ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family home designed as an urban villa
Created on: 20 Apr 2026 23:13
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xDorix
Hello everyone,
Our project is about to start soon. Before all the masonry work begins, I would appreciate your feedback.
We more or less designed the floor plan ourselves after looking at various houses and layouts. We took the elements we liked from different plans and combined them to create our house design, which we have gradually refined with our structural engineer.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: approx. 2500m² (0.62 acres)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio: ?
Plot ratio/building coverage ratio: ?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: ?
Edge development: ?
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Hipped roof 24°
Style: Modern
Orientation: Living/dining area facing east
Maximum height/limits: ?
Other regulations: unknown
Homeowner requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Modern city villa with a hipped roof, 24°
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full floors
Number of occupants, age: Currently 2 adults (two children’s bedrooms planned)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Ground floor: Living/dining/kitchen area, utility room, guest WC, office
Upper floor: Master bathroom, children’s bathroom, master bedroom including walk-in closet, child 1, child 2
Office: Family use or home office? Family use
Number of guests per year: ?
Open or closed architecture: ?
Conservative or modern construction method: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: Yes
Music/stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: Terrace accessible via lift-and-slide door
Garage, carport: Double garage
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: No
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, including reasons why certain things are or are not wanted: We definitely wanted a double-height space centrally located above the living/dining/kitchen area. On the upper floor, this space has a fixed window element overlooking our large plot and future garden. On the ground floor, the dining table is located directly under this double-height space.
House design
Who designed it:
- Own design based on many different floor plans
What do you like most? Why?
- The symmetry of the house’s exterior façade, the living/dining/kitchen area flooded with light through large windows including the double-height space, the open staircase with a large window, the bright and open hallway on the upper floor thanks to the double-height space.
What don’t you like? Why?
- /
Estimated price according to architect/planner: /
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: /
Preferred heating technology: Air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details/features
- Can you live without: /
- Can’t you live without: Double-height space, staircase, living room including kitchen
We are quite satisfied with the floor plan but would like to know if we might have overlooked something or if anything could be improved.
Regarding the kitchen, the door shown in the drawing will be removed. The kitchen unit will extend along the entire wall, and the indicated window is relatively large, facing south to allow afternoon sunlight.
Unfortunately, we do not have 3D views of the rooms like some others here have been able to share.
Ground floor:
Upper floor:
Our project is about to start soon. Before all the masonry work begins, I would appreciate your feedback.
We more or less designed the floor plan ourselves after looking at various houses and layouts. We took the elements we liked from different plans and combined them to create our house design, which we have gradually refined with our structural engineer.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: approx. 2500m² (0.62 acres)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio: ?
Plot ratio/building coverage ratio: ?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: ?
Edge development: ?
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Hipped roof 24°
Style: Modern
Orientation: Living/dining area facing east
Maximum height/limits: ?
Other regulations: unknown
Homeowner requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Modern city villa with a hipped roof, 24°
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full floors
Number of occupants, age: Currently 2 adults (two children’s bedrooms planned)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor:
Ground floor: Living/dining/kitchen area, utility room, guest WC, office
Upper floor: Master bathroom, children’s bathroom, master bedroom including walk-in closet, child 1, child 2
Office: Family use or home office? Family use
Number of guests per year: ?
Open or closed architecture: ?
Conservative or modern construction method: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open kitchen with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: Yes
Music/stereo wall: No
Balcony, roof terrace: Terrace accessible via lift-and-slide door
Garage, carport: Double garage
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: No
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, including reasons why certain things are or are not wanted: We definitely wanted a double-height space centrally located above the living/dining/kitchen area. On the upper floor, this space has a fixed window element overlooking our large plot and future garden. On the ground floor, the dining table is located directly under this double-height space.
House design
Who designed it:
- Own design based on many different floor plans
What do you like most? Why?
- The symmetry of the house’s exterior façade, the living/dining/kitchen area flooded with light through large windows including the double-height space, the open staircase with a large window, the bright and open hallway on the upper floor thanks to the double-height space.
What don’t you like? Why?
- /
Estimated price according to architect/planner: /
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment: /
Preferred heating technology: Air-to-water heat pump
If you have to give up something, which details/features
- Can you live without: /
- Can’t you live without: Double-height space, staircase, living room including kitchen
We are quite satisfied with the floor plan but would like to know if we might have overlooked something or if anything could be improved.
Regarding the kitchen, the door shown in the drawing will be removed. The kitchen unit will extend along the entire wall, and the indicated window is relatively large, facing south to allow afternoon sunlight.
Unfortunately, we do not have 3D views of the rooms like some others here have been able to share.
Ground floor:
Upper floor:
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
I agree. So it's better to start over. In theory, I fully agree, but:
xDorix schrieb:
Our offer is already signed anyway and we have compared and reviewed it several times. I interpret this as "By signing the offer we effectively created a contract from it" (and now nothing can be done except moving walls). Alea iacta est, the die is cast :-(
Of course, a redesign is still possible, although the question is whether the house size or the price must remain the same – contract cancellation in exchange for a (significant) upgrade is generally possible, but presumably this will at least reopen the price discussion.
Is it more noble at heart to limit oneself to relocating a dressing room door ... well, honestly, I don’t know.
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We have furnished our house layout and I will address the points you should consider. If I have missed anything, please feel free to list it so I can take another look.
- Children's bathroom upstairs: By moving the door to the children’s bathroom, we can fit a 1 x 1 meter (3.3 x 3.3 feet) shower niche in the upper left corner. The washbasin is on the left and the toilet on the right. You were right that with a centrally positioned door, a shower would not have been possible.
- Walk-in closet: We are still deciding whether to keep the bedroom access as is or place the door from the hallway into the walk-in closet instead. There were different opinions on this here as well. In terms of space, we can fit a 3 meter (9.8 feet) wide wardrobe, which is more than enough for us. Currently, we get by with much less. There is still one wall available for a chest of drawers and the opposite wall for a mirror. If the wardrobe is placed along the largest wall, there is about 1.50 meters (4.9 feet) to the opposite wall. It should be possible to place a seating area here while still leaving about 80 cm (31.5 inches) for the walkway.
- Children’s rooms: We have easily accommodated a desk, a bed, and a wardrobe in the children’s rooms. Still, there is room for a chest of drawers, and the center area remains free.
- Guest toilet on the ground floor: There is a minimum passage width of 90 cm (35.4 inches) between the washbasin and the window, which should be sufficient.
The office and utility room are still pending.
- Children's bathroom upstairs: By moving the door to the children’s bathroom, we can fit a 1 x 1 meter (3.3 x 3.3 feet) shower niche in the upper left corner. The washbasin is on the left and the toilet on the right. You were right that with a centrally positioned door, a shower would not have been possible.
- Walk-in closet: We are still deciding whether to keep the bedroom access as is or place the door from the hallway into the walk-in closet instead. There were different opinions on this here as well. In terms of space, we can fit a 3 meter (9.8 feet) wide wardrobe, which is more than enough for us. Currently, we get by with much less. There is still one wall available for a chest of drawers and the opposite wall for a mirror. If the wardrobe is placed along the largest wall, there is about 1.50 meters (4.9 feet) to the opposite wall. It should be possible to place a seating area here while still leaving about 80 cm (31.5 inches) for the walkway.
- Children’s rooms: We have easily accommodated a desk, a bed, and a wardrobe in the children’s rooms. Still, there is room for a chest of drawers, and the center area remains free.
- Guest toilet on the ground floor: There is a minimum passage width of 90 cm (35.4 inches) between the washbasin and the window, which should be sufficient.
The office and utility room are still pending.
xDorix schrieb:
We have furnished our house Could you please share photos so we can see how it turned out?
Have you also considered the required clearance and movement space?
I have to agree that the floor plan has some flaws. The children’s room is smaller than the hallway. The rooms dedicated to sleeping, homework, and leisure seem quite limited in proportion to the overall living area. With a bed, desk, wardrobe, and possibly a chest of drawers, space is tight. Musical instruments, sports equipment, a slot car track, shelves for books and games, etc.—is all that supposed to fit in the hallway?
The two doors in the utility room take up a lot of usable space. How do you plan to furnish the multipurpose room?
I would have planned a small utility room instead of a children’s bathroom. Maybe allow the dressing room some natural light.
I have to agree that the floor plan has some flaws. The children’s room is smaller than the hallway. The rooms dedicated to sleeping, homework, and leisure seem quite limited in proportion to the overall living area. With a bed, desk, wardrobe, and possibly a chest of drawers, space is tight. Musical instruments, sports equipment, a slot car track, shelves for books and games, etc.—is all that supposed to fit in the hallway?
The two doors in the utility room take up a lot of usable space. How do you plan to furnish the multipurpose room?
I would have planned a small utility room instead of a children’s bathroom. Maybe allow the dressing room some natural light.
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nordanney22 Apr 2026 08:20haydee schrieb:
And I don’t know what you compared the quotes to. Everything that is not included gets added on. Unfortunately, that is very vague and hard to define. The topic of costs is completely ignored and overlooked in this thread. Article 3 of the Cologne Basic Law still applies here...
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