ᐅ Floor Plan Design for an Urban Villa – What Are Your Thoughts?

Your kitchen isn’t designed as an open-plan kitchen, is it? If not, I would consider giving up the fancy island and instead reducing the kitchen size by about 50-60cm (20-24 inches). That should be enough to fit a toilet in there.

And as I mentioned: our utility room is 12m2 (130 square feet) and it has only one door and one tiny window, and it is really packed with equipment. There’s space for just one small cabinet. You have to keep in mind that you will also need space to collect and hang laundry. The space requirements for the ventilation ducts should not be underestimated. What kind of air source heat pump are you getting? Indoor unit or split system?

So our kitchen is basically designed as an eat-in kitchen, with a small breakfast bar for two bar stools at the kitchen island. I should mention that the sliding door to the living area will be made a bit larger than shown in the drawings, to create a more open eat-in kitchen feel. We might need to reconsider this a little...!

It would be a split unit with the outdoor component installed outside.

What I don’t quite understand is why the walk-in closet is considered impractical. You go from the bedroom through the walk-in closet to the bathroom and don’t necessarily have to go back through the bedroom from there.

That’s exactly why I planned it this way: so you can exit the bedroom and move back and forth between the walk-in closet and the bathroom without waking your partner, since sliding doors are installed.

If you have a bedroom with a door, the person on the other side always has to walk around the bed.

Or where do you see the problem here?

Another bathroom option would be to place the children’s bathroom next to the bedroom, which would prevent it from being so long and narrow. What do you think about that? We are just considering whether it might be too noisy if someone showers there at night. Although I also don’t think it’s ideal to have the bedroom and children’s room right next to each other. What are your thoughts?

So... just a thought experiment... Your phone is on the nightstand as an alarm clock... you get up, walk around the bed, go through the dressing room to the bathroom at the hallway door, close that door first, then get ready in the bathroom, then get dressed in the dressing room, go back to the phone, and leave.

I guarantee you will never actually move the way you just imagined. The walking routes are simply too impractical. Also, anyone using the bathroom will inevitably have to go back and forth between the two doors to open or close them. Do you use keys? Then it’s even worse, because the door you want to go through is still locked.

A dressing room should always have access close to the bedroom or hallway door to avoid disturbing your partner more than necessary. This roundabout route is the exact opposite of that.

Good evening,

toxicmolotow schrieb:

So.... just a thought... phone is on the bedside table as an alarm clock....

Creepy thought; I’m always so glad to be rid of the phone at least overnight.

toxicmolotow schrieb:

A walk-in closet should always have access near the bedroom/hall door to avoid disturbing your partner more than necessary. This roundabout route is the opposite of that.

I find this solution very practical. You get up, go through the walk-in closet to the bathroom; the biggest noise source is blocked by the closet. And the partner is not disturbed more because the walk-in closet can be separated from the sleeping area by a sliding door.

Best regards, Bauexperte