Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 630 m² (6,780 sq ft)
Slope: slight incline toward the street
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.35
Gross floor area ratio (GFAR): 1.0
Edge development: Located centrally in a dead-end street within a new residential development (infrastructure to be completed starting next year). The dead-end street ends to the north. A purely residential area with low traffic, as it is a small village (<2,000 inhabitants).
Number of parking spaces
Number of floors: Ground floor + 1 floor + attic as maximum limit
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style
Orientation: east-west
Maximum height/limits: 7.0 m ±0.3 m (23 ft ±1 ft)
Additional requirements
Client Requirements
Basement, floors: No basement; 2 floors plus attic (desired knee wall height on upper floor still unclear)
Number of people, ages: Family of four – two children (ages 2 and 5 at move-in)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors
Office: family use or home office? Family use
Guest bedrooms per year: rarely
Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes (centrally located in the living room with interior chimney or on the exterior wall?)
Music/speaker wall
Balcony, roof terrace: possibly garage roof as terrace; also terrace on the south side adjacent to the living room
Garage, carport:
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: vegetable garden
Photovoltaic system, cistern for garden (possibly also for toilet water use – cost question, still unclear)
House Design
Designed by:
- Do-it-yourself: yes
What do you particularly like? Why? Large living room facing south
What do you dislike? Why?
Estimated price according to architect/planner: €400,000 turnkey, KfW 55 standard prefabricated house with air-to-water heat pump (without garage; including foundation slab)
Personal price limit for house including fixtures: €500,000 including additional building costs
Preferred heating technology: heat pump with horizontal closed loop collector
If you have to give up, which details/upgrades
- can you give up: large garage
- cannot give up:
Why is the design the way it is now? For example:
Based on various prefabricated houses, we designed our own floor plan. The study on the ground floor should be large enough to possibly use as a bedroom. The living room faces south, and the children’s rooms are equally sized. The washing machine would go into the storage room.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
General room layout and positioning? Which knee wall height (1 m; 1.2 m; 1.6 m) would be optimal for space gain, cost savings, and daylight in the upper floor?
Hello,
I hope the notes on the drawings are legible and understandable.
According to the development plan, only a knee wall height of 50 cm (20 inches) is allowed, but according to telephone information, deviations are approved as long as the maximum ridge height is not exceeded.
The drawing does not show any furniture.
The staircase should run straight in the hallway on the west side, so it opens in front of the two doors for the children’s rooms and the master bedroom.
Floor-to-ceiling windows are planned in the south-facing living room; all other windows will be "standard."
The kitchen is planned in the southeast corner of the house, hence the passage to the pantry. Originally, no pantry was planned; instead, there was a large utility room. On the advice of the house seller/consultant, a wall was added there so you don’t walk directly from the kitchen into the utility room.
A fireplace either next to the living room door or on the west wall.
Unfortunately, furniture was not included in the export: staircase runs straight in the hallway on the right side (when entering the house), so you reach the doors of the children’s and master bedrooms on the upper floor.
The current floor plan is based on external dimensions of 10.50 m by 11 m (34 ft 5 in by 36 ft 1 in).
If anything is unclear, please ask. Otherwise, feel free to ask questions or critique. I am not here just to receive praise (although that is always nice), but that’s not the purpose of this exercise.
Plot size: 630 m² (6,780 sq ft)
Slope: slight incline toward the street
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.35
Gross floor area ratio (GFAR): 1.0
Edge development: Located centrally in a dead-end street within a new residential development (infrastructure to be completed starting next year). The dead-end street ends to the north. A purely residential area with low traffic, as it is a small village (<2,000 inhabitants).
Number of parking spaces
Number of floors: Ground floor + 1 floor + attic as maximum limit
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style
Orientation: east-west
Maximum height/limits: 7.0 m ±0.3 m (23 ft ±1 ft)
Additional requirements
Client Requirements
Basement, floors: No basement; 2 floors plus attic (desired knee wall height on upper floor still unclear)
Number of people, ages: Family of four – two children (ages 2 and 5 at move-in)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors
Office: family use or home office? Family use
Guest bedrooms per year: rarely
Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes (centrally located in the living room with interior chimney or on the exterior wall?)
Music/speaker wall
Balcony, roof terrace: possibly garage roof as terrace; also terrace on the south side adjacent to the living room
Garage, carport:
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: vegetable garden
Photovoltaic system, cistern for garden (possibly also for toilet water use – cost question, still unclear)
House Design
Designed by:
- Do-it-yourself: yes
What do you particularly like? Why? Large living room facing south
What do you dislike? Why?
Estimated price according to architect/planner: €400,000 turnkey, KfW 55 standard prefabricated house with air-to-water heat pump (without garage; including foundation slab)
Personal price limit for house including fixtures: €500,000 including additional building costs
Preferred heating technology: heat pump with horizontal closed loop collector
If you have to give up, which details/upgrades
- can you give up: large garage
- cannot give up:
Why is the design the way it is now? For example:
Based on various prefabricated houses, we designed our own floor plan. The study on the ground floor should be large enough to possibly use as a bedroom. The living room faces south, and the children’s rooms are equally sized. The washing machine would go into the storage room.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
General room layout and positioning? Which knee wall height (1 m; 1.2 m; 1.6 m) would be optimal for space gain, cost savings, and daylight in the upper floor?
Hello,
I hope the notes on the drawings are legible and understandable.
According to the development plan, only a knee wall height of 50 cm (20 inches) is allowed, but according to telephone information, deviations are approved as long as the maximum ridge height is not exceeded.
The drawing does not show any furniture.
The staircase should run straight in the hallway on the west side, so it opens in front of the two doors for the children’s rooms and the master bedroom.
Floor-to-ceiling windows are planned in the south-facing living room; all other windows will be "standard."
The kitchen is planned in the southeast corner of the house, hence the passage to the pantry. Originally, no pantry was planned; instead, there was a large utility room. On the advice of the house seller/consultant, a wall was added there so you don’t walk directly from the kitchen into the utility room.
A fireplace either next to the living room door or on the west wall.
Unfortunately, furniture was not included in the export: staircase runs straight in the hallway on the right side (when entering the house), so you reach the doors of the children’s and master bedrooms on the upper floor.
The current floor plan is based on external dimensions of 10.50 m by 11 m (34 ft 5 in by 36 ft 1 in).
If anything is unclear, please ask. Otherwise, feel free to ask questions or critique. I am not here just to receive praise (although that is always nice), but that’s not the purpose of this exercise.
The main bathroom is not "furnished," but the bathtub bathroom in the study is (in my opinion) unusual. The walls, which again have not been measured, are arranged quite inconsistently. The house will likely be quite dark.
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11ant schrieb:
The main bathroom is not "furnished," but the bathtub bathroom of the study (in my opinion unusual) is. The walls, again without measurements, are rather uncoordinated. The place will probably be quite dark. Do you think the windows planned there already have their final dimensions? There’s definitely potential for larger ones.
Neubau2020 schrieb:
Here is another new attempt: I think the kitchen is quite small.
I also believe the staircase is a bit tight (dimensions?).
The boiler room is not suitable to be used as a pantry.
The children’s rooms are distributed rather unevenly.
The chimney is too far from the fireplace.
Here is an alternative:
kaho674 schrieb:
The kitchen seems quite small to me. I think the staircase is also too tight (dimensions?). The boiler room is not suitable as a pantry. The children’s bedrooms are distributed quite unevenly. The chimney is too far from the fireplace.
Here's an alternative:
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[ATTACH alt="A.jpg"]43008[/ATTACH] Great job Katja!!! I would remove the door from the dressing room to the bathroom, or did I miss something?
Design by the original poster slightly modified:
I removed the access to the utility room through the kitchen and instead enlarged the available floor space.
Well, I’m not sure. It could be built, but in my opinion, it completely lacks character. It’s quite a large house, yet the bedroom has very little usable space, and the living room feels somewhat cramped and plain. Although there is some zoning created by the fireplace, overall it feels dull at first glance. You’d almost want to add a conservatory to avoid getting bored.
I removed the access to the utility room through the kitchen and instead enlarged the available floor space.
Well, I’m not sure. It could be built, but in my opinion, it completely lacks character. It’s quite a large house, yet the bedroom has very little usable space, and the living room feels somewhat cramped and plain. Although there is some zoning created by the fireplace, overall it feels dull at first glance. You’d almost want to add a conservatory to avoid getting bored.
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Neubau202014 Feb 2020 09:48Hello Katja, thank you very much for your suggestions.
The kitchen is quite small, in my opinion.
Okay, I’ll take note of that.
I think the staircase is too narrow (dimensions?)
The staircase measures 1.40 by 3.50 meters (4.6 by 11.5 feet), chosen as a standard size with various tread depths.
The heating room is not suitable as a pantry.
For what reason? We currently store rice, pasta, oil, etc. in our living room. What’s the difference?
The children’s rooms are quite unevenly distributed.
That’s true, I don’t like it either.
The chimney is too far from the fireplace.
I was told that the fireplace can be about 3 meters (10 feet) away from the chimney. The closer, the better, of course.
However, we want to install photovoltaic panels on the south side of the roof, so I think it makes sense for the chimney to exit on the north side to minimize shadows.
Well, I’m not sure. It’s possible to build like this, but in my opinion it completely lacks a certain spark. It’s a fairly large house but has very little space in the bedroom. The living room feels somewhat cramped and plain. The zoning created by the chimney is there, but at first glance it seems dull. You’d probably want to add a conservatory just to avoid boredom.
A conservatory mainly causes additional costs, so we didn’t include it. What would your suggestion be to liven up the living room?
I really like both of your ideas.
We are also considering building in a way that would allow us to rent out the upper floor when we are older, and as retirees live only on the ground floor. In that case, option 1 wouldn’t work, but apart from that it is a nice concept. As for walk-in closets, we consider them somewhat unnecessary. We don’t mind changing clothes in the bedroom itself; we don’t feel the need to go to a separate room (I know, this is quite popular nowadays).
The kitchen is quite small, in my opinion.
Okay, I’ll take note of that.
I think the staircase is too narrow (dimensions?)
The staircase measures 1.40 by 3.50 meters (4.6 by 11.5 feet), chosen as a standard size with various tread depths.
The heating room is not suitable as a pantry.
For what reason? We currently store rice, pasta, oil, etc. in our living room. What’s the difference?
The children’s rooms are quite unevenly distributed.
That’s true, I don’t like it either.
The chimney is too far from the fireplace.
I was told that the fireplace can be about 3 meters (10 feet) away from the chimney. The closer, the better, of course.
However, we want to install photovoltaic panels on the south side of the roof, so I think it makes sense for the chimney to exit on the north side to minimize shadows.
Well, I’m not sure. It’s possible to build like this, but in my opinion it completely lacks a certain spark. It’s a fairly large house but has very little space in the bedroom. The living room feels somewhat cramped and plain. The zoning created by the chimney is there, but at first glance it seems dull. You’d probably want to add a conservatory just to avoid boredom.
A conservatory mainly causes additional costs, so we didn’t include it. What would your suggestion be to liven up the living room?
I really like both of your ideas.
We are also considering building in a way that would allow us to rent out the upper floor when we are older, and as retirees live only on the ground floor. In that case, option 1 wouldn’t work, but apart from that it is a nice concept. As for walk-in closets, we consider them somewhat unnecessary. We don’t mind changing clothes in the bedroom itself; we don’t feel the need to go to a separate room (I know, this is quite popular nowadays).
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