ᐅ Single-family hillside house with basement for 2 people, including a home office and hobby rooms
Created on: 15 Apr 2020 07:48
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wibble
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot Size
Slope: see attachment. Quite steep near the street at the bottom, fairly flat at the "garden" area at the top
Floor Area Ratio 0.4
Building Coverage Ratio 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: irregular building envelope, see attachment, 18 meters
Edge development: not permitted except for ancillary buildings
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: not specified
Roof shape: not specified
Architectural style: not specified
Orientation: not specified
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height (section from exterior wall to roof covering at street level) 7.5 meters (24.6 feet), ridge height not specified.
Other requirements
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: gable or hip roof, preferably with dormers to add variation to the large roof
Basement, floors: basement, then ground floor, then upper floor with 1.40-meter (55 inches) knee wall
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults around 30 years old, 3 cats, no children planned but 2 rooms on the upper floor specifically desired for hobbies
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: see floor plan
Office: family use or home office? Both working from home, so office needed on upper floor and a partially finished basement for a second office (this layout is desired)
Guest stays per year: about 6 nights per year
Open or closed layout: ?
Conservative or modern construction: ?
Open kitchen, island: no kitchen island, closed kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage for 2 cars with a wide door
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Further wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons: garage access to basement is important because of frequent off-site appointments, so I don’t want to walk through wind and rain. This elongated room is the sports room and must be kept as is.
House Design
Who designed it:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why? Laundry room next to the bathroom, as I want a laundry chute for dirty clothes here.
What don’t you like? Why? After about 100 redesigns, everything is now satisfactory.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: no cost estimate yet for this floor plan.
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 500,000
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating
If you had to give up, which details / extensions
- could you do without: second hobby room on upper floor, guest room on ground floor, instead use rooms in the basement.
- cannot give up: everything else
Why did the design end up as it is?
It’s a mix of many examples from various magazines… then tailored to our needs and the required functions of each room. Considerations included whether a room should be on the ground or upper floor, orientation, adjoining rooms, and traffic flows. Bedroom next to dressing room and bathroom, facing the garden, not above the living room, because my partner often has visitors in the evenings when I want to sleep. Office with no morning sun because sunlight disturbs me when working on screens, and I usually work early in the morning. Bathroom facing the garden.
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Do you have any suggestions for improvement?
The garage is planned on the left side of the house. The street is on the south side, and the garden extends to the northeast. The terrace should wrap around the corner near the living and dining area to get evening sun, but also provide shade during the summer midday heat. It is a south-facing slope. The neighboring houses are only bungalows built into the slope, so they do not block the light.
Plot Size
Slope: see attachment. Quite steep near the street at the bottom, fairly flat at the "garden" area at the top
Floor Area Ratio 0.4
Building Coverage Ratio 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: irregular building envelope, see attachment, 18 meters
Edge development: not permitted except for ancillary buildings
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: not specified
Roof shape: not specified
Architectural style: not specified
Orientation: not specified
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height (section from exterior wall to roof covering at street level) 7.5 meters (24.6 feet), ridge height not specified.
Other requirements
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: gable or hip roof, preferably with dormers to add variation to the large roof
Basement, floors: basement, then ground floor, then upper floor with 1.40-meter (55 inches) knee wall
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults around 30 years old, 3 cats, no children planned but 2 rooms on the upper floor specifically desired for hobbies
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: see floor plan
Office: family use or home office? Both working from home, so office needed on upper floor and a partially finished basement for a second office (this layout is desired)
Guest stays per year: about 6 nights per year
Open or closed layout: ?
Conservative or modern construction: ?
Open kitchen, island: no kitchen island, closed kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage for 2 cars with a wide door
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Further wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons: garage access to basement is important because of frequent off-site appointments, so I don’t want to walk through wind and rain. This elongated room is the sports room and must be kept as is.
House Design
Who designed it:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why? Laundry room next to the bathroom, as I want a laundry chute for dirty clothes here.
What don’t you like? Why? After about 100 redesigns, everything is now satisfactory.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: no cost estimate yet for this floor plan.
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 500,000
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating
If you had to give up, which details / extensions
- could you do without: second hobby room on upper floor, guest room on ground floor, instead use rooms in the basement.
- cannot give up: everything else
Why did the design end up as it is?
It’s a mix of many examples from various magazines… then tailored to our needs and the required functions of each room. Considerations included whether a room should be on the ground or upper floor, orientation, adjoining rooms, and traffic flows. Bedroom next to dressing room and bathroom, facing the garden, not above the living room, because my partner often has visitors in the evenings when I want to sleep. Office with no morning sun because sunlight disturbs me when working on screens, and I usually work early in the morning. Bathroom facing the garden.
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Do you have any suggestions for improvement?
The garage is planned on the left side of the house. The street is on the south side, and the garden extends to the northeast. The terrace should wrap around the corner near the living and dining area to get evening sun, but also provide shade during the summer midday heat. It is a south-facing slope. The neighboring houses are only bungalows built into the slope, so they do not block the light.
wibble schrieb:
If so, it’s half utility room, half finished basement, since that’s the work area. If it’s already in the basement, it can be made large enough. The garage haThat significantly increases the construction cost, just saying.
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Chris251116 Apr 2020 20:18Of course, insulation, heating, ceiling height, interior plaster blah blah blah..
wibble schrieb:
Well, there’s no way around it, we need the space.May I summarize that you want to build a 7-room house with over 250 (270 sqm (2900 sq ft)?) total area plus a double garage for 2 people (an EXTRA room for every possible situation, no matter how rare), while four-person families build a 4-room house plus utility space and are satisfied with their hobbies there?
Do you think your house building ideas are realistically planned, or is it just a summary of activities, not in a table but in a graphic that may resemble a floor plan? Somehow, nothing seems fully developed (for example, the enclosed dressing room, proportions, structural integrity).
With the basement shown, you have exceeded the €500,000 limit. Excavation work due to the slope, incidental construction costs, and landscaping still need to be added.
Regarding the floor plan (house design is still a long way off):
Most windows on the upper floor are not feasible because of the roof with 140 mm (5.5 inches) calcium silicate blocks.
A toilet and shower are also not possible.
An open roof always looks good.
I strongly recommend consulting an architect!
We have already met with the architect (a friend of ours). He gave us some advice but hasn’t provided a design yet. He wants to give us the freedom to first outline all our wishes. We have another appointment planned for early May. He also suggested placing the office in the basement. That’s why we specifically looked for a sloped plot, to have a separate ground-level entrance, since we occasionally have client meetings.
It doesn’t matter how many square meters other families occupy. Even if they averaged 10 children and lived on 80cm (31 inches) per person, what does that have to do with my house? Sorry, but that strikes me as odd. Even if I were to build 17 rooms on 1000cm (393 inches)...
There are simply people who don’t have a fixed workplace but work from home. Most people probably also have a designated workspace at their company. And every person is individual, with different needs and resources.
It doesn’t matter how many square meters other families occupy. Even if they averaged 10 children and lived on 80cm (31 inches) per person, what does that have to do with my house? Sorry, but that strikes me as odd. Even if I were to build 17 rooms on 1000cm (393 inches)...
There are simply people who don’t have a fixed workplace but work from home. Most people probably also have a designated workspace at their company. And every person is individual, with different needs and resources.
What exactly doesn’t work with the walk-in closet at the moment? What is wrong with the proportions? In the new floor plan, I made the rooms upstairs more spacious. If you prefer, imagine we have two children in the two bedrooms upstairs.
I have studied house construction in depth and would like to learn more, which is why I posted here. What exactly is wrong with the structural engineering? Then I can improve it.
A higher knee wall might also be possible. I’m happy to receive constructive criticism here. According to the development plan, we have a eaves height of 7.50 meters (24.6 feet). The building authority said they wouldn’t object as long as we don’t significantly exceed it. But I thought 1.40 or 1.50 meters (4.6 or 4.9 feet) would be good. Why won’t the toilet fit? It is not located under the roof slope. The roof slope should face south/north. Otherwise, maybe a dormer or skylight.
The wall next to the toilet could be moved forward a bit so that the toilet fits properly underneath. I positioned the shower deliberately further away to make it fit. I even calculated where there is enough height. But I will recalculate that again.
The roof is expected to have a pitch of 35 degrees.
I have studied house construction in depth and would like to learn more, which is why I posted here. What exactly is wrong with the structural engineering? Then I can improve it.
A higher knee wall might also be possible. I’m happy to receive constructive criticism here. According to the development plan, we have a eaves height of 7.50 meters (24.6 feet). The building authority said they wouldn’t object as long as we don’t significantly exceed it. But I thought 1.40 or 1.50 meters (4.6 or 4.9 feet) would be good. Why won’t the toilet fit? It is not located under the roof slope. The roof slope should face south/north. Otherwise, maybe a dormer or skylight.
The wall next to the toilet could be moved forward a bit so that the toilet fits properly underneath. I positioned the shower deliberately further away to make it fit. I even calculated where there is enough height. But I will recalculate that again.
The roof is expected to have a pitch of 35 degrees.
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