ᐅ Single-Family Home Design – Looking Forward to Your Feedback!
Created on: 5 Feb 2014 11:21
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Ocken411This is not very useful,
no elevations, no dimensions, no furniture layout, no windows, wall thicknesses?, staircase length?
Aside from that:
- Bathroom above the living room is unfortunate (regarding wastewater) --> you have 1. additional costs due to extra piping and 2. noise issues, which can be solved but also add to the cost
- Walk-in closet only accessible through the bathroom: will you then run naked through the hallway in the morning and meet your children’s friends?
- The corridor on the upper floor is quite large; this can be optimized to benefit the room sizes
- Similarly on the ground floor: a large hallway but no proper space for a coat rack
- To carry groceries to the pantry from the garage, you have to go through four doors and a long zig-zag route
- Is that a wood stove in the living room? Where will the chimney go on the upper floor?
Regards,
Sebastian
no elevations, no dimensions, no furniture layout, no windows, wall thicknesses?, staircase length?
Aside from that:
- Bathroom above the living room is unfortunate (regarding wastewater) --> you have 1. additional costs due to extra piping and 2. noise issues, which can be solved but also add to the cost
- Walk-in closet only accessible through the bathroom: will you then run naked through the hallway in the morning and meet your children’s friends?
- The corridor on the upper floor is quite large; this can be optimized to benefit the room sizes
- Similarly on the ground floor: a large hallway but no proper space for a coat rack
- To carry groceries to the pantry from the garage, you have to go through four doors and a long zig-zag route
- Is that a wood stove in the living room? Where will the chimney go on the upper floor?
Regards,
Sebastian
Always the same story when you try to do something yourself that others have studied for years 🙂
The best approach is to take floor plans from prefab house suppliers and "modify" them slightly to cover your own needs. Then, you go to a professional to get advice and clarification about the additional costs, feasibility, and above all, the practicality.
The best approach is to take floor plans from prefab house suppliers and "modify" them slightly to cover your own needs. Then, you go to a professional to get advice and clarification about the additional costs, feasibility, and above all, the practicality.
Thanks Boergi for the tips!
Thanks Der Da for nothing... Do you think I’m just going to sit on our plot tomorrow and start building walls diligently??
Of course, we have appointments with specialists in the coming days...
I was looking for advice (like: having a bathroom above the living room is problematic regarding wastewater—this means 1. additional costs due to extra piping and 2. noise issues, which can be resolved but also add to the cost), on what we should consider in our design.
Regarding the walk-in closet, there is a sliding door to the bedroom that unfortunately isn’t visible in the drawing... 😉
Thanks Der Da for nothing... Do you think I’m just going to sit on our plot tomorrow and start building walls diligently??
Of course, we have appointments with specialists in the coming days...
I was looking for advice (like: having a bathroom above the living room is problematic regarding wastewater—this means 1. additional costs due to extra piping and 2. noise issues, which can be resolved but also add to the cost), on what we should consider in our design.
Regarding the walk-in closet, there is a sliding door to the bedroom that unfortunately isn’t visible in the drawing... 😉
Since when did ultra-thin walls become trendy???? 😱
No, seriously, Ocken, Der Da is right! You really have to see for yourself that something like this just can’t be taken seriously, right???!!!!!
Walls are walls; they have thickness. You lose about 10 - 15% of the floor area because of that.
A staircase has a length and takes up space—about 3.80 meters (12.5 feet) on the plan. You need space to move up and down.
Walls are meant to be furnished. Furniture not only has height but also width and depth. That’s where corners come in handy. A shelf can be about 30 cm (12 inches) deep, a cabinet about 65 cm (26 inches).
A floor plan needs dimensions so you can see if something will fit there.
A house needs windows to look out of. Those are planned from the start so the facade looks nice.
A house needs a plot of land to be built on. There’s a plan for that, including a north arrow so you know where the terrace will be located.
That would be the fitting comment on this child’s drawing.
A bit of self-reflection is definitely needed here: put the sketch away and look at it again after a week, then you yourself won’t even know what’s front or back 😉
No, seriously, Ocken, Der Da is right! You really have to see for yourself that something like this just can’t be taken seriously, right???!!!!!
Walls are walls; they have thickness. You lose about 10 - 15% of the floor area because of that.
A staircase has a length and takes up space—about 3.80 meters (12.5 feet) on the plan. You need space to move up and down.
Walls are meant to be furnished. Furniture not only has height but also width and depth. That’s where corners come in handy. A shelf can be about 30 cm (12 inches) deep, a cabinet about 65 cm (26 inches).
A floor plan needs dimensions so you can see if something will fit there.
A house needs windows to look out of. Those are planned from the start so the facade looks nice.
A house needs a plot of land to be built on. There’s a plan for that, including a north arrow so you know where the terrace will be located.
That would be the fitting comment on this child’s drawing.
A bit of self-reflection is definitely needed here: put the sketch away and look at it again after a week, then you yourself won’t even know what’s front or back 😉
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