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
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Bauexperte11 Nov 2015 18:12Good evening,
Regards, Bauexperte
Scratchi schrieb:I've been thinking about this for a while because ... I know this design very well. Would you mind telling me who handed it over? Feel free to send me a private message if you prefer.
House design
Who created the plan:
- Planner from a construction company
Regards, Bauexperte
So, as we are approaching completion, here is the latest view with a few corners that have been revised. Maybe you’ll notice something else.
The gaps between the windows on the upper floor will be covered with black glass panels. This creates a rather stylish window strip. The garage and the entrance canopy will be plastered, the rest will have brick cladding. The window sizes have not been finalized yet.
On the upper floor, the situation with the stairwell and the bathroom is still not completely resolved. This corner is obviously not very attractive, but otherwise, we would lose a lot of usable space in the bathroom to circulation areas. What do you think?

The gaps between the windows on the upper floor will be covered with black glass panels. This creates a rather stylish window strip. The garage and the entrance canopy will be plastered, the rest will have brick cladding. The window sizes have not been finalized yet.
On the upper floor, the situation with the stairwell and the bathroom is still not completely resolved. This corner is obviously not very attractive, but otherwise, we would lose a lot of usable space in the bathroom to circulation areas. What do you think?
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