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
The bedroom layout doesn’t work at all. The problem is the hallway that completely surrounds the ceiling opening. Why not reduce some space from the left child's bedroom so that all four rooms become usable? See the sketch:
For the room depth and size of the children's bedrooms, I find the windows quite small. Aren’t there minimum requirements for windows in living spaces?
For the room depth and size of the children's bedrooms, I find the windows quite small. Aren’t there minimum requirements for windows in living spaces?
Sorry, folks. But these sketches won’t help you at all. A 45° roof pitch with a knee wall height of 0. That’s relatively simple – a knee wall (dwarf wall) at 1m (3.3 ft) height and also 1m (3.3 ft) depth inside the house. But! The measurements are, of course, taken from the interior wall. Now please draw the 2m (6 ft 7 in) line. Doors, showers, tall cabinets below the 2m (6 ft 7 in) line are all impossible. And the stairwell opening must be measured precisely because the staircase will inevitably come up exactly where the opening ends, no matter how you rotate it, and nowhere else.
That leads me to question your measurements right away. The depth measurements are roughly correct. I also estimated 2.84m (9 ft 4 in) from the front door. But the width measurements somehow don’t make sense. You can clearly see them in the dimensioned floor plan. The staircase is located against the wall at 4.605m (15 ft 1 in) measured from the very outside.
In my opinion, the most practical solution would still be to have the pipes redesigned upwards. You’re still in the shell construction phase, right? That’s achievable. Drainage could go through the utility room. I would have that checked.
Here’s your plan with roughly correct measurements:
As you can see, there’s no way to make that room a bedroom anymore. Even the child’s bed in the left room is barely possible with a 1m (3.3 ft) knee wall because you can’t stand next to it on 60cm (2 ft) without holding your breath. And I’m only counting a 1m (3.3 ft) hallway upstairs – that’s already below tolerable limits.
That leads me to question your measurements right away. The depth measurements are roughly correct. I also estimated 2.84m (9 ft 4 in) from the front door. But the width measurements somehow don’t make sense. You can clearly see them in the dimensioned floor plan. The staircase is located against the wall at 4.605m (15 ft 1 in) measured from the very outside.
In my opinion, the most practical solution would still be to have the pipes redesigned upwards. You’re still in the shell construction phase, right? That’s achievable. Drainage could go through the utility room. I would have that checked.
Here’s your plan with roughly correct measurements:
As you can see, there’s no way to make that room a bedroom anymore. Even the child’s bed in the left room is barely possible with a 1m (3.3 ft) knee wall because you can’t stand next to it on 60cm (2 ft) without holding your breath. And I’m only counting a 1m (3.3 ft) hallway upstairs – that’s already below tolerable limits.
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pffreestyler1 Dec 2018 08:34The width measurements from the staircase were only taken up to the 1m (3.3 ft) knee wall and not to the end of the upper floor.
What is that thing actually called? Isn't that a kind of mini knee wall?
I will address the rest later. I have to go to the construction site first.
What is that thing actually called? Isn't that a kind of mini knee wall?
I will address the rest later. I have to go to the construction site first.
The small but crucial difference: The hallway must be located where the 3.75 meters (12 feet 4 inches) are, so on the west side. And the interior wall separating the children's rooms needs to be adjusted so that the closets don’t have to be placed awkwardly where they don’t fit, Pfefferstryer.
Also, be sure to include the 2-meter (6 feet 7 inches) line on the sketch.
Also, be sure to include the 2-meter (6 feet 7 inches) line on the sketch.
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