ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization – Semi-Detached House Approximately 150 sqm
Created on: 19 May 2022 16:40
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KleinUndFein
Hello everyone,
I’m new here and would appreciate your ideas. We are planning a 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) semi-detached house and are looking for the optimal floor plan.
Development Plan/Restrictions
The building envelope is used to its full extent.
Builders’ Requirements
- As clever a floor plan as possible
- The house will be occupied by two adults and two children (4 and 6 years old)
- The ground floor and upper floor should be able to be lived in separately (aging in place)
- No overly extravagant or expensive features should be used
- Basement with a technical room is available
- Prefer architectural style and conservative construction methods
- Open kitchen, but more of a kitchen-living area. The “living/media area” should be part of the kitchen-living space
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
- Are there better ways to use the space and are the room sizes suitable for normal use?
- Does the layout suit a family and two living units for the future?
I’m new here and would appreciate your ideas. We are planning a 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) semi-detached house and are looking for the optimal floor plan.
Development Plan/Restrictions
The building envelope is used to its full extent.
Builders’ Requirements
- As clever a floor plan as possible
- The house will be occupied by two adults and two children (4 and 6 years old)
- The ground floor and upper floor should be able to be lived in separately (aging in place)
- No overly extravagant or expensive features should be used
- Basement with a technical room is available
- Prefer architectural style and conservative construction methods
- Open kitchen, but more of a kitchen-living area. The “living/media area” should be part of the kitchen-living space
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
- Are there better ways to use the space and are the room sizes suitable for normal use?
- Does the layout suit a family and two living units for the future?
KleinUndFein schrieb:
I’m new here and could really use your ideas.Welcome! As you can see, responses are slow. Basically, we need all the information – even if it seems unimportant to you. Otherwise, it will lead to endless questions about the starting conditions. So here’s for you: (1) ᐅ Floor Plan Planning – must read before posting! (hausbau-forum.de)
Read it once, then list everything and include a site plan if possible. Then you’ll also get along with the neighbor – I mean, with the answers. 😉
K
KleinUndFein20 May 2022 09:09Yosan schrieb:
Yes, it is possible.
The room has almost exactly the same dimensions as my parents’ bedroom, and the door is in the same position. It doesn’t feel cramped at all with a double bed and wardrobe (by the door side)... I was quite surprised how small the room actually is when I finally had a floor plan in hand.
I see the problem more on the upper floor... Where would a living room go then? Thank you for the assessment. Whether the guest room will eventually become a bedroom remains to be seen. We still have a few decades :-).
We were thinking of combining the children’s rooms upstairs. Or alternatively, using one as an office and the other as a bedroom.
K
KleinUndFein20 May 2022 09:12driver55 schrieb:
Why does (almost) every homeowner think they can be an architect? 🙄We definitely can’t, that’s why the architect is involved. For now, he has left the upper floor to us. And we really wanted to have the storage room...
driver55 schrieb:
When the kids (finally) move out, you finally have space (time and money) in your own home (for hobbies, crafts, model railways…) and don’t want to “squeeze” into a 2.5-room apartment.The alternative is to divide the house into two apartments and rent them out. Who lives there then? We wouldn’t care :-D.
K
KleinUndFein20 May 2022 09:20K a t j a schrieb:
Welcome! You can see that the answers are slow to come in. Basically, we need all the information—even if it seems unimportant to you. Otherwise, it will just turn into endless questions about the initial situation. So here’s something for you:
(1) ᐅ Floor Plan Planning – a Must-Read Before Posting! (hausbau-forum.de)
Read it once, then list everything and include a site plan if possible. That way, you’ll have an easier time getting answers—and hopefully good cooperation with the neighbor too. 😉 Hello Katja, thanks. I already filled that out above. But the plot of land doesn’t really help. The exterior walls are fixed here. That’s just how it is.
But another question: where else can you get a second opinion on the floor plan alone? Are there places for that? Or do we have to find a second architect and explain everything we want all over again? And then he’ll probably think it’s silly that we’re not building with him?
You haven’t even filled it out anywhere close to complete.
Nowhere does it say, for example, that the exterior dimensions are fixed.
No site plan.
Why the basement is only 25 m² (270 ft²).
What about the roof?
Was the plot previously built on?
Parking spaces, etc.
Your potential rental idea might eventually ruin the floor plan.
Nowhere does it say, for example, that the exterior dimensions are fixed.
No site plan.
Why the basement is only 25 m² (270 ft²).
What about the roof?
Was the plot previously built on?
Parking spaces, etc.
Your potential rental idea might eventually ruin the floor plan.
Then create a room program for yourselves—not just living room, bedroom, etc., but more specific details: kitchen with island, dining table dimensions, sofa dimensions, wall unit.
The important thing is everything that sets you apart from others: the display cabinet with trophies, the shoe collection, the sewing table.
Then draw all these requirements exactly into every floor plan.
You’ll notice that the storage room has more door than storage space. Where will the bags, shoes, jackets go? The sofa will hardly meet your needs. Where will the media equipment go, and so on?
The important thing is everything that sets you apart from others: the display cabinet with trophies, the shoe collection, the sewing table.
Then draw all these requirements exactly into every floor plan.
You’ll notice that the storage room has more door than storage space. Where will the bags, shoes, jackets go? The sofa will hardly meet your needs. Where will the media equipment go, and so on?
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