ᐅ Single-family house 180-190 sqm on a 10x20 m building plot, first draft general contractor proposal
Created on: 28 Oct 2019 12:32
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Builderbob
Hello everyone,
My wife and I are planning to become homeowners soon and have had a preliminary floor plan created by our (prospective) prefab home provider based on our first meeting.
We have a specific plot in mind, but the new development area is still being surveyed, and the parcels are being reorganized. Therefore, there is no official site plan yet, only the attached zoning plan excerpt (dashed lines = property boundaries).
We find the floor plan draft interesting at first glance, especially since it doesn’t seem like a standard template from the provider, at least from our perspective. I’ve listed a few points below that I think could be improved – I’m sure you’ll notice more...
Thanks in advance for your assessments!
Thomas
Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot Size – 47 sqm (505 sq ft)
Slope – none
Site Coverage Ratio – 0.4
Floor Area Ratio – 0.8
Building Envelope, Building Line, and Setbacks – Building envelope 10 x 20 m (33 x 66 ft), setback 3 m (10 ft) from street/neighboring property, perimeter development possible but not planned
Number of Parking Spaces – 2
Number of Stories – 2 full stories
Roof Type – gable, hip, shed, flat
Architectural Style – modern
Orientation –
Maximum Heights / Limits – 9.80 m (32 ft) from road surface to top of building
Additional Requirements –
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, Roof Type, Building Type – not fixed (except: no flat roof)
Basement, Number of Floors – 2 full stories, no basement
Number of Occupants, Ages – 3 persons (36, 35, 1), potentially second child in future
Space Requirements on Ground and Upper Floors –
Ground floor: open living/dining/kitchen area, pantry, office/guest room, utility room
Upper floor: bedroom/bathroom/walk-in closet, 2 children’s rooms, kids’ bathroom
Office: Family Use or Home Office? – occasional home office, room shared with guest room
Number of Sleep Guests Per Year – 5–10
Open or Closed Architecture – open
Conservative or Modern Construction – modern
Open Kitchen, Kitchen Island – yes
Number of Dining Seats – 6–10
Fireplace – yes
Music / Stereo Wall – no
Balcony, Roof Terrace – nice to have, not essential
Garage, Carport – carport
Utility Garden, Greenhouse – no
House Design
Designer – general contractor
What Do You Like Especially? Why?
Ground floor: open living/dining area but no direct line of sight from sofa to kitchen, short route from front door to pantry, separated utility room
Upper floor: separation of children’s and master areas, no “trapped” walk-in closet, roof terrace, “sleeping platform” in children’s room
What Do You Dislike? Why?
Overall: floor plan looks very elongated
Ground floor: entrance vestibule (in my opinion unnecessary), coat storage far from front door (alternative under stairs?), WC possibly too narrow, no direct access from kitchen to terrace (planned at SE/SW corner – around the corner), seating nook in kitchen (planned to be removed/replaced with window seat), distance between kitchen island and wall, narrow passage living/dining area if fireplace and piano (175 x 60 cm) are placed as planned
Upper floor: children’s rooms facing north, bedroom facing south, “space” at roof terrace exit, overall space usage (large hallway 20 sqm plus 10 sqm “leftover” as “sauna room” (sauna for 2 persons should be integrated in bathroom), bathroom rather small and walk-in closet quite narrow)
Price Estimate According to Architect/Planner: $465,000 (excluding land and additional construction costs)
Personal Price Limit for the House, Including Equipment: $500,000
Preferred Heating Technology: air-to-water heat pump, possibly with photovoltaic system
If You Have to Give Up Anything, which Details/Features
- Could You Do Without: sauna, kitchen island, roof terrace
-Could Not Do Without: fireplace, office/guest room, separate walk-in closet/dressing room, 2 bathrooms upstairs
Why Is the Design Like It Is? e.g.
Standard Design from Planner? – no
Which Wishes from the Architect Have Been Implemented? – design based on our room program and “wish list” (e.g., fireplace, “window seat” in kitchen, spatial separation of living room and kitchen, no trapped walk-in closet)
What Do You Think Makes It Especially Good or Bad? – bad: space use upstairs (20 sqm hallway + 10 sqm sauna/leftover space), good: separation of “technical area” on ground floor and children’s/master areas upstairs
What Is the Most Important/Basic Question About the Floor Plan in 130 Characters?
Can this initial draft be developed further, or is it better to start from scratch? If the latter, how to improve (classic rectangle?)?
My wife and I are planning to become homeowners soon and have had a preliminary floor plan created by our (prospective) prefab home provider based on our first meeting.
We have a specific plot in mind, but the new development area is still being surveyed, and the parcels are being reorganized. Therefore, there is no official site plan yet, only the attached zoning plan excerpt (dashed lines = property boundaries).
We find the floor plan draft interesting at first glance, especially since it doesn’t seem like a standard template from the provider, at least from our perspective. I’ve listed a few points below that I think could be improved – I’m sure you’ll notice more...
Thanks in advance for your assessments!
Thomas
Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot Size – 47 sqm (505 sq ft)
Slope – none
Site Coverage Ratio – 0.4
Floor Area Ratio – 0.8
Building Envelope, Building Line, and Setbacks – Building envelope 10 x 20 m (33 x 66 ft), setback 3 m (10 ft) from street/neighboring property, perimeter development possible but not planned
Number of Parking Spaces – 2
Number of Stories – 2 full stories
Roof Type – gable, hip, shed, flat
Architectural Style – modern
Orientation –
Maximum Heights / Limits – 9.80 m (32 ft) from road surface to top of building
Additional Requirements –
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, Roof Type, Building Type – not fixed (except: no flat roof)
Basement, Number of Floors – 2 full stories, no basement
Number of Occupants, Ages – 3 persons (36, 35, 1), potentially second child in future
Space Requirements on Ground and Upper Floors –
Ground floor: open living/dining/kitchen area, pantry, office/guest room, utility room
Upper floor: bedroom/bathroom/walk-in closet, 2 children’s rooms, kids’ bathroom
Office: Family Use or Home Office? – occasional home office, room shared with guest room
Number of Sleep Guests Per Year – 5–10
Open or Closed Architecture – open
Conservative or Modern Construction – modern
Open Kitchen, Kitchen Island – yes
Number of Dining Seats – 6–10
Fireplace – yes
Music / Stereo Wall – no
Balcony, Roof Terrace – nice to have, not essential
Garage, Carport – carport
Utility Garden, Greenhouse – no
House Design
Designer – general contractor
What Do You Like Especially? Why?
Ground floor: open living/dining area but no direct line of sight from sofa to kitchen, short route from front door to pantry, separated utility room
Upper floor: separation of children’s and master areas, no “trapped” walk-in closet, roof terrace, “sleeping platform” in children’s room
What Do You Dislike? Why?
Overall: floor plan looks very elongated
Ground floor: entrance vestibule (in my opinion unnecessary), coat storage far from front door (alternative under stairs?), WC possibly too narrow, no direct access from kitchen to terrace (planned at SE/SW corner – around the corner), seating nook in kitchen (planned to be removed/replaced with window seat), distance between kitchen island and wall, narrow passage living/dining area if fireplace and piano (175 x 60 cm) are placed as planned
Upper floor: children’s rooms facing north, bedroom facing south, “space” at roof terrace exit, overall space usage (large hallway 20 sqm plus 10 sqm “leftover” as “sauna room” (sauna for 2 persons should be integrated in bathroom), bathroom rather small and walk-in closet quite narrow)
Price Estimate According to Architect/Planner: $465,000 (excluding land and additional construction costs)
Personal Price Limit for the House, Including Equipment: $500,000
Preferred Heating Technology: air-to-water heat pump, possibly with photovoltaic system
If You Have to Give Up Anything, which Details/Features
- Could You Do Without: sauna, kitchen island, roof terrace
-Could Not Do Without: fireplace, office/guest room, separate walk-in closet/dressing room, 2 bathrooms upstairs
Why Is the Design Like It Is? e.g.
Standard Design from Planner? – no
Which Wishes from the Architect Have Been Implemented? – design based on our room program and “wish list” (e.g., fireplace, “window seat” in kitchen, spatial separation of living room and kitchen, no trapped walk-in closet)
What Do You Think Makes It Especially Good or Bad? – bad: space use upstairs (20 sqm hallway + 10 sqm sauna/leftover space), good: separation of “technical area” on ground floor and children’s/master areas upstairs
What Is the Most Important/Basic Question About the Floor Plan in 130 Characters?
Can this initial draft be developed further, or is it better to start from scratch? If the latter, how to improve (classic rectangle?)?
haydee schrieb:
Do you really get it that cold, as people used to know? Meaning, in winter the refrigerator becomes unnecessary. The fridge is usually around 8°C (46°F), right? It’s not that cold. It’s not supposed to be either, otherwise bananas would turn brown. I’d estimate it’s about 12°C (54°F). But when it’s 0°C (32°F) outside and we throw the window wide open, it definitely gets really cold in there—of course. Our pantry is located at the corner of the house—so it has two exterior walls. *shiver*
I store everything that needs to be kept cool in the refrigerator – for that, I invested in an extra-large fridge.
In my pantry, there is a freezer cabinet (so I could skip the freezer compartment in the fridge, making more space inside), the soda maker, our toaster – plugged in and ready to use (these are the two items I don’t want cluttering the kitchen countertop), pasta, grilling equipment, bike water bottles, a bag of plastic bags, containers for plastic waste, containers for paper recycling, fresh baguettes for spontaneous needs, jams, a huge stockpile of Nutella (my husband is definitely addicted to Nutella), a tray with our breakfast sweets (various honeys and other spreads), canned goods, flours, sugar, various salts, refill spices, potatoes, onions, garlic, pumpkins (currently), long-life milk, a replacement cartridge for the soda maker, cooking wine, and so on. Everything is very practical and within easy reach. When I have the window open, it’s a bit cooler in there than in the rest of the house. However, we don’t have it open at the moment because the bottom part of the pantry door is still missing, which makes the kitchen uncomfortably cold at floor level.
It’s not really intended as a cold room but as a storage room. Beer and wine are kept in the basement or stored in sufficient quantities in the fridge (because it’s really large ). However, the basement is not cool either. I’m already considering whether we could keep the beer in the pantry as well – wine stays downstairs because it shouldn’t be stored in daylight.
Of course, I could have put all of this in cupboards, but honestly: we built my shelves from leftover wood from our ceiling – all we paid for were the fittings (I think that was under €100), I can see everything at a glance, didn’t have to buy a built-in freezer (which is more expensive), and got a freezer on sale (I didn’t care what it looked like) – overall, that was much cheaper than installing three or four tall cabinets.
In my pantry, there is a freezer cabinet (so I could skip the freezer compartment in the fridge, making more space inside), the soda maker, our toaster – plugged in and ready to use (these are the two items I don’t want cluttering the kitchen countertop), pasta, grilling equipment, bike water bottles, a bag of plastic bags, containers for plastic waste, containers for paper recycling, fresh baguettes for spontaneous needs, jams, a huge stockpile of Nutella (my husband is definitely addicted to Nutella), a tray with our breakfast sweets (various honeys and other spreads), canned goods, flours, sugar, various salts, refill spices, potatoes, onions, garlic, pumpkins (currently), long-life milk, a replacement cartridge for the soda maker, cooking wine, and so on. Everything is very practical and within easy reach. When I have the window open, it’s a bit cooler in there than in the rest of the house. However, we don’t have it open at the moment because the bottom part of the pantry door is still missing, which makes the kitchen uncomfortably cold at floor level.
It’s not really intended as a cold room but as a storage room. Beer and wine are kept in the basement or stored in sufficient quantities in the fridge (because it’s really large ). However, the basement is not cool either. I’m already considering whether we could keep the beer in the pantry as well – wine stays downstairs because it shouldn’t be stored in daylight.
Of course, I could have put all of this in cupboards, but honestly: we built my shelves from leftover wood from our ceiling – all we paid for were the fittings (I think that was under €100), I can see everything at a glance, didn’t have to buy a built-in freezer (which is more expensive), and got a freezer on sale (I didn’t care what it looked like) – overall, that was much cheaper than installing three or four tall cabinets.
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Builderbob30 Oct 2019 16:26This is roughly how we have planned it as well (just without the cellar part)... May I ask which refrigerator model you have exactly? After reading your post, I think I might really like it.
And with that, I believe that’s all to say on the pantry topic for now.
And with that, I believe that’s all to say on the pantry topic for now.
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Builderbob30 Oct 2019 19:55Looks great, thank you!
kaho674 schrieb:
It's 0°C (32°F) outside, and when we tear out the window, it gets really cold inside -Outrageous. Katja is heating outdoors
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