ᐅ Single-family house floor plan designed, we like the windows
Created on: 27 Oct 2015 17:55
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Watcher78
Hello everyone,
we received a revised draft from our construction company. Foreword: some of you might remember the previous drafts of the single-family house with 140 m² (1507 sq ft) plus a basement designed for living. It is a sloped plot going from southwest to northwest, facing north, with a slope from southwest to northeast.
We have now planned the house with a 2.30-meter (7.5 ft) knee wall, which allows the upper rooms to have 70 cm (28 inches) high clerestory windows, so the front children's rooms still get sunlight from the southwest. We like this type of window, but it currently makes furnishing the children’s rooms a bit tricky. We had seen this at model home parks, and most of the time there was a desk placed underneath. Regarding the doors to the children’s rooms, Foreword: check if they could be planned flush with the wall. At the moment, I don’t see much benefit to having extra space behind the door, do you? A cupboard wouldn’t fit there anyway. Otherwise, the upper floor plan works for us. Foreword: the clerestory window above the bathtub should be larger, matching the size of the bathtub.
We still need to adjust the elevations as we’re not 100% happy with them yet. The question is whether it’s better to have full-height windows in the living and dining area rather than half-height ones. Otherwise, we are basically satisfied with the ground floor layout, except that the windows need to be reviewed again. To clarify, on the southwest side in the living room we intentionally planned a large window to let the afternoon sun in. Towards the back, in the dining area, we have an unobstructed view, so a 3-meter (10 ft) sliding door is planned there.
The basement is designed as a living basement, with the front rooms intended as an office and guest room. I’m not completely happy with the bathroom yet, because the door interrupts a nice long wall that cannot be furnished properly. However, I can’t find a way to place the door in the corner because of the shower. Also, we should reconsider if the location of the basement entrance door is optimal. The reason for this door is in case our parents-in-law might move in one day, allowing the basement living area to be separated from the rest of the basement. Whether that will ever happen, we don’t know.
We would appreciate it if you could take a look and are grateful for any feedback. We really want to finalize the planning.
Thank you in advance
we received a revised draft from our construction company. Foreword: some of you might remember the previous drafts of the single-family house with 140 m² (1507 sq ft) plus a basement designed for living. It is a sloped plot going from southwest to northwest, facing north, with a slope from southwest to northeast.
We have now planned the house with a 2.30-meter (7.5 ft) knee wall, which allows the upper rooms to have 70 cm (28 inches) high clerestory windows, so the front children's rooms still get sunlight from the southwest. We like this type of window, but it currently makes furnishing the children’s rooms a bit tricky. We had seen this at model home parks, and most of the time there was a desk placed underneath. Regarding the doors to the children’s rooms, Foreword: check if they could be planned flush with the wall. At the moment, I don’t see much benefit to having extra space behind the door, do you? A cupboard wouldn’t fit there anyway. Otherwise, the upper floor plan works for us. Foreword: the clerestory window above the bathtub should be larger, matching the size of the bathtub.
We still need to adjust the elevations as we’re not 100% happy with them yet. The question is whether it’s better to have full-height windows in the living and dining area rather than half-height ones. Otherwise, we are basically satisfied with the ground floor layout, except that the windows need to be reviewed again. To clarify, on the southwest side in the living room we intentionally planned a large window to let the afternoon sun in. Towards the back, in the dining area, we have an unobstructed view, so a 3-meter (10 ft) sliding door is planned there.
The basement is designed as a living basement, with the front rooms intended as an office and guest room. I’m not completely happy with the bathroom yet, because the door interrupts a nice long wall that cannot be furnished properly. However, I can’t find a way to place the door in the corner because of the shower. Also, we should reconsider if the location of the basement entrance door is optimal. The reason for this door is in case our parents-in-law might move in one day, allowing the basement living area to be separated from the rest of the basement. Whether that will ever happen, we don’t know.
We would appreciate it if you could take a look and are grateful for any feedback. We really want to finalize the planning.
Thank you in advance
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Watcher789 Nov 2015 13:13Thanks for the feedback. Do you mean the side windows in the kids' room or the skylight bands? If you mean the side windows, I have also given it some thought. I completely agree that smaller ones would have been enough. But then it somehow looked awkward compared to the windows below. It’s a vicious circle ;(
Well, it’s a matter of personal taste... I think symmetry is important and I’m quite obsessed with it, but I believe that if all bedrooms and the bathroom upstairs have narrower floor-to-ceiling windows and these are aligned flush with the lower window on the exterior wall, it should also look good from a construction perspective...
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Watcher7810 Nov 2015 08:08Thanks Kisska for the comment about the window. I tried drawing it yesterday, but making it look nice is another matter. Hmm. I agree with you that smaller ones would also work, but visually, I don’t find it as appealing anymore.
You also have the 1.51m (5 feet) wide windows in the living area, right? Are you satisfied with their size? We have planned the same ones for our living/dining area, and I think the size is sufficient, isn’t it? The architect initially planned 1.75m (5 feet 9 inches), but then the upper ones would also be 1.75m, which I thought was too much.
You also have the 1.51m (5 feet) wide windows in the living area, right? Are you satisfied with their size? We have planned the same ones for our living/dining area, and I think the size is sufficient, isn’t it? The architect initially planned 1.75m (5 feet 9 inches), but then the upper ones would also be 1.75m, which I thought was too much.
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Watcher7810 Nov 2015 08:35Hehe thanks, I don’t really know what curtain panels are, but my wife definitely does. I always have trouble accurately estimating sizes (window sizes, etc.) and tend to think everything is too small. I’m always running around our apartment with a tape measure, measuring everything so I can get a feel for how big it will actually be.
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