Hello everyone,
I more or less stumbled upon a plot of land after someone let their reservation expire.
The plot is about 606 square meters (6,521 square feet), according to my "measurement" approximately 18.10 meters by 33.50 meters (60 feet by 110 feet), not officially surveyed yet, and now I’m wondering exactly what I can do with it.
The development plan sets out the following for "my plot":
Here I have placed an example house measuring 9.60 meters by 11.95 meters (31.5 feet by 39 feet), which I like based on my initial review (Viebrockhaus Edition 600).
Next to the house, in the 5.50-meter (18 feet) wide space there would be a carport – is that enough space for two parking spots? I would prefer not to make the house narrower just to accommodate vehicles... but then there’s hardly any room left for fencing?!
The terrace and garden at the back are, of course, limited by the tall trees – but that’s a compromise I’ll have to accept.
I’ve never built a house in my life before... so this is my first time dealing with this topic in detail. What would you do in this situation? Make the house a bit smaller?
If you need more information, just ask – as I said, I’m a beginner and eager to learn 🙂
My wishes are:
- Starting from 160 square meters (1,722 square feet) upwards
- I’m currently thinking about a basement and budget around $100k extra for it
- I don’t like long corridors
Once the plot situation is reasonably clear, I’d like to hear your advice on floor plans – that will surely be a more extensive topic.
Best regards
I more or less stumbled upon a plot of land after someone let their reservation expire.
The plot is about 606 square meters (6,521 square feet), according to my "measurement" approximately 18.10 meters by 33.50 meters (60 feet by 110 feet), not officially surveyed yet, and now I’m wondering exactly what I can do with it.
The development plan sets out the following for "my plot":
- 0.35 floor area ratio
- Single-story buildings only
- Maximum building height 10 meters (33 feet)
- Eave height max 4.50 meters (15 feet)
- One driveway with max width of 4 meters (13 feet)
- Two parking spaces are mandatory
- Roof pitch between 15° and 51°
- Roofs of garages etc. may differ in shape
- Garages, carports, and ancillary buildings as defined by §14 (1) of the building use ordinance, which are buildings, must not exceed the street-side building boundaries of the access roads.
- Dormers and roof recesses: the total length of dormers or roof recesses per roof side may not exceed 50% of the total length of that roof side.
- Standard distance to property boundary is 3 meters (10 feet)
- In the southern area, there is an 8-meter (26 feet) deep strip across the full width of the plot (approx. 18 meters (60 feet)) where trees and shrubs must be preserved. This area is quite densely vegetated and reaches heights up to 10 meters (33 feet) – I’ve tried to visualize this below
- In the middle of this vegetation is a downward slope... the building boundary to this strip was reduced from the normal 3 meters to 2 meters (7 feet) so the plots aren’t too restricted.
Here I have placed an example house measuring 9.60 meters by 11.95 meters (31.5 feet by 39 feet), which I like based on my initial review (Viebrockhaus Edition 600).
Next to the house, in the 5.50-meter (18 feet) wide space there would be a carport – is that enough space for two parking spots? I would prefer not to make the house narrower just to accommodate vehicles... but then there’s hardly any room left for fencing?!
The terrace and garden at the back are, of course, limited by the tall trees – but that’s a compromise I’ll have to accept.
I’ve never built a house in my life before... so this is my first time dealing with this topic in detail. What would you do in this situation? Make the house a bit smaller?
If you need more information, just ask – as I said, I’m a beginner and eager to learn 🙂
My wishes are:
- Starting from 160 square meters (1,722 square feet) upwards
- I’m currently thinking about a basement and budget around $100k extra for it
- I don’t like long corridors
Once the plot situation is reasonably clear, I’d like to hear your advice on floor plans – that will surely be a more extensive topic.
Best regards
WilderSueden schrieb:
In my personal opinion, a second kitchen only makes sense if you have staff to discreetly prepare food when guests are over. I wouldn’t add a second kitchen to just put dirty dishes away, especially not 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) from the main kitchen. The kitchen will cost you roughly 3000€*9sqm plus kitchen equipment easily totaling around 35,000€. You could throw away used dishes for years with that budget. It’s better to spend 5 minutes loading everything into the dishwasher. Then you get a large utility room/pantry combination instead. Argument. Besides dirty dishes, we also wanted to leave kitchen appliances in place when not in use (food processor, etc.) – currently they stay in cupboards and mostly remain there because nobody wants to set them up and put them away. But you are right, it won’t be cheap, and it might be better to create a larger utility room/pantry instead.
WilderSueden schrieb:
Otherwise, where exactly do you want to place the terrace? Which door will you use to access it? Ah, sorry. The terrace should/must be on the south side. The wide central “windows” are sliding doors — I couldn’t draw them as such in the program and then forgot to mark that somehow.
WilderSueden schrieb:
With the extra wall for the office, the hallway and staircase will probably be very dark. Do you want that? The hallway also feels a bit tight. There won’t be much openness left compared to the original design, but the “office” was only really meant for occasional use, like paying bills on a Sunday afternoon. Yes, I have thought about that too... maybe I’ll leave it open after all. I have an office at work, but home office days won’t get any fewer... I will think about it some more. The guest room could also become an office — we rarely have overnight guests anyway. Sacrificing a room for just a few nights a year? We’ll see.
haydee schrieb:
A second kitchen for work, and what is the show kitchen for?
You’ll lose the western sun. Well, according to the plan, the second kitchen wouldn’t have a stove or oven — just a sink and workspace. I liked the idea of keeping appliances like the food processor, coffee machine, large fridge, dishwasher out of the living space — but still cooking and prepping there.
W
WilderSueden21 Jan 2021 21:28We are not yet at the stage of planning our kitchen, but if you’re bothered by appliances left out, consider whether it’s possible to place them in a cabinet with a sturdy pull-out drawer. Alternatively, you could have cabinet doors that lift up so you can work inside the cabinet. No one will carry the food processor from the secondary kitchen to the main kitchen. But when baking or cooking, you also don’t want to keep switching between two kitchens because the workspace lacks a stove and an oven.
That is probably true as well – thank you for your input.
Further questions on which I would like to hear your opinions:
- Bay window facing the neighbor’s house? Problematic? Or should we perhaps omit the bay window altogether?
- Cloakroom somewhat "semi-enclosed," or should the walls there be removed?
- Bedroom facing the street – would you do that?
- The walk-in closet isn’t ideal, as the wardrobe width is limited due to the sloping roof... how would you solve this?
Further questions on which I would like to hear your opinions:
- Bay window facing the neighbor’s house? Problematic? Or should we perhaps omit the bay window altogether?
- Cloakroom somewhat "semi-enclosed," or should the walls there be removed?
- Bedroom facing the street – would you do that?
- The walk-in closet isn’t ideal, as the wardrobe width is limited due to the sloping roof... how would you solve this?
W
WilderSueden21 Jan 2021 22:09By “bay window,” do you mean the dormer? Having it directly facing the neighbor is, of course, not the most ideal orientation. On the other hand, dormers are a good way to make better use of rooms on the upper floor without building a full additional story. How exactly is that an issue? Is it because the neighbor can see into your office?
Whether a bedroom facing the street is problematic mostly depends on the street itself. My kids’ room faced the street and it was never an issue. But that was in a small town where the neighbor’s combine harvester was the loudest noise. In the end, you will hardly avoid having at least one room facing the street.
I’ll leave the other questions to those with more experience in floor planning 😉
Whether a bedroom facing the street is problematic mostly depends on the street itself. My kids’ room faced the street and it was never an issue. But that was in a small town where the neighbor’s combine harvester was the loudest noise. In the end, you will hardly avoid having at least one room facing the street.
I’ll leave the other questions to those with more experience in floor planning 😉
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