ᐅ Single-family Home – "Almost" Final Floor Plan – Suggestions for Improvement?
Created on: 17 Oct 2019 16:08
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Fabsta M
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 597 m² (6,425 sq ft)
Slope: Slightly sloping towards the street to the west
Building type: Detached single-family house with double garage
Site coverage ratio: 0.25
Edge development: No
Parking spaces: Double garage / carport in front of the garage
Number of floors: 1.5
Building setback: 3 m (10 ft) on all sides, except garage
Orientation: South
Maximum wall height: 4.4 m (14.4 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Solid single-family house, gable roof with 30° pitch
Basement, floors: 1 full floor, 0.5 upper floor, no basement
Number of occupants, age: 3 adults (34, 25), 1 child (10), 1 more planned
Room requirements by level:
Ground floor: Open kitchen-living area, living room, office, utility room, guest bathroom
Upper floor: Master bedroom, 2 children’s bedrooms, bathroom, WC, walk-in closet, storage room
Office: For private and business use, with sofa bed for guests
Guest stays: approximately 30 times per year
Conservative or modern build: Modern open kitchen with island in the living kitchen
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: yes
Audio/video wall: yes, 9.2 system
Balcony: no
Terrace: yes, in front of living kitchen and living room along the entire east side (wind protection provided by the forward-positioned garage)
Garage: large double garage with 54 m² (6 m x 9 m) (581 sq ft / 20 ft x 30 ft)
Utility garden: east side
Rainwater collection tank: no
Additional wishes/particulars, including reasons why some features are not included:
House Design
Who designed it: Ourselves together with an architect
What do you particularly like? Why? The open living-kitchen area as well as the master bathroom with walk-in closet
What do you not like? Why? Unfortunately, we had to reduce the knee wall height, so the sloped ceilings on the second floor now start at 1.40 m (4.6 ft) instead of 1.60 m (5.2 ft). The development plan does not allow for anything else. This change was due to height adjustments in the building area.
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 600,000 EUR
Preferred heating system: Ground source heat pump with heat storage / no radiators, only underfloor heating
If you had to give up, which details/expansions
-you can give up: Office
-you cannot give up: Large open kitchen
The design itself is practically set, unfortunately, we had to reduce the knee wall height a little, and now the sloped ceilings in the second floor start at 1.40 m (4.6 ft). We don’t find this very appealing, but the development plan does not permit two full floors.
We would simply appreciate some feedback. All ideas and suggestions are very welcome. Of course, we believe we have thought everything through thoroughly, but any information can help us.
There are no longer any trees on the plot.
Thank you very much in advance for the feedback.
Plot size: 597 m² (6,425 sq ft)
Slope: Slightly sloping towards the street to the west
Building type: Detached single-family house with double garage
Site coverage ratio: 0.25
Edge development: No
Parking spaces: Double garage / carport in front of the garage
Number of floors: 1.5
Building setback: 3 m (10 ft) on all sides, except garage
Orientation: South
Maximum wall height: 4.4 m (14.4 ft)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Solid single-family house, gable roof with 30° pitch
Basement, floors: 1 full floor, 0.5 upper floor, no basement
Number of occupants, age: 3 adults (34, 25), 1 child (10), 1 more planned
Room requirements by level:
Ground floor: Open kitchen-living area, living room, office, utility room, guest bathroom
Upper floor: Master bedroom, 2 children’s bedrooms, bathroom, WC, walk-in closet, storage room
Office: For private and business use, with sofa bed for guests
Guest stays: approximately 30 times per year
Conservative or modern build: Modern open kitchen with island in the living kitchen
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: yes
Audio/video wall: yes, 9.2 system
Balcony: no
Terrace: yes, in front of living kitchen and living room along the entire east side (wind protection provided by the forward-positioned garage)
Garage: large double garage with 54 m² (6 m x 9 m) (581 sq ft / 20 ft x 30 ft)
Utility garden: east side
Rainwater collection tank: no
Additional wishes/particulars, including reasons why some features are not included:
House Design
Who designed it: Ourselves together with an architect
What do you particularly like? Why? The open living-kitchen area as well as the master bathroom with walk-in closet
What do you not like? Why? Unfortunately, we had to reduce the knee wall height, so the sloped ceilings on the second floor now start at 1.40 m (4.6 ft) instead of 1.60 m (5.2 ft). The development plan does not allow for anything else. This change was due to height adjustments in the building area.
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 600,000 EUR
Preferred heating system: Ground source heat pump with heat storage / no radiators, only underfloor heating
If you had to give up, which details/expansions
-you can give up: Office
-you cannot give up: Large open kitchen
The design itself is practically set, unfortunately, we had to reduce the knee wall height a little, and now the sloped ceilings in the second floor start at 1.40 m (4.6 ft). We don’t find this very appealing, but the development plan does not permit two full floors.
We would simply appreciate some feedback. All ideas and suggestions are very welcome. Of course, we believe we have thought everything through thoroughly, but any information can help us.
There are no longer any trees on the plot.
Thank you very much in advance for the feedback.
I would never do without a children’s bathroom, and I definitely wouldn’t design a bathroom with two doors. The children will always lock the door to your walk-in closet and later forget to unlock it again, and you will also always have to lock the door to the hallway. When the children are older, guests will come, even late in the evening and at night, and then you’ll have teenagers using your bathroom during the night. Besides, teenagers spend ages in the bathroom and won’t be very happy if they have to shower downstairs. If the budget allows, I would therefore plan a children’s bathroom upstairs and make sure the access to the master area is through the walk-in closet.
Best regards,
Sabine
Best regards,
Sabine
Good initial design.
600K – I would also include the children’s bathroom here and discard the two-door bathroom concept. Also, make the master bathroom a little more compact and move the dressing table into the walk-in closet to enlarge it. If the lady needs a dressing table, then she probably needs shoes too...
The rest has already been said.
600K – I would also include the children’s bathroom here and discard the two-door bathroom concept. Also, make the master bathroom a little more compact and move the dressing table into the walk-in closet to enlarge it. If the lady needs a dressing table, then she probably needs shoes too...
The rest has already been said.
What I’m noticing: Do you really want such a large sink with a draining board? That would take up a lot of counter space, and with a dishwasher, you don’t really need it. Also, I would switch the positions of the cooktop and the sink, since you use the sink more often than the cooktop.
I would also strongly recommend a separate kids’ bathroom. Is one of the children a girl? And does she always walk past her mom’s vanity when entering the bathroom? If it were my niece, I can already imagine how that would end... Mom wouldn’t be happy about her makeup being disturbed (if it’s still there at all). Personally, I would also find it uncomfortable if the kids are always fussing around behind me when I want to put on makeup in peace... Think that through again.
I don’t find the door directly into the bedroom that problematic. Whoever goes to bed later or gets up earlier will have to go through the bathroom anyway. So either way works, in my opinion. If the bathroom can only be accessed through the dressing room, then definitely relocate the door from the bedroom to the dressing room. For sure!
I would rather put the door between the bedroom and the dressing room and leave the dressing room open to the bathroom (I don’t remember exactly, but you have a controlled residential ventilation system, right? Then moisture isn’t an issue). As I said: the person who is already asleep or can sleep longer will be disturbed by any noise in the dressing room.
I would eliminate the open space above — it’s too small to make an impression and just transmits noise from downstairs to upstairs. So if the teenagers have a late-night TV session or if your partner wants to watch a boxing match live from the US, you’ll hear it right in the bedroom. Just for the sake of a trendy open space that has been shrunk to a tiny size? I wouldn’t think it’s worth it. Close it off, keep the floor-to-ceiling window there, and have a bright, spacious corridor. You could maybe put a Vetsak there and create a reading corner, or the kids could set up a slot car track (and so could dad), or something like that.
I would also strongly recommend a separate kids’ bathroom. Is one of the children a girl? And does she always walk past her mom’s vanity when entering the bathroom? If it were my niece, I can already imagine how that would end... Mom wouldn’t be happy about her makeup being disturbed (if it’s still there at all). Personally, I would also find it uncomfortable if the kids are always fussing around behind me when I want to put on makeup in peace... Think that through again.
I don’t find the door directly into the bedroom that problematic. Whoever goes to bed later or gets up earlier will have to go through the bathroom anyway. So either way works, in my opinion. If the bathroom can only be accessed through the dressing room, then definitely relocate the door from the bedroom to the dressing room. For sure!
I would rather put the door between the bedroom and the dressing room and leave the dressing room open to the bathroom (I don’t remember exactly, but you have a controlled residential ventilation system, right? Then moisture isn’t an issue). As I said: the person who is already asleep or can sleep longer will be disturbed by any noise in the dressing room.
I would eliminate the open space above — it’s too small to make an impression and just transmits noise from downstairs to upstairs. So if the teenagers have a late-night TV session or if your partner wants to watch a boxing match live from the US, you’ll hear it right in the bedroom. Just for the sake of a trendy open space that has been shrunk to a tiny size? I wouldn’t think it’s worth it. Close it off, keep the floor-to-ceiling window there, and have a bright, spacious corridor. You could maybe put a Vetsak there and create a reading corner, or the kids could set up a slot car track (and so could dad), or something like that.
Climbee schrieb:
...or the kids can set up a slot car track there (and dad) or something like that.Or just dad...
Fabsta M schrieb:
Morning, no, this is actually the revised floor plan with the 140cm knee wall (55 inches) Oops, I totally misread that: the hallway isn’t on the eaves side after all. Well, then it will work.
kaho674 schrieb:
If the lady already needs a vanity table, then she also needs shoes... But the shoes will only come after the scaffolding for painting is long gone, and they don’t need to be placed next to the vanity table, but rather near the full-length mirror.
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11ant schrieb:
The shoes only arrive after the scaffolding for the painting has long been taken down, and they don’t need to be next to the vanity table, but rather close to the full-length mirror.Dude, are you seriously going to tell me how to do makeup now? The eyeshadow has to match the dress, and of course the shoes have to match the dress – you clearly have no idea...! Besides, this way the lady ends up blocking the bathroom for hours, while the man has needed to use the toilet for ages…
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