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Schnuckline7 Apr 2017 14:56Hello everyone 🙂
After so much feedback on my initial plan, it has now gone back and forth with our architect, and everything is finally completed 🙂
I’m excited if you take a look!
Here are a few details:
The floor plans don’t yet include our basement living area. Basements intended for living are allowed here. It is planned to have a laundry room, the boiler room, storage room, an office, and a large hobby room with a bathroom and a small kitchenette.
Slope: none
Number of floors: 2 floors (attic counts as 2nd floor due to knee wall) + basement living area
Roof type: Gable roof with 25-degree pitch, knee wall 160 cm (63 inches) (we received an exemption for this) + a dormer on the south side for the two children’s bedrooms is also planned but not finalized yet (exemption also received)
Number of occupants: 2 adults (eventually + 2 children), aged 28 and 34
Heating system: Heat pump with ventilation
The orientation of the floor plan very closely matches the actual cardinal directions. Except for the guest WC, the rightmost window in the living room, the kitchen, and the bathroom, all windows are floor-to-ceiling.
Ground floor: A small path leads to the right into the house. Right at the entrance is a small niche for storing water crates, ironing board, vacuum cleaner, and other odds and ends. Instead of a door, this space will be separated by a curtain, saving space and looking nice 🙂 Next to it is a guest WC with a urinal. Opposite the stairs on the wall, three coat racks are planned, which will be screwed from floor to ceiling. There is space for a shoe bench and a tall shoe cabinet beside the front door and along the WC wall. Strollers, bicycles, etc. will be stored in a small shed in front of the house. That covers the entrance area.
The kitchen can be accessed from two sides via sliding doors. The garden is reached through the double doors in the dining area.
Upper floor:
The bedroom is designed to be quite small. I know. That is intentional. Our current sleeping area is even smaller, and we manage well with it. In case of need (broken leg, bassinet, etc.), we can push the bed against the wall to gain some more space. The walk-in closet is not separated from the bedroom by a door. The two children’s rooms may still get a dormer. There is a small change in the bathroom that is not shown in the drawings: the washbasin will be integrated into the bathtub ledge and will shift by 25 cm (10 inches). The passage will be about 90 cm (35 inches) wide then.
Done 🙂
After so much feedback on my initial plan, it has now gone back and forth with our architect, and everything is finally completed 🙂
I’m excited if you take a look!
Here are a few details:
The floor plans don’t yet include our basement living area. Basements intended for living are allowed here. It is planned to have a laundry room, the boiler room, storage room, an office, and a large hobby room with a bathroom and a small kitchenette.
Slope: none
Number of floors: 2 floors (attic counts as 2nd floor due to knee wall) + basement living area
Roof type: Gable roof with 25-degree pitch, knee wall 160 cm (63 inches) (we received an exemption for this) + a dormer on the south side for the two children’s bedrooms is also planned but not finalized yet (exemption also received)
Number of occupants: 2 adults (eventually + 2 children), aged 28 and 34
Heating system: Heat pump with ventilation
The orientation of the floor plan very closely matches the actual cardinal directions. Except for the guest WC, the rightmost window in the living room, the kitchen, and the bathroom, all windows are floor-to-ceiling.
Ground floor: A small path leads to the right into the house. Right at the entrance is a small niche for storing water crates, ironing board, vacuum cleaner, and other odds and ends. Instead of a door, this space will be separated by a curtain, saving space and looking nice 🙂 Next to it is a guest WC with a urinal. Opposite the stairs on the wall, three coat racks are planned, which will be screwed from floor to ceiling. There is space for a shoe bench and a tall shoe cabinet beside the front door and along the WC wall. Strollers, bicycles, etc. will be stored in a small shed in front of the house. That covers the entrance area.
The kitchen can be accessed from two sides via sliding doors. The garden is reached through the double doors in the dining area.
Upper floor:
The bedroom is designed to be quite small. I know. That is intentional. Our current sleeping area is even smaller, and we manage well with it. In case of need (broken leg, bassinet, etc.), we can push the bed against the wall to gain some more space. The walk-in closet is not separated from the bedroom by a door. The two children’s rooms may still get a dormer. There is a small change in the bathroom that is not shown in the drawings: the washbasin will be integrated into the bathtub ledge and will shift by 25 cm (10 inches). The passage will be about 90 cm (35 inches) wide then.
Done 🙂
Just as a thought experiment: If it’s assumed that you lock the bathroom door behind you, as you mentioned somewhere, then you don’t really need the wall next to the toilet. That would create a bit more space. In my opinion, the bathroom needs a window. The bedroom window should be wider. I think, internally, you should try to overcome the tendency to close everything off—in favor of openness, sunlight, freedom, and rising toward the light. I’m not a fan of the ultra-modern open-plan living where rooms are replaced by functional zones, but a house definitely needs a certain amount of light and air to feel comfortable inside.
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Schnuckline7 Apr 2017 15:27@Nordlys Thanks for your feedback 🙂 Do you mean on the upper floor? I definitely need that wall. I find it awful to have to see the toilet bowl when relaxing in the bathtub 😀 I wanted to separate the toilet area from the rest of the bathroom. An alternative would have been a separate toilet room, but unfortunately, I can’t afford that luxury 🙁
It might not be very clear from the picture, but the window above the bathtub is a roof window. The bedroom window is deliberately narrow since the shutters are down 24 hours a day anyway. But in theory, it could be made wider. I’ll have to ask my partner what he thinks 🙂 Thanks!
It might not be very clear from the picture, but the window above the bathtub is a roof window. The bedroom window is deliberately narrow since the shutters are down 24 hours a day anyway. But in theory, it could be made wider. I’ll have to ask my partner what he thinks 🙂 Thanks!
I see the attic floor twice, but no basement (?)
I liked the bathroom better before (Part 1 #48). For the walk-in closet, I would step down the wall behind the dresser slightly—meaning just about a hand’s width—ending just above its height. That would make watching TV easier and look better as well.
On the ground floor, the toilet stands quite isolated in the hallway, as you might expect in a Bauhaus-style design—but it doesn’t fit here. The feeling of the space would bother me a lot, having a beam directly above your knees while sitting on the sofa. That’s the advantage of 3D house planning software, which I don’t usually like: it lets you check such details in section views. But I can see it anyway; it’s just experience.
You will swear daily about the drip trail between the stove and the sink. I would fit the window above the sink with a fixed bottom part, so it can swing open above a fixed faucet, and you can keep pots with kitchen herbs there. Having no roller shutter there seems like a bad idea; with the high fence providing perfect privacy, a burglar could work there unnoticed.
I’m also missing the elevations.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
I liked the bathroom better before (Part 1 #48). For the walk-in closet, I would step down the wall behind the dresser slightly—meaning just about a hand’s width—ending just above its height. That would make watching TV easier and look better as well.
On the ground floor, the toilet stands quite isolated in the hallway, as you might expect in a Bauhaus-style design—but it doesn’t fit here. The feeling of the space would bother me a lot, having a beam directly above your knees while sitting on the sofa. That’s the advantage of 3D house planning software, which I don’t usually like: it lets you check such details in section views. But I can see it anyway; it’s just experience.
You will swear daily about the drip trail between the stove and the sink. I would fit the window above the sink with a fixed bottom part, so it can swing open above a fixed faucet, and you can keep pots with kitchen herbs there. Having no roller shutter there seems like a bad idea; with the high fence providing perfect privacy, a burglar could work there unnoticed.
I’m also missing the elevations.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Hmm. While the ground floor looks tidy at first glance, I’m less satisfied with the upper floor.
Regarding the ground floor: having a roughly 1-meter (3.3 feet) wide narrow storage space (is the plaster missing from the dimensions?) can work; I recently saw this in a Munich apartment, which was probably expensive and only about 70 square meters (750 square feet). But you have an entire house and won’t encounter strangers on the way to the basement... given the limited space you have, I would probably prefer to install a built-in closet in the bathroom or hallway. Is that how you have it in the apartment now? Maybe you should detach yourself from the conditions of an apartment — this will be a whole house with completely different circumstances and possibly habits!
I wouldn’t like the narrow, confusing hallway on the upper floor at all.
The walk-in closet is only about 1.95 meters (6.4 feet) wide in the shell construction. Subtracting plaster and possibly some space between the back of the wardrobe and the wall, there might only be around 1.88 meters (6.2 feet) left. Minus the width of two 60-cm (24-inch) wardrobes leaves just 68 cm (27 inches) to walk through. In my opinion, it’s not possible to furnish it as shown without feeling cramped. The bedroom door would always block access to the closet (and I’d worry about pinching my fingers between the door leaf and the wall).
The position of the toilet in the upper floor bathroom seems fixed for you, although I would bet it’s used more often during the day with children than at night. And even at night, an extra step wouldn’t be a big deal, right?
I just don’t understand why you need such a tight privacy screen.
By the way, I don’t think you will always leave a stroller outside in the cold after taking the child out. And I can’t imagine it’s very pleasant to put a toddler into a stroller that’s completely cold in winter.
Regarding the ground floor: having a roughly 1-meter (3.3 feet) wide narrow storage space (is the plaster missing from the dimensions?) can work; I recently saw this in a Munich apartment, which was probably expensive and only about 70 square meters (750 square feet). But you have an entire house and won’t encounter strangers on the way to the basement... given the limited space you have, I would probably prefer to install a built-in closet in the bathroom or hallway. Is that how you have it in the apartment now? Maybe you should detach yourself from the conditions of an apartment — this will be a whole house with completely different circumstances and possibly habits!
I wouldn’t like the narrow, confusing hallway on the upper floor at all.
The walk-in closet is only about 1.95 meters (6.4 feet) wide in the shell construction. Subtracting plaster and possibly some space between the back of the wardrobe and the wall, there might only be around 1.88 meters (6.2 feet) left. Minus the width of two 60-cm (24-inch) wardrobes leaves just 68 cm (27 inches) to walk through. In my opinion, it’s not possible to furnish it as shown without feeling cramped. The bedroom door would always block access to the closet (and I’d worry about pinching my fingers between the door leaf and the wall).
The position of the toilet in the upper floor bathroom seems fixed for you, although I would bet it’s used more often during the day with children than at night. And even at night, an extra step wouldn’t be a big deal, right?
I just don’t understand why you need such a tight privacy screen.
By the way, I don’t think you will always leave a stroller outside in the cold after taking the child out. And I can’t imagine it’s very pleasant to put a toddler into a stroller that’s completely cold in winter.
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