ᐅ Custom-designed bungalow floor plan with basement

Created on: 22 Feb 2016 21:52
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kaba80
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 931 sqm (10,018 sq ft)
Slope: yes
Development according to § 34 Building Code
Number of parking spaces: 4 (two separate and two in front of the garage)
Number of floors: basement and ground floor
Roof type: hipped roof, 22 degrees
Style: classic
Orientation: south/west

Owner Requirements
Basement: yes, due to sloped plot
Floors: 2
Number of occupants: 35 and 36 years old, plus two children aged 0 and 2
Space requirements on ground and upper floors
Office: family use in guest room and one room for home office
Guests per year: 5
Open floor plan
Conservative and/or modern construction style
Open kitchen with cooking island
Number of dining seats: 6-8
Fireplace: yes
Balcony: yes, with a terrace planned later on the south side
Garage: double garage in basement

House Design
Designer:
- Do-it-yourself by you
What do you like most? The large living/dining/kitchen area
What do you dislike? The hallways, which unfortunately seem almost unavoidable in bungalows, and that a storage room on the ground floor does not appear possible
Cost estimate by architect/designer: approx. 400,000
Preferred heating technology: heat pump

Hello dear forum,

We are sharing our own design for the planned building project and would be grateful for some honest feedback. Overall, we are very satisfied with it, but as is often the case, it’s hard to see “the forest for the trees.”

The basement floor will be fully exposed at the front, allowing level entry into the house and access through the garage. On the other three sides, the basement will be mostly embedded in the earth, so we would like to add a large terrace on the south side later.

Best regards!
Masipulami23 Feb 2016 10:48
marv45 schrieb:
I had already feared that the entrance was supposed to be on the left, but I couldn’t quite believe it.
Have fun redrawing....

See my last "Edit".

The entrance is through the basement.
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marv45
23 Feb 2016 12:32
Understood...

How about the following approach:
- Build the garage separately, not integrated into the house; perhaps the garage can be built directly next to the house, with the garage roof used as a terrace.
- Place the entrance in the basement on the left wall; after the entrance hallway, the rooms that should have sunlight and access to the terrace (such as the living room and office) would be on the right side.
- To the left of the entrance, include a bathroom/WC with a window, if possible.
- Then on the left side, have a utility room and storage room.
- On the ground floor, place the bedrooms and guest rooms with a bathroom.
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kaba80
23 Feb 2016 12:40
As correctly noted, the entrance is planned to be through the basement level.

While this means it will no longer be wheelchair accessible, it seems to me to be a better solution than placing the entrance via an external staircase on the left side.

In any case, we want the children's rooms and the living area primarily on one level, especially for the children.
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marv45
23 Feb 2016 13:27
I meant that the entrance could be placed on the left side in the basement, so there would be no exterior stairs. Then the living room would be in the basement and the bedrooms upstairs on the ground floor.
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kaba80
23 Feb 2016 21:32
Then the living room would more or less be embedded into the slope, and the view of the surroundings would only be possible from the bedrooms. Therefore, this is not an adequate solution. However, thank you for any suggestions.