ᐅ Plot – Building Envelope – Positioning of House and Garage

It would be helpful if you didn’t orient the floor plans differently in every post. Ideally, they should be aligned like the site plan with north at the top.

The staircase is far too short.

Where will the building services be located? There is no basement planned, right?

Here are the ground floor and upper floor plans corresponding to the site layout. Please forgive me for not considering this earlier.

There will also be a basement, accessible through the hallway. I sketched everything myself using HomeByMe to get an initial impression.

The knee wall height is approximately 1.45 and 1.85 m (4 ft 9 in and 6 ft 1 in). The roof will be a staggered shed roof.

This solution (straight staircase) combined with a study room simply requires a lot of space. In Yvonne’s sketch, the house is more compact.

What do you think of this solution? If everything is too rough at this stage, I can also wait until I have a plan from the architect.

Nevertheless, many thanks in advance for your advice!

Ground floor plan:

Upper floor plan:

Which roof area will be the larger one?

Right now, it’s just a sketch, but it looks promising.
You can still adjust the windows, because I think if they are aligned with the central axis rather than centered to the rooms, it will create a more harmonious effect without compromising the rooms. I believe you could also use a storage room on the ground floor, possibly by reducing the kitchen size, allowing access from the door (current) to the storage room and from there into the kitchen. The kitchen/dining area could benefit from being a bit smaller, which might even be an advantage since the room could otherwise become too long.
Is the staircase in the sketch too narrow? At least, it seems that way.
In the bedroom, you could also consider moving the door if the furniture layout is problematic. For that, I would like to see a rough furniture plan from you.

Overall, I think it’s great that you took our suggestion to relocate the front door forward.
I believe you will be happy with that decision.

The roof surface on the north side is the higher one. The knee wall is approximately 1.85 m (6 ft) high.

I have continued to "sketch" and added furniture to the ground floor. At first, I thought the kitchen/dining block would be too long, but if you want easy access to the garden, you really need that space. Would you agree?

The staircase is now wider, but I’m not sure if the hallway is too narrow. In the office/stair area, the distance is 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in).

I’ll start working on the upper floor now, but I also think this floor plan could work! Thanks for the tips!

Here is a more detailed description.

What are your thoughts on these floor plans?
Could they work as they are, or do you see room for improvement?

I have oriented the floor plans to fit the plot. As usual, north is at the top.

Thank you very much for your feedback.

Ground floor

Upper floor

Basement

I actually find it not bad at all, but I would place the walk-in closet door on the hallway side upstairs instead of having it enclosed within the bedroom. Otherwise, without measurements, there isn’t much more to comment on.