ᐅ New construction of a single-family house, approximately 220 sqm. Please provide feedback on the floor plan.
Created on: 30 Jul 2020 13:05
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idasb79
Hello everyone,
After quietly following this forum for a long time, I have now registered and would like to hear your opinions on our current planning status. The plan is to live in the house for about 15–20 years and then sell it.
So, here we go!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 620 m² (6676 sq ft)
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.8
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 12 m x 14 m (39 ft 4 in x 46 ft)
Number of parking spaces: 1 plus 1 garage
Number of stories: 2
Roof type: pitched roof
Orientation: north
Additional requirements: drainage ditch in front of the building envelope on the south side, 3 m wide (10 ft), with a planned 4 m wide (13 ft) crossing
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, age: 4 persons – 40, 41, 14, 14 years old
Guest bedrooms per year: none
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen island, semi-open with sliding door to dining area
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: yes, as a room divider between living and dining
Music/sound system wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: yes
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be included
House Design
Planner: do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
Large living area and master bedroom with walk-in closet and bathroom
Large kitchen
What do you dislike? Why?
Cost estimate according to architect/planner:
No cost estimate yet, as no contact has been made so far
Personal budget for the house, including fittings:
No idea yet
Preferred heating technology:
No preference, but if the combination with subsidies and so on is right, a geothermal heat pump would be welcome again. Otherwise, price-performance ratio should be good.
After quietly following this forum for a long time, I have now registered and would like to hear your opinions on our current planning status. The plan is to live in the house for about 15–20 years and then sell it.
So, here we go!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 620 m² (6676 sq ft)
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.8
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 12 m x 14 m (39 ft 4 in x 46 ft)
Number of parking spaces: 1 plus 1 garage
Number of stories: 2
Roof type: pitched roof
Orientation: north
Additional requirements: drainage ditch in front of the building envelope on the south side, 3 m wide (10 ft), with a planned 4 m wide (13 ft) crossing
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, age: 4 persons – 40, 41, 14, 14 years old
Guest bedrooms per year: none
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: kitchen island, semi-open with sliding door to dining area
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: yes, as a room divider between living and dining
Music/sound system wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: yes
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be included
House Design
Planner: do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
Large living area and master bedroom with walk-in closet and bathroom
Large kitchen
What do you dislike? Why?
Cost estimate according to architect/planner:
No cost estimate yet, as no contact has been made so far
Personal budget for the house, including fittings:
No idea yet
Preferred heating technology:
No preference, but if the combination with subsidies and so on is right, a geothermal heat pump would be welcome again. Otherwise, price-performance ratio should be good.
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pagoni20202 Aug 2020 15:28ypg schrieb:
One might think you are the same person! Whether it’s ES, that’s not from me Pinky0301 schrieb:
I have also wondered whether @11ant has developed a second personality Please refrain from these speculations; even I am blushing a little because of them. Moreover, I clearly recognize vast differences in the way you express yourselves; unfortunately, I cannot fully compensate for my somewhat rural family background.Some thoughts:
Ground floor
- Entrance area is huge, but in the end, there is hardly any practical place to install a key holder.
- No guest room, but there is a shower on the ground floor that requires relatively long walking distances to reach.
- Kitchen is large with long walking distances; if stools are placed at the counter, it no longer feels spacious.
- Dining room is very narrow at just over 3m (10.5 feet), meaning chairs will always be in the walking path.
- Reading nook is doable, though.
- Home theater room, if used for ironing as well and seemingly the only storage space besides files in the office, is relatively small. The length of the interior wall is occupied by heating, electrical, controlled ventilation, and washer/dryer.
- Windows with 1m (3.3 feet) exterior width are not really wide; measure how much glass remains.
- TV area with a width of 3.4m (11 feet) plus an adjacent walkway creates a narrow spot for a larger sofa, which might also block the window.
Upper floor
- Mezzanine is huge, but probably only used to walk through.
- Children's bathroom is generous in square meters but feels like a narrow corridor due to the layout, with the shower in a dark corner.
- Parents' area looks decent; the window is just off-center above the bed, which bothers my sense of symmetry. The shower is again rather dark in the corner, and the walk-in closet has a lot of transit space in the middle.
- Both children's rooms face north, which is often debated; children probably spend more time inside than the brighter parents’ area.
- Office is again a narrow storage corridor with 2m (6.6 feet) width and not really practical for furnishing.
- The balcony and its purpose seem limited on both floors, and potentially problematic since only one child’s bedroom has one.
Overall, the house seems to use space inefficiently, primarily in the form of transit areas. The living spaces are restricted in at least one dimension (dining area, TV space, children’s bathroom...).
Ground floor
- Entrance area is huge, but in the end, there is hardly any practical place to install a key holder.
- No guest room, but there is a shower on the ground floor that requires relatively long walking distances to reach.
- Kitchen is large with long walking distances; if stools are placed at the counter, it no longer feels spacious.
- Dining room is very narrow at just over 3m (10.5 feet), meaning chairs will always be in the walking path.
- Reading nook is doable, though.
- Home theater room, if used for ironing as well and seemingly the only storage space besides files in the office, is relatively small. The length of the interior wall is occupied by heating, electrical, controlled ventilation, and washer/dryer.
- Windows with 1m (3.3 feet) exterior width are not really wide; measure how much glass remains.
- TV area with a width of 3.4m (11 feet) plus an adjacent walkway creates a narrow spot for a larger sofa, which might also block the window.
Upper floor
- Mezzanine is huge, but probably only used to walk through.
- Children's bathroom is generous in square meters but feels like a narrow corridor due to the layout, with the shower in a dark corner.
- Parents' area looks decent; the window is just off-center above the bed, which bothers my sense of symmetry. The shower is again rather dark in the corner, and the walk-in closet has a lot of transit space in the middle.
- Both children's rooms face north, which is often debated; children probably spend more time inside than the brighter parents’ area.
- Office is again a narrow storage corridor with 2m (6.6 feet) width and not really practical for furnishing.
- The balcony and its purpose seem limited on both floors, and potentially problematic since only one child’s bedroom has one.
Overall, the house seems to use space inefficiently, primarily in the form of transit areas. The living spaces are restricted in at least one dimension (dining area, TV space, children’s bathroom...).
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Alessandro3 Aug 2020 08:39Here are my thoughts on the original poster’s ideas.
As you know, things rarely turn out exactly as planned. Why not design this property so that it can be lived in long-term? Bedroom, walk-in closet, and large bathroom on the ground floor, with other rooms like children's bedrooms upstairs that later can be used as storage, a reading room, or something similar.
I would therefore already design the ground floor now like your future desired bungalow and replace the current staircase with a staircase with a landing.
Considering the available plots, I wouldn’t want to go through the stress of buying land and building a house again in 15 years.
Also, you don’t know how you or your wife will be in 15 years. Then you’ll be sitting in your 220 m² (2,368 sq ft) house.
A floor plan should primarily be customized to the preferences and style of the owners.
It wouldn’t be mine.
As you know, things rarely turn out exactly as planned. Why not design this property so that it can be lived in long-term? Bedroom, walk-in closet, and large bathroom on the ground floor, with other rooms like children's bedrooms upstairs that later can be used as storage, a reading room, or something similar.
I would therefore already design the ground floor now like your future desired bungalow and replace the current staircase with a staircase with a landing.
Considering the available plots, I wouldn’t want to go through the stress of buying land and building a house again in 15 years.
Also, you don’t know how you or your wife will be in 15 years. Then you’ll be sitting in your 220 m² (2,368 sq ft) house.
A floor plan should primarily be customized to the preferences and style of the owners.
It wouldn’t be mine.
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