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

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.

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Curly31 Jul 2020 23:30

#31

idasb79 schrieb:

We are 40 and 41 years old. I can't imagine living in a house like this for more than 15 years.

And how do you plan to live in 15 years?

Regards
Sabine

hampshire31 Jul 2020 23:51

#32

I think the idea of building a temporary house is completely reasonable. We are almost 10 years older and have found our place – and have built accordingly to ideally accommodate the last phase with children, then as a couple, and maybe at some point with reduced mobility, all in the same house – and with relatively little living space. It just required an architect who could transform all the ideas into architecture. We would never have managed that ourselves.

ypg1 Aug 2020 01:19

#33

idasb79 schrieb:

I want to point out again that the furniture is only a placeholder. Since I am not very familiar with the design software used, I just took the first pieces of furniture the program offered.

That’s why I’m repeating what has been mentioned several times: you shouldn’t work with placeholders for yourself. Do yourself a favor and draw your furniture to scale—either as they currently are or as planned.
You don’t need a program; it can be more of a hindrance, as you have experienced yourself. If you don’t get along with the software, just skip it—you are focusing too much on the program rather than on the planning itself. Pencil and paper are perfectly sufficient!
You can already tell: you’re not willing to move even a single wall because you’re too infatuated with your own “skills.”

idasb79 schrieb:

Ironing is done in the HTR.

Poor guy.

idasb79 schrieb:

The other area is meant for watching TV and reading.

For two people or four? Are the children allowed to have friends over? … or will they disturb you? The space seems questionable.

idasb79 schrieb:

Who is supposed to walk around the table then?

The service staff… meaning you as the host.

idasb79 schrieb:

We avoid forming an emotional attachment to a few stacked stones,

That’s a shame. I honestly think it’s a waste, especially since building a house is not ecologically sensible in any way.
I frankly don’t like it if someone invades nature heavily through construction but then plans the house as a “disposable product” or as a future orphaned building.

idasb79 schrieb:

We are 40 and 41. I can’t imagine living in such a house for more than 15 years.

Then please don’t do it. Buy a pre-owned property. Personal financial efficiency should sometimes take a back seat to ideological thinking here. Building new is not economical anyway!

11ant schrieb:

You build the third house for a friend,

No, for yourself.

The house’s ground floor layout strongly reminds me of Jette. I never liked the centrally located staircase.
It’s a pity that the orientation and the route from kitchen to terrace were apparently not considered at all.
I like the parents’ wing itself, but the downside is, of course, the south-facing orientation, which should ideally belong to living spaces, i.e., the children’s rooms, rather than the parents’ bedroom.
There is definitely a lack of storage space!
The kitchen is full of long walking distances. I would lose interest in cooking eventually…

haydee1 Aug 2020 06:34

#34

As a teenager, I would have preferred a larger room instead of an open area that everyone walks through or wants peace in.
As parents who are downstairs and trying to read, the peace is gone as well.

I would rather have a few square meters less house and instead have a double garage. Keyword: resale value.

Curly1 Aug 2020 09:14

#35

hampshire schrieb:

I think the idea of building a temporary house is perfectly fine.

In our area, living space is very limited and there are absolutely no building plots available, so I asked how people expect to live there in 15 years. Otherwise, I would rather build the house to be “resale-friendly.” What bothers me about the living space is that, although it is huge, there is no possibility for a large sofa area with a TV wall.

Best regards,
Sabine

face261 Aug 2020 09:21

#36

...especially since the plan "living here for 15 years" is already uncertain:

idasb79 schrieb:

I can’t imagine living in a house like this for more than 15 years. My wife just said she can see herself doing that.

I just say: "Happy wife, happy life."

Maybe the "plan" should be discussed privately again, and only then should the requirements for the floor plan be set!?

ᐅ New construction of a single-family house, approximately 220 sqm. Please provide feedback on the floor plan.

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