ᐅ Single-family house floor plan, approximately 200 sqm without a basement – assessment
Created on: 14 Dec 2014 10:37
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Slammer0909
Hello everyone,
I have been following this forum for some time now, looking at other threads as well as their floor plans and feedback.
My wife and I are already in contact with a construction company, and the floor plan is roughly finalized. I also contributed to the design of the ground floor.
However, I am not satisfied with the layout of the upper floor because you have to walk through the dressing area to reach the bedroom.
I have been planning and moving walls around for about a year now, and I am starting to get somewhat "blind" to the design.
I would really appreciate any constructive feedback, both positive and negative, on the floor plan.
The rooms are quite large, but we prefer it that way (child’s room about 20sqm (215 sq ft), etc.).
Originally, we wanted a full basement, but due to the groundwater level, this is no longer possible.
That is why the rooms are arranged around the garage, with a large utility room including a cloakroom on the ground floor, and a laundry room on the upper floor.
The site plan including the property boundary is provided just to help visualize the dimensions of the plot.
Attached are the floor plans.
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Mathias
I have been following this forum for some time now, looking at other threads as well as their floor plans and feedback.
My wife and I are already in contact with a construction company, and the floor plan is roughly finalized. I also contributed to the design of the ground floor.
However, I am not satisfied with the layout of the upper floor because you have to walk through the dressing area to reach the bedroom.
I have been planning and moving walls around for about a year now, and I am starting to get somewhat "blind" to the design.
I would really appreciate any constructive feedback, both positive and negative, on the floor plan.
The rooms are quite large, but we prefer it that way (child’s room about 20sqm (215 sq ft), etc.).
Originally, we wanted a full basement, but due to the groundwater level, this is no longer possible.
That is why the rooms are arranged around the garage, with a large utility room including a cloakroom on the ground floor, and a laundry room on the upper floor.
The site plan including the property boundary is provided just to help visualize the dimensions of the plot.
Attached are the floor plans.
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Mathias
That won’t work... according to your builder’s floor plan, the 2m (6 ft 7 in) line on the left side of the attic is about 125 cm (49 inches) from the wall. But you want to place the entrance door to the upper floor utility room at around 100 cm (39 inches).
Kitchen and living area passage: if someone is sitting properly at the table in the living area, it will be hardly possible to pass through the walkway.
Living room: if you keep the large U-shaped sofa, there will really be only about 310 cm (10 ft 2 in) left for the table including the passage to the kitchen.
Kitchen... take a look at the entrance area there.
Wardrobe... it is now really quite far from the entrance.
Guest room on the ground floor... now only 283 cm (9 ft 3 in) wide.
Pantry: 123 cm (48 inches) width rough construction measure... not even a freezer cabinet can fit along the wall because the 60 cm (24 inches) wide door of the freezer cabinet would not be able to open.
Where will the building services/technical room be located now?
Kitchen and living area passage: if someone is sitting properly at the table in the living area, it will be hardly possible to pass through the walkway.
Living room: if you keep the large U-shaped sofa, there will really be only about 310 cm (10 ft 2 in) left for the table including the passage to the kitchen.
Kitchen... take a look at the entrance area there.
Wardrobe... it is now really quite far from the entrance.
Guest room on the ground floor... now only 283 cm (9 ft 3 in) wide.
Pantry: 123 cm (48 inches) width rough construction measure... not even a freezer cabinet can fit along the wall because the 60 cm (24 inches) wide door of the freezer cabinet would not be able to open.
Where will the building services/technical room be located now?
Slammer0909 schrieb:
And this is how you could imagine the kitchen, I came across it by chance last Sunday in the brochure:"Imagine" is a good word, since you will never actually see it like that—the perspective shows a table in front, and the bench is not suitable for sitting.
kbt09 schrieb:
...The problem, however, is the limited floor space again for standard-depth wardrobes, such as Ikea Pax wardrobes, etc.That’s hilarious. Building a house for over half a million and then putting in Ikea wardrobes.W
Wanderdüne27 Jan 2015 22:30Slammer0909 schrieb:
We don't have a price yet. He mentioned at the start of the planning €1300 per square meter (about $140 per square foot). The garage, of course, costs less.Considering this includes several exterior doors, two staircases, three shower bathrooms, a pass-through window, a balcony, a thermally insulated garage, a variety of angled walls, plus the usual "nice" finishes, this is a very fair price... although I’m a bit skeptical.
Hello Slammer,
I’m curious... would you be okay if it was obvious from your house that it wasn’t designed by a professional?
My last concerns about the number of passages you have—which ultimately arose because you needed to create connections between the hallway and rooms—are something an architect wouldn’t use. Later on, anyone visiting would be able to tell that someone inexperienced was involved. That would personally bother me.
A utility room as a kind of airlock, preferably large, or a “feature” corridor upstairs—you can be proud of that, even if it uses up 20m² (215 sq ft) of space... but why such a complicated hidden layout with so many passages? You mentioned that yourself...
A well-designed house, even a custom one, doesn’t have so many “airlock” passages in the kitchen or hallway.
Best regards,
Yvonne
Edit: I’m picturing the floor plan with the “winding” hallway...
I’m curious... would you be okay if it was obvious from your house that it wasn’t designed by a professional?
My last concerns about the number of passages you have—which ultimately arose because you needed to create connections between the hallway and rooms—are something an architect wouldn’t use. Later on, anyone visiting would be able to tell that someone inexperienced was involved. That would personally bother me.
A utility room as a kind of airlock, preferably large, or a “feature” corridor upstairs—you can be proud of that, even if it uses up 20m² (215 sq ft) of space... but why such a complicated hidden layout with so many passages? You mentioned that yourself...
A well-designed house, even a custom one, doesn’t have so many “airlock” passages in the kitchen or hallway.
Best regards,
Yvonne
Edit: I’m picturing the floor plan with the “winding” hallway...
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