncertain.
I could imagine a solution where the youth or guest rooms even have direct access to the outside, so that I wouldn’t have to share my private space with my spouse in old age in an even smaller area than before, while also having to tolerate their legitimate habits. A home for retirement should suit me and my partner, and possibly also allow space for visitors (children, friends…).
In my opinion, this floor plan tries to cover too many needs and therefore already faces problems with simple things like a cloakroom or a possibly more spacious utility or storage room.
I could imagine a solution where the youth or guest rooms even have direct access to the outside, so that I wouldn’t have to share my private space with my spouse in old age in an even smaller area than before, while also having to tolerate their legitimate habits. A home for retirement should suit me and my partner, and possibly also allow space for visitors (children, friends…).
In my opinion, this floor plan tries to cover too many needs and therefore already faces problems with simple things like a cloakroom or a possibly more spacious utility or storage room.
Have you ever furnished an open-plan living area? A square room is difficult to divide into a TV zone and a dining area. I would probably consider rotating the house. Otherwise, I think the overall symmetry of the floor plan and the lack of privacy for the parents do not benefit the design.
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