ᐅ Single-family house floor plan, approximately 200 sqm without a basement – assessment

If you look closely at the upper floor from my last design, you come up the stairs directly into the party room. All other rooms are separated from the upper floor hallway by thick load-bearing walls, and the entrances to the children’s rooms and the bedroom are all on the far right.

I don’t see a problem there... a central intercom system with door opener control from both the hallway and the party room. The main issue with your current plans is the incorrect stair dimensions. Once you set those accurately, the rooms will also look quite different.

I would also recommend switching from free software programs to something like Virtual Architecture by eu-Software. It’s not very expensive but allows for much more realistic representations.

However, as I have mentioned several times, and also considering the roof, which significantly influences the design, you should consult an architect.

You mentioned the upper floor being only two-thirds the size of the ground floor... that is not achieved with my last plan either. You won’t get a good result as long as the roof connection to the party room above the garage remains, since this effectively removes the roof slope on the left side of the main house.

Additionally, the many important measurements to consider usually include values such as maximum eave height, ridge height, etc. These are all data that we non-experts can only determine with difficulty, and we users here certainly cannot do so based on your information alone, but an architect should be well versed in these matters.

Hello,


I have a new draft. Some suggestions have been incorporated, such as removing sloped ceilings. However, other corners have been added—for example, in the kitchen to accommodate an old rustic cabinet.
The children’s room is now located on the south side.
Attached are the drafts.

The kitchen island can be adjusted in length to allow enough space for the seating area. The seating area is planned with a bench around the corner.
I wanted to share these plans with you again.

Are these still terrible to you (apart from the second staircase, which we definitely want to keep 100%)? Any improvements?


I also talked with a friend who is an architect, and she gave her input.
She suggested relocating the entrance to the west side to reduce hallway space.
I don’t think that’s a bad idea; it results in a much larger bathroom downstairs where a shower tray can fit. I also removed some edges and the bay window.
This allows the possibility to place the balcony centrally on the upper floor.
The plan doesn’t change completely but quite significantly.

The first plan shown is from the builder. He hasn’t seen the “new” one I created yet. What do you think?
I reduced the external dimensions back to 12 x 12 meters (about 39 x 39 feet). The design for the party room is still open, so feel free to share ideas or suggestions.

The exterior walls are actually thicker, of course, but it’s probably nicer this way so that when you come upstairs, you can take at least two steps forward. On the opposite wall, a large photo gallery could be nicely arranged.

But an important question: How does it really look with a door under the staircase? The staircase would already be “up” there, but I can’t imagine how it actually works in reality.


We actually prefer it if the staircase rises on the bathroom side, so there’s no issue with a door being in the way.

I have two variations for that:

Option 1:

The disadvantage of this is that separating this area later on won’t be easy. Also, I would have long walking distances to the toilet.
It would be nice if the wardrobe corner could be directly placed at the end of the narrow corridor on the left.

So here’s another version (the stairs are always spiral at the bottom):

Here, the narrow corridor moves further into the center of the house, with access from there to the utility room and bathroom. Shorter distances for daily trips to the toilet.
Advantage of the bathtub: you can bathe the children downstairs as well. Later, a walk-in shower can be installed there.

Now, the tricky point with the “staircase on the bathroom side” version: Will it still work upstairs with the roof slopes for the laundry room? Maybe it’s pushed too close to the wall and can’t be entered properly...


Okay, that was quite a lot.


I would appreciate your feedback and suggestions. If you think something has improved, please say so!


Best regards

I see many narrow passages in each design: either the entrance to a room is restricted by walls, then further narrowed by furniture (kitchen, guest area) or hallways.
If that’s how you want it?! That’s not very appealing. Your architect friend probably envisioned it differently.
Why doesn’t she professionally design your house?

Regards, Yvonne

Hello,

don’t put too much emphasis on the paintwork. My focus is on the floor plan, meaning the layout of the rooms.
The door will also be moved further toward the dressing room; it had shifted temporarily in the meantime.

I have also seen the “niche” for the guest wardrobe in show homes like this. It was only about 1 meter wide (3 feet). You can see the same in the first link I shared if you take a look.

I also don’t understand if it’s just a visual issue with my plans? Each room actually seems sufficiently sized.
By the way, our clothes are not hanging in the guest wardrobe but in the utility room, which includes closets for clothes and shoes, so it’s a bit larger than usual.
The rooms will be narrow because I want a window in every single one.

Sorry, but this will only result in a mess, especially in the kitchen area. For the seating nook, you’re planning about 250 to 260 cm wide (98 to 102 inches), but within this width you also need to include the passage between the seating area and the kitchen peninsula.

And I have to agree with Yvonne regarding the overly narrow walkways and so on.

Now, in your revisions, the staircase is directly next to the front door, even though you have so much hallway space.

The path from the garage through the utility room into the house... well, you might as well skip the access through the garage altogether. It’s quite a walk, around corners and so forth.

The routes from the guest room to the guest bathroom always pass right by the entrance in your variants.

No, I really don’t like it. So much space and so many compromises.

Take a look at the large houses from Viebrockhaus or Elma, for example – your design all seems quite complicated and cramped somehow.