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 think it’s already much better regarding the center of the house.I agree, that has improved things a lot.
ypg schrieb:
I would still reduce it by one meter and... at least only in the living room... The sofa position isn’t ideal anyway... put it against the north wall... tricky: unless you have to do something completely different...Reducing it by one meter would definitely be possible. But putting the sofa against the north wall won’t work—where would the TV be placed then?
opalau schrieb:
Me too, that improved things a lot.
Fitting in a meter would certainly be possible. But placing the sofa against the north wall won’t work—where would the TV go then...? On a wall that hasn’t been drawn in yet.
Regarding the living room, I think something completely different would work better. But I don’t have a suggestion for that yet.
As it is now, the living room layout is poor.
ypg schrieb:
As it is now, the living room is rubbish.Thanks for the straightforward opinion, even though I don't agree.
I will still keep thinking it over.
ypg schrieb:
Kids don’t care about the view. But if Aunt Yvonne takes one meter (3 feet) of their room because it makes the living room’s column slimmer, are they still fine with that?
opalau schrieb:
Pantry reduced in size to give more space to the kitchen This seems a bit overrated here. The design of the staircase, with the clever effect that it appears narrow at the start and widens as it goes up, does not have to suffer because of it.
ypg schrieb:
Regarding water/sewage: I thought the same, but with less importance.
opalau schrieb:
“Trapped” basically means that the utility room (HAR) would be accessible through the guest bathroom. The guest who is peeing and the gas meter reader will not run into each other any more often than Halley’s Comet meets Earth.
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11ant schrieb:
This seems a bit overestimated here. The design of the staircase should by no means suffer from the clever effect that it appears to start narrow at the bottom and then widens as it goes up.I am still undecided here. Whether to have masonry around the stairwell or keep it more open—my wife and I will probably discuss this again and consider some examples to see what suits us.
11ant schrieb:
The guest who needs to pee and the gas meter reader will not be any more likely to meet than Halley’s Comet and the Earth.Especially if you take our expected zero guests literally! I was more concerned about possible construction or legal restrictions and whether having a second door in the small guest bathroom might seem odd.
Just a quick draft. The basic layout is kept as much as possible. The goal was to widen the kitchen to make it more comfortable and to remove the view from the kitchen island into the pantry. The master bathroom was enlarged to avoid it feeling cramped. Also, to adjust the staircase to fit precisely. The pantry could be made smaller to create even more space in the living room, although the living room is already over 4m (13 feet) deep.
For wastewater disposal, it might make sense to swap the children’s bathroom and the storage room. A specialist should decide this. If it’s not necessary, having natural light in the bathroom is obviously preferable.
I also agree with the original poster regarding the children’s rooms and the view from the neighbor’s building. As a young girl, I would have been very bothered by someone looking into my room from next door. Now, not so much.
Overall, I kept the external dimensions at 9 x 16 meters (30 x 52 feet), although there is certainly potential for savings. It seems money is not a big concern, so why not plan generously?
For wastewater disposal, it might make sense to swap the children’s bathroom and the storage room. A specialist should decide this. If it’s not necessary, having natural light in the bathroom is obviously preferable.
I also agree with the original poster regarding the children’s rooms and the view from the neighbor’s building. As a young girl, I would have been very bothered by someone looking into my room from next door. Now, not so much.
Overall, I kept the external dimensions at 9 x 16 meters (30 x 52 feet), although there is certainly potential for savings. It seems money is not a big concern, so why not plan generously?
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