ᐅ Single-Family Home: Decision Between Two Floor Plan Options
Created on: 14 Aug 2019 01:42
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Stockum2019
Hello everyone,
After an endless search, we, a couple with two children, are finally ready to build a new house. We have been on the waiting list for the plot for years. It’s not ideal because it faces east, but there are hardly any other options. Now the planning begins, and we have two rough design options. We need to decide on one and would appreciate subjective opinions as well as arguments for and against each.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 576 sqm (6,200 sq ft)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.7
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: usual 3 m (10 ft) from neighbors, 1.5 m (5 ft) from the street
Edge development? Only detached single-family houses
Number of parking spaces: 9 m (30 ft) garage plus parking space in front
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof, 35 degrees
Style: modern
Orientation: east
Maximum heights / restrictions
Additional requirements
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type
No basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, ages: 4 (33, 33, 3, and 1 years old)
Space requirement on ground floor and upper floor: approx. 75-80 sqm (800-860 sq ft) each
Office use: family use or home office? Small home office
Guests staying overnight per year: none
Open or closed architecture?
Conservative or modern design?
Open kitchen? Yes, but separation possible with sliding doors, for example. Kitchen island or peninsula: yes
Number of dining seats: 8 (up to 14)
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony or roof terrace: no
Garage or carport: yes, 9 m (30 ft) garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why some things should or should not be included
House design
Who created the design?
- Planner from a building company
- Architect: yes
- Do-it-yourself: yes
What do you like in particular?
Bay window
Large children’s rooms
Front entrance is a must-have
What don’t you like?
No lighting from the west
The floor plan is too uninspired and resembles a townhouse layout
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 350,000 (without additional costs or earthworks)
Personal price limit for house including fittings: maximum reached
Preferred heating system: ground-source heat pump (deep drilling) + controlled ventilation system
Why is the design like this?
The desire for a front entrance because on the north side the garage is not wide enough for both entrance and parking space, plus a seating area in the south. This limits the width to 10 m (33 ft) including the bay window.
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
Unfortunately, it seems too standard
What is the most important fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Which of the variants would you choose and why?
Where are the critical points?
Are there more creative ideas or completely different approaches?
Both attic floors are not good for storage—what is the lesser evil?
For orientation: the site plan shows bottom as east, access via the street at the top (west), garage on the right (north).
East boundary: 16.6 m (54 ft)
West boundary (in front of house): 18.75 m (62 ft)
Terrace desired on east and south sides
Thank you very much, I look forward to your feedback.
After an endless search, we, a couple with two children, are finally ready to build a new house. We have been on the waiting list for the plot for years. It’s not ideal because it faces east, but there are hardly any other options. Now the planning begins, and we have two rough design options. We need to decide on one and would appreciate subjective opinions as well as arguments for and against each.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 576 sqm (6,200 sq ft)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.7
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: usual 3 m (10 ft) from neighbors, 1.5 m (5 ft) from the street
Edge development? Only detached single-family houses
Number of parking spaces: 9 m (30 ft) garage plus parking space in front
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof, 35 degrees
Style: modern
Orientation: east
Maximum heights / restrictions
Additional requirements
Homeowners’ requirements
Style, roof type, building type
No basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, ages: 4 (33, 33, 3, and 1 years old)
Space requirement on ground floor and upper floor: approx. 75-80 sqm (800-860 sq ft) each
Office use: family use or home office? Small home office
Guests staying overnight per year: none
Open or closed architecture?
Conservative or modern design?
Open kitchen? Yes, but separation possible with sliding doors, for example. Kitchen island or peninsula: yes
Number of dining seats: 8 (up to 14)
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony or roof terrace: no
Garage or carport: yes, 9 m (30 ft) garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why some things should or should not be included
House design
Who created the design?
- Planner from a building company
- Architect: yes
- Do-it-yourself: yes
What do you like in particular?
Bay window
Large children’s rooms
Front entrance is a must-have
What don’t you like?
No lighting from the west
The floor plan is too uninspired and resembles a townhouse layout
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 350,000 (without additional costs or earthworks)
Personal price limit for house including fittings: maximum reached
Preferred heating system: ground-source heat pump (deep drilling) + controlled ventilation system
Why is the design like this?
The desire for a front entrance because on the north side the garage is not wide enough for both entrance and parking space, plus a seating area in the south. This limits the width to 10 m (33 ft) including the bay window.
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
Unfortunately, it seems too standard
What is the most important fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Which of the variants would you choose and why?
Where are the critical points?
Are there more creative ideas or completely different approaches?
Both attic floors are not good for storage—what is the lesser evil?
For orientation: the site plan shows bottom as east, access via the street at the top (west), garage on the right (north).
East boundary: 16.6 m (54 ft)
West boundary (in front of house): 18.75 m (62 ft)
Terrace desired on east and south sides
Thank you very much, I look forward to your feedback.
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Stockum201914 Aug 2019 09:48Hello, thank you for your great feedback. I will complete the site plan this evening. Symmetry at the front is not important at all. Are there any ideas?
The total cost for the house, including the kitchen and garage, is planned to be 670,000, with the land costing 200,000. We thought we could get something for that. The attic conversion is included in the general contractor’s price without any personal contribution. The plans are from an architect based on our specifications. He had also planned a side entrance, but that would be too tight. Talk to you later.
The total cost for the house, including the kitchen and garage, is planned to be 670,000, with the land costing 200,000. We thought we could get something for that. The attic conversion is included in the general contractor’s price without any personal contribution. The plans are from an architect based on our specifications. He had also planned a side entrance, but that would be too tight. Talk to you later.
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Grobmutant14 Aug 2019 10:10I also think the platform design is quite good.
Are the €670,000 now including the €200,000 for the plot or not?
So €200k for the plot + €470k for the house, garage, kitchen, and additional construction costs?
Are the €670,000 now including the €200,000 for the plot or not?
So €200k for the plot + €470k for the house, garage, kitchen, and additional construction costs?
Stockum2019 schrieb:
The house is planned with a total budget of 670,000 including the kitchen and garage; the land costs 200,000. We thought this would get us something decent. Yes, a nice standard house, just like in the design. What more would you want? For a small castle, you’d need about twice as much. Planning to become a king soon?
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Stockum201914 Aug 2019 12:42Hello, correct, the land and the additional purchase costs for the land are included in the 670K. We would have actually liked to have a basement within that budget, but that’s not possible given the soil conditions.
Option 1 is at least better than option 2, but neither really stands out to me. An excerpt from the development plan / zoning regulations would be helpful.
Does it need to be a stone house? Anyone who likes a house like that should almost naturally find their way to Bien-Zenker in their sleep.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Stockum2019 schrieb:This sounds like a constraint that arose unnecessarily from a chain of questionable cause-and-effect relationships and has now become the very foundation of the complained-about lack of creativity. Is the "Bauhaus bay window" a preference, or already a strained attempt to create something a bit more clever than a witch’s house?
Desire for entrance at the front, because on the north side the garage does not have enough width for both an entrance and a parking space, plus a seating area in the south, therefore limiting the width to 10m (33 feet) including the bay window.
Does it need to be a stone house? Anyone who likes a house like that should almost naturally find their way to Bien-Zenker in their sleep.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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