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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pffreestyler29 Nov 2018 20:10I was briefly on the construction site just now. I can’t say anything about the windows yet because there was too much material in the way, and I couldn’t simultaneously move the material, hold a flashlight, and take measurements. I will check that again tomorrow in daylight. The same applies to the distance between the staircase and the gable walls.
I need to correct my previous statement about the knee wall height; 0.75 m (30 inches) is not enough – it’s actually 1.00 m (39 inches), which I know thoroughly.
The ceiling height is currently 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) and will later be between 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in) and 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in).
The distance between the staircase and the 1 m (39 inches) knee wall on the west side is approximately 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in), and on the east side approximately 3.55 m (11 ft 8 in).
@ypg Your suggestion looks good as well. I’ll redraw it full size tomorrow. It looks a bit chaotic on the phone screen. The windows are mirrored on both sides – north and south sides are identical.
I need to correct my previous statement about the knee wall height; 0.75 m (30 inches) is not enough – it’s actually 1.00 m (39 inches), which I know thoroughly.
The ceiling height is currently 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) and will later be between 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in) and 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in).
The distance between the staircase and the 1 m (39 inches) knee wall on the west side is approximately 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in), and on the east side approximately 3.55 m (11 ft 8 in).
@ypg Your suggestion looks good as well. I’ll redraw it full size tomorrow. It looks a bit chaotic on the phone screen. The windows are mirrored on both sides – north and south sides are identical.
pffreestyler schrieb:
@ypg The proposal also looks good; I’ll have to redraw it larger tomorrow. It looks a bit chaotic on the phone. The windows are mirrored on both sides – north and south sides are identical.Yes, the sketch is chaotic. Chaotic like my thoughts.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have any tracing paper or time to start over. But it explains itself.
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pffreestyler30 Nov 2018 20:33So, I took measurements today. This is the position of the staircase on the upper floor (dimensions showing the distance to the future walls in the top right). I assumed 20 cm (8 inches) wall thickness for the drywall partitions and a 1 m (3.3 ft) knee wall.
Here is an attempt to draw ypg’s floor plan. Does it look correct and feasible to you, or have I made any conceptual mistakes?
I am not satisfied with the master bedroom bed layout. It feels quite cramped this way. One possible solution is to swap it with a child’s room, but ideally, the children’s rooms should be larger than the master bedroom, as they will be used much more.
Edit: The staircase must cover a height of just under 3.00 - 3.05 m (9.8 - 10 ft).
Here is an attempt to draw ypg’s floor plan. Does it look correct and feasible to you, or have I made any conceptual mistakes?
I am not satisfied with the master bedroom bed layout. It feels quite cramped this way. One possible solution is to swap it with a child’s room, but ideally, the children’s rooms should be larger than the master bedroom, as they will be used much more.
Edit: The staircase must cover a height of just under 3.00 - 3.05 m (9.8 - 10 ft).
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pffreestyler30 Nov 2018 20:47Or rather, we will leave out the bedroom and instead create a storage room.
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