ᐅ Location of a townhouse or detached single-family home on a plot with a wide street frontage

ypg schrieb:

I would not make the driveway to the carport long at all: the shorter, the better. So place it at the front.
Note: the house is not drawn as a square. It would be clearer and easier to understand if you draw on graph paper or a grid, preferably with a pencil.

Edit: I would probably build a rectangular house on that plot!

You are right. The house is now finally square. I am working entirely in planning software. Is there a recommendation for a free program for site planning?

Regarding the long driveway: we definitely want the entrance on the north side. So if we place the carport directly to the north in front of the house, the house needs to be moved further south, which reduces the space for the terrace.

We are also currently considering the rectangular house. We still cannot imagine how the city villa with a hip roof will look when it is elongated...

Matthias_1212 schrieb:

Is there a recommendation for a free program for site planning?

Graph paper and pencil!!!

Matthias_1212 schrieb:

Regarding the long driveway: we definitely want the entrance on the north side.

Why?

Matthias_1212 schrieb:

We are currently considering the elongated house as well. We still can’t imagine how the townhouse with a hipped roof will look in an elongated shape…

Who even cares about that?
Primarily, a house is meant for living, so it first and foremost needs to have enough space for the entire family, and the rooms must be suitable for the occupants. A square floor plan rarely happens by chance from a suitable layout and room sizes. If you make the square floor plan the highest planning priority, either you’ll run into issues in various areas or you’ll need a lot of money to mirror each dimension perfectly so that the end result remains square. If it also needs to be symmetrical with a single-flight straight staircase, you wouldn’t even want to start with less than twelve meters of side length (about 39 feet), while the standard townhouse usually dares to try ten meters (33 feet) or even nine and a half meters (31 feet) – sometimes even with a T-shaped bathroom, where basically all that’s left is to pray.
By the way, townhouses traditionally were not square in their floor plans; the square obsession only came with the newer townhouse styles.

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That’s how it is! With a floor plan just under 10 meters (33 feet) square, you have tight spots on one side while there is unused space elsewhere.

Regarding the driveway or long access road on the north side leading to the carport: you don’t have to be a car enthusiast to appreciate this driveway 😉 . First the slow crawl on the western driveway, and then the narrow strip between the house and the neighbor... this raises the question: who gets more annoyed, the neighbor or you (or your wife) with this artificial extension of the driveway? In my opinion, the 19 meters (62 feet) will be really frustrating, but it is still acceptable and manageable. You just shouldn’t expect to gain more from it. You drive in forwards and have to back out. And your house is located there with the main entrance because the entrance absolutely HAS TO be on the north side. The entrance, ideally with a small platform where a little tree can stand, a welcome sign, and eventually the children’s rubber boots and tricycle. And now you are expected to go back and forth there every day. In my view, that’s a planning mistake.

Since it is prohibited to reverse out of a driveway onto the street, except when guided by a spotter, you have to reverse in.
Good luck with the 90-degree turn.

What do the neighboring buildings look like?