ᐅ Planning a Single-Family Home in Northern NRW – Looking for Feedback on the Design...
Created on: 30 Nov 2013 16:09
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PredonorWe are building a house with a gable roof and a roof pitch of 38 degrees. The knee wall will be 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in) high.
After visiting numerous model homes, we found a floor plan in a prefab house exhibition park that we now plan to build using solid construction.
We have a rectangular plot of land (17 m (56 ft) wide and 28 m (92 ft) deep) oriented north-south. The building zone is located in the northern part, so the garden will be designed in front of the house. The house should be 11 m (36 ft) wide (the maximum allowed build width), and the garage with a workshop room will be built to the right of the house (northeast).
The “bay window” in the southwest is not yet drawn correctly. Doors are still missing on the left and right sides of the bay window, so the whole area should feel like a sunroom.
At some point, I will upload the new plans or a different version again.
According to the current status, the net living area is 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft), with underfloor heating upstairs and downstairs, and a gas heating system supported by solar for hot water. The current fixed price is about EUR 230,000.
Now we would appreciate opinions, discussions, etc. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
After visiting numerous model homes, we found a floor plan in a prefab house exhibition park that we now plan to build using solid construction.
We have a rectangular plot of land (17 m (56 ft) wide and 28 m (92 ft) deep) oriented north-south. The building zone is located in the northern part, so the garden will be designed in front of the house. The house should be 11 m (36 ft) wide (the maximum allowed build width), and the garage with a workshop room will be built to the right of the house (northeast).
The “bay window” in the southwest is not yet drawn correctly. Doors are still missing on the left and right sides of the bay window, so the whole area should feel like a sunroom.
At some point, I will upload the new plans or a different version again.
According to the current status, the net living area is 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft), with underfloor heating upstairs and downstairs, and a gas heating system supported by solar for hot water. The current fixed price is about EUR 230,000.
Now we would appreciate opinions, discussions, etc. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
The study will be very small... I would reduce the size of the guest toilet in favor of the study... it is way too large anyway.
What is the point of the dressing room upstairs? That just sounds nice but doesn’t really work...
An 18m² (194 sq ft) bathroom is also a waste of space... better to divide it and build one large bathroom plus a small WC/shower combo for the children...
What is the point of the dressing room upstairs? That just sounds nice but doesn’t really work...
An 18m² (194 sq ft) bathroom is also a waste of space... better to divide it and build one large bathroom plus a small WC/shower combo for the children...
Mycraft schrieb:
Why have the walk-in closet upstairs? That sounds nice but doesn’t really work...Who says that?? Would you prefer it downstairs??? :o
I don’t think the floor plan is bad, although personally I would have placed the kitchen facing east and the living areas facing west.
That said, I still find the bathroom too large. It might be possible to make it smaller and add a utility room for laundry on the upper floor.
Just adding my two cents since I'm still awake 🙂. Everything about the bathroom has already been said – although it might be intentional from the original poster. For some, a large, high-quality bathroom is exactly the luxury they want to treat themselves with (keyword: wellness oasis / spa retreat).
Upstairs, I would remove the sloped ceiling in the kids’ room. If something has to be sloped, it would be better to have just the door angled. This would enlarge the kids’ room a bit and extend the usable wall space.
On the ground floor: Why did you plan an exterior door in the utility room? If you leave it out, you save some money (windows are cheaper than doors), reduce the risk of break-ins (every accessible exterior door increases the risk – we had a security consultation with the police just a week ago 😎 <-- highly recommended), and gain more usable space.
Do you also want to use the utility room as a pantry? If yes – that’s fine. If not – I would place the door to the utility room from the stairwell side --> this provides more usable space in the kitchen.
@Mycraft: The ground floor is intended to have not just a guest WC but a shower bathroom. For that, 4.76 sqm (51 sq ft) is quite small – so there’s barely any room left to allocate to the office.
Upstairs, I would remove the sloped ceiling in the kids’ room. If something has to be sloped, it would be better to have just the door angled. This would enlarge the kids’ room a bit and extend the usable wall space.
On the ground floor: Why did you plan an exterior door in the utility room? If you leave it out, you save some money (windows are cheaper than doors), reduce the risk of break-ins (every accessible exterior door increases the risk – we had a security consultation with the police just a week ago 😎 <-- highly recommended), and gain more usable space.
Do you also want to use the utility room as a pantry? If yes – that’s fine. If not – I would place the door to the utility room from the stairwell side --> this provides more usable space in the kitchen.
@Mycraft: The ground floor is intended to have not just a guest WC but a shower bathroom. For that, 4.76 sqm (51 sq ft) is quite small – so there’s barely any room left to allocate to the office.
According to the current plan, there will be space for two shower heads in the shower area (a rain shower and a standard shower head). Additionally, there needs to be room in the bathroom for laundry baskets and similar items. Therefore, we want to allow ourselves a bit more space.
The plan currently assumes only one child, so the second bedroom is intended as a multipurpose room.
The door in the utility room is planned to open towards the back, as the trash bins will be located on the north side. There is also the entrance to the workshop/garage in that area.
The house is from Fingerhaus (no. 15). Due to the layout of our plot, access must be through the gable end. We have mirrored the upper floor to match the orientation according to the cardinal directions.
The plan currently assumes only one child, so the second bedroom is intended as a multipurpose room.
The door in the utility room is planned to open towards the back, as the trash bins will be located on the north side. There is also the entrance to the workshop/garage in that area.
The house is from Fingerhaus (no. 15). Due to the layout of our plot, access must be through the gable end. We have mirrored the upper floor to match the orientation according to the cardinal directions.
I also agree that having a shower downstairs makes sense, but it really shouldn’t be much wider than one meter (about 3 feet)... otherwise you end up frustrated because you rarely use the toilet but still have to squeeze into a tiny room.
A 120 x 90 cm (47 x 35 inches) shower is already very generous for two showerheads... we have the same... anything larger is unnecessary unless you physically need more space.
The walk-in closet doesn’t work because it’s too small... you can actually skip it altogether. Instead, take more space from the bedroom and place a large wardrobe there—that’s much more practical. Otherwise, you’ll just end up bumping into things every time you try to get your clothes.
A 120 x 90 cm (47 x 35 inches) shower is already very generous for two showerheads... we have the same... anything larger is unnecessary unless you physically need more space.
The walk-in closet doesn’t work because it’s too small... you can actually skip it altogether. Instead, take more space from the bedroom and place a large wardrobe there—that’s much more practical. Otherwise, you’ll just end up bumping into things every time you try to get your clothes.
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