ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization for Urban Villa + Considerations for Land Elevation
Created on: 31 Jan 2020 13:29
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Shiny86
Plot size 492 sqm (5293 sq ft)
Slope yes
Site coverage ratio?
Floor area ratio?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary?
Boundary development?
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of floors 2
Roof type Pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Architectural style Modern urban villa
Orientation Main entrance facing north
Maximum heights/limits
Additional requirements?
Clients’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Modern urban villa with pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Basement, floors 2 full floors without basement
Number of occupants 4
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of parking spaces 8-10
Garage
House design
Who designed it?
-Architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
Large living area, master bathroom
What don’t you like? Why?
Utility room quite small and master bedroom small, children’s room somewhat too large
Why is the design as it is now?
The architect implemented the corresponding wishes
What do you think is especially good or bad about it?
Good: large living area
I am uncertain about the half-height window sizes and the swing direction of the doors
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
What do you think about the floor plans?
Slope yes
Site coverage ratio?
Floor area ratio?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary?
Boundary development?
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of floors 2
Roof type Pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Architectural style Modern urban villa
Orientation Main entrance facing north
Maximum heights/limits
Additional requirements?
Clients’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Modern urban villa with pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Basement, floors 2 full floors without basement
Number of occupants 4
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of parking spaces 8-10
Garage
House design
Who designed it?
-Architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
Large living area, master bathroom
What don’t you like? Why?
Utility room quite small and master bedroom small, children’s room somewhat too large
Why is the design as it is now?
The architect implemented the corresponding wishes
What do you think is especially good or bad about it?
Good: large living area
I am uncertain about the half-height window sizes and the swing direction of the doors
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
- Where could it still be optimized? Would you recommend different window dimensions or sill heights?
- What do you think is poor or what would you do differently?
- A partition wall will be added in the walk-in closet. That would theoretically allow watching TV from the bed. I am considering a lightweight wall. I plan to place a 211cm (83 inches) Pax combination wardrobe in the closet. The closet is planned with a raw width of 218cm (86 inches). Do you think 218cm is enough for the Pax once the walls are plastered, or how wide should the rough dimensions preferably be?
- Is the hallway on the ground floor too narrow?
- Would you raise the ground level? The house would be 40cm (16 inches) below street level. If I build a terrace into the garden, it would be about 1m (3 ft) difference. You could raise only the house level, resulting in approximately 1.6m (5 ft) difference between terrace and garden. I don’t know anyone living below street level. Raising the garden would probably not be allowed without permits, and affected neighbors likely wouldn’t agree. On the sides of the house adjacent to neighbors, raising is permitted only up to certain limits. I am overwhelmed with the decision.
- Do you have any ideas for arranging the sofa differently and placing the TV sensibly? My husband doesn’t want the sofa back facing a window. I still need to get used to placing the sofa in the middle of the room.
- Is the kitchen size sufficient for a nice kitchen with an island?
What do you think about the floor plans?
Shiny86 schrieb:
And you’re okay with that?
So did you also have an architect who only drafted the plans but didn’t provide advice or any input?
I’d probably want to build again someday with the new experience. But my husband won’t go through that a second time with me.
Maybe that’s for the best. It took me a long time; at first, I was really upset and wanted to break open many exterior walls again. There really is a big difference between a floor plan and the real thing.
Only now have I realized what is truly important to me in a house and what I hadn’t fully understood before. But maybe in five years it will be different again, and I’ll love it—who knows.
In the end, we were also limited by neighboring buildings and so on, and as you said, you don’t want to live in a glass house, but it’s still a shame to have to give up something just because of the shape of the plot or because a neighbor forces you to.
And yes, our architect didn’t provide any input or show alternatives either.
@Shiny86 Maybe it will reassure you a bit to know that a house isn’t set in stone 1000%. If in two years you find out you really can’t live without a sunroom or that the two children’s bedrooms are way too big and you need a sewing room, you can just knock down a few walls (just please not the load-bearing ones) and build new ones. Of course, it’s good to think everything through now. I think that’s fine, and the width of the windows is definitely not unimportant. What you should really do more is look at examples of other rooms, houses, or apartments and take some measurements. If you can’t figure out what you want by seeing examples in front of you, it’s probably not important enough to you. Then just let your husband decide.
By the way, we have two windows in our guest bathroom. It’s wonderfully bright, and our guests love it. We’ve even been complimented directly with comments like “Your guest bathroom is nice; I’d love to have one like that.” The windows have clear glass with opaque curtains. I didn’t want a small, dark space where you can’t turn around or see anything. So I made it different—just the way I wanted.
By the way, we have two windows in our guest bathroom. It’s wonderfully bright, and our guests love it. We’ve even been complimented directly with comments like “Your guest bathroom is nice; I’d love to have one like that.” The windows have clear glass with opaque curtains. I didn’t want a small, dark space where you can’t turn around or see anything. So I made it different—just the way I wanted.
Shiny86 schrieb:
May I ask what things those would be for you?
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These are issues that don’t even come up in your planning. So it won’t help you if I list them here. With our three children’s bedrooms, the requirements were quite different. I would have designed the kids’ bathroom differently. But only I thought so; my boys liked it as it is.
I think your plan is good and I stand by it.
Everything fits well!
Please don’t question every single detail. 
Shiny86 schrieb:
I am finally done with the planning.Oh, how fortunate that only Rumpelstilzchen and I know why I didn’t believe your statement right away. By the way, frosted glass is at least less dark than opaque glass.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Does anyone know if it is possible to change window dimensions after obtaining the building permit / planning permission?
For example, can the bathroom window be enlarged or can a 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) window be widened to 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)?
I don’t have any plans for this at the moment, but I would like to know what options are available without having to apply for a new permit.
I am especially interested in windows.
For example, can the bathroom window be enlarged or can a 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) window be widened to 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)?
I don’t have any plans for this at the moment, but I would like to know what options are available without having to apply for a new permit.
I am especially interested in windows.
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