ᐅ Ground floor approximately 100 sqm, upper floor adaptable for expansion (planned bathroom, 2 children's bedrooms, 1 storage room)
Created on: 28 Mar 2018 10:32
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pffreestyler
Hello,
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 879 sqm (9,458 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site occupancy index: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.45
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 5 m (16 ft) to the street, 3 m (10 ft) each to the orchard area and neighbors
Edge development /
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Construction style: solid / masonry
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height 9.0 m (30 ft), eaves height 6.0 m (20 ft)
Other requirements
Homeowners’ requirements: living room facing south, small office (initially used as a nursery), walk-in shower on ground floor, utility room on the driveway side
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 stories
Number of residents, age: 2 – under 30
Office use: family use rather than home office
Number of overnight guests per year: 2-3
Open or closed architecture: closed
Traditional or modern style: rather traditional
Open kitchen, kitchen island: no
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport planned later on the east side
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: no
House design
Designer: general contractor
What do you like most? Why? living room facing south, the number of rooms as desired
What do you dislike? Why? the office window 1 should be moved from south to west (otherwise the wall looks too bare); driveway and access to be on the east, not the west
Price estimate by architect/planner: available after Easter; currently mainly focused on the floor plan
Personal price limit including fixtures: expected around €1,700 per sqm (sq ft conversion not added per instruction)
Preferred heating: gas
If you have to give up, which details/features?
-can give up: bathtub
-cannot give up:
Why is the design as it is now?
The floor plan is based on a very similar layout seen during a house viewing and is our favorite among all viewings and catalog research. We only adapted it slightly to our needs (removed guest WC and enlarged living room, rotated office).
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
The floor plan basically fits us, but I would appreciate your opinion to see if any improvements are possible. Note: as mentioned, we want to move the office window to the west so the wall doesn’t look so bare. Driveway on the east, not west. Therefore, the bare wall on the west is where the carport will go up to the utility room door. Alternatively, a window could be added to the living room there and the carport start behind the house. The plot allows this.
My main concern is that we’re not 100% happy with the roof’s east-west orientation; I would prefer a north-south alignment. Do you have ideas on rotating the floor plan 90 degrees while keeping the layout mostly unchanged? Only the kitchen and office could be swapped.
PS: The square meter figures for the hallway may be incorrect; the contractor will finalize after Easter. Correct figures will be approximately: living room 31.79 sqm (342 sq ft), kitchen 15.19 sqm (163 sq ft), utility room 9.87 sqm (106 sq ft), hallway about 19.5 sqm (210 sq ft), office/child room 1 about 8 sqm (86 sq ft), bedroom about 11.8 sqm (127 sq ft), bathroom about 8.5 sqm (91 sq ft)
Plot details: length west: 40 m (131 ft), east: 42 m (138 ft), width: 21.5 m (71 ft)
Best regards
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 879 sqm (9,458 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site occupancy index: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.45
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 5 m (16 ft) to the street, 3 m (10 ft) each to the orchard area and neighbors
Edge development /
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Construction style: solid / masonry
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height 9.0 m (30 ft), eaves height 6.0 m (20 ft)
Other requirements
Homeowners’ requirements: living room facing south, small office (initially used as a nursery), walk-in shower on ground floor, utility room on the driveway side
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 stories
Number of residents, age: 2 – under 30
Office use: family use rather than home office
Number of overnight guests per year: 2-3
Open or closed architecture: closed
Traditional or modern style: rather traditional
Open kitchen, kitchen island: no
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport planned later on the east side
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: no
House design
Designer: general contractor
What do you like most? Why? living room facing south, the number of rooms as desired
What do you dislike? Why? the office window 1 should be moved from south to west (otherwise the wall looks too bare); driveway and access to be on the east, not the west
Price estimate by architect/planner: available after Easter; currently mainly focused on the floor plan
Personal price limit including fixtures: expected around €1,700 per sqm (sq ft conversion not added per instruction)
Preferred heating: gas
If you have to give up, which details/features?
-can give up: bathtub
-cannot give up:
Why is the design as it is now?
The floor plan is based on a very similar layout seen during a house viewing and is our favorite among all viewings and catalog research. We only adapted it slightly to our needs (removed guest WC and enlarged living room, rotated office).
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
The floor plan basically fits us, but I would appreciate your opinion to see if any improvements are possible. Note: as mentioned, we want to move the office window to the west so the wall doesn’t look so bare. Driveway on the east, not west. Therefore, the bare wall on the west is where the carport will go up to the utility room door. Alternatively, a window could be added to the living room there and the carport start behind the house. The plot allows this.
My main concern is that we’re not 100% happy with the roof’s east-west orientation; I would prefer a north-south alignment. Do you have ideas on rotating the floor plan 90 degrees while keeping the layout mostly unchanged? Only the kitchen and office could be swapped.
PS: The square meter figures for the hallway may be incorrect; the contractor will finalize after Easter. Correct figures will be approximately: living room 31.79 sqm (342 sq ft), kitchen 15.19 sqm (163 sq ft), utility room 9.87 sqm (106 sq ft), hallway about 19.5 sqm (210 sq ft), office/child room 1 about 8 sqm (86 sq ft), bedroom about 11.8 sqm (127 sq ft), bathroom about 8.5 sqm (91 sq ft)
Plot details: length west: 40 m (131 ft), east: 42 m (138 ft), width: 21.5 m (71 ft)
Best regards
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pffreestyler1 Apr 2018 21:39Swapping the bedroom with the bathroom is an option; I need to discuss with my girlfriend to see if she can imagine that. I see more of an issue with the upper floor. In this version, the bathroom and its plumbing are quite central, and that seems challenging for my idea of having four rooms on the upper floor (2 facing north / 2 facing south). But I would need to discuss that again with the builder.
Swapping the kitchen and utility room: A pass-through window looks great, but then I have the problem with odors again. We currently have that in our rented apartment, and I definitely want my kitchen to be in a closed room. Of course, that could be solved with a sliding door or something similar, but I feel that takes up too much space in both the kitchen and the living room. I also prefer the utility room entrance to be close to the car rather than in the northern corner. Otherwise, I might as well enter through the main door.
Swapping the kitchen and utility room: A pass-through window looks great, but then I have the problem with odors again. We currently have that in our rented apartment, and I definitely want my kitchen to be in a closed room. Of course, that could be solved with a sliding door or something similar, but I feel that takes up too much space in both the kitchen and the living room. I also prefer the utility room entrance to be close to the car rather than in the northern corner. Otherwise, I might as well enter through the main door.
I would say, skip the whole temporary nursery with the baby occasionally (and then always) sleeping with you. Babies don’t need their own room. If you really want to build a computer room, that’s fine, but it doesn’t have to be so large that you could also fit a nursery in there.
It’s not necessary to build a pass-through window. We didn’t do that either. The utility room door can stay on the side facing the driveway; it just moves to the trunk (boot) side. This is convenient when unloading. The advantage of placing the utility room in the corner is the short distance to the street for connections, which can potentially save money. Since you are installing underfloor heating, I assume you will leave the utility room without heating pipes, which saves even more. Ours is also unheated and it doesn’t matter, as the equipment inside keeps it warm enough. The corner is also an ideal spot for the gas boiler chimney. It’s just a quick, short exit. K.
Open-plan kitchen, living room, dining room, and gaming room are usually found in houses with larger living areas.
Straight staircases belong in large houses.
A nursery is probably one of the most unnecessary rooms, especially in the planned location.
Proper extractor hoods or Bora cooktops handle cooking odors effectively.
The kitchen should be close to the living areas, so noise from the tumble dryer or spin cycle won’t be heard near the sofa.
Straight staircases belong in large houses.
A nursery is probably one of the most unnecessary rooms, especially in the planned location.
Proper extractor hoods or Bora cooktops handle cooking odors effectively.
The kitchen should be close to the living areas, so noise from the tumble dryer or spin cycle won’t be heard near the sofa.
Haydee, Schleswig-Holstein, nothing is impossible.
And those Bora things or some kind of hood are ridiculously expensive, a wall and a door are cheaper and just as effective. My wife always opens a window when cooking, and that's that. Our IKEA hood isn’t great, but you can park the spice jars on it.
But let’s get to the point: assuming we call the children’s room an office or ironing room, what doesn’t work if the corner in the bedroom is removed, if the bathroom is possibly centered, and if the utility room is swapped with the kitchen? What doesn’t work? Tell me! Cooking works, eating in the kitchen works, dining in the living room works, Monopoly works, Mau-Mau too, watching TV works. You can get to the attic. A straight staircase is easy to walk on and costs about 2200 euros (about 2400 US dollars) from Northern German stairs manufacturer Ludwigslust, which is even cheap.
Okay, a guest toilet is missing, but they don’t want one. Okay, the utility room could be a bit bigger for me, ours is 12 square meters (130 square feet), which is not overly spacious. But there’s always something with 100 square meters (1100 square feet).
Just one thing has to be clear: “child” means expansion. No ifs, ands, or buts. Karsten
And those Bora things or some kind of hood are ridiculously expensive, a wall and a door are cheaper and just as effective. My wife always opens a window when cooking, and that's that. Our IKEA hood isn’t great, but you can park the spice jars on it.
But let’s get to the point: assuming we call the children’s room an office or ironing room, what doesn’t work if the corner in the bedroom is removed, if the bathroom is possibly centered, and if the utility room is swapped with the kitchen? What doesn’t work? Tell me! Cooking works, eating in the kitchen works, dining in the living room works, Monopoly works, Mau-Mau too, watching TV works. You can get to the attic. A straight staircase is easy to walk on and costs about 2200 euros (about 2400 US dollars) from Northern German stairs manufacturer Ludwigslust, which is even cheap.
Okay, a guest toilet is missing, but they don’t want one. Okay, the utility room could be a bit bigger for me, ours is 12 square meters (130 square feet), which is not overly spacious. But there’s always something with 100 square meters (1100 square feet).
Just one thing has to be clear: “child” means expansion. No ifs, ands, or buts. Karsten
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