ᐅ Single-family house, 150 sqm with basement and an additional 15 sqm on the upper floor, located in a rural/outdoor area
Created on: 2 Aug 2020 08:59
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hd45899
First Rough Draft
We want to start planning our new house next year.
We have put a lot of thought into the design to achieve a layout that works well for us.
The main living area will be on the upper floor with 150sqm (1,615 sq ft), while the ground floor will only have guest rooms / office.
The technical equipment will also be located on the upper floor.
Plot size about 9000m² (2.2 acres)
Kitchen/living room/bedroom face south.
What we don’t like yet is the kitchen and the fact that when you enter the living room, you directly face the TV wall, even though everything will be recessed into the wall.
Development Plan / Restrictions
The property is in an outer zone, so everything requires special permission.
Client Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type see example (finish moved forward and with brick facade)
Basement, floors lower ground floor (upper floor partly finished), no basement
Number of people, age 2, 40 years
Space needed on ground floor, upper floor 150sqm (1,615 sq ft), 15sqm (160 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office?
Guests per year 0 – there are hotels
Open or closed architecture closed
Conservative or modern style somewhere in between
Open kitchen, cooking island No
Number of dining seats 6
Fireplace possibly gas under the stairs
Music/stereo wall living room
Balcony, roof terrace No
Garage, carport Yes, but not planned yet
Utility garden, greenhouse No
House Design
Who created the plan: still ourselves
-Planner from construction company
-Architect
-Do-it-Yourself as much as possible (we set construction time to three years)
What do you like most? Why?
What don’t you like? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings:
Preferred heating technology: heat pump
Why did the design turn out like this?
Because this is how we currently imagine it
As mentioned, this is only a very first draft.
We want to start planning our new house next year.
We have put a lot of thought into the design to achieve a layout that works well for us.
The main living area will be on the upper floor with 150sqm (1,615 sq ft), while the ground floor will only have guest rooms / office.
The technical equipment will also be located on the upper floor.
Plot size about 9000m² (2.2 acres)
Kitchen/living room/bedroom face south.
What we don’t like yet is the kitchen and the fact that when you enter the living room, you directly face the TV wall, even though everything will be recessed into the wall.
Development Plan / Restrictions
The property is in an outer zone, so everything requires special permission.
Client Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type see example (finish moved forward and with brick facade)
Basement, floors lower ground floor (upper floor partly finished), no basement
Number of people, age 2, 40 years
Space needed on ground floor, upper floor 150sqm (1,615 sq ft), 15sqm (160 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office?
Guests per year 0 – there are hotels
Open or closed architecture closed
Conservative or modern style somewhere in between
Open kitchen, cooking island No
Number of dining seats 6
Fireplace possibly gas under the stairs
Music/stereo wall living room
Balcony, roof terrace No
Garage, carport Yes, but not planned yet
Utility garden, greenhouse No
House Design
Who created the plan: still ourselves
-Planner from construction company
-Architect
-Do-it-Yourself as much as possible (we set construction time to three years)
What do you like most? Why?
What don’t you like? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings:
Preferred heating technology: heat pump
Why did the design turn out like this?
Because this is how we currently imagine it
As mentioned, this is only a very first draft.
Regarding the design/basic concept
??? If you have the space, wouldn’t you usually host friends overnight? Or are you planning an open-plan office? Do you have employees coming in daily?
Why design an attic conversion, that is, a standard single-family house, if you actually don’t have the need or a family, meaning children, to reserve rooms for? Are there any hobbies?
Hmm... without children, I wouldn’t standardize on a single-family house. They aren’t really optimal for couples. With the bay window, you’re ending up with about 260m² (2800 sq ft)...
Your current house feels much more creative, open, and practical.
hd45899 schrieb:
Overnight guests per year 0 -
hd45899 schrieb:
The upper floor only has guest rooms / a study.
??? If you have the space, wouldn’t you usually host friends overnight? Or are you planning an open-plan office? Do you have employees coming in daily?
Why design an attic conversion, that is, a standard single-family house, if you actually don’t have the need or a family, meaning children, to reserve rooms for? Are there any hobbies?
Hmm... without children, I wouldn’t standardize on a single-family house. They aren’t really optimal for couples. With the bay window, you’re ending up with about 260m² (2800 sq ft)...
Your current house feels much more creative, open, and practical.
ypg schrieb:
??? If you have the space, don’t you usually accommodate your friends overnight?No.
ypg schrieb:
Do you have employees who come every day?No.
ypg schrieb:
Or are you planning an open-plan office?No.
ypg schrieb:
Why design an attic conversion, meaning a standard single-family home, if you don’t really need the space and don’t have a family, i.e., children, who require rooms?The attic conversion is because we like it, and in front of the window wall upstairs we will place two loungers so I can enjoy views of the countryside for kilometers (miles).
Basically, it’s true—you could just build a bungalow, but we don’t like them.
Also, I want the roof slope to be high enough to optimally install photovoltaic panels.
Even on a bungalow, we would have a concrete ceiling slab, so the costs for such a roof are not significantly higher.
ypg schrieb:
Any hobbies?Many, but none in the house.
ypg schrieb:
Hmm... without children, I wouldn’t standardize on a single-family house. They’re not that ideal for couples anyway. With the bay window, you’ll end up with about 260 sqm (2800 sq ft)...It will be 300 sqm (3230 sq ft). But not all living or usable space. I don’t really feel like we planned it around children. But yes, upstairs there might be one or two children’s bedrooms.
ypg schrieb:
Your current house seems much more creative, open, and practical.We planned that ourselves too (yes, with Word).
I would never do it that way again, here’s why:
It’s stylish
It’s modern
It’s great
I’ll miss it
But:
It has no children’s bedrooms, which makes it harder to sell (I know what I’m talking about).
The open plan has only drawbacks; when my wife has visitors, I can hear everything in the gallery upstairs and vice versa (that’s annoying).
Due to the open layout and modern style, you have acoustic problems.
It needs repainting; I need scaffolding because of 8 m (26 ft) ceiling height.
I could go on.
But yes, it is beautiful.
Then I still don’t quite understand your upper floor. I was sure you had planned an open space there. Do you also have a floor plan for the upper floor?
And if I may ask a personal question: are you building new because you no longer like the old one? Acoustics can be managed, and with your budget, I would just have it painted. What is especially important to you in the new build? In the questionnaire, you write that the reason it turned out this way is simply because you wanted it like that, but not why. That makes it difficult to give advice.
And if I may ask a personal question: are you building new because you no longer like the old one? Acoustics can be managed, and with your budget, I would just have it painted. What is especially important to you in the new build? In the questionnaire, you write that the reason it turned out this way is simply because you wanted it like that, but not why. That makes it difficult to give advice.
Ysop*** schrieb:
Then I haven’t understood your upper floor yet. I was sure you planned an open space there. Do you also have a floor plan for the upper floor? Now I know what you mean.
The red/pink area is the living space. Upstairs at the top of the stairs, I’m standing in the room to be finished.
PS The rooms will of course all have doors, where the openings are planned.
Take a look at the design by @pagoni2020. It’s not that the houses are extremely similar, but they both are for 2 people and have a view. I would plan the upper floor more. A large open living area, similar to @hampshire.
Somehow, it feels like a house for 4 people with a few walls omitted.
We also placed the Christmas tree in the floor plan.
Somehow, it feels like a house for 4 people with a few walls omitted.
We also placed the Christmas tree in the floor plan.
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