Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 775 m² (8,340 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio: 0.25
Gross floor area ratio
Building window, building line, and boundary: 3 meters (10 feet)
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 1 full floor
Roof shape: none
Architectural style: none
Orientation: none
Maximum heights/limits: ridge height 8.50 m (28 ft), eaves height 6.50 m (21 ft)
Other requirements
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Friesenhaus
Basement, floors: 1 full floor
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, 2 toddlers
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: total net 123 m² (1,324 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Family
Number of occasional guests per year: 2
Open or closed architecture: rather open, i.e. open-plan living kitchen
Conservative or modern construction: classical
Open kitchen, kitchen island: L-shaped, open
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music/sound wall: standard TV wall
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double carport with shed planned
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, reasons for preferences or exclusions
House Design
Planner: jointly created by us and the builder
Favorite features and why: hallway with niches
Disliked features and why: none
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for house without fixtures: 230,000
Preferred heating technology: gas heating KfW 55 standard
If you have to give up certain details or extensions:
-can you give up:
-cannot give up:
Why is the design as it is now? Our wishes
Standard design from planner? No
Hello
We are planning to build our dream house in summer 2019 – a solid Friesenhaus with approximately 123 m² (1,324 sq ft) according to the WofV (Housing Space Ordinance).
We developed the floor plan from many different impressions, reference visits, internet research, etc. Important to us were:
- Open-plan living kitchen
- Small niche in front of guest WC for an open coat rack
- Guest WC with window
- Only one window on each side of the front façade
- Heating to be installed in the niche of the utility room
- Niche under the stairs for a built-in closet with slatted doors for shoes, jackets, etc.
I am uncertain about the width and visual effect, as it extends under the stairs and should not directly touch the wood. Currently planned: 120 cm (47 inches) wide, considering reducing to 100 or 80 cm (39 or 31 inches).
- In the kitchen, three tall kitchen units nearly reaching the ceiling will be placed on the wall with the protruding niche: a fridge-freezer combination, oven, and broom cupboard, then the kitchen continues in a U shape.
For the upper floor, it was important to us that plenty of light falls into the shower (with a shower tray), the washbasin is on the shower wall, and that there are niches in the shower and above the bathtub.
We debated for a long time whether to have a dressing room or an office/guest room in the center upstairs or two equally sized children’s rooms in the upper area...
We decided that the two small rooms are sufficient for the children and that we prefer to have one larger room with an “open” dressing corner on the left and a desk under the skylight.
The upper floor hallway will not have a balcony area and also will not be fully built up to the Friesen gable; it will remain an open gallery, which we find very appealing. The argument that this reduces storage space is not important to us because the house is large enough.
Do you have any suggestions for improvement or concerns that any of these ideas might not work as well in reality as we imagine?
Thank you in advance for your advice and tips.
Best regards
The prospective homeowners
Plot size: 775 m² (8,340 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio: 0.25
Gross floor area ratio
Building window, building line, and boundary: 3 meters (10 feet)
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 1 full floor
Roof shape: none
Architectural style: none
Orientation: none
Maximum heights/limits: ridge height 8.50 m (28 ft), eaves height 6.50 m (21 ft)
Other requirements
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Friesenhaus
Basement, floors: 1 full floor
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults, 2 toddlers
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: total net 123 m² (1,324 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Family
Number of occasional guests per year: 2
Open or closed architecture: rather open, i.e. open-plan living kitchen
Conservative or modern construction: classical
Open kitchen, kitchen island: L-shaped, open
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music/sound wall: standard TV wall
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double carport with shed planned
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine, reasons for preferences or exclusions
House Design
Planner: jointly created by us and the builder
Favorite features and why: hallway with niches
Disliked features and why: none
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for house without fixtures: 230,000
Preferred heating technology: gas heating KfW 55 standard
If you have to give up certain details or extensions:
-can you give up:
-cannot give up:
Why is the design as it is now? Our wishes
Standard design from planner? No
Hello
We are planning to build our dream house in summer 2019 – a solid Friesenhaus with approximately 123 m² (1,324 sq ft) according to the WofV (Housing Space Ordinance).
We developed the floor plan from many different impressions, reference visits, internet research, etc. Important to us were:
- Open-plan living kitchen
- Small niche in front of guest WC for an open coat rack
- Guest WC with window
- Only one window on each side of the front façade
- Heating to be installed in the niche of the utility room
- Niche under the stairs for a built-in closet with slatted doors for shoes, jackets, etc.
I am uncertain about the width and visual effect, as it extends under the stairs and should not directly touch the wood. Currently planned: 120 cm (47 inches) wide, considering reducing to 100 or 80 cm (39 or 31 inches).
- In the kitchen, three tall kitchen units nearly reaching the ceiling will be placed on the wall with the protruding niche: a fridge-freezer combination, oven, and broom cupboard, then the kitchen continues in a U shape.
For the upper floor, it was important to us that plenty of light falls into the shower (with a shower tray), the washbasin is on the shower wall, and that there are niches in the shower and above the bathtub.
We debated for a long time whether to have a dressing room or an office/guest room in the center upstairs or two equally sized children’s rooms in the upper area...
We decided that the two small rooms are sufficient for the children and that we prefer to have one larger room with an “open” dressing corner on the left and a desk under the skylight.
The upper floor hallway will not have a balcony area and also will not be fully built up to the Friesen gable; it will remain an open gallery, which we find very appealing. The argument that this reduces storage space is not important to us because the house is large enough.
Do you have any suggestions for improvement or concerns that any of these ideas might not work as well in reality as we imagine?
Thank you in advance for your advice and tips.
Best regards
The prospective homeowners
I’m not Nissen, I’m just reading what he writes on his plans. And he is entitled to request that if the designs are his, no matter how good or bad they may be.
An idea for the kitchen: move it to the side of the utility room in the living area and connect the two with a door. This way, you can bring groceries in through the back door, take off muddy shoes there, leave the crate of soda right away, and put the bag with Tilsiter cheese, butter, and cornflakes directly into the kitchen. That would be very convenient. The back door then becomes the everyday entrance, and you could place a nice palm or something similar in front of the main door, which would also look welcoming in the hallway. K.
An idea for the kitchen: move it to the side of the utility room in the living area and connect the two with a door. This way, you can bring groceries in through the back door, take off muddy shoes there, leave the crate of soda right away, and put the bag with Tilsiter cheese, butter, and cornflakes directly into the kitchen. That would be very convenient. The back door then becomes the everyday entrance, and you could place a nice palm or something similar in front of the main door, which would also look welcoming in the hallway. K.
Friesenhausen15 Dec 2018 21:55Nordlys schrieb:
I’m not Nissen, I just read what he writes on his plans. And he is entitled to demand that if the designs are his, no matter how good or bad they might be. An idea for the kitchen: place it on the living room side next to the utility room and connect both with a door. That way, you can enter with groceries through the back door, take off your dirty shoes there, leave the crate of soda right away, and bring the bag with Tilsiter cheese, butter, and cornflakes directly into the kitchen. That would be practical. This way, the back door becomes the everyday door, and you could put a nice palm or something similar in front of the main entrance, which would also look nice in the hallway. K.We originally considered this because we really liked a floor plan from Viebrockhaus. I think it was the Maxime 300. But we assume it’s better to have the living room facing the garden rather than the street (a play street in a village). Also, the carport is planned to be next to the utility room, so windows on that side make little sense, and for the living room it’s great not to have windows on that one wall.
Since you are withholding the details about the plot, we can only offer limited advice.
He forbids sharing with third parties, so have the PDFs deleted, and he has to prove everything else first.
I could redraw this design blindly 😉
Why? It’s much better to have the kitchen close to the terrace for outdoor use 🙂
And why put the garage on the prime side?
Nordlys schrieb:
And he is entitled to ask for that if the designs are his, no matter how good or bad they may be.
He forbids sharing with third parties, so have the PDFs deleted, and he has to prove everything else first.
I could redraw this design blindly 😉
Friesenhausen schrieb:
But we assume it’s better to have the living room facing the garden rather than the street (a residential traffic-calmed street in a village)
Why? It’s much better to have the kitchen close to the terrace for outdoor use 🙂
And why put the garage on the prime side?
Friesenhausen15 Dec 2018 22:12Here is the plot, number 4.
The green dot at the top right marks the utility connections.
The bottom side faces south.
Therefore, we think the floor plan needs to be mirrored so that the utility room is closer to the utility connections.
The green dot at the top right marks the utility connections.
The bottom side faces south.
Therefore, we think the floor plan needs to be mirrored so that the utility room is closer to the utility connections.
Friesenhausen15 Dec 2018 22:17The double carport would then be on the east side, near the utility connections.
As mentioned, the floor plan I posted still needs to be mirrored.
As mentioned, the floor plan I posted still needs to be mirrored.
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