ᐅ Single-family house, 175 sqm without a basement—too large?
Created on: 15 Apr 2020 10:02
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Drasleona15 Apr 2020 10:02Hello everyone
I would also like to hear your opinion on our current design.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 507 sqm (5455 sq ft)
Slope: yes, about 4 m (13 ft) difference in height over a length of 30 m (98 ft)
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Site occupancy index: 0.8
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) to the street
Edge building: allowed for garage/carport
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: anything except flat roof
Style: any
Orientation: any
Maximum heights/limits: ridge height max. 12 m (39 ft), wall height max. 10 m (33 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof
Basement, floors: no basement, almost 2 full stories (knee wall 1.86 m (6 ft))
Number of occupants, age: 3 people, 1 teenager, 2 adults
Space requirements ground floor / upper floor: approx. 175 sqm (1880 sq ft)
Office: home office
Guest bedrooms per year: rarely 2 guests
Open or closed architecture: rather open, airy, including open kitchen
Balcony, roof terrace: no to both
Garage, carport: double carport planned later
House Design
Who designed it: put together myself
What do you like most? Why?
- Direct access from the bedroom through the dressing room to the bathroom
- Cloakroom niche keeps dirty shoes outside the main passage area
- Floor-to-ceiling windows for lots of light
- Straight staircase, looks modern, easier to walk on than a spiral one and better for accessibility later (stairlift)
- Very spacious living/dining/kitchen area (though perhaps too large?)
- Pantry with everything easily accessible on open shelves
What do you dislike? Why?
- Huge waste of space in the hallways
Why did the design turn out this way?
I saw a similar layout in a townhouse that I really liked at first glance. We want a generous living feel with large window areas.
Since we are planning without a basement, an extra room upstairs was created for storage, guest room, and workshop space.
Important: the bathroom layout is not really planned yet. I have inserted my first idea there but I know it is still far from a “good idea.” For now, the focus is on the basic room layout. The windows are currently more of an idea than fully thought through.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
- Do you see a way to reduce hallway space despite having a straight staircase?
- What is your overall impression of the design?
I would also like to hear your opinion on our current design.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 507 sqm (5455 sq ft)
Slope: yes, about 4 m (13 ft) difference in height over a length of 30 m (98 ft)
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Site occupancy index: 0.8
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3 m (10 ft) to the street
Edge building: allowed for garage/carport
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: anything except flat roof
Style: any
Orientation: any
Maximum heights/limits: ridge height max. 12 m (39 ft), wall height max. 10 m (33 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof
Basement, floors: no basement, almost 2 full stories (knee wall 1.86 m (6 ft))
Number of occupants, age: 3 people, 1 teenager, 2 adults
Space requirements ground floor / upper floor: approx. 175 sqm (1880 sq ft)
Office: home office
Guest bedrooms per year: rarely 2 guests
Open or closed architecture: rather open, airy, including open kitchen
Balcony, roof terrace: no to both
Garage, carport: double carport planned later
House Design
Who designed it: put together myself
What do you like most? Why?
- Direct access from the bedroom through the dressing room to the bathroom
- Cloakroom niche keeps dirty shoes outside the main passage area
- Floor-to-ceiling windows for lots of light
- Straight staircase, looks modern, easier to walk on than a spiral one and better for accessibility later (stairlift)
- Very spacious living/dining/kitchen area (though perhaps too large?)
- Pantry with everything easily accessible on open shelves
What do you dislike? Why?
- Huge waste of space in the hallways
Why did the design turn out this way?
I saw a similar layout in a townhouse that I really liked at first glance. We want a generous living feel with large window areas.
Since we are planning without a basement, an extra room upstairs was created for storage, guest room, and workshop space.
Important: the bathroom layout is not really planned yet. I have inserted my first idea there but I know it is still far from a “good idea.” For now, the focus is on the basic room layout. The windows are currently more of an idea than fully thought through.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
- Do you see a way to reduce hallway space despite having a straight staircase?
- What is your overall impression of the design?
I never like it when a bathroom has two doors. The teenager locks both doors to have some privacy, but then doesn’t unlock the parents' door afterward. For visitors, it can be even more confusing, and suddenly they find themselves in the parents' area because they chose the wrong exit.
Is the top side facing north?
How are you planning to incorporate the slope?
Is the top side facing north?
How are you planning to incorporate the slope?
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Drasleona15 Apr 2020 10:41Oh, sorry, I forgot to indicate the compass direction. The corner of the utility room and the teen’s bedroom points exactly north.
I’ve also been thinking about the bathroom situation. Our proposed solution: use locks on both doors that can be locked and unlocked from both sides without a key. That way, if there is no response when checked on, the door can be opened.
The slope runs, looking at the house pictures, from right (higher) to left (lower). The plot is, as mentioned, about 30m (100 feet) long. Our plan is to support it at the top with 1m (3.3 feet) — as more is not allowed at the boundary — and 1m (3.3 feet) at the bottom, leaving about 2m (6.6 feet) in between. We would like to manage the remainder with a terrace formation. Whether this is possible, of course, is a different matter...
I’ve also been thinking about the bathroom situation. Our proposed solution: use locks on both doors that can be locked and unlocked from both sides without a key. That way, if there is no response when checked on, the door can be opened.
The slope runs, looking at the house pictures, from right (higher) to left (lower). The plot is, as mentioned, about 30m (100 feet) long. Our plan is to support it at the top with 1m (3.3 feet) — as more is not allowed at the boundary — and 1m (3.3 feet) at the bottom, leaving about 2m (6.6 feet) in between. We would like to manage the remainder with a terrace formation. Whether this is possible, of course, is a different matter...
Drasleona schrieb:
The corner of the utility room and the teen bedroom faces exactly north. I don’t quite understand that— which one is the utility room?
So the kids’ room is on the north side and the bedroom is on the south?
The utility room is probably planned on the ground floor, top right corner.
So yes, the kids' room is in the north and the bedroom in the south. I would rotate everything on the upper floor so that the teenager gets the southern area.
- Hallways on both levels are very large due to the staircase.
- Walking distance from the entrance to the pantry is very long.
- Kids' room at 2.9m (9.5 ft) is extremely narrow.
I would change the staircase.
So yes, the kids' room is in the north and the bedroom in the south. I would rotate everything on the upper floor so that the teenager gets the southern area.
- Hallways on both levels are very large due to the staircase.
- Walking distance from the entrance to the pantry is very long.
- Kids' room at 2.9m (9.5 ft) is extremely narrow.
I would change the staircase.
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