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
Kati.com schrieb:
@jpg - yes, I also find the 1m (3.3 ft) wide, long hallway extremely narrow. It should be at least 1.3m (4.3 ft). I don’t want to keep going on about this, but I really struggle to get out of the saddle 😉: even if the walk-in closet ends up being 2 meters (6.6 ft) wide, the fundamental desire is to feel welcomed by the house. I mean, we’re not talking about a cheap house of 109 sqm (1175 sq ft) where every meter counts, nor is it an “I don’t care where or how the rooms are” attitude, and it’s certainly not about a builder who is indifferent to natural daylight. And we’re not dealing with a farmstead or a property where someone needs an entry vestibule just to keep dirt outside and to leave their things there first.
Look at the ground floor. That stubborn insistence on building an airlock entry, at all costs—regardless of what that means—is standing in the way of a nice entrance. “If it doesn’t fit, it will be made to fit,” no matter whether that’s actually desirable in the final execution.
As a closet, the airlock has potential. Slowly, the original poster can also give up on the basement, which isn’t included in the budget anyway 😀
ypg schrieb:
The airlock has potential as a storage room. At this point, the original poster can probably forget about the basement, which is not in the budget anyway 😀I keep wondering where the steps down to the basement are supposed to be... If you put the closet under the stairs, then access to the basement is missing...
And if you don’t build a basement at all, then there’s no utility room...
So a complete redesign would be necessary, or ideally turn the guest room into an office (combined office/guest room), and convert the ground floor office into a utility room that serves as an airlock to the garage...
Kati.com schrieb:
I've been wondering the whole time where the steps down to the basement should go...
If you put the closet under the stairs, then there's no access to the basement...
But if you don't build a basement, then you lose the utility room...
So you would have to completely redesign, or ideally turn the guest room into an office (combined office/guest room), and convert the ground floor office into a utility room serving as a buffer zone to the garage... You could also install a fireman’s pole, which would actually fit well with the buffer zone 😎 Seriously, @Andi1980, skip the side entrance door – you’ll never miss it! That’s just a complicated idea you’re clinging to that’s neither necessary nor practical in real life. A nicely weather-protected main entrance is all you need.
Otherwise, I think a few useful improvements have already been made. I also like the upper floor layout from @Kati.com!
Hangman schrieb:
You could also install a fireman’s pole, which would actually fit well with the airlock area 😎 Seriously, @Andi1980 skip the side entrance door—you’ll never miss it! It’s just some overcomplicated idea you’re fixated on that isn’t necessary or practical in reality. A nicely sheltered main entrance area is all you need.
Otherwise, I think some useful optimizations have already been made. I also really like the upper floor design from @Kati.com! I can’t agree with that at all.
I use my airlock room as the main entrance about 90% of the time. We also have “our” wardrobe and a huge closet there.
The main/guest wardrobe stays free and always looks neat ;-)
I think the room is great, especially since mine has a window.
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