ᐅ Floor Plan for a Single-Family House with 1.5 Floors Plus Basement / Initial Draft – Suggestions?
Created on: 6 Jan 2022 19:25
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Andi1980
A friendly hello to everyone 🙂
After a long wait, we have finally been able to purchase a building plot in a new development area and now want to fulfill the dream of owning our own home. We have been working on the optimal floor plan for us for several months now. So far, we are quite satisfied with the result.
What can you say about the floor plan in general? What do you like, or where do you see room for improvement? We have been reading and quietly following the forum for some time, but we think you might spot areas where adjustments could be made. Where do you see weaknesses? We look forward to constructive criticism and your feedback!
Thank you very much in advance!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 435 m² (4680 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site occupancy index: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.8
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors permitted: from bungalow up to 2 full stories
Roof shape: open
Orientation: open
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height 10 m (33 ft), eave height 6.5 m (21 ft)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Single-family house with gable roof, modern
Basement, floors: with basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, age: 3
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guest stays per year: frequent
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: conservative
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6-8
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes
House Design
Who designed it: Do-it-yourself
What do you especially like? Why?
Large, open living area, staircase in the living area, access to the garage from the house
What do you dislike? Why?
Because of the narrow plot width, the garage is too narrow; we would have preferred to build a double garage.
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 480 K
Preferred heating technology: geothermal heat, underfloor heating, photovoltaic system on the roof
If you have to give up something, which details / additions
-can you do without:
Sauna
-can you not do without:
large kitchen, open room layout, office on the ground floor, guest room, large walk-in closet, access to the garage from the house
Why is the design the way it is now? For example
The design developed the way it did based on our wishes and ideas – we tried to implement them as well as possible for the narrow plot. We also visited various show homes and of course sifted through countless floor plans on the internet.
Thank you very much for reading and best regards
Andi1980
After a long wait, we have finally been able to purchase a building plot in a new development area and now want to fulfill the dream of owning our own home. We have been working on the optimal floor plan for us for several months now. So far, we are quite satisfied with the result.
What can you say about the floor plan in general? What do you like, or where do you see room for improvement? We have been reading and quietly following the forum for some time, but we think you might spot areas where adjustments could be made. Where do you see weaknesses? We look forward to constructive criticism and your feedback!
Thank you very much in advance!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 435 m² (4680 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site occupancy index: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.8
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors permitted: from bungalow up to 2 full stories
Roof shape: open
Orientation: open
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height 10 m (33 ft), eave height 6.5 m (21 ft)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Single-family house with gable roof, modern
Basement, floors: with basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, age: 3
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guest stays per year: frequent
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: conservative
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6-8
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes
House Design
Who designed it: Do-it-yourself
What do you especially like? Why?
Large, open living area, staircase in the living area, access to the garage from the house
What do you dislike? Why?
Because of the narrow plot width, the garage is too narrow; we would have preferred to build a double garage.
Personal price limit for the house including fittings: 480 K
Preferred heating technology: geothermal heat, underfloor heating, photovoltaic system on the roof
If you have to give up something, which details / additions
-can you do without:
Sauna
-can you not do without:
large kitchen, open room layout, office on the ground floor, guest room, large walk-in closet, access to the garage from the house
Why is the design the way it is now? For example
The design developed the way it did based on our wishes and ideas – we tried to implement them as well as possible for the narrow plot. We also visited various show homes and of course sifted through countless floor plans on the internet.
Thank you very much for reading and best regards
Andi1980
Hangman schrieb:
The airlock is not a good idea for the reasons mentioned by @ypg (even if you don’t want to hear it). If you don’t want to give up on the idea, skip the garage door but design the exterior wall so you can easily add a side entrance door later. If you still miss it in three years, you can retrofit the door (though you probably won’t 🙂 ).The most pointless interior door of all time is also probably the most defended or sugar-coated "feature" (or, in my opinion, gimmick) of the "modern" house. Sitting at a desk in the vestibule of my car, I’d feel like I was working for the motor pool ;-)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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11ant schrieb:
The most ridiculous interior door of all time is probably also the most defended or sugar-coated "feature" (in my opinion, a gimmick) of the "modern" house. Sitting at a desk in the hallway of my car, I’d feel like I’m working for the chauffeur service ;-)I don’t understand it either, but I’ve had to learn that some people can really cling to it. A well-known striker from the local county or district league here (I’m not familiar with the details) defends it tooth and nail. Able to run 100 meters in 12 seconds, but the 5 meters (16 feet) in the drizzle mean certain death by drowning.
Hangman schrieb:
- The steep roof with a low knee wall is unfavorable and is neither required by the building permit/planning permission nor by space needs. A better solution would be a (very) high knee wall with a 22-25° roof pitch, possibly constructed as an exposed rafter roof structure inside. This way, you avoid problems with sloping ceilings and can plan windows on the eaves sides.
- The airlock/vestibule is, for the reasons mentioned by @ypg, not a good idea (even if you don’t want to hear it). If you don’t want to give up the idea, omit the garage door but design the exterior wall so that a side entrance door can be easily added later. If you still miss it in three years, you can retrofit the door (which you probably won’t do 🙂 ).
- I would eliminate the small storage room next to the ground floor kitchen and instead extend the tall cabinets all the way to the west exterior wall. This provides nearly the same storage space but is much more accessible. You can also use deeper cabinets there (kitchen manufacturers offer such systems in my opinion).
- The ground floor WC should logically be extended to the exterior wall, and possibly plan for a shower.
- This allows you to shift the wall between the hallway and ground floor WC slightly to the right on the plan and install a larger front door with glass side panels to bring more light into the hallway.
- On the upper floor, I would definitely move the wall between the hallway and dressing room/bedroom downwards on the plan to better suit the stairwell.
- In this context, you could also shift the wall between the child’s room and bathroom downwards on the plan to ‘streamline’ the bathroom and give the child more space.
- I would also relocate the door between the bedroom and dressing room upwards on the plan and eliminate the separate dressing room/bathroom access (quickly crossing the hallway once is really not a problem).
- Please tidy up the doors from the hallway to the guest room/child’s room (currently too complicated).
Hello Hangman,
thank you for your feedback.
I will shortly upload an upper floor plan that we initially designed. It was quickly discarded because there was only a small window at the lower part, resulting in very little daylight in the dressing room. Due to the photovoltaic system, we did not want to include skylights or dormers there. I like the idea of a higher knee wall since it would allow for a taller window in the dressing room. What do you think of this floor plan?
Tomorrow I will try to redesign the ground floor according to your ideas and see how it looks.
I haven’t found many supporters for the garage door yet 😉 .
Maybe I will find a solution where the airlock can be realized separately from the office.
Zubi123 schrieb:
I would move the living room window further to the right so that you have a direct view from the entrance through the entire house out into the garden.I was about to say the same thing 😉I like the layout of the ground floor. The kitchen appeals to me the most. I also think the pantry is quite practical.
Topic: Door between garage and house.
Why is everyone against it? Having direct access to the garage is important to me as well, especially when the garage is large enough to accommodate not only cars but also other small items. In my family, everyone has direct garage access and finds it really convenient. I also grew up in such a house and can’t imagine planning it any other way.
However, the location of the garage entrance in your plan is somewhat suboptimal.
Do you work from home often, or is the office just a buffer room? If you regularly spend 8–10 hours a day in that "office," please do yourselves a favor and reconsider the layout. But if you just want to use the room for storing small items, I see it more as a vestibule or cloakroom, and then the door can of course stay.
I would arrange the upper floor differently. You don’t really need a large wardrobe room—since you’re planning a basement where winter clothes can be stored. I would not place the children's room directly next to the bedroom.
This is how we planned it...
Topic: Door between garage and house.
Why is everyone against it? Having direct access to the garage is important to me as well, especially when the garage is large enough to accommodate not only cars but also other small items. In my family, everyone has direct garage access and finds it really convenient. I also grew up in such a house and can’t imagine planning it any other way.
However, the location of the garage entrance in your plan is somewhat suboptimal.
Do you work from home often, or is the office just a buffer room? If you regularly spend 8–10 hours a day in that "office," please do yourselves a favor and reconsider the layout. But if you just want to use the room for storing small items, I see it more as a vestibule or cloakroom, and then the door can of course stay.
I would arrange the upper floor differently. You don’t really need a large wardrobe room—since you’re planning a basement where winter clothes can be stored. I would not place the children's room directly next to the bedroom.
This is how we planned it...
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