Hello everyone,
my name is Mike and I’m 30 years old.
After reading through several threads where floor plans were thoroughly analyzed and honestly evaluated, I would appreciate it if some of you could take the time to freely share your thoughts on my floor plan as well.
I am fully aware that I have hardly any idea how to properly create a floor plan and ask for your understanding. As the saying goes: "He always tried his best within his means."
About the plan:
The plot has been purchased. Construction is planned to start at the end of next year.
We will get advice from an architect at the end of this year, but my fiancée and I want to use the time we have wisely and have a floor plan as early as possible that fully satisfies us.
Thank you in advance!
Requirements and restrictions:
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 1100m² (13,300 sq ft)
Slope: none
Floor area ratio: surrounding buildings, almost anything possible
Floor space index: same as above
Building envelope, building line and boundary: not known
Border development: included in floor plan
Number of parking spaces: 1 carport, 1 garage
Number of stories: 1
Roof type: hipped roof
Style: modern
Orientation: terrace facing south/west
Maximum heights/limits: not known
Additional requirements: none
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, hipped roof, bungalow
Basement, stories: none, 1
Number of residents, ages: 2 ½; 28, 30, 1 (children)
Space needed on ground floor: 163m² (1,755 sq ft)
Office: none
Number of overnight guests per year: 2-6
Open or closed architecture: not known
Traditional or modern build: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: both yes
Number of dining seats: 4 (8 when table is placed in the room and extended)
Fireplace: hydronic (water-heated)
Music/surround sound wall: 5.1 surround (difficult with this floor plan, open to ideas)
Balcony, roof terrace: none
Garage, carport: 1, 1
Utility garden, greenhouse: none
Other wishes/special features/daily routine: shift work
House Design
Origin of the plan:
- Planner from a construction company: template
- Architect: not yet
- DIY from you: current floor plan
What do you like most? Large living room and a bedroom acoustically separated from the hallway
What do you dislike?
Price estimate from architect/planner: not yet available
Personal price limit for house including fixtures and fittings: approx. €250,000
Preferred heating technology: air or ground source heat pump (water-based)
If you had to give up, which details or features
- could you give up: not known
- could you not give up: not known
my name is Mike and I’m 30 years old.
After reading through several threads where floor plans were thoroughly analyzed and honestly evaluated, I would appreciate it if some of you could take the time to freely share your thoughts on my floor plan as well.
I am fully aware that I have hardly any idea how to properly create a floor plan and ask for your understanding. As the saying goes: "He always tried his best within his means."
About the plan:
The plot has been purchased. Construction is planned to start at the end of next year.
We will get advice from an architect at the end of this year, but my fiancée and I want to use the time we have wisely and have a floor plan as early as possible that fully satisfies us.
Thank you in advance!
Requirements and restrictions:
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 1100m² (13,300 sq ft)
Slope: none
Floor area ratio: surrounding buildings, almost anything possible
Floor space index: same as above
Building envelope, building line and boundary: not known
Border development: included in floor plan
Number of parking spaces: 1 carport, 1 garage
Number of stories: 1
Roof type: hipped roof
Style: modern
Orientation: terrace facing south/west
Maximum heights/limits: not known
Additional requirements: none
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, hipped roof, bungalow
Basement, stories: none, 1
Number of residents, ages: 2 ½; 28, 30, 1 (children)
Space needed on ground floor: 163m² (1,755 sq ft)
Office: none
Number of overnight guests per year: 2-6
Open or closed architecture: not known
Traditional or modern build: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: both yes
Number of dining seats: 4 (8 when table is placed in the room and extended)
Fireplace: hydronic (water-heated)
Music/surround sound wall: 5.1 surround (difficult with this floor plan, open to ideas)
Balcony, roof terrace: none
Garage, carport: 1, 1
Utility garden, greenhouse: none
Other wishes/special features/daily routine: shift work
House Design
Origin of the plan:
- Planner from a construction company: template
- Architect: not yet
- DIY from you: current floor plan
What do you like most? Large living room and a bedroom acoustically separated from the hallway
What do you dislike?
Price estimate from architect/planner: not yet available
Personal price limit for house including fixtures and fittings: approx. €250,000
Preferred heating technology: air or ground source heat pump (water-based)
If you had to give up, which details or features
- could you give up: not known
- could you not give up: not known
sommer201720 Jun 2016 01:33So, based on the many helpful contributions, I have made some changes to the floor plan (still not completely redoing it, ypg I just really like the living room with the bay window, terrace, and kitchen).
During the week, we will schedule an appointment with our architect. However, I still welcome every comment here to help me prepare well for the meeting.
Children’s room
- now located in the southwest and significantly larger (just as my fiancée wanted ^^)
Walk-in closet
- still small, but I couldn’t find another solution and, in my view, it’s sufficient as it is
“Pantry”
- moved out of the kitchen and into the hallway; it is still quite long but somewhat shorter, and now I have a chamber next to the utility room where vacuum cleaners and similar items can be stored
Children’s bathroom
- converted into a guest toilet with shower
- the parents’ bathroom now serves as the child’s bathroom as well
Bathroom
- the open shower is marked by a gray square; 2 x 2 m (6.5 x 6.5 ft), representing the “splash area”
I’m curious to hear what you think about it now?!
During the week, we will schedule an appointment with our architect. However, I still welcome every comment here to help me prepare well for the meeting.
Children’s room
- now located in the southwest and significantly larger (just as my fiancée wanted ^^)
Walk-in closet
- still small, but I couldn’t find another solution and, in my view, it’s sufficient as it is
“Pantry”
- moved out of the kitchen and into the hallway; it is still quite long but somewhat shorter, and now I have a chamber next to the utility room where vacuum cleaners and similar items can be stored
Children’s bathroom
- converted into a guest toilet with shower
- the parents’ bathroom now serves as the child’s bathroom as well
Bathroom
- the open shower is marked by a gray square; 2 x 2 m (6.5 x 6.5 ft), representing the “splash area”
I’m curious to hear what you think about it now?!
sommer201729 Jun 2016 23:31It will probably be a record-long hallway, but it seems there are hardly any alternatives for a bungalow with 160 m² (1,722 sq ft) of living space (bungalows appear to be rare in this forum, judging by the house photo thread).
We recently met with an architect and made some changes. For example, the hallway is now visually divided by a door frame without an actual door. Our architect is not aware of any maximum overall dimensions.
Since I have received many good ideas and suggestions here, which I have tried to incorporate within our own preferences, I would like to share the floor plan again and hear your opinions.
The next step is to present the floor plan to a building company. Initial discussions (without the floor plan) have already taken place. Since we plan to start construction in October 2017, we are currently considering whether to follow the architect’s suggestion and contact all trades ourselves. The building company would handle the extended shell construction and coordinate all trades (including those we arrange independently).
In combination with a building inspector, whom we intended to hire anyway, this seems worth considering in my mind, especially since building planning alone can otherwise cost between 10,000 and 20,000 euros (is this figure accurate?)...
We recently met with an architect and made some changes. For example, the hallway is now visually divided by a door frame without an actual door. Our architect is not aware of any maximum overall dimensions.
Since I have received many good ideas and suggestions here, which I have tried to incorporate within our own preferences, I would like to share the floor plan again and hear your opinions.
The next step is to present the floor plan to a building company. Initial discussions (without the floor plan) have already taken place. Since we plan to start construction in October 2017, we are currently considering whether to follow the architect’s suggestion and contact all trades ourselves. The building company would handle the extended shell construction and coordinate all trades (including those we arrange independently).
In combination with a building inspector, whom we intended to hire anyway, this seems worth considering in my mind, especially since building planning alone can otherwise cost between 10,000 and 20,000 euros (is this figure accurate?)...
sommer201729 Jun 2016 23:58I was initially quite excited. However, we prefer a relatively straight front facing southwest to avoid too much shade in the garden and living room. Our goal is to keep as much sunny garden space as possible in the southwest.
Additionally, in our current rental apartment, we have a hallway that is only slightly shorter but with the same width (1.25 m (4 feet)), and we don’t have any issues with it. Of course, we would have preferred a brighter hallway, but the other rooms fit our needs so well that we would accept such a hallway again.
Does anyone have experience with light wells? Like those sometimes seen in public buildings? Is it associated with high costs, or does it prevent achieving a KfW 55 energy efficiency standard?
Additionally, in our current rental apartment, we have a hallway that is only slightly shorter but with the same width (1.25 m (4 feet)), and we don’t have any issues with it. Of course, we would have preferred a brighter hallway, but the other rooms fit our needs so well that we would accept such a hallway again.
Does anyone have experience with light wells? Like those sometimes seen in public buildings? Is it associated with high costs, or does it prevent achieving a KfW 55 energy efficiency standard?
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