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
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Slammer09093 Feb 2015 22:19Hello,
the latest design is really impressive. I’ll definitely borrow some ideas from it. The staircase wouldn’t have worked like that, but before I could comment, you had already revised it. Super quick, thanks a lot!!!
Placing the bathroom between the utility room and the living room actually makes sense in terms of space.
I once read that it’s not ideal to have the bathroom directly next to the living room?
I also saw that mentioned here in the forum.
What do you think? Is that generally a problem or does it not really matter? The shower/toilet flushing isn’t that loud, right?
I also made sure that all (or many) water pipes are close together in my plan. So, the ground floor bathroom is next to the kitchen, and the upstairs bathroom is directly above it. All pipes bundled together or in one wall.
But I guess you can overlook that, can’t you?
The pantry is also well planned next to the stairs. Unfortunately, I can’t bring it close to the front door like that anymore, but the “shift in space layout” has many advantages.
I have to say that!!!
Today, I can’t concentrate too well anymore.
I have to build a single-story house. This condition is only met if the upper floor is at most 2/3 the size of the lower floor (living area, not usable area).
The balcony on the south side and the recessed part on the south in the upper floor help to keep the upper floor smaller in square meters. Then with the sloping roof and so on, you achieve the single-story appearance.
the latest design is really impressive. I’ll definitely borrow some ideas from it. The staircase wouldn’t have worked like that, but before I could comment, you had already revised it. Super quick, thanks a lot!!!
Placing the bathroom between the utility room and the living room actually makes sense in terms of space.
I once read that it’s not ideal to have the bathroom directly next to the living room?
I also saw that mentioned here in the forum.
What do you think? Is that generally a problem or does it not really matter? The shower/toilet flushing isn’t that loud, right?
I also made sure that all (or many) water pipes are close together in my plan. So, the ground floor bathroom is next to the kitchen, and the upstairs bathroom is directly above it. All pipes bundled together or in one wall.
But I guess you can overlook that, can’t you?
The pantry is also well planned next to the stairs. Unfortunately, I can’t bring it close to the front door like that anymore, but the “shift in space layout” has many advantages.
I have to say that!!!
Today, I can’t concentrate too well anymore.
I have to build a single-story house. This condition is only met if the upper floor is at most 2/3 the size of the lower floor (living area, not usable area).
The balcony on the south side and the recessed part on the south in the upper floor help to keep the upper floor smaller in square meters. Then with the sloping roof and so on, you achieve the single-story appearance.
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Slammer09093 Feb 2015 22:24How wide is your staircase? I planned for 1m (3.3 feet).
Slammer0909 schrieb:
Placing the bathroom between the utility room and the living room actually makes sense in terms of space.
I once read that it’s not ideal if the bathroom is directly next to the living room?
I saw that mentioned here in the forum as well.
What do you think? Is that generally a problem, or doesn’t it really matter? The shower/toilet flushing isn’t that noisy, right? Well, depending on what’s louder—the TV or the shower—there’s never complete soundproofing. It definitely also depends on the materials used.
Slammer0909 schrieb:
I also made sure that all (or most) of the water pipes are grouped together in my house. So the bathroom on the ground floor next to the kitchen, and the bathroom upstairs exactly above that. All pipes clustered together or inside one wall.
But I guess you can look past that, right? With all the requirements, that would be my smallest concern. The upstairs bathroom needs to drain over the pantry. Laundry over the media room.
Slammer0909 schrieb:
The pantry is also well arranged with the staircase. Unfortunately, I can no longer position it near the front door, but there’s a lot of benefit from the “shift in space allocation.” In our case, the pantry is also opposite the main entrance. So the distance isn’t that long. It’s not a narrow house.
Slammer0909 schrieb:
Today, I can’t focus that well anymore. Yeah, I’m heading to bed as well.
Slammer0909 schrieb:
I have to build a single-story house. That condition is only met if the upper floor is a maximum of two-thirds the size of the ground floor (living area, not usable area).
The south-facing balcony with the recess in the upper floor helps to keep the upper floor smaller in terms of square meters. Then with the roof slopes and so on, you maintain the single-story appearance. That’s a terrible rule. I didn’t expect that. It might be difficult.
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Slammer09093 Feb 2015 22:36Generally, to be fair to everyone else, I had also expressed the wish back then to be able to access every room (including the kitchen) directly from the hallway, without having to go through the living room.
But I’m planning to take another look tomorrow! Good ideas!
Thank you very much!
But I’m planning to take another look tomorrow! Good ideas!
Thank you very much!
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