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
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Bieber081530 Jun 2016 10:23sommer2017 schrieb:
Our architect mentioned an average of 260k €. Okay, then it should be fine. I let myself be influenced a bit by the words "limit" and "including fixtures," and thought that was the total budget. But apparently you have the matter under control, all good!
Edit:
If there is an architect, why isn’t there a design from them?
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Bauexperte30 Jun 2016 11:44Musketier schrieb:
At 260k, you’re looking at 1600€/m² (approximately $170 per ft²) for a turnkey build. "Turnkey" meaning without painting and floor coverings; otherwise, even in Brandenburg, that could be quite tight given the exterior dimensions/roof area.
In my opinion, KfW 55 is also not exactly economical for a bungalow of this size.
Best regards, Bauexperte
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Bauexperte30 Jun 2016 11:51sommer2017 schrieb:
20k € AußenanlageYou are building on a second row lot; the €20,000 can easily be spent just on the access road alone... and that’s before considering anything special.I haven’t read the entire thread—just a note that for the additional construction costs, you should also include a buffer for extra foundation expenses. What if the soil conditions are not favorable?
Regards, Bauexperte
Bauexperte schrieb:
You are building in the second row; In addition, connection fees could also cause the ancillary construction costs to increase significantly.
sommer2017 schrieb:
Since we plan to start construction in October 2017, we are currently considering whether to follow the architect’s suggestion and contact all the trades ourselves. The construction company would handle the extended shell construction and schedule all trades (including those we order ourselves).
In combination with a building surveyor, whom we wanted to hire anyway, this sounds worth considering to me, especially since the construction planning alone otherwise costs 10,000–20,000 euros (is this amount correct?)...I don’t know if that amount is accurate. But you are confident you can provide a service equivalent to that of an architect, which you are clearly not able to do. And now you want to compensate for a service that is supposedly worth 10,000–20,000 euros? Sorry, but that is overestimating yourself.
sommer2017 schrieb:
Secretly, I had hoped that someone would offer an alternative (e.g., ypg ), but you can’t expect someone else to do the work you would have to do yourself. But apparently, I’m not creative enough to find my own solutions like the ones here.Here, you can already see some insight, which nevertheless does not stop you from continuing with the mistake.
sommer2017 schrieb:
(still not changed my mind, ypg I just like the living room with the bay window, terrace, and kitchen too much).Yes, the simplest but most serious mistake you can make: fall in love with the 3D visualization, ideally even set it as a screensaver, so you never distance yourself from the space. Other mothers have beautiful daughters too... meaning: if the design had led you to a different room that looked different but offered the same advantages, you would be in love with that room and would not even pay attention to this one.
sommer2017 schrieb:
It will probably be an unusually long hallway, but with a 160 m² (1,722 sq ft) bungalow, there hardly seem to be any alternatives (bungalows seem to be rare in this forum if I look at the house photo thread).Impossible! The very first conceptual step in good bungalow planning is figuring out how to avoid a “turbo hallway” or how to present the inevitable hallway in a positive way. Period. There are no other explanations, excuses, or justifications!
I am so shocked that I have taken out my laptop and my software again.
Is there anything else I should know before I start drawing?
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