Dear forum members,
We bought a plot of land last autumn and are currently deep into the floor plan design. We would like to share our current draft with you and welcome any comments and opinions.
[F]irst some preliminary information about the plot and its buildability:[/F]
Best regards
We bought a plot of land last autumn and are currently deep into the floor plan design. We would like to share our current draft with you and welcome any comments and opinions.
[F]irst some preliminary information about the plot and its buildability:[/F]
- 1000 m² (10,764 sq ft) rear plot, southwest facing (so southwest is on the left side of the site plan)
- Building boundary up to approx. 16 m (52 ft) behind the property line (up to the dashed line on the site plan)
- No zoning plan (construction according to § 34 of the Building Code)
- Groundwater at surface level and peaty soil (exact geotechnical report pending), so piled foundation required and no basement
- Affordable! (Our maximum budget for the house including foundation slab is €230,000)
- Country house style
- Bright, large windows facing south/garden
- Open living/dining/kitchen area
- Family of four, 1 bedroom and 2 children’s rooms
- Not oversized, max 150 m² (1,615 sq ft), preferably less
- Solid construction using Ytong blocks (for us the most cost-effective option, although we would have liked to build with wood as well).
- Developed ourselves after studying various floor plans (including from the book "Affordable Building with a Small Budget" by Achim Linhardt) with support from architect friends and our planner (an independent civil engineer).
- Dimensions 12.50 x 7.50 m (41 x 25 ft) (the measurements shown on the site plan are from an earlier draft).
- What we like: open living area, all main rooms have large windows facing the garden, efficient size, although the children’s and bedroom could be smaller, sewing/work nook behind the stairs upstairs, plenty of wall space for large wardrobes in the upstairs bedroom and hallway on the ground floor, light shaft in the stairwell, staircase (we originally wanted a straight run staircase but it would have taken too much space; the one with three quarter turns is also fine with us).
- What we don’t like 100% yet: the height of the house from the outside. It is currently planned as a two-story house with an eaves height of 6.2 m (20 ft), with the ground floor 2.84 m (9 ft 4 in) high and the upper floor 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) high. The gable roof will be an uninsulated, unfinished cold roof, mainly because of the economical prefabricated truss construction method. This is a bit disappointing because I really like sloped ceilings and did not want the character of a townhouse. Lowering the roof with a knee wall of about 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) and an insulated roof with open sloped ceilings would probably be more expensive due to the rafter/beam construction. We would also lose the garden view through the floor-to-ceiling bedroom windows.
- Simple: What do you think about the floor plan?
- Can you still imagine the relatively tall two-story house having a country house character? Maybe it depends on the facade design and choice of materials? Do you think it looks too “blocky,” especially from the front entrance side? Or would a lower eaves height with an attic conversion including a knee wall be preferable?
- We are still unsure how to arrange the windows on the garden side. The drawing with the elevations shows two possible versions. We actually prefer it when the upper floor window is centered over the lower window front. However, this does not align the interior line of sight from the entrance door to the garden/patio door (see ground floor plan). This represents version two; for version one, the window front would have to be shifted about one window width to the right, so that the patio door is behind the dining table. With the window front shifted left, the interior looks better to us, but from the outside it looks strange if it is offset from the upper floor window, right? What do you think?
Best regards
Vicky Pedia5 Mar 2020 16:26Altai schrieb:
The children with the small feet are actually managing better So, does that mean Dad is the clumsy one....
kaho674 schrieb:
With a 24cm (9.5 inches) tread [...] you need that from shoe size 36 onwardsI have never made that connection before – so a 28cm (11 inches) tread depth would only be intended for users up to shoe size 42. la.schnute schrieb:
Actually, I had hoped that the current second draft of the south facade would look much more relaxedBetter call the arrangement of the windows the window placement, or else you probably won’t get the stick out of your backside. Climbee schrieb:
And obviously, one or two garden sheds/storage huts are planned thereAha. For climate-controlled storage similar to living space, I can strongly recommend pumice single garages. chrisw81 schrieb:
We made sure not to place the sofa with its back to the dining table... [...] We thought about it for a long time and then decided on a corner sofa, with one side in front of (your) window and the other along the opposite exterior wall. Because of the second wing, you canCorner sofa, only over my dead body. Because of the rigid arrangement of two sofas at an angle, the thing completely dominates the floor plan – all the more so if you add a “no entry” dogma to the interior on top.
hampshire schrieb:
A small open desk fits almost anywhere.No piano, no piano! *SCNR* Zaba12 schrieb:
Just from current practical experience haydee schrieb:
Just from practical experience … Leading by example diametrically opposed to instructions tends to be “self-extinguishing.”https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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saralina876 Mar 2020 11:53Just because the dimensions are similar to ours:
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Fertighaus-dschungel.32592/post-357251
Maybe there’s an idea in there.
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/Fertighaus-dschungel.32592/post-357251
Maybe there’s an idea in there.