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.
Fabsta M schrieb:
We definitely don’t want another bathroom. We both grew up in parents’ houses that were quite similar in layout and think it’s perfectly fine this way. Besides, later on I’ll have a total of three bathrooms once the kids have moved out. Just my opinion again, of course, in the end you have to decide what works best for you...
Your children will be showering almost every day, but how often do you actually have overnight guests who will use the bathroom on the ground floor?
Your children won’t be tidying the bathroom every day, they won’t squeegee the shower after each use, and they might leave the sink dirty.
I wouldn’t want that in my guest toilet/bathroom (assuming they take over the downstairs bathroom, which I expect with four people possibly getting ready at the same time).
Guests usually bring a change of clothes and their toiletry bag when they use your bathroom, so it doesn’t matter if they carry these to the bathroom on the first floor instead of through the hallway on the ground floor. But with your own children, you’d probably want to offer more than just having them walk half-naked through the house every time they forget fresh underwear in their room.
And while you’ll then have a third toilet in the house, I really wouldn’t find that problematic since the shower downstairs would be removed.
The kids’ bathroom yes/no debate comes up here quite often. Personally, I’m glad we have one, even though at the moment it’s not really the kids’ bathroom but more the dad’s bathroom.
However, I also think that for a house larger than 200m² (2,150 sq ft), certain features tend to be more standard than in a 113m² (1,215 sq ft) model like the Flair 113. And honestly, for a project of this size, an extra square meter (about 11 sq ft) for another shower doesn’t really make a difference...
In the current layout, anyone who wants to go to the toilet from the bedroom has to walk through the entire bathroom just to lock the door to the hallway—and then walk back again. Maybe not an issue now when the kids are small, but once they’re teenagers and still have guests at night, such trips to the toilet could easily overlap.
However, I also think that for a house larger than 200m² (2,150 sq ft), certain features tend to be more standard than in a 113m² (1,215 sq ft) model like the Flair 113. And honestly, for a project of this size, an extra square meter (about 11 sq ft) for another shower doesn’t really make a difference...
In the current layout, anyone who wants to go to the toilet from the bedroom has to walk through the entire bathroom just to lock the door to the hallway—and then walk back again. Maybe not an issue now when the kids are small, but once they’re teenagers and still have guests at night, such trips to the toilet could easily overlap.
haydee schrieb:
To quote a father of three with a kids’ bathroom: "If you like cleaning and have too much money, build a kids’ bathroom."
There are 24 hours in a day, so even in 2019, it should be possible to coordinate who showers when. Well, I don’t clean the kids’ bathroom, but my children are already grown up. However, it wouldn’t work for us to have our son shower on the ground floor because the stairs would end up soaking wet, and the entire shower room on the ground floor would constantly be messy with wet floors, perfume smells, and clothes scattered around. Of course, there are certainly children for whom it might be different. For us, the kids’ bathroom is very important.
Best regards
Sabine
RomeoZwo schrieb:
In the current floor plan, anyone who wants to go from the bedroom to the toilet has to walk through the entire bathroom to lock the door to the hallway. Who is this really for — the monsters from Minecraft?
If someone would react hysterically to their own parents, children, or siblings being naked, they can simply knock first. After all, no one expects an Alfred Hitchcock scene just before every shower.
Curly schrieb:
Well, I don't clean the children's bathroom, For educational reasons, I would advise against that. The children's bathroom is a good opportunity to teach self-responsibility. If mom cleans it, the boy will still be living in the children’s room at age 42.
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You could also simply plan plumbing connections for a bathroom in the storage room between the children's bedrooms. If the shared bathroom becomes inconvenient, a bathroom can be created here without much effort. This would also be advantageous for a potential resale. Regarding the small open space: we have about 3x2.2 meters (10x7 feet) of open space, and the effect is really amazing. We solved the noise issue with a full glass partition on the upper floor.
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