ᐅ Floor plan of a single-family gable-roof house with a basement, approximately 200 square meters
Created on: 3 Dec 2022 14:55
S
Stein2023
Hello everyone,
below you will find our plan. We are looking forward to your feedback.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 900 m² (9700 sq ft)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: 0.3 or max. 180 m² (1940 sq ft)
Floor area ratio: None
Building setback (building line and boundary): 5 meters (16 ft) each from the street and neighbors
Number of parking spaces: No requirement
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Gable roof or hipped roof
Maximum heights/limits: Ridge height (TH): 7.5 m (25 ft), Eaves height (OK): 11.50 m (38 ft)
Maximum driveway width: 5 meters (16 ft)
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Gable roof
Basement, floors: Basement and 2 full floors
Number and age of occupants: 2 adults, 2 children: 34, 33, 8, 6
Office, family use or home office?: Office will also be used as a guest room
Number of overnight guests per year: 12
Open or closed architecture: Semi-open
Traditional or modern construction: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 10
Fireplace: Yes
Built-in sound system: No
Balcony, roof terrace: Balcony
Garage, carport: Garage and carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: No
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons why certain elements are wanted or not: A children’s bathroom on the upper floor is not necessarily desired. We prefer a utility room on the upper floor because we want to do laundry there.
House Design
Designed by: DIY
What do you especially like? Why?: Own wardrobe; kitchen and dining area (we cook a lot) are not visible from the living room sightline.
What do you not like? Why?: The terrace roof with 2.80 m (9.2 ft) is actually too short.
Budget limit for the house, including features: 750K
Preferred heating system: Geothermal heat
Why was the design created this way?
It is well adapted to the plot conditions (corner lot) and our family’s needs.
What do you think are its biggest strengths or weaknesses?
We think it fits well with our needs (spacious living room and large kitchen, plus a separate wardrobe). Perhaps the master bedroom is not optimal because it might be too tight for two bedside tables, partly due to the chimney.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Do you think the floor plan will work well in practice? What improvements would you suggest?
We planned a sliding door to the kitchen but are unsure whether to include a door at all, and if so, what kind. The same question applies to the wardrobe. Would you adjust the window arrangement in the living room?
below you will find our plan. We are looking forward to your feedback.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 900 m² (9700 sq ft)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: 0.3 or max. 180 m² (1940 sq ft)
Floor area ratio: None
Building setback (building line and boundary): 5 meters (16 ft) each from the street and neighbors
Number of parking spaces: No requirement
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Gable roof or hipped roof
Maximum heights/limits: Ridge height (TH): 7.5 m (25 ft), Eaves height (OK): 11.50 m (38 ft)
Maximum driveway width: 5 meters (16 ft)
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Gable roof
Basement, floors: Basement and 2 full floors
Number and age of occupants: 2 adults, 2 children: 34, 33, 8, 6
Office, family use or home office?: Office will also be used as a guest room
Number of overnight guests per year: 12
Open or closed architecture: Semi-open
Traditional or modern construction: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 10
Fireplace: Yes
Built-in sound system: No
Balcony, roof terrace: Balcony
Garage, carport: Garage and carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: No
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons why certain elements are wanted or not: A children’s bathroom on the upper floor is not necessarily desired. We prefer a utility room on the upper floor because we want to do laundry there.
House Design
Designed by: DIY
What do you especially like? Why?: Own wardrobe; kitchen and dining area (we cook a lot) are not visible from the living room sightline.
What do you not like? Why?: The terrace roof with 2.80 m (9.2 ft) is actually too short.
Budget limit for the house, including features: 750K
Preferred heating system: Geothermal heat
Why was the design created this way?
It is well adapted to the plot conditions (corner lot) and our family’s needs.
What do you think are its biggest strengths or weaknesses?
We think it fits well with our needs (spacious living room and large kitchen, plus a separate wardrobe). Perhaps the master bedroom is not optimal because it might be too tight for two bedside tables, partly due to the chimney.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Do you think the floor plan will work well in practice? What improvements would you suggest?
We planned a sliding door to the kitchen but are unsure whether to include a door at all, and if so, what kind. The same question applies to the wardrobe. Would you adjust the window arrangement in the living room?
Stein2023 schrieb:
Nevertheless, please objectively show us where we went wrong. We adapted an existing design from an architect to fit our needs. Yes, we know that this is risky and often doesn’t work. But is that also the case here, just because the separate staircase is used as an additional room for the guest bedroom, the open space has been converted into a utility room, and the north wall has been set back slightly? I believe the house size (and probably the budget as well) does not allow for a separate staircase from the basement to the ground floor, and that alone would be a sufficient reason not to use such a design as the basis for your own modifications. Beyond a certain level of deviation between the original design and your requirements or wish list, first, a standard house becomes economically counterproductive and practically argues itself in favor of a “true” custom design, and second, this appears to me more like a “client house” version of a template (which is even less suitable for further individualization).
Climbee schrieb:
And I have a feeling that this standard house is offered with a flat or hipped roof, not a gable roof. Roughly speaking, I could imagine that the basis here is a Rensch house.
Climbee schrieb:
When we went to the architect, we first kept our plans to ourselves and only gave them our space requirements and ideas, our must-haves, might-haves, don’t-haves, and nice-to-haves. That’s wise, and it really should be a standard practice for any future homeowner: if you can’t keep your hands off and want to draft something yourself, at least don’t show it to the architect right away and enjoy either the ideas they come up with on their own or, ideally, the design gradually developing a resemblance to what you envisioned. At the third or fourth meeting at the earliest, you can ask naïve questions about possible differences—but never try to drag the professionals down to your amateur level. Remember: if the architect still has to “learn” something from the client, then it’s probably not a true architect!
kati1337 schrieb:
We are currently building a design from such a “draftsman” and are very satisfied with it. In our case, it was a very cost-effective alternative to a fully custom design. However, we must honestly say that so far we've had more luck than skill in several areas. Your good judgment seems to have withstood even a Makita radio’s intrusion, and from my impression, you did not really have a draftsman: not every general contractor—including, I would say, contracted architects—is a draftsman in the sense of “neatly redrawing the client’s rough sketches so they can be stamped.”
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
S
Stein20239 Dec 2022 22:55Hello everyone,
Thank you very much for the input. There were many constructive points that made us reflect:
- The balcony will now only extend over the bay window. The terrace will be traditionally covered with glass.
- Access to the utility room is now from the hallway / access from the bathroom has been removed.
- Access to the walk-in closet also from the hallway.
- What we are uncertain about: The entrance area has been made more inviting, but the hallway next to the stairs is now narrower. Everyday and guest jackets will be stored in the coat area in the entrance, and everything else in the storage room. Alternatively, we could keep it as it was and keep the hallway as wide as in the "architect’s house."
Thank you very much for the input. There were many constructive points that made us reflect:
- The balcony will now only extend over the bay window. The terrace will be traditionally covered with glass.
- Access to the utility room is now from the hallway / access from the bathroom has been removed.
- Access to the walk-in closet also from the hallway.
- What we are uncertain about: The entrance area has been made more inviting, but the hallway next to the stairs is now narrower. Everyday and guest jackets will be stored in the coat area in the entrance, and everything else in the storage room. Alternatively, we could keep it as it was and keep the hallway as wide as in the "architect’s house."
S
Stein202321 Feb 2023 21:34Hello everyone,
Planning like this can change over time without abandoning the basic ideas regarding the floor layout. After another visit to the building site (unfortunately farther from our current home) and considering the feedback here, we reconsidered the room arrangement and went back to our original intuition. It is quite important to us to have an undisturbed outdoor space without the prying eyes of neighbors watching. In addition, the new kitchen location is well suited for keeping an eye on children playing in the garden. Overall, this just feels better. A key factor in this is the reduction of the living area by 20 sqm (215 sq ft). The revised floor plan is based on the model home Griffnerbox Vienna, which is almost a vertical mirror of the “old” floor plan. By the way, please don’t overinterpret the window arrangement. We would like to use this as a rough basis for our upcoming meeting with the architect, who does not want to be a draftsman, but appreciates having a rough room layout.
Planning like this can change over time without abandoning the basic ideas regarding the floor layout. After another visit to the building site (unfortunately farther from our current home) and considering the feedback here, we reconsidered the room arrangement and went back to our original intuition. It is quite important to us to have an undisturbed outdoor space without the prying eyes of neighbors watching. In addition, the new kitchen location is well suited for keeping an eye on children playing in the garden. Overall, this just feels better. A key factor in this is the reduction of the living area by 20 sqm (215 sq ft). The revised floor plan is based on the model home Griffnerbox Vienna, which is almost a vertical mirror of the “old” floor plan. By the way, please don’t overinterpret the window arrangement. We would like to use this as a rough basis for our upcoming meeting with the architect, who does not want to be a draftsman, but appreciates having a rough room layout.
S
Schorsch_baut22 Feb 2023 08:13Is north at the top? Unfortunately, I don’t understand the orientation of the floor plans. But what stands out to me is that the corner in front of the WC and storage room will become an extremely unattractive, hard-to-maintain area where leaves collect and moss grows. Why is this recess necessary? I don’t see the setback on the upper floor.
H
hanghaus202322 Feb 2023 09:21Schorsch_baut schrieb:
Why is this recess necessary? I can’t find the setback on the upper floor?You won’t find it either. It’s a projection on the ground floor. 😉Similar topics