ᐅ Opinions on the Floor Plan of a Single-Family Home in the Münsterland Region
Created on: 6 Nov 2015 17:05
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Scratchi
Hello everyone!
We’ve had a previous thread, but now we’ve made significant progress and would like to share the floor plan created by our builder.
We will upload two ground floor plans, but here we will refer to the first one, as we currently prefer it.
Development plan / restrictions:
See attachment
Plot size: 527 m² (5675 sq ft), 19.5 m * 27 m (64 ft * 89 ft)
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full floors
Number of people, age: 2 adults and 2-3 children
Space requirements on the ground floor: (living, dining, kitchen area; guest WC; office (teacher); utility room)
Upper floor: (4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, small utility room for laundry)
Guests per year: 2
Number of dining seats: 10
Fireplace: undecided so far, but leaning towards no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine
- Our wish was to position the kitchen facing the street. 1) to get south sun into the living area, and 2) because there will be no building opposite initially, allowing a view of the fields. We don’t want the living room there because of the street noise. In front of the kitchen window facing the street, we want a small coffee terrace to enjoy the view of the fields.
A kitchen at the front seemed difficult to achieve due to space planning. This is the first draft we like.
- The utility room on the ground floor should serve as a mudroom, so a side door is still missing in the plans.
House design
Planning by:
- Planner from a building company
What don’t we like?
- Still unsure about the terrace niche (or should it be used as a room instead)
- Kitchen is missing a terrace door
- Exit from utility room to driveway is missing
- In the bathroom, should we swap the bathtub and the washbasin?!
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: Not known yet, but expected to be around 280,000 including construction ancillary costs
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: 320,000 including ancillary building costs
Preferred heating technology: gas with underfloor heating
We’ve had a previous thread, but now we’ve made significant progress and would like to share the floor plan created by our builder.
We will upload two ground floor plans, but here we will refer to the first one, as we currently prefer it.
Development plan / restrictions:
See attachment
Plot size: 527 m² (5675 sq ft), 19.5 m * 27 m (64 ft * 89 ft)
Basement, floors: No basement, 2 full floors
Number of people, age: 2 adults and 2-3 children
Space requirements on the ground floor: (living, dining, kitchen area; guest WC; office (teacher); utility room)
Upper floor: (4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, small utility room for laundry)
Guests per year: 2
Number of dining seats: 10
Fireplace: undecided so far, but leaning towards no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine
- Our wish was to position the kitchen facing the street. 1) to get south sun into the living area, and 2) because there will be no building opposite initially, allowing a view of the fields. We don’t want the living room there because of the street noise. In front of the kitchen window facing the street, we want a small coffee terrace to enjoy the view of the fields.
A kitchen at the front seemed difficult to achieve due to space planning. This is the first draft we like.
- The utility room on the ground floor should serve as a mudroom, so a side door is still missing in the plans.
House design
Planning by:
- Planner from a building company
What don’t we like?
- Still unsure about the terrace niche (or should it be used as a room instead)
- Kitchen is missing a terrace door
- Exit from utility room to driveway is missing
- In the bathroom, should we swap the bathtub and the washbasin?!
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: Not known yet, but expected to be around 280,000 including construction ancillary costs
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: 320,000 including ancillary building costs
Preferred heating technology: gas with underfloor heating
I don’t need an “airlock” either; after all, as the owner and occupant, I want to have a nice main entrance—not to have to use a shabby side entrance myself. However, this plan isn’t focused on a secondary entrance, which is often the case when the emphasis is on a second door (usually through the garage), but rather it simply includes an external door to the utility room. Whether it will actually be used as the parents imagine... pfffh.
So, we have made a few adjustments.
The office is slightly larger.
There is now a shower on the ground floor.
The bedroom is slightly smaller, while the bathroom is a bit larger.
The bay window area of the terrace has been converted into living space.
We are still a bit concerned about how it looks to face the stairs directly when entering. Unfortunately, a corner staircase takes up quite a bit of space in the already narrow hallway!
The office is slightly larger.
There is now a shower on the ground floor.
The bedroom is slightly smaller, while the bathroom is a bit larger.
The bay window area of the terrace has been converted into living space.
We are still a bit concerned about how it looks to face the stairs directly when entering. Unfortunately, a corner staircase takes up quite a bit of space in the already narrow hallway!
Scratchi schrieb:
We still have some concerns about how it looks when you look directly at the staircase going up from the entrance.Why?
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