ᐅ Single-family house, 175 sqm without a basement—too large?
Created on: 15 Apr 2020 10:02
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Drasleona
Hello 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?
hampshire schrieb:
For Junior up north, it’s definitely great for everyone to have their own private entrance from outside, a small kitchenette, and a separate bathroom – like a self-contained apartment. Our 20-year-old often leaves a pan or the stove on in the kitchen, so I would never plan a separate kitchen and an additional private entrance. I don’t even want to imagine what the kitchen would look like or how my dishes would disappear… obviously, this doesn’t work with every young person.
Best regards,
Sabine
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Alessandro15 Apr 2020 15:26Warning about freezer in the pantry!!!
Make sure to plan a door wide enough for the freezer to fit through. Otherwise, you might end up with a 70cm (28 inches) wide freezer in front of a 60cm (24 inches) door. That almost happened to us too.
Make sure to plan a door wide enough for the freezer to fit through. Otherwise, you might end up with a 70cm (28 inches) wide freezer in front of a 60cm (24 inches) door. That almost happened to us too.
hausnrplus2515 Apr 2020 15:33Ventilation is also an important topic!
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Drasleona15 Apr 2020 16:02I think having a storage room upstairs for laundry is a great idea! I will definitely try to include that.
I do want to have a freezer, and I’m not sure where else to put it... The only options seem to be the kitchen or the pantry, since I don’t want to carry frozen goods through half the house (I’ve done that once, never again!). An integrated freezer in the kitchen is nice, but it limits the choice of appliance quite a bit and increases the cost. I think a separate unit is more affordable...
Wouldn’t the mechanical ventilation system be sufficient to ventilate the room?
I do want to have a freezer, and I’m not sure where else to put it... The only options seem to be the kitchen or the pantry, since I don’t want to carry frozen goods through half the house (I’ve done that once, never again!). An integrated freezer in the kitchen is nice, but it limits the choice of appliance quite a bit and increases the cost. I think a separate unit is more affordable...
Wouldn’t the mechanical ventilation system be sufficient to ventilate the room?
hausnrplus2515 Apr 2020 16:08Side-by-side in the kitchen? Combination fridge and freezer in the kitchen? Possibly an additional combination unit or a freezer in the utility room?
Obviously, you should go through all the rooms again and clarify your requirements. A floor plan can only be optimized if you know what you need from it and the purpose of each room — for example, the storage room upstairs: guest room? office? laundry room? hobby room? Or could you save those square meters? (Every square meter costs a significant amount of money!)
Obviously, you should go through all the rooms again and clarify your requirements. A floor plan can only be optimized if you know what you need from it and the purpose of each room — for example, the storage room upstairs: guest room? office? laundry room? hobby room? Or could you save those square meters? (Every square meter costs a significant amount of money!)
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