ᐅ Opinions on Floor Plan Design (Isometric Views, Floor Plans, Development Plans)
Created on: 13 Aug 2018 21:05
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Dopamin
Hello everyone,
We are currently designing the floor plan for our single-family home ourselves on the recently purchased plot (parcel 13). Since the development plan and the building envelope already provide clear guidelines, we have tried to make the best use of these limits.
Besides the 6m (20 feet) wide double garage (at least for 2 cars), we can use up to 9m (30 feet) for the house width within the building envelope.
This means the house will have to be longer in the north-south direction.
Because the garage is located on the east side and attached directly to the house, we have tried to place rooms that need less natural light there.
The garden faces south and, as you can see in the plan, offers plenty of space which we would like to bring into both floors with many windows.
I would appreciate any suggestions you might have or, ideally, a confirmation that the plan looks quite good as it is.
Best regards,
Thomas
Here are the answered questions:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size – 740 square meters (8,000 square feet)
Slope – minimal, approx. 1%
Site coverage ratio – 0.35
Floor area ratio – 0.5
Building envelope, building line, and boundary – according to the plan
Border development – neighboring property
Number of parking spaces – 2
Number of floors – 2
Roof style – gable roof
Architectural style – modern
Orientation – north-south
Maximum heights / limits – 5.5m (18 feet) eaves height from top of ground floor slab
Other requirements
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type – exposed roof structure, clear lines
Basement, floors – basement plus 2 floors
Number of occupants, age – currently 2 adults, in a few years +2 children
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? – small office/guest room
Guests per year – rarely
Open or closed floor plan – open living area
Traditional or modern construction – simple
Open kitchen, kitchen island – open
Number of dining seats – 1-2
Fireplace – no, due to heat pump
Music/stereo wall – not decided
Balcony, roof terrace – large terrace
Garage, carport – double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for choices or exclusions
House Design
Who created the plan: – own design
- planner from a construction company
- architect
- do-it-yourself – tiling
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you not like? Why?
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: €400,000-500,000 without land
Personal budget for house including fittings: €500,000
Preferred heating technology: heat pump
We are currently designing the floor plan for our single-family home ourselves on the recently purchased plot (parcel 13). Since the development plan and the building envelope already provide clear guidelines, we have tried to make the best use of these limits.
Besides the 6m (20 feet) wide double garage (at least for 2 cars), we can use up to 9m (30 feet) for the house width within the building envelope.
This means the house will have to be longer in the north-south direction.
Because the garage is located on the east side and attached directly to the house, we have tried to place rooms that need less natural light there.
The garden faces south and, as you can see in the plan, offers plenty of space which we would like to bring into both floors with many windows.
I would appreciate any suggestions you might have or, ideally, a confirmation that the plan looks quite good as it is.
Best regards,
Thomas
Here are the answered questions:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size – 740 square meters (8,000 square feet)
Slope – minimal, approx. 1%
Site coverage ratio – 0.35
Floor area ratio – 0.5
Building envelope, building line, and boundary – according to the plan
Border development – neighboring property
Number of parking spaces – 2
Number of floors – 2
Roof style – gable roof
Architectural style – modern
Orientation – north-south
Maximum heights / limits – 5.5m (18 feet) eaves height from top of ground floor slab
Other requirements
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type – exposed roof structure, clear lines
Basement, floors – basement plus 2 floors
Number of occupants, age – currently 2 adults, in a few years +2 children
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
Office: family use or home office? – small office/guest room
Guests per year – rarely
Open or closed floor plan – open living area
Traditional or modern construction – simple
Open kitchen, kitchen island – open
Number of dining seats – 1-2
Fireplace – no, due to heat pump
Music/stereo wall – not decided
Balcony, roof terrace – large terrace
Garage, carport – double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for choices or exclusions
House Design
Who created the plan: – own design
- planner from a construction company
- architect
- do-it-yourself – tiling
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you not like? Why?
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: €400,000-500,000 without land
Personal budget for house including fittings: €500,000
Preferred heating technology: heat pump
Dopamin schrieb:
We just prefer it very spaciousLarge does not necessarily mean spacious!
Dopamin schrieb:
Unfortunately, according to the development plan, we have to build the roof with a pitch of more than 30°.
I would have preferred 22°.
We will have to try to reduce the roof pitch through an application. Update: According to the local authority, we are allowed to build the roof with a pitch of 25° instead of 30°. This should help reduce the height.
We visited our builder again last week and made some changes. The inner radius of the spiral staircase is now smaller (30cm (12 inches)), which allows the children’s rooms to be wider. However, our builder recommends using 42.5mm T9 (possibly even T8) insulation for better thermal performance, so the children’s rooms will end up the same size as before. Both children are planned to have a gallery later on (wood).
I consider having only one bathroom on the upper floor to be insufficient for four people. I’m just imagining 6:30 a.m., when everyone wants to shower, use the toilet, and brush their teeth, and then everything gets locked up anyway...
On the ground floor, we will probably plan a small office so the living/dining area doesn’t become too large, and because we generally have too little storage space for our stuff.
I’ve also tried other layouts in the attic but always run into problems with the doors. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Good luck, Thomas
I consider having only one bathroom on the upper floor to be insufficient for four people. I’m just imagining 6:30 a.m., when everyone wants to shower, use the toilet, and brush their teeth, and then everything gets locked up anyway...
On the ground floor, we will probably plan a small office so the living/dining area doesn’t become too large, and because we generally have too little storage space for our stuff.
I’ve also tried other layouts in the attic but always run into problems with the doors. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Good luck, Thomas
Everything depends on the staircase and the willingness to compromise a bit on the square meters in the living room and bedrooms.
Shift the staircase approximately 50cm (20 inches) toward the top of the plan so that the children's rooms are evenly distributed.
At the bottom right, place the children's bathroom next to the master bathroom. If you do without the T-junction and accept less shared space for two people, this can also work. The rest will, of course, be adjusted accordingly.
There are probably better suggestions once the rooms upstairs are properly rearranged and the orientation relative to north is known.
Shift the staircase approximately 50cm (20 inches) toward the top of the plan so that the children's rooms are evenly distributed.
At the bottom right, place the children's bathroom next to the master bathroom. If you do without the T-junction and accept less shared space for two people, this can also work. The rest will, of course, be adjusted accordingly.
There are probably better suggestions once the rooms upstairs are properly rearranged and the orientation relative to north is known.
ypg schrieb:
I scrolled back and checked again where north is located. To make the direction of north clearer, here is an additional image.
Also, I found two proposals for the attic floor plan. However, the children’s bathroom is missing in these.
Before I post these: Am I allowed to upload floor plans found online here?
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