ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family home designed as an urban villa

haydee schrieb:
The bedroom is a good example—the floor plan is livable, but there are narrow spots in one place and wasted space elsewhere. There is little room on either side of the bed. No shelf for baby monitor, phone, book, or tea cup. The bed must never have a bed frame. Behind the headboard is a second hallway that is just empty space.

I need to explain our ideas for the bedroom. The drywall partition is planned to include a shelf. We don’t want bedside tables, so we decided on a shelf integrated into this drywall. Behind the wall, there would even be room for a chest of drawers or something similar. The wall will either extend all the way to the ceiling or there will be an open section above the bed so you can look out at our large property and nature. We saw this design in a bed showroom and liked it a lot.
We recently purchased the current bed, which has a relatively wide headboard, so it is shown like that in the plan. On either side (depending on the width of the drywall partition, which is flexible), we have about 70cm (28 inches) of clearance. The floor-to-ceiling window has a fixed lower section, while the upper part can be opened.

haydee schrieb:
If your dining table is one meter wide, you need at least 3 meters width.

The plan shows a 1m (39 inches) wide table. I estimated 3m (118 inches) width from the center to allow space for chairs, etc. There is an additional 1m (39 inches) walkway to the kitchen island. The walkway to the sofa would be a bit narrower, about 50cm (20 inches).

haydee schrieb:
How little space is there between the desk and the wall?

You’re right. Currently, there is only about 50cm (20 inches) there. We would have to give up one of the two cupboards or the desk. But we could probably accept that since neither of us works from home; the office will mostly be used for playing soccer/darts and as a guest room (hence the sofa bed).

haydee schrieb:
Behind the headboard is a second hallway that is just empty space.

Do you have any suggestions on what could be moved or changed to make this space more useful? As I said, I was thinking of placing a chest of drawers or something similar there.

haydee schrieb:
Where will the building services go? Where do you plan to store suitcases, decorations, and so on?

We have planned storage space for those things under the roof.

Thanks for your input as well 🙂

xDorix schrieb:
If you need any additional information about certain things to better assess them, I can provide more details.

This mainly referred to the utility room and office; you have already described the latter somewhat, and you can’t say much more about the former yet...

xDorix schrieb:
The access to the terrace is planned through the middle window, which will be a lift-and-slide door.

Then I think it’s too tight at the end of the table! I thought the window above the island was meant to be the new terrace door...

xDorix schrieb:
Do you have any other ideas?

Sorry, no, I’m having trouble imagining this bathroom feeling cozy...

xDorix schrieb:
We have a generous distance of 1.20m (4 feet) between the kitchen island.

Between the table and the island, or between a pulled-out chair and the island? It was already mentioned above: plan for 3m (10 feet) width for a 1m (3 feet) table so that chairs can be used on both sides...

haydee schrieb:
There’s little space on either side of the bed. No place for a baby monitor, phone, book, or tea cup.

At first, I didn’t doubt that you wanted the bed exactly like that without any surface but with the view, but haydee is right: do you really not need a bedside table or any surface at all? What about a phone or book? Pills you might need in the late evening or early morning?...

Noxmortana schrieb:
Then I think it’s too tight at the end of the table! I thought the window above the island was the new patio door...

I measured again and you’re right, there are only 50cm (20 inches) between the table and the sliding patio door. That’s definitely too little. Towards the hallway, however, there is still 1.75m (5 feet 9 inches) in the current position. If I increase the distance to the sliding door to 1m (40 inches), I would still have 1.25m (4 feet 1 inch) towards the hallway. The passage space from the edge of the table to the fireplace would then be about 1m (40 inches). If that meter is planned as seating space for the chair, it might be tight. The limitation would be that if the table is fully occupied (6 people), you wouldn’t be able to walk between the fireplace and the table. That wouldn’t be a problem for me, but it’s a very good point.

The sliding patio door is centered. The window in the kitchen area can of course also be opened to access the terrace. The terrace will likely extend from the sliding door towards the kitchen and continue along the right side of the house, where you still get afternoon/evening sun.

Noxmortana schrieb:
Between the table and the island, or between the pulled-out chair and the island? It was already mentioned above: plan 3m (10 feet) width for a 1m (40 inches) table so you can use the chairs on both sides...

There would be about 75cm (30 inches) of clear passage between the island and the pulled-out chair, if you measure 1.5m (5 feet) left and right from the center of the table.

Noxmortana schrieb:
At first, I didn’t doubt you wanted the bed exactly like that without a bedside table but with a view, but haydee is right: do you really not need any nightstand or shelf at all? What about your phone or a book? Pills you might need late at night or early in the morning?...

Exactly, the bed is intentionally placed so that we can look out the floor-to-ceiling window. When we realized it would be difficult to have bedside tables that way, we started looking for alternatives. We then noticed an option at the furniture store where a shelf (or multiple shelves) can be integrated into the drywall. That would allow us to store everything you need there.

xDorix schrieb:
Here is the scale-accurate sketch of the furnishing.

I seriously doubt the accuracy of the scale. Why would there be a sink next to the sliding door to the living room that obstructs its opening?
The office has dollhouse desks, and many other elements look far from being to scale. Why did you even bother making this "effort" if you didn’t consider it worth showing the bathtub "correctly"?

I don’t see any willingness to engage with in-depth advice or criticism; it seems you only want to focus on cosmetic details.
With the messed-up bed featuring a room divider as the headboard (which – really? – is supposed to replace the bedside tables), every day starts and ends on a wrong note.

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You are planning everything so nicely...

Has the issue of the too-small budget been addressed yet, or will it be ignored until the money is spent but the house is still not finished?

Why is the budget such an important topic for you? When you know what a very similar building project looked like before and after completion—without the nightmare scenarios some mention here (like $200k extra costs, etc.)—you have a clearer picture. Unfortunately, people who only comment about the budget don’t really contribute to the discussion. Of course, the final total will exceed the planned costs, but the fact that we have paid and will pay many things out of our own funds is often overlooked here.

One could also simply appreciate that small, local businesses offer the opportunity for everyone to afford their dream home.

And again: I am very grateful to most people for offering many ideas and possible solutions. That is why I started this thread—not to discuss the budget.

11ant schrieb:
Why would there be a sink next to the sliding door into the living room, which blocks the door from opening?

I can clarify this. That is not a sink but the fireplace. For that reason, the door will most likely be positioned closer to the hallway/stairs area.

11ant schrieb:
The desks in the office are dollhouse-size, and many other elements look far from to scale. Why even bother if you don’t consider it worthwhile to represent the bathtub “correctly”?

The dollhouse desks correspond to the dimensions of our current desks. They will be placed exactly like that in our house and fit the scale accordingly. For us, the bathtub was represented well enough. We are not technical draftsmen. The purpose of the layout has been served: you can comfortably walk between the bathtub and the washbasin.

11ant schrieb:
I don’t see any willingness to engage with detailed (critical) advice; you apparently only want to focus on cosmetic details. The badly designed bed with a room-dividing headboard (which—really?—is supposed to replace bedside tables) makes every day start and end awkwardly.

As you can see from other comments, we adjust things when reasonable alternatives or improvements are suggested. From you, however, there are only lists of negative points. Often these points are based on personal preferences. I have yet to read a single suggestion from you on how to turn a negative into a positive. That is not helpful.