ᐅ Floor plan for a 150 sqm single-family house with a double garage
Created on: 19 Sep 2018 12:45
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Hello everyone,
We would be very grateful if you could review our floor plan. What works well, and what doesn’t? Is something missing or could something be improved or made more practical?
As you can read below, we are not satisfied with the placement of the garage in front of the house. What options do you see, and how could it be done better?
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size:
1218 sqm (13,106 sq ft)
Slope:
Less steep to the north, drops 3 m (10 ft) towards the south
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building window, building line, and boundary:
3 m (10 ft)
Boundary construction:
Garage / carport may be built on the boundary line
Number of parking spaces:
2 in the garage
Number of floors:
2 full stories
Roof type:
Gable roof, approx. 20° pitch
Style:
Orientation:
South
Maximum heights / limits
Further requirements
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type
Basement, floors:
No basement
Number of occupants, ages:
2 people (28 and 31), planning for 1 child
Room requirements on
Ground floor: kitchen, pantry, dining-living area, utility/technical room, guest toilet
Upper floor: bedroom, walk-in closet, bathroom, children’s room, office
Office: family use or home office?
Guests per year:
Occasional
Open or closed architecture:
Open
Conservative or modern style:
Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island:
Kitchen island, pantry
Number of dining seats:
6
Fireplace:
No
Music/speaker wall:
No
Balcony, roof terrace:
No
Garage, carport:
Garage with workshop and storage space
Utility garden, greenhouse:
No
Other requests / special features / daily routine:
Since we have an unobstructed view to the south and west, we want to bring as much nature and light into the house as possible. An open kitchen-dining area with a subtle separation to the living room is important to us. On the upper floor, you should be able to enter the walk-in closet and bathroom directly from the bedroom.
House design
Who designed the plan:
Mainly ideas and rough drafts come from us, inspired by model homes and the internet. Final planning by the real estate developer’s architect.
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
The placement/use of windows on the south side (terrace) is not optimal yet.
The biggest issue is the garage placement in front of the house. Due to the slope, the house should be positioned as far north as possible on the south side of the plot. However, we don’t really like the idea or plan to position the garage directly in front of the house/entrance.
We have thought about placing the garage beside the house on the west side. However, this creates a very long driveway and, since we don’t want to move too far south because of the plot’s situation, the space for maneuvering a car becomes quite tight.
We would be very grateful for any innovative ideas on how to best position the garage in relation to the house.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 350,000
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 400,000
Preferred heating technology:
If you have to make compromises, which details/upgrades
- can you do without:
- cannot do without:
Why did the design become what it is now? E.g.
The design was created from freehand sketches on paper and our own work on the PC, based on our wishes and requirements. The architect adopted most of this and optimized a few rooms/walls.
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How can we elegantly fit the desired double garage on the plot considering the terrain, without it standing out too much in front of the house/entrance?
Thank you very much for your help, feedback, and suggestions.
We would be very grateful if you could review our floor plan. What works well, and what doesn’t? Is something missing or could something be improved or made more practical?
As you can read below, we are not satisfied with the placement of the garage in front of the house. What options do you see, and how could it be done better?
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size:
1218 sqm (13,106 sq ft)
Slope:
Less steep to the north, drops 3 m (10 ft) towards the south
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building window, building line, and boundary:
3 m (10 ft)
Boundary construction:
Garage / carport may be built on the boundary line
Number of parking spaces:
2 in the garage
Number of floors:
2 full stories
Roof type:
Gable roof, approx. 20° pitch
Style:
Orientation:
South
Maximum heights / limits
Further requirements
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type
Basement, floors:
No basement
Number of occupants, ages:
2 people (28 and 31), planning for 1 child
Room requirements on
Ground floor: kitchen, pantry, dining-living area, utility/technical room, guest toilet
Upper floor: bedroom, walk-in closet, bathroom, children’s room, office
Office: family use or home office?
Guests per year:
Occasional
Open or closed architecture:
Open
Conservative or modern style:
Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island:
Kitchen island, pantry
Number of dining seats:
6
Fireplace:
No
Music/speaker wall:
No
Balcony, roof terrace:
No
Garage, carport:
Garage with workshop and storage space
Utility garden, greenhouse:
No
Other requests / special features / daily routine:
Since we have an unobstructed view to the south and west, we want to bring as much nature and light into the house as possible. An open kitchen-dining area with a subtle separation to the living room is important to us. On the upper floor, you should be able to enter the walk-in closet and bathroom directly from the bedroom.
House design
Who designed the plan:
Mainly ideas and rough drafts come from us, inspired by model homes and the internet. Final planning by the real estate developer’s architect.
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
The placement/use of windows on the south side (terrace) is not optimal yet.
The biggest issue is the garage placement in front of the house. Due to the slope, the house should be positioned as far north as possible on the south side of the plot. However, we don’t really like the idea or plan to position the garage directly in front of the house/entrance.
We have thought about placing the garage beside the house on the west side. However, this creates a very long driveway and, since we don’t want to move too far south because of the plot’s situation, the space for maneuvering a car becomes quite tight.
We would be very grateful for any innovative ideas on how to best position the garage in relation to the house.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 350,000
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 400,000
Preferred heating technology:
If you have to make compromises, which details/upgrades
- can you do without:
- cannot do without:
Why did the design become what it is now? E.g.
The design was created from freehand sketches on paper and our own work on the PC, based on our wishes and requirements. The architect adopted most of this and optimized a few rooms/walls.
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How can we elegantly fit the desired double garage on the plot considering the terrain, without it standing out too much in front of the house/entrance?
Thank you very much for your help, feedback, and suggestions.
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Aliban201420 Sep 2018 16:25I’ll share my unqualified opinion about the windows:
I find the sill heights of the windows generally a bit high.
1.25 m (4 ft 1 in) on the upper floor, minus the floor construction, leaves about 1.10 m (3 ft 7 in), maybe plus the window sill?
Probably because of the pitched roof, ring beam, and roller shutter box on the upper floor, all the windows are only 1.01 m (3 ft 4 in) high? Have you ever seen this in person at a prefab house center or something similar? It’s often done like that there.
The window in the pantry is also there only for aesthetic reasons on the exterior. It would be much more practical on the east side, so that the north wall of the pantry could be filled with shelves without interruption. You have to weigh the pros and cons.
Who is going to clean the window above the bathtub? It always looks great but is unfortunately somewhat impractical for cleaning.
In the end, you always have to find the best compromise between aesthetics and functionality. Architects usually tend to focus more on aesthetics.
I find the sill heights of the windows generally a bit high.
1.25 m (4 ft 1 in) on the upper floor, minus the floor construction, leaves about 1.10 m (3 ft 7 in), maybe plus the window sill?
Probably because of the pitched roof, ring beam, and roller shutter box on the upper floor, all the windows are only 1.01 m (3 ft 4 in) high? Have you ever seen this in person at a prefab house center or something similar? It’s often done like that there.
The window in the pantry is also there only for aesthetic reasons on the exterior. It would be much more practical on the east side, so that the north wall of the pantry could be filled with shelves without interruption. You have to weigh the pros and cons.
Who is going to clean the window above the bathtub? It always looks great but is unfortunately somewhat impractical for cleaning.
In the end, you always have to find the best compromise between aesthetics and functionality. Architects usually tend to focus more on aesthetics.
That's right, especially the windows on the upper floor and in the children's room/office, along with such a high sill height.
This also contradicts the bedroom reasoning because, with that sill height, you would be lying in bed and facing the wall.
In these kinds of floor plans, the specified sill height usually refers to the height from the finished floor level, doesn't it? That would at least align with the window sightline on the ground floor.
Floor-to-ceiling sill height = 0 and 226 cm (89 inches) height
Sill height 125 in 101 cm (40 inches) height also corresponds to 226 cm (89 inches) total height.
For the execution drawings, you then need to pay attention to the heights at which items like the roller shutter box are installed.
This also contradicts the bedroom reasoning because, with that sill height, you would be lying in bed and facing the wall.
In these kinds of floor plans, the specified sill height usually refers to the height from the finished floor level, doesn't it? That would at least align with the window sightline on the ground floor.
Floor-to-ceiling sill height = 0 and 226 cm (89 inches) height
Sill height 125 in 101 cm (40 inches) height also corresponds to 226 cm (89 inches) total height.
For the execution drawings, you then need to pay attention to the heights at which items like the roller shutter box are installed.
kbt09 schrieb:
Then the bedroom argument doesn’t hold anymore, because with the sill height you end up lying in bed facing the wall. I hadn’t really noticed before that such a toilet window sill height is a recurring theme throughout the living areas in the house.
kbt09 schrieb:
In floor plans like these, the stated sill height usually refers to the top of the finished floor level, right? Normally yes; and even if I imagine an additional 18cm (7 inches) floor build-up, in addition to an unusually high sill height, there are also low lintels. Something doesn’t add up here.
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kbt09 schrieb:
With floor plans like these, the specified parapet height usually refers to the finished floor level, right? That would at least match the height alignment of the windows on the ground floor.In our floor plan, the parapet height is measured from the raw subfloor level; you might want to double-check. For example, in our living room, the parapet height is 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches), which corresponds to a distance of about 83–84 cm (33–33 inches) from the finished floor level to the bottom edge of the window. I think that’s a nice dimension. In the bathroom and kitchen, of course, it can be higher if preferred.@chrisw81 ... so what is the height of your window opening then?
The question here is what the drawing is meant to show. It could represent either, depending on the settings of the design software. And starting from the top edge of the rough subfloor, there would already be a window or patio door, with the glass ending at about 200cm (79 inches) height. Who would want that?
The question here is what the drawing is meant to show. It could represent either, depending on the settings of the design software. And starting from the top edge of the rough subfloor, there would already be a window or patio door, with the glass ending at about 200cm (79 inches) height. Who would want that?
kbt09 schrieb:
And, starting from the top edge of the unfinished floor, there would already be a window/patio door with the glass ending at about 200 cm (79 inches) height. Who would want that? R.Hotzenplotz certainly wouldn’t.
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