Hello everyone,
I have been following the discussions for some time now, and now it’s our turn. I would like to share our floor plan for discussion:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 434 m² (4670 sq ft), 14.16 m (46.5 ft) wide on the north side, 14.28 m (46.9 ft) wide on the south side, approximately 30 m (98.4 ft) long
Slope: No
Number of parking spaces: According to the development plan, 2 are required. We would prefer 2 garages, but probably only one will be possible?…
Number of floors: Up to 2 full stories
Special conditions: The access on the north side is not very wide because a small fence separates the adjacent bike path. The location is quiet in a cul-de-sac, with the pedestrian/bike path continuing via a small staircase.
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: simple single-family house with a gable roof
Basement, stories: basement, ground floor, upper floor
Number of people, age: 2 people, 41 and 46 years old, no children planned
Room needs on ground floor and upper floor:
Ground floor: kitchen, living room, dining area, guest bathroom, storage space (for beverage crates, coat rack, etc.)
Upper floor: bedroom, bathroom, walk-in closet, guest room/office, and a study/library
Office: family use or home office? A “study” plus an office/guest room, no home office
Open or closed layout: rather open
Open kitchen with island: yes, please!
Number of dining seats: 2 to many, as I like to invite people over…
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage (preferably 2)
Utility garden, greenhouse: we enjoy gardening on a very small scale; a greenhouse might come later if there is enough space/time, but it doesn’t have to be planned now…
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why some things should or should not be included
In the study, at least my two bookshelves need to fit (HWD 98 x 233 x 54 cm (39 x 92 x 21 in) and 300 x 41 x 247 cm (118 x 16 x 97 in), with one side only 32 cm (12.6 in) deep over 88 cm (34.6 in) length; currently placed behind the door J). The kitchen is especially important to us because we enjoy cooking and have A LOT of accessories, devices, etc. Therefore, we need a lot of storage space.
House Design
Who designed it: planner from a construction company, together with us
What do you particularly like and why? The spacious kitchen, the separate wardrobe area
What do you not like and why? The entrance to the dining room from the east side because of the garage, the long hallway on the ground floor / the entire entrance situation
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump with controlled residential ventilation and photovoltaic system
If you had to give up something,
- what details/expansions could you do without: double washbasin, recessed front door
- what you cannot do without: fireplace, basement, walk-in closet!
Why is the design the way it is?
Design by the planner together with us
Unfortunately, we only have 8.16 m (26.8 ft) available for the house width, but we can extend further in length…
I am happy to receive any criticism! If you have questions, please ask here anytime!
I have been following the discussions for some time now, and now it’s our turn. I would like to share our floor plan for discussion:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 434 m² (4670 sq ft), 14.16 m (46.5 ft) wide on the north side, 14.28 m (46.9 ft) wide on the south side, approximately 30 m (98.4 ft) long
Slope: No
Number of parking spaces: According to the development plan, 2 are required. We would prefer 2 garages, but probably only one will be possible?…
Number of floors: Up to 2 full stories
Special conditions: The access on the north side is not very wide because a small fence separates the adjacent bike path. The location is quiet in a cul-de-sac, with the pedestrian/bike path continuing via a small staircase.
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: simple single-family house with a gable roof
Basement, stories: basement, ground floor, upper floor
Number of people, age: 2 people, 41 and 46 years old, no children planned
Room needs on ground floor and upper floor:
Ground floor: kitchen, living room, dining area, guest bathroom, storage space (for beverage crates, coat rack, etc.)
Upper floor: bedroom, bathroom, walk-in closet, guest room/office, and a study/library
Office: family use or home office? A “study” plus an office/guest room, no home office
Open or closed layout: rather open
Open kitchen with island: yes, please!
Number of dining seats: 2 to many, as I like to invite people over…
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage (preferably 2)
Utility garden, greenhouse: we enjoy gardening on a very small scale; a greenhouse might come later if there is enough space/time, but it doesn’t have to be planned now…
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why some things should or should not be included
In the study, at least my two bookshelves need to fit (HWD 98 x 233 x 54 cm (39 x 92 x 21 in) and 300 x 41 x 247 cm (118 x 16 x 97 in), with one side only 32 cm (12.6 in) deep over 88 cm (34.6 in) length; currently placed behind the door J). The kitchen is especially important to us because we enjoy cooking and have A LOT of accessories, devices, etc. Therefore, we need a lot of storage space.
House Design
Who designed it: planner from a construction company, together with us
What do you particularly like and why? The spacious kitchen, the separate wardrobe area
What do you not like and why? The entrance to the dining room from the east side because of the garage, the long hallway on the ground floor / the entire entrance situation
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump with controlled residential ventilation and photovoltaic system
If you had to give up something,
- what details/expansions could you do without: double washbasin, recessed front door
- what you cannot do without: fireplace, basement, walk-in closet!
Why is the design the way it is?
Design by the planner together with us
Unfortunately, we only have 8.16 m (26.8 ft) available for the house width, but we can extend further in length…
I am happy to receive any criticism! If you have questions, please ask here anytime!
Yes, the floor plan is better than yours: remove the partition wall to the kitchen. However, I would keep the second door to the new pantry and instead plan a door to the kitchen from the hallway. That passage is used more often, especially when coming down the stairs in the morning, right into the kitchen.
Upstairs, there should also be good rooms.
But why would you mirror this design? Everything is already perfectly arranged – which your floor plan was missing...
You can still add an east-facing window in the living room.
Best regards
Upstairs, there should also be good rooms.
But why would you mirror this design? Everything is already perfectly arranged – which your floor plan was missing...
You can still add an east-facing window in the living room.
Best regards
I’m not completely satisfied with the window layout here, and I’m also not sure about the sofa/TV setup yet. The kitchen probably won’t be as long as shown in the plan, so the dining table could be placed sideways. On the west side, I imagine two larger windows: one starting roughly at the height of the old pantry wall, and the other extending the dining room window toward the south.
On the east side, I’m still uncertain. There could be a low strip window in the living room, but I can’t quite picture a large window above the sofa there.
Would it maybe be enough to have just one large sliding door centered? Two sliding doors look nicer, but then the TV would either be pushed into a corner (again on the garden side) or placed between the windows. I would put the sofa against the stair wall/exterior wall.
On the east side, I’m still uncertain. There could be a low strip window in the living room, but I can’t quite picture a large window above the sofa there.
Would it maybe be enough to have just one large sliding door centered? Two sliding doors look nicer, but then the TV would either be pushed into a corner (again on the garden side) or placed between the windows. I would put the sofa against the stair wall/exterior wall.
A completely different basic consideration:
Does the front door have to be on the narrow side? This means you basically always have to walk through the entire house to get to the other end (does anyone understand what I mean?).
Would it also be an option to place the garage on the street side (possibly with an additional parking space in front) and position the entrance on the right or left side of the floor plan? This way, the layout can be “simplified.”
I’ll see if I can quickly sketch this out.
Does the front door have to be on the narrow side? This means you basically always have to walk through the entire house to get to the other end (does anyone understand what I mean?).
Would it also be an option to place the garage on the street side (possibly with an additional parking space in front) and position the entrance on the right or left side of the floor plan? This way, the layout can be “simplified.”
I’ll see if I can quickly sketch this out.
Tanita schrieb:
I’m not completely happy with the window layout here yet, and I’m still unsure about the sofa/TV arrangement. The kitchen will probably not be as long as shown in the plan, so the dining table could be positioned crosswise. On the west side, I imagine two larger windows—one starting roughly at the height of the old pantry wall, and the second extending the dining room window further south.
On the east side, I’m not sure yet; there could be a low horizontal window strip in the living room, but I can’t quite imagine a large window above the couch.
Would it perhaps be enough to install just one large sliding door in the center? Two are nicer, but then the TV would either be placed in the corner (again facing the garden side) or between the windows. I would position the sofa along the stairwell wall/exterior wall.I would leave out the large window in the living room, enlarge the one in the dining area, and do the same on the corner to the west.
In the living room, a horizontal window strip or a patio door slightly offset to a room corner on the east side is sufficient. The living room corner will then get enough light through the dining area—this is my opinion.
Large windows arranged asymmetrically suit a simple house very well.
Best regards
Hello Climbee,
We had already considered the entrance, but since the plot is quite narrow, that turned out to be less than ideal. We would like to have two garages and as much garden space as possible at the back...
The entrance would then also be quite hidden...
And two parking spaces for cars one behind the other... you always need access to the car parked in the back, after all...
Therefore, we plan to have a garage next to the house (boundary development on the east side) and a parking space on the street side. From the west, the house is hardly visible since there is a palisade there and also a somewhat overgrown fence in front of the house. That’s why the driveway is limited as well.
Best regards
Tanita
We had already considered the entrance, but since the plot is quite narrow, that turned out to be less than ideal. We would like to have two garages and as much garden space as possible at the back...
The entrance would then also be quite hidden...
And two parking spaces for cars one behind the other... you always need access to the car parked in the back, after all...
Therefore, we plan to have a garage next to the house (boundary development on the east side) and a parking space on the street side. From the west, the house is hardly visible since there is a palisade there and also a somewhat overgrown fence in front of the house. That’s why the driveway is limited as well.
Best regards
Tanita
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