ᐅ Floor plan design for our single-family home Single-family home in Schleswig-Holstein
Created on: 21 Aug 2018 17:54
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opalau
Hello everyone,
After successfully finding and purchasing a plot in Schleswig-Holstein a few months ago, we are currently planning our single-family house. On one hand, we are evaluating general contractors for potential collaboration, and on the other hand, we are refining the floor plan.
Originally, a basement was planned (see cross-section), but we cannot avoid a waterproof concrete shell (“white tank”) as recommended by the soil survey for the foundation. Furthermore, the requirements of the energy saving ordinance make basements more expensive. The narrow plot (15m (49 feet)) also complicates slope construction. All these factors have led us to plan without a basement, instead allocating more space above ground.
We’re now fairly satisfied with the preliminary result but aren’t attached to it—at least I hope not... Overall, we planned generously, but I’m still a bit surprised that the ground floor area is about 230 sq m (2,475 sq ft). I’m also somewhat worried that we might have a biased tunnel vision as amateurs, which is why I’m sharing this here.
Please excuse the duplicate floor plans. I find the interior visualization in Sweet Home 3D so poor that I can’t use it for interior design. Hence the separate versions. I hope that’s not too confusing.
At this point, many thanks to the forum; just from reading along, we’ve already learned a lot, which is fantastic!
Size of plot: 1150 sq m (15m x approx. 77m (49 feet x approx. 253 feet))
Slope: No
Land use parameters (floor area ratio, plot ratio, etc.): §34
Restrictions: Eave height 5.5m (18 feet), ridge height 8.14m (27 feet) (pre-application regarding volume)
Owner’s requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Simple, gable roof
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full stories
Number and age of people: 32, 39, 3, 0
Space requirements on ground floor: Cooking/eating/living, pantry, study, utility room, guest WC, entrance area, hallway
Space requirements on upper floor: 2 children’s bedrooms, children’s shower bath, master bedroom, dressing room, master bath, storage room, utility room, hallway
Office: Home office, hobby (used often)
Overnight guests per year: 0
Open or closed architecture: Open
Traditional or modern construction: Probably modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: No
Music/stereo wall: No (What is a stereo wall anyway? )
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Double carport with shed as boundary structure
House design
Who created the design: Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Generously sized rooms
- Good separation between master and children’s areas
- Children’s rooms face the private garden
- Master bedroom faces sunrise
- High knee wall on upper floor
- Adequate storage space
What do you dislike? Why?
- Master bath above study
- Storage room on upper floor on south side (but a neighbor is only 6m (20 feet) away here)
- Is the entrance area cramped?
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 500,000 EUR plus additional construction costs, landscaping, carport
Preferred heating technology: Gas
If you had to do without something, which details/upgrades could you skip: No individual room as such, more a reduction of overall generosity, possibly consolidating the many storage areas (pantry, utility room, HAR, storage closet).
Why did the design turn out this way? Many iterations, balancing wishes, conversations with general contractors, visits to model parks, etc.
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters? Is the floor plan basically reasonable? Have we missed anything crucial due to tunnel vision?
After successfully finding and purchasing a plot in Schleswig-Holstein a few months ago, we are currently planning our single-family house. On one hand, we are evaluating general contractors for potential collaboration, and on the other hand, we are refining the floor plan.
Originally, a basement was planned (see cross-section), but we cannot avoid a waterproof concrete shell (“white tank”) as recommended by the soil survey for the foundation. Furthermore, the requirements of the energy saving ordinance make basements more expensive. The narrow plot (15m (49 feet)) also complicates slope construction. All these factors have led us to plan without a basement, instead allocating more space above ground.
We’re now fairly satisfied with the preliminary result but aren’t attached to it—at least I hope not... Overall, we planned generously, but I’m still a bit surprised that the ground floor area is about 230 sq m (2,475 sq ft). I’m also somewhat worried that we might have a biased tunnel vision as amateurs, which is why I’m sharing this here.
Please excuse the duplicate floor plans. I find the interior visualization in Sweet Home 3D so poor that I can’t use it for interior design. Hence the separate versions. I hope that’s not too confusing.
At this point, many thanks to the forum; just from reading along, we’ve already learned a lot, which is fantastic!
Size of plot: 1150 sq m (15m x approx. 77m (49 feet x approx. 253 feet))
Slope: No
Land use parameters (floor area ratio, plot ratio, etc.): §34
Restrictions: Eave height 5.5m (18 feet), ridge height 8.14m (27 feet) (pre-application regarding volume)
Owner’s requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Simple, gable roof
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full stories
Number and age of people: 32, 39, 3, 0
Space requirements on ground floor: Cooking/eating/living, pantry, study, utility room, guest WC, entrance area, hallway
Space requirements on upper floor: 2 children’s bedrooms, children’s shower bath, master bedroom, dressing room, master bath, storage room, utility room, hallway
Office: Home office, hobby (used often)
Overnight guests per year: 0
Open or closed architecture: Open
Traditional or modern construction: Probably modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: No
Music/stereo wall: No (What is a stereo wall anyway? )
Balcony, roof terrace: No
Garage, carport: Double carport with shed as boundary structure
House design
Who created the design: Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Generously sized rooms
- Good separation between master and children’s areas
- Children’s rooms face the private garden
- Master bedroom faces sunrise
- High knee wall on upper floor
- Adequate storage space
What do you dislike? Why?
- Master bath above study
- Storage room on upper floor on south side (but a neighbor is only 6m (20 feet) away here)
- Is the entrance area cramped?
Estimated cost according to architect/planner: 500,000 EUR plus additional construction costs, landscaping, carport
Preferred heating technology: Gas
If you had to do without something, which details/upgrades could you skip: No individual room as such, more a reduction of overall generosity, possibly consolidating the many storage areas (pantry, utility room, HAR, storage closet).
Why did the design turn out this way? Many iterations, balancing wishes, conversations with general contractors, visits to model parks, etc.
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters? Is the floor plan basically reasonable? Have we missed anything crucial due to tunnel vision?
ypg schrieb:
I didn’t say the kitchen should be narrower. Just that the kitchen entrance shouldn’t be placed on the kitchen side, so the living room can be made a bit deeper. The pantry doesn’t have to be huge. I’m really slow today. I’m currently on medication, maybe that’s why. I’m afraid you’ll have to take out the pencil and do some planning when you have the chance.
Quick sketch:
For simplicity, I used interior dimensions of 15 x 8 meters (49 x 26 feet) instead of exterior dimensions of 16 x 9 meters (52.5 x 29.5 feet)... At the moment, this is as detailed as the sketch can get, as I only have a ballpoint pen available.
However, I think it conveys what I tried to explain earlier in words.
I also simplified the north-facing windows so that potential light strips in the interior walls are simply divided. Of course, this can still be developed further.
For simplicity, I used interior dimensions of 15 x 8 meters (49 x 26 feet) instead of exterior dimensions of 16 x 9 meters (52.5 x 29.5 feet)... At the moment, this is as detailed as the sketch can get, as I only have a ballpoint pen available.
However, I think it conveys what I tried to explain earlier in words.
I also simplified the north-facing windows so that potential light strips in the interior walls are simply divided. Of course, this can still be developed further.
Thanks for the draft! It’s heading in a similar direction to kaho674’s approach, I think. I’m still experimenting, and here are some observations so far:
- If possible, I would position the utility room behind the guest toilet. This makes the lower part of the ground floor more functional. (see 11ant’s suggestion)
- I’m unsure whether to orient the kitchen horizontally or vertically after initial attempts. You lose a lot of countertop space if the left wall of the house has no work surfaces. Somehow, I keep coming back to the original version…
- Would narrowing the hallway and kitchen passageway more than necessary be beneficial? I’m not sure. The recessed walls feel artificially cramped.
- For the living room, I’ve tested a different layout that I quite like immediately because it partially separates the space yet creates more openness in the living area. (It would also reduce structural challenges)
- Upstairs, I liked the extra space gained in the master area in your floor plans, but I would have swapped the bedroom and bathroom in kaho674’s design, which would then resemble your layout, ypg. I’m just unsure whether this would make the upstairs hallway too dark, as natural light from the staircase would be significantly reduced.
- A children’s bathroom facing south also sounds good, even though the storage room would be smaller overall.
opalau schrieb:
Here is a first version attached, which I will sleep on for now Hmm, well, this living room layout isn’t really my style. I’m usually in favor of removing walls to create more open space rather than adding them. And again, you have a view of the pantry door while chopping vegetables. I find that really unfortunate. If only there was space opposite for a few stools, so you could face someone watching you. But the stools would be right in the walkway.Also, the enclosed utility room isn’t desirable for me, especially not above the guest bathroom. Ask yourself whether this really gains you essential space, or if it’s just increasing the square footage of the study unnecessarily? Somehow, the word “tacky” comes to mind. Also, the utility room feels quite small now. You’ll have other things to store there, like tools, a vacuum cleaner, and so on. Space there is almost always too limited.
The location of the children’s bathroom drainage now seems even more questionable — almost directly above the living room. Not even a kitchen wall nearby.
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