ᐅ Improvement Suggestions for a Single-Family Home with 137 sqm of Living Area and a Secondary Apartment
Created on: 3 Jan 2020 18:08
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Maartina
Hello, we are planning our house, which we want to share with my mother (separate apartment approximately 70 sqm (750 sq ft)). We want to maximize the floor area with 137 sqm (1,475 sq ft). Maybe someone has ideas, suggestions, or improvements. We are grateful for any input.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size 459 sqm (4,940 sq ft), 21.5 * 21.4 meters (71 * 70 ft)
Site coverage ratio 0.3
Building area 15.4 * 13.4 meters (50 * 44 ft)
Building line 3 meters (10 ft) and boundary line 5 meters (16 ft)
1.5 storeys
Roof type: steep roof, minimum 35 degrees
Street-facing gable
Maximum heights / limits 9 meters (30 ft)
Other requirements: max 1.15 meter (3.8 ft) knee wall
Owners’ Requirements
2 storeys + expandable attic
Upstairs: 5 people, including three small children. Ground floor: 1 person, mother
Space requirements ground floor
Mother’s apartment: 2 rooms + living room + open kitchen,
separate office with WC.
Space requirements upstairs: 3 children’s rooms, master bedroom, open living and kitchen area, two bathrooms
Office: home office, possibly for visitors
Conservative construction
36 cm (14 inch) masonry
Open kitchen, kitchen island upstairs
Number of dining seats upstairs 6-8
Possibly a balcony
Garage added later
Staircase to attic with roof window accessible from both households
House Design
Designed by:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you dislike? Why? Dark corridor
Personal budget for house including fittings: 400,000
Preferred heating system: heat pump
Why is the design like it is now?
What do you think is particularly good or bad about it? Maximum size utilized, difficult implementation due to sloping roofs
Thank you, maartina
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size 459 sqm (4,940 sq ft), 21.5 * 21.4 meters (71 * 70 ft)
Site coverage ratio 0.3
Building area 15.4 * 13.4 meters (50 * 44 ft)
Building line 3 meters (10 ft) and boundary line 5 meters (16 ft)
1.5 storeys
Roof type: steep roof, minimum 35 degrees
Street-facing gable
Maximum heights / limits 9 meters (30 ft)
Other requirements: max 1.15 meter (3.8 ft) knee wall
Owners’ Requirements
2 storeys + expandable attic
Upstairs: 5 people, including three small children. Ground floor: 1 person, mother
Space requirements ground floor
Mother’s apartment: 2 rooms + living room + open kitchen,
separate office with WC.
Space requirements upstairs: 3 children’s rooms, master bedroom, open living and kitchen area, two bathrooms
Office: home office, possibly for visitors
Conservative construction
36 cm (14 inch) masonry
Open kitchen, kitchen island upstairs
Number of dining seats upstairs 6-8
Possibly a balcony
Garage added later
Staircase to attic with roof window accessible from both households
House Design
Designed by:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you dislike? Why? Dark corridor
Personal budget for house including fittings: 400,000
Preferred heating system: heat pump
Why is the design like it is now?
What do you think is particularly good or bad about it? Maximum size utilized, difficult implementation due to sloping roofs
Thank you, maartina
Maartina schrieb:
The submitted plans are included with the purchase contract.And then? If you build a higher knee wall, will the purchase be reversed or what?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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vanny270521 Mar 2020 12:12Is the granny flat and workspace absolutely necessary?
I think it’s too much for such a small area.
Is that really what you want?
Especially, I would miss having direct access to the garden with three children...
We currently live on the first floor, and I really think it’s a shame not to have direct garden access with a child. I’m really looking forward to that in our future new build.
If you definitely want the granny flat, perhaps it could be designed smaller, for example only 50 square meters (540 square feet) with its own entrance. That way, you could place your living area on the ground floor and the bedrooms on the upper floor. I wouldn’t put the stairs in the middle but rather along an exterior wall.
I think it’s too much for such a small area.
Is that really what you want?
Especially, I would miss having direct access to the garden with three children...
We currently live on the first floor, and I really think it’s a shame not to have direct garden access with a child. I’m really looking forward to that in our future new build.
If you definitely want the granny flat, perhaps it could be designed smaller, for example only 50 square meters (540 square feet) with its own entrance. That way, you could place your living area on the ground floor and the bedrooms on the upper floor. I wouldn’t put the stairs in the middle but rather along an exterior wall.
vanny2705 schrieb:
I would not place the staircase in the center, but rather along an exterior wall. Or just like that, but then intentionally between the areas (for example, on the ground floor the swimming pool and family room, on the upper floor the living and sleeping areas or similar).
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vanny2705 schrieb:
I wouldn’t place the staircase in the center but rather along an exterior wall. 11ant schrieb:
Or just straight, but then deliberately positioned between the areas. This won’t be that easy since the roof apex needs to be accessed. However, I would first have the size of the apex sketched out. In my opinion, the effort is completely disproportionate compared to the usable floor area.
So far, the entire project seems very unconsidered and amateurish. The only advice is to avoid spending a lot of money on this mess and instead consult a true professional. But I’m repeating myself.
kaho674 schrieb:
That won’t be so simple, since access to the roof ridge is needed. This can work well if the staircase remains under the ridge – for example, on the gable side where the entrance currently is, which could be moved to the eaves side if there is a trapped third parking space.
kaho674 schrieb:
The whole project has been very unplanned and amateurish so far. Objectively, that is true, even though the phrasing sounds somewhat lacking in empathy in the style of 11ant.
Subjectively, the original poster has more than just squaring the circle: one hundred seventy-three wishes for one hundred thirty-seven square meters (one thousand four hundred seventy-six square feet), plus, besides herself, a daughter-in-law and a permanent guest brother-in-law, an allergy sufferer, and three small kids on their shoulders, all of whom need to fit into the nest – and on the other hand, probably panic about only having the plot finalized once the seller approves her building plan. From the comfort of our armchair, it’s easy to shout “boo.” Nevertheless, conjuring up suggestions out of thin air would be typical of you – but I suspect the highly compressed mix of wishes and constraints is also stifling your creativity here.
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11ant schrieb:
but I guess the highly compressed clash of desires and constraints is also stifling your creativity Yes, there are simply what I’d call snap ideas that no longer make designing fun. And that’s what it’s all about for me. When something becomes unrealistic or just too awful, the motivation disappears.Similar topics