ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a 180 m² Single-Family Home with South-Facing Driveway – Challenging Layouts
Created on: 16 Feb 2024 23:10
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Cubus3f
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 450m2 (4,844 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor Area Ratio (FAR): 0.4
Gross Floor Area Ratio (GFAR): 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: Plot measures 18.36 x 24.49 meters (60.2 x 80.4 feet); building envelopes are set back 3 meters (10 feet) to the north, east, and west, and 5 meters (16.4 feet) to the south (street side)
Edge development: Yes
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2
Roof type: Flat roof
Style: modern, open
Orientation: south/west
Maximum heights/limits:
Additional regulations: Moderately busy street to the south; a multi-family building is located to the north
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, open, flat roof
Basement, stories: No basement, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, ages: 2 middle-aged adults, 2 children (6 and 1 year old)
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: Ground floor 100m² (1,076 sq ft), upper floor 80m² (861 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guests per year: 2 persons, 3 times per year
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: both yes
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, including reasons for preferences:
Living and dining areas as much as possible facing south
Kitchen with freestanding island and partly open pantry around the corner
House Design
Designed by:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Workshop at the back, bicycle stand, size of children’s rooms, master bedroom area on the north side, staircase option 1
What do you dislike? Why? Very small garden, especially between the terrace and neighboring house
Option 1:
Ground floor:
Upper floor:
Option 2:
Ground floor:
Upper floor:
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 3,200 €/m2
Personal price limit for house including fixtures: 700,000 €
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you had to give up some features/finishes, which ones?
- Can give up: open staircase
- Cannot give up: pantry, kitchen with island, utility room on upper floor, children’s bathroom, large dressing room
Why is the design like it is now? For example:
Standard design from the planner? Architect developed options 1 & 2 after consultation
Which of your wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What do you think are the particular strengths or weaknesses of the design?
Do you have suggestions on how we should plan the living/dining/kitchen area to create an L-shaped layout? There should be space for a kitchen island (2.35m x 1.1m) (7.7 x 3.6 feet). The staircase should be placed centrally in the house to improve the layout of the upper floor rooms.
Any other improvement suggestions?
Many thanks
Cubus3f
Plot size: 450m2 (4,844 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor Area Ratio (FAR): 0.4
Gross Floor Area Ratio (GFAR): 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: Plot measures 18.36 x 24.49 meters (60.2 x 80.4 feet); building envelopes are set back 3 meters (10 feet) to the north, east, and west, and 5 meters (16.4 feet) to the south (street side)
Edge development: Yes
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2
Roof type: Flat roof
Style: modern, open
Orientation: south/west
Maximum heights/limits:
Additional regulations: Moderately busy street to the south; a multi-family building is located to the north
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, open, flat roof
Basement, stories: No basement, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, ages: 2 middle-aged adults, 2 children (6 and 1 year old)
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: Ground floor 100m² (1,076 sq ft), upper floor 80m² (861 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guests per year: 2 persons, 3 times per year
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: both yes
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, including reasons for preferences:
Living and dining areas as much as possible facing south
Kitchen with freestanding island and partly open pantry around the corner
House Design
Designed by:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Workshop at the back, bicycle stand, size of children’s rooms, master bedroom area on the north side, staircase option 1
What do you dislike? Why? Very small garden, especially between the terrace and neighboring house
Option 1:
Ground floor:
- Bad: Kitchen too small, freestanding kitchen island measuring 2.35m x 1.1m (7.7 x 3.6 feet) does not fit, entrance to living area too narrow
- Good: spacious hallway, open staircase with landing
Upper floor:
- Bad: Access to children’s bathroom through utility room, entrance to master bedroom through dressing room, makeup table in master bedroom instead of dressing room
- Good: spacious master bathroom, size of utility room and children’s bathroom
Option 2:
Ground floor:
- Bad: no staircase landing, small entrance/hallway, entrance to living area directly from the foyer
- Good: large kitchen
Upper floor:
- Bad: utility room too large, entrance to sleeping area awkward (one walks into a wall), makeup table in master bedroom, master bathroom too small
- Good: separate entrance to utility room
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 3,200 €/m2
Personal price limit for house including fixtures: 700,000 €
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you had to give up some features/finishes, which ones?
- Can give up: open staircase
- Cannot give up: pantry, kitchen with island, utility room on upper floor, children’s bathroom, large dressing room
Why is the design like it is now? For example:
Standard design from the planner? Architect developed options 1 & 2 after consultation
Which of your wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What do you think are the particular strengths or weaknesses of the design?
Do you have suggestions on how we should plan the living/dining/kitchen area to create an L-shaped layout? There should be space for a kitchen island (2.35m x 1.1m) (7.7 x 3.6 feet). The staircase should be placed centrally in the house to improve the layout of the upper floor rooms.
Any other improvement suggestions?
Many thanks
Cubus3f
I always find it terrible to lock grandma away in the basement. I assume you simply want to keep your beloved relative close by – but there’s a lack of ideas. So here is an alternative suggestion.
For now, it’s just about the layout concerning the site plan, parking spaces, terraces, and paths. I would consider something along these lines:
If there isn’t enough space, a partial extension of grandma’s separate apartment would also be conceivable.
For now, it’s just about the layout concerning the site plan, parking spaces, terraces, and paths. I would consider something along these lines:
If there isn’t enough space, a partial extension of grandma’s separate apartment would also be conceivable.
Dear Katja, WOW. Thank you so much for your effort and work. We really appreciate it.
Today, we spoke again with the architect and widened the floor-to-ceiling window in the basement from 1.60 meters (5 feet 3 inches) to 2.30 meters (7 feet 7 inches). The narrow left section, which was still part of the storage room in the plan, will become a utility closet for the granny flat. A washing machine could be placed there, making the bathroom feel more spacious.
What do you think about the entrance area on the ground floor? I’m worried it might be too tight. What are your thoughts?
Today, we spoke again with the architect and widened the floor-to-ceiling window in the basement from 1.60 meters (5 feet 3 inches) to 2.30 meters (7 feet 7 inches). The narrow left section, which was still part of the storage room in the plan, will become a utility closet for the granny flat. A washing machine could be placed there, making the bathroom feel more spacious.
What do you think about the entrance area on the ground floor? I’m worried it might be too tight. What are your thoughts?
Cubus3f schrieb:
What do you think about the entrance area on the ground floor? I'm worried it might be too tight. What do you think? Sorry, but I find your plan particularly unsettling, especially the outdoor area. There isn’t a single spot on the property where someone would want to spend time. Where are the trash bins supposed to go? Right next to the terrace?
I also think your concerns about the entrance area are completely misplaced if fundamental issues that could possibly prevent obtaining a building permit/planning permission have not yet been resolved.
I must admit, I find the so-called Schimu basement antisocial and cannot support it.
Cubus3f schrieb:
We widened the floor-to-ceiling window in the basement from 1.60 meters (5 feet 3 inches) to 2.30 meters (7 feet 7 inches). But it still remains more basement than living space.
K a t j a schrieb:
Sorry, I find your design especially the exterior quite awful. I guess the wishes don’t exactly align with your idea.
Cubus3f schrieb:
Living and dining area as much as possible facing south. That’s how I understand it—that a south-facing garden is absolutely desired. I also thought I had read that explicitly somewhere.
Due to the plot orientation, complicated long paths arise, which make a nice garden area almost impossible, especially if you want the garden or terrace exactly where the entrance should be or where the cars are parked.
I’m attaching a different floor plan discussion regarding garden orientation.
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/neubau-doppelhaus-155qm-ausrichtung-grundriss-dementsprechend.48000/
ypg schrieb:
I guess the wishes don’t really align with your idea. Apparently, the small size of the plot compared to the building hasn’t been fully taken into account yet.
Cubus3f schrieb:
...We wanted a larger, continuous garden. That only worked out on the south side because we didn’t want a north-facing garden or a narrow strip on the west side. If you don’t use the non-buildable setback area along the street for parking spaces and pathways, you inevitably lose continuous space, since everything gets paved over with paths and driveways on the north side. Then there’s the outdoor stairs to the basement and the already way too small bike shed. In the end, there’s just a tiny area left for the south terrace between the cars and the street, where you get roasted in summer. I bet hardly anyone ever sits there because it’s noisy and far too hot.
Has anything been said about the maximum building height?
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hanghaus202317 Sep 2024 10:40A basement granny flat is not a good idea.
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