ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a 150 sqm Townhouse with Gable Roof, 6 Rooms
Created on: 28 May 2024 22:14
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LeFy2023
Dear forum members,
We have completed a preliminary design for our house together with a company and are now at the beginning of the detailed planning stage. Therefore, we would greatly appreciate any suggestions for improvement, critical feedback, and additional ideas or tips regarding the floor plan.
Unfortunately, we do not yet have a site plan, but we do have the floor plans for the ground floor and upper floor at a scale of 1:100, as well as drawings of the house.
Thanks in advance!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 700 sqm (7,534 sq ft)
Development according to §34 of the Building Code; the neighborhood features a wide variety of house types, sizes, number of floors, roof styles, etc. A positive preliminary building inquiry exists for a two-story townhouse up to 200 sqm (2,153 sq ft).
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: shallow pitched gable roof, townhouse
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, 1 child (1 year old), possibly a second child planned
Space requirements for ground floor and upper floor: 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Home office for both adults about 3 days per week on average
Occasional overnight guests per year: parents-in-law visit several times a year
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with island if possible
Number of dining seats: 4–8
Fireplace: no
Music/sound wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, one parking space including a shed
Utility garden, greenhouse: possibly
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included:
- Larger guest room on the ground floor with space for a double bed as the parents-in-law visit frequently
- Guest room on ground floor must also be usable as an office
- Bright rooms / mezzanine
- Open entrance area with open rooms and a view of the garden (a clear sightline)
- Straight concrete staircase to upper floor for dogs and parking space underneath (built-in cupboards)
- Office on upper floor should also serve as a utility/laundry room
- Façade in stone gray with wood cladding elements
House Design
Designer: planner from a construction company
What is liked most? Why?
- Very practical room layout and good room sizes
- Barrier-free access to the guest shower on the ground floor
- Additional storage space in the roof as a storage binder
- Lots of light through large windows
- Laundry room on upper floor close to the bedrooms/children’s rooms
What is disliked? Why?
- Kitchen might be too small / cramped
- Question whether a passage to the kitchen is necessary
- Main entrance is not barrier-free (terrace exit also not)
- The gray elements in the façade are to be replaced by wood cladding to give the house a more distinctive exterior appearance.
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you had to do without, which details/features?
- Can do without: second washbasin in upper floor bathroom, round window in dressing room (can have a different shape), kitchen island if it doesn’t fit
- Cannot do without: straight concrete staircase, windows, large lift-and-slide door, larger guest room, mezzanine, guest shower on ground floor, walk-in showers, laundry room on upper floor
Why does the design look as it does now? For example,
This is the initial individual draft without adjustments from us so far. A mezzanine, a larger guest room on the ground floor, storage space in the roof, and laundry room on the upper floor were explicitly requested and implemented accordingly.
We have completed a preliminary design for our house together with a company and are now at the beginning of the detailed planning stage. Therefore, we would greatly appreciate any suggestions for improvement, critical feedback, and additional ideas or tips regarding the floor plan.
Unfortunately, we do not yet have a site plan, but we do have the floor plans for the ground floor and upper floor at a scale of 1:100, as well as drawings of the house.
Thanks in advance!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 700 sqm (7,534 sq ft)
Development according to §34 of the Building Code; the neighborhood features a wide variety of house types, sizes, number of floors, roof styles, etc. A positive preliminary building inquiry exists for a two-story townhouse up to 200 sqm (2,153 sq ft).
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: shallow pitched gable roof, townhouse
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, 1 child (1 year old), possibly a second child planned
Space requirements for ground floor and upper floor: 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Home office for both adults about 3 days per week on average
Occasional overnight guests per year: parents-in-law visit several times a year
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with island if possible
Number of dining seats: 4–8
Fireplace: no
Music/sound wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, one parking space including a shed
Utility garden, greenhouse: possibly
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included:
- Larger guest room on the ground floor with space for a double bed as the parents-in-law visit frequently
- Guest room on ground floor must also be usable as an office
- Bright rooms / mezzanine
- Open entrance area with open rooms and a view of the garden (a clear sightline)
- Straight concrete staircase to upper floor for dogs and parking space underneath (built-in cupboards)
- Office on upper floor should also serve as a utility/laundry room
- Façade in stone gray with wood cladding elements
House Design
Designer: planner from a construction company
What is liked most? Why?
- Very practical room layout and good room sizes
- Barrier-free access to the guest shower on the ground floor
- Additional storage space in the roof as a storage binder
- Lots of light through large windows
- Laundry room on upper floor close to the bedrooms/children’s rooms
What is disliked? Why?
- Kitchen might be too small / cramped
- Question whether a passage to the kitchen is necessary
- Main entrance is not barrier-free (terrace exit also not)
- The gray elements in the façade are to be replaced by wood cladding to give the house a more distinctive exterior appearance.
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you had to do without, which details/features?
- Can do without: second washbasin in upper floor bathroom, round window in dressing room (can have a different shape), kitchen island if it doesn’t fit
- Cannot do without: straight concrete staircase, windows, large lift-and-slide door, larger guest room, mezzanine, guest shower on ground floor, walk-in showers, laundry room on upper floor
Why does the design look as it does now? For example,
This is the initial individual draft without adjustments from us so far. A mezzanine, a larger guest room on the ground floor, storage space in the roof, and laundry room on the upper floor were explicitly requested and implemented accordingly.
kbt09 schrieb:
Well, the staircase is still quite steep and has a rather shallow tread depth.
Unfortunately, the fittings, especially the kitchen and realistic wardrobe dimensions, have not been adjusted. The kitchen walkways beside this island are around 50 cm (20 inches).
The wardrobes in the dressing room are less than 60 cm (24 inches) deep including the doors.
Regarding the children's rooms… I can only repeat the suggestion to use 140 cm (55 inches) youth beds, as the current setup doesn’t work.
In the master bedroom, the bed width is 327 cm (129 inches) with the walkway right next to the headboard. The space from the foot of the bed to the left wall seems more like unused space.
The bathtub upstairs is located just behind the door — hmm.
I still don’t understand why the upper floor bathroom and utility room only have those narrow basement-style windows.
The shower on the ground floor should be oriented with the open side toward the window.
Also, the draftsman should add a north arrow to these drawings. Thanks. I also see the staircase as an issue, although the current design is a compromise between the two straight stair examples from the original post thread.
The space around the kitchen island feels too tight for us as well. Wardrobes (office, dressing room, kids’, guest) should now all be 60 cm (24 inches) deep—for example, the space between the dressing room and kids’ room is about 1.24 m (49 inches) without the wall, so 60 cm wardrobes should fit there. Could you clarify what you mean exactly about the wardrobes and dressing room?
The guest room is planned to have a 1.40 m (55 inches) bed. This needs to be updated in the plans and then the clearances should be checked again. For the children’s room, we’re initially planning for a 1.20 m (47 inches) bed and later, during the teenage years, a larger sofa bed.
The bed will likely be rotated toward the bottom of the plan, and the utility room made slightly smaller if the clearances are insufficient. The window would then have to be removed. The bathtub in the bathroom would also be shifted toward the bottom of the plan. North is toward the bottom/right.
In general, the windows haven’t been adjusted much yet. The idea for the narrow windows in the bathroom and utility room was to increase privacy in the bathroom and allow more wall space in the utility room, as it’s primarily for storage, technical equipment, or laundry. However, we will reconsider this. Do you have any suggestions on how you would design these windows?
I like your tip about the shower; we’re not happy with the narrow cloakroom either.
LeFy2023 schrieb:
Wardrobes (office, dressing room, child’s room, guest room) should now all be 60cm (24 inches) deep.With the door, that’s not enough. You need to plan for wardrobes with a finished dimension of 64 to 66 cm (25 to 26 inches). This allows for a slight clearance from the wall and the wardrobe door.
kbt09 schrieb:
I still don’t understand why only these basement window strips are planned for the upstairs bathroom and utility room. So that residents cannot see outside.
kbt09 schrieb:
The cabinets in the walk-in closet are less than 60 cm (24 inches) deep including the doors. I will check that, but you’re right that it’s always good to plan a few centimeters (inches) extra for air circulation and baseboards.
LeFy2023 schrieb:
We also find the space around the kitchen island too tight, … but the island isn’t properly positioned. It has no real connection to the kitchen counters. It feels like the island was just dragged and dropped with the mouse and simply forgotten.
ypg schrieb:
Phew, you can tell this is a planner who is already burned out. More details later. Exactly. And yes, also judging by the window positions.
LeFy2023 schrieb:
@ypg I’d be interested to hear your specific points of criticism? But I have to say the bottlenecks have disappeared for now. That’s something!
What about the budget?
I would still change quite a few things before I could say: this is good, the building permit (planning permission) could be applied for. More details on that later.
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