ᐅ Opinions on the Floor Plan – Duplex Bungalow for Rental Purposes
Created on: 25 Oct 2021 20:49
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Tx-25
Hello, I have created the floor plan for a duplex bungalow with two rental units. There is a utility room planned with one heating system for both apartments.
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 700 - 900 sqm (7,535 - 9,688 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Site occupancy index: 1
Number of parking spaces: 1 on the left, 1 on the right
Number of floors: 1
Roof shape:
Orientation: not yet fixed
Maximum height/limits:
Additional requirements: 4.50 m (15 ft) maximum eaves height
House Design
Who designed it:
- Do-it-Yourself
What do you like especially? Why?
No wasted space, hallway as small as possible without feeling cramped.
What don’t you like? Why? Bedrooms and study too small?
My cost estimate:
€350,000 including 2 carports and the plot (€40,000)
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up, which details or features could you do without?
- Could give up: carport, instead of a hip roof a flat roof (6 percent slope)
Why is the design the way it is? For example:
In our new residential area (we moved into our single-family house last year), someone built something similar. Their apartments each have 99 sqm (1,065 sq ft). I optimized a bit and reduced the hallway size. Otherwise, much is adopted.
I think it’s good that there is only one utility room. Also, the distances are short (for pipes and walking paths).
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 700 - 900 sqm (7,535 - 9,688 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Site occupancy index: 1
Number of parking spaces: 1 on the left, 1 on the right
Number of floors: 1
Roof shape:
Orientation: not yet fixed
Maximum height/limits:
Additional requirements: 4.50 m (15 ft) maximum eaves height
House Design
Who designed it:
- Do-it-Yourself
What do you like especially? Why?
No wasted space, hallway as small as possible without feeling cramped.
What don’t you like? Why? Bedrooms and study too small?
My cost estimate:
€350,000 including 2 carports and the plot (€40,000)
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up, which details or features could you do without?
- Could give up: carport, instead of a hip roof a flat roof (6 percent slope)
Why is the design the way it is? For example:
In our new residential area (we moved into our single-family house last year), someone built something similar. Their apartments each have 99 sqm (1,065 sq ft). I optimized a bit and reduced the hallway size. Otherwise, much is adopted.
I think it’s good that there is only one utility room. Also, the distances are short (for pipes and walking paths).
Tx-25 schrieb:
From an economic standpoint, certain disadvantages don’t matter to me up to a point, as long as I can use the apartment myself when I’m older. I only see that with a bungalow. I strongly advise against mixing the goals of rental and later personal use.
Tx-25 schrieb:
Can you share from your experience what kind of loss might occur when comparing a bungalow to a one-and-a-half-storey house for rental, with the same floor area? Or rather, how can this be determined? As mentioned, semi-detached bungalows have no market. Renters interested in semi-detached houses are the same target group as buyers of semi-detached houses: people who want a house instead of a flat and simply cannot find their own plot at the moment. For them, a finished attic is not a burden but a feature. Bungalow seekers don’t want “wall to wall” neighbors; they want peace and quiet on their own land. They also want to invest their own capital—in other words, to live in their own money. That’s why I see your rental risk specifically as “two out of two units vacant.” We once had a thread here—while you were already a member—about a four-apartment semi-detached house. Something like that works in the rental market, but your single two-family rental floor does not. Essentially, you are planning a six-family house, but the upper apartments and basement units are missing. Why do you think this building type is unpopular?
Tx-25 schrieb:
0.4 was actually an old value (from our building area). I see. First 0.4 and now 0.3 in another newly developed area with a similar setup—what does that tell us about the developer’s planning intent? They want less surface sealing; don’t dream of a generous floor area ratio II!
Be glad you don’t yet own the land. Invest the money for the plot and the semi-detached bungalow into a medium-sized and two small condominiums; you will be happier with that.
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