ᐅ Location of a city villa or detached single-family house on a 500 m² rectangular plot
Created on: 17 Jan 2020 18:03
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Tolentino
Dear all,
after sharing the floor plans of my possible hamster cage with you in the other thread , here comes the next thread (thanks again for all the constructive suggestions there).
Just so you know, the semi-detached house is not off the table yet, as this plot of land is highly sought after and it’s not clear whether it will work out. But this one would be my favorite.
Now to this plot. For now, I’m mainly concerned with where and roughly how the house should be positioned on this plot.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 500 m² (5400 sq ft)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.2
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 5 m (16 ft) from the street, 3 m (10 ft) from neighbors
Edge development: allowed for garages and sheds, none existing on the plot
Number of parking spaces: 1-2
Number of floors: 1.5–2.5
Roof shape: no preference
Architectural style: no preference
Orientation: aligned parallel to the street
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height max. 9 m (30 ft)
Below are the site plans I created myself based on the details from the listing.
This is a rough overview of the plot with building boundaries and dimensions.
My question is: where to put the house?
The broker suggests placing it towards the back, since you already have the 5 m (16 ft) setback at the front and would “gain” about 3 m (10 ft) of garden. My partner doesn’t like this because of the visibility from the street. I say: privacy screen! But I also think, a fence too high might create a prison-yard feel.
But even if you follow this suggestion, I wonder if a more square floor plan (-> town villa style) would be better?
Like this, for example:
Then parking space might be tricky, right?
Or upright like this?
I really want as much of a west-facing view and garden as possible. I tend to be an evening person and that side is less built up, due to the road. So I think more light comes through.
But the narrow floor plan caused lots of problems with the semi-detached house already. Well, here you could build longer instead.
What do you think?
Best regards
Tolentino
after sharing the floor plans of my possible hamster cage with you in the other thread , here comes the next thread (thanks again for all the constructive suggestions there).
Just so you know, the semi-detached house is not off the table yet, as this plot of land is highly sought after and it’s not clear whether it will work out. But this one would be my favorite.
Now to this plot. For now, I’m mainly concerned with where and roughly how the house should be positioned on this plot.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 500 m² (5400 sq ft)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.2
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 5 m (16 ft) from the street, 3 m (10 ft) from neighbors
Edge development: allowed for garages and sheds, none existing on the plot
Number of parking spaces: 1-2
Number of floors: 1.5–2.5
Roof shape: no preference
Architectural style: no preference
Orientation: aligned parallel to the street
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height max. 9 m (30 ft)
Below are the site plans I created myself based on the details from the listing.
This is a rough overview of the plot with building boundaries and dimensions.
My question is: where to put the house?
The broker suggests placing it towards the back, since you already have the 5 m (16 ft) setback at the front and would “gain” about 3 m (10 ft) of garden. My partner doesn’t like this because of the visibility from the street. I say: privacy screen! But I also think, a fence too high might create a prison-yard feel.
But even if you follow this suggestion, I wonder if a more square floor plan (-> town villa style) would be better?
Like this, for example:
Then parking space might be tricky, right?
Or upright like this?
I really want as much of a west-facing view and garden as possible. I tend to be an evening person and that side is less built up, due to the road. So I think more light comes through.
But the narrow floor plan caused lots of problems with the semi-detached house already. Well, here you could build longer instead.
What do you think?
Best regards
Tolentino
Should the entire, still undivided plot extend all the way to the fence? Visually, I would have thought that was only your portion?
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Yes, that’s misleading. However, looking at the pictures of the property, it appears huge. When you stand on it, it also feels very large. My half also has more vegetation along the boundary to the street, which makes it look smaller even though it is actually almost 50m² (540 ft²) larger...
We are certainly happy that things are finally getting started.
Yes, it’s a side street (although also a bit of a connecting road). No idea about airplanes. I hadn’t noticed before either (we often barbecued there in the summer). And is BER so different from Schönefeld in terms of flight paths?
Yes, it’s a side street (although also a bit of a connecting road). No idea about airplanes. I hadn’t noticed before either (we often barbecued there in the summer). And is BER so different from Schönefeld in terms of flight paths?
Where would you place the outdoor electrical pedestal? At first, I thought about putting it at the street-side boundary, as close as possible to the ground floor level (GFL) since that corner is already unusable for me.
But then again, directly at the GFL there? Or should I leave some distance to avoid any misunderstandings?
Now I’m wondering if placing it closer to the house might be more practical. What reasons could there be for that?
Here is the site plan again. My property is the front one (left side of the plan).
But then again, directly at the GFL there? Or should I leave some distance to avoid any misunderstandings?
Now I’m wondering if placing it closer to the house might be more practical. What reasons could there be for that?
Here is the site plan again. My property is the front one (left side of the plan).
Well, there it is now.
We still have a double-leaf gate from the existing house for the driveway (about 3.6m (12 feet)) and a single-leaf gate for pedestrians (about 1.2m (4 feet)) that we will install together with the new fence to be built.
Side note: The demolition contractor also created the construction access road—now on the south side, to avoid issues with the utilities on the north side. He even received a drawing from the site manager with the layout. Unfortunately, he didn’t follow it. He tore down a fence post that was supposed to remain and left another one standing that, according to the site manager’s drawing, should have been removed. Now the construction road is probably too close to my house (because of the scaffolding) and too short (about 6m (20 feet) from the neighbor’s house). The second issue is partly our fault since there was a PE (polyethylene) cistern in the way that we forgot about when deciding to relocate the construction road. But why would he just do that without calling me? Well, let’s see what the site manager says on Monday—he plans to check it onsite (there is also a soil survey). Maybe it will be sufficient after all, then the demolition contractor is lucky; otherwise, he’ll have to redo it. Regarding the cistern, we’ll have to see if we can relocate it somewhere else.
I also tried roughly measuring my house and found that my half is about 1m (3 feet) too short. I’m curious what the surveyor will say.
Best regards and have a nice weekend!
Tolentino
We still have a double-leaf gate from the existing house for the driveway (about 3.6m (12 feet)) and a single-leaf gate for pedestrians (about 1.2m (4 feet)) that we will install together with the new fence to be built.
Side note: The demolition contractor also created the construction access road—now on the south side, to avoid issues with the utilities on the north side. He even received a drawing from the site manager with the layout. Unfortunately, he didn’t follow it. He tore down a fence post that was supposed to remain and left another one standing that, according to the site manager’s drawing, should have been removed. Now the construction road is probably too close to my house (because of the scaffolding) and too short (about 6m (20 feet) from the neighbor’s house). The second issue is partly our fault since there was a PE (polyethylene) cistern in the way that we forgot about when deciding to relocate the construction road. But why would he just do that without calling me? Well, let’s see what the site manager says on Monday—he plans to check it onsite (there is also a soil survey). Maybe it will be sufficient after all, then the demolition contractor is lucky; otherwise, he’ll have to redo it. Regarding the cistern, we’ll have to see if we can relocate it somewhere else.
I also tried roughly measuring my house and found that my half is about 1m (3 feet) too short. I’m curious what the surveyor will say.
Best regards and have a nice weekend!
Tolentino