ᐅ Floor Plan for a Single-Family Home, 175 m² – Suggestions for Improvement?
Created on: 28 Jun 2022 23:26
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Dizzy05
Hello,
We are currently working on the floor plan design. Attached is the architect’s proposal. Overall, we like the layout very much, but I feel there is unnecessarily large living space lost to the hallway/entrance area/staircase. Does anyone have suggestions for improvement?
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 2,200 m2 (0.54 acres)
No slope
Location: Saxony-Anhalt
Number of stories: 2 floors
There is no formal development plan; the building should just fit the character of the street (residential area only)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: simple design, mono-pitched roof
No basement
Number of occupants, ages: four people, including two children of preschool age
Space needs on ground floor: living room, large kitchen, pantry, WC with shower, guest room, utility room
Space needs on upper floor: master bedroom, walk-in closet, three children’s rooms, bathroom, additional toilet
Overnight guests per year: once per month
Closed architecture
Conservative construction style
Kitchen: preferably with an island
Number of dining seats: 6
No balcony or roof terrace
No garage or carport
House Design
Planner: architect
What do you particularly like and why? Flexible and adaptable floor plan; it could be converted into two separate units later on
What do you dislike and why? Too much living space wasted on the hallway/entrance/staircase
Preferred heating system: heat pump, underfloor heating
If you had to give up something, which details or extras?
Can be omitted: open gallery on the upper floor, additional toilet on the upper floor
Cannot be omitted: floor plan must remain adaptable
Why was the design made the way it is now?
It is important to us that the single-family house can be divided into two separate living units
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Can the hallway/entrance/staircase be made smaller?
We are currently working on the floor plan design. Attached is the architect’s proposal. Overall, we like the layout very much, but I feel there is unnecessarily large living space lost to the hallway/entrance area/staircase. Does anyone have suggestions for improvement?
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 2,200 m2 (0.54 acres)
No slope
Location: Saxony-Anhalt
Number of stories: 2 floors
There is no formal development plan; the building should just fit the character of the street (residential area only)
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: simple design, mono-pitched roof
No basement
Number of occupants, ages: four people, including two children of preschool age
Space needs on ground floor: living room, large kitchen, pantry, WC with shower, guest room, utility room
Space needs on upper floor: master bedroom, walk-in closet, three children’s rooms, bathroom, additional toilet
Overnight guests per year: once per month
Closed architecture
Conservative construction style
Kitchen: preferably with an island
Number of dining seats: 6
No balcony or roof terrace
No garage or carport
House Design
Planner: architect
What do you particularly like and why? Flexible and adaptable floor plan; it could be converted into two separate units later on
What do you dislike and why? Too much living space wasted on the hallway/entrance/staircase
Preferred heating system: heat pump, underfloor heating
If you had to give up something, which details or extras?
Can be omitted: open gallery on the upper floor, additional toilet on the upper floor
Cannot be omitted: floor plan must remain adaptable
Why was the design made the way it is now?
It is important to us that the single-family house can be divided into two separate living units
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Can the hallway/entrance/staircase be made smaller?
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Myrna_Loy1 Jul 2022 18:06felicitias_1 schrieb:
Why so negative – that’s exactly what I’ve been thinking all along.
We built something similar, although with a few more square meters (square feet). Exactly, a few more square meters (square feet) can make the difference between spacious and functional versus cramped and cluttered.
Würfel* schrieb:
I still don’t understand why everything is being criticized so harshly. It’s not harsh when you honestly point out the negative aspects instead of sugarcoating everything.
In the end, you also ended up with a completely different house with different dimensions. You shaped a wrong hare out of meatballs.
felicitias_1 schrieb:
And when it’s always said: build for now, and if you can no longer manage the stairs one day, you won’t be able to live in the house anymore. That simply isn’t true. No one is saying or writing that. You will have to do a lot of work anyway in 20 years. And then you can see how it fits at that time.
At least some dimensions should be right.
felicitias_1 schrieb:
If he didn’t have a (previous) guest room on the ground floor, he really couldn’t stay in the house, but as it is, it still works quite easily. Well, then try setting up the ground floor bedroom for an (older) couple. That’s neither here nor there. And that’s not harsh, just straightforward.
And simply address the original poster’s question. Because they want to reduce the hallway area.