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Bauherrin20212 Mar 2020 19:31Hello everyone,
we are planning a three-story house on a south-facing slope and want to take advantage of the mountain view from the first floor. Therefore, we are considering placing the open living area (living, dining, kitchen) with a small pantry and guest toilet on the first floor. From the dining area, we plan access to the roof terrace, which is designed above the garage. The bedrooms, children’s rooms, bathrooms, as well as the entrance area with cloakroom, would be located on the ground floor.
We see a clear advantage in designing the upper floor as a fully open space (structural benefit since the roof is supported by the exterior walls), making better use of the view through large glass fronts facing the mountains, and saving costs for an additional balcony extension. Other benefits:
- The bedrooms would be cooler during the summer.
- Laundry would only need to be carried one floor from the ground floor to the basement.
- When coming home, outdoor clothing can be changed on the same floor.
The most common counterargument from friends and family is that groceries would need to be carried upstairs. However, so far, this is the only disadvantage for me.
What advantages and disadvantages do you see in this type of design?
Thank you very much for your ideas!
Best regards,
Bauherrin2021
we are planning a three-story house on a south-facing slope and want to take advantage of the mountain view from the first floor. Therefore, we are considering placing the open living area (living, dining, kitchen) with a small pantry and guest toilet on the first floor. From the dining area, we plan access to the roof terrace, which is designed above the garage. The bedrooms, children’s rooms, bathrooms, as well as the entrance area with cloakroom, would be located on the ground floor.
We see a clear advantage in designing the upper floor as a fully open space (structural benefit since the roof is supported by the exterior walls), making better use of the view through large glass fronts facing the mountains, and saving costs for an additional balcony extension. Other benefits:
- The bedrooms would be cooler during the summer.
- Laundry would only need to be carried one floor from the ground floor to the basement.
- When coming home, outdoor clothing can be changed on the same floor.
The most common counterargument from friends and family is that groceries would need to be carried upstairs. However, so far, this is the only disadvantage for me.
What advantages and disadvantages do you see in this type of design?
Thank you very much for your ideas!
Best regards,
Bauherrin2021
You wouldn’t have direct access to the garden. That would be a major disadvantage for me.
Since views are less important to me than the daily routine, I would give the bedrooms (children’s rooms) the nice view, perhaps with a gallery for reading or something similar. During the day, while working in the kitchen, there’s hardly any time to enjoy the view anyway, and in the evening, we watch TV.
But that’s just my personal opinion. I understand there are people who like to look outside all the time. I just don’t have that time.
Could you sketch a cross-section of the house? What can you actually see? Mountains? And what is visible on the ground floor?
Since views are less important to me than the daily routine, I would give the bedrooms (children’s rooms) the nice view, perhaps with a gallery for reading or something similar. During the day, while working in the kitchen, there’s hardly any time to enjoy the view anyway, and in the evening, we watch TV.
But that’s just my personal opinion. I understand there are people who like to look outside all the time. I just don’t have that time.
Could you sketch a cross-section of the house? What can you actually see? Mountains? And what is visible on the ground floor?
Bauherrin2021 schrieb:
From the dining area, we are planning access to the roof terrace, which is planned above the garage.Has an architect already designed this, or are these just your initial ideas? If the garage is located at the property boundary, there must be at least 3 meters (10 feet) of undeveloped space between it and the neighbor’s boundary. There might also be other regulations to consider.
Bauherrin2021 schrieb:
We are planning a three-story house on a south-facing slope and want to take advantage of the mountain view from the first floor.We had a similar discussion about garden access there: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/efh-an-Hanglage-ca-220-m-2-5-geschossig-satteldach-Ideen.28206. Maybe I’ll have time tomorrow to list more relevant threads.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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This is how we are building: kitchen, dining, and living areas on the first floor. Entrance in the basement. Sleeping areas on the upper floor.
We designed the garden to be accessible from the first floor. The argument that you have to carry everything up a flight of stairs is valid.
We solved this by installing an elevator.
For a project like this, it is essential to involve a skilled architect.
We designed the garden to be accessible from the first floor. The argument that you have to carry everything up a flight of stairs is valid.
We solved this by installing an elevator.
For a project like this, it is essential to involve a skilled architect.
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