ᐅ Single-family house with a pitched roof, without a basement – feedback welcome
Created on: 1 Nov 2018 16:05
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Milmay
Hello everyone,
We are planning to start building our single-family home next year. Currently, we are working on the floor plan, have tried several versions, and are quite satisfied with what we have so far.
I would appreciate it if you could share your opinions and feedback on the floor plan.
Development plan / restrictions:
Plot size: 445 sqm (4789 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.35
Floor area ratio: 0.7
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2 full stories plus attic conversion later
Roof style: gable roof
Maximum height: eaves height 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) on the street side
Heating: geothermal
Personal budget limit: 400,000
Client requirements:
No basement
Number of occupants: 2 adults and 3 children
Open kitchen with sliding door
Double garage
The attic will initially be used instead of a basement.
It will also house the heating system and utility room with washing machine and dryer.
Since our family plan is not yet final, an additional children's room could be added in the attic in the future.
We are planning to start building our single-family home next year. Currently, we are working on the floor plan, have tried several versions, and are quite satisfied with what we have so far.
I would appreciate it if you could share your opinions and feedback on the floor plan.
Development plan / restrictions:
Plot size: 445 sqm (4789 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.35
Floor area ratio: 0.7
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2 full stories plus attic conversion later
Roof style: gable roof
Maximum height: eaves height 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) on the street side
Heating: geothermal
Personal budget limit: 400,000
Client requirements:
No basement
Number of occupants: 2 adults and 3 children
Open kitchen with sliding door
Double garage
The attic will initially be used instead of a basement.
It will also house the heating system and utility room with washing machine and dryer.
Since our family plan is not yet final, an additional children's room could be added in the attic in the future.
The second car will have space since the garage is as long as the house.
And the cloakroom for five people also fits into the utility room.
Whether the latter looks nice without windows is another matter.
I would find it annoying to have to rely on artificial light in the cloakroom all the time.
But let's start at the beginning:
through the garage into a storage room, then through the kitchen, then into the dining room, then through the living room, and also the hallway... then you finally arrive at the cloakroom.
You plan to do a tour of the entire ground floor just to get into the house. Meanwhile, you leave street dirt from your shoes in every room.
Sorry, but this is poor planning. The soufflé would collapse as well.
There is another problem: how do you intend to secure this entrance?
Exactly: there is a general lack of storage space for cleaning supplies, decorations, etc., which are needed inside the house. Ironing board, and so on... having to go upstairs for that is just not practical. And sacrificing a child's bedroom for this means you might as well plan accordingly from the start. After all, a living room requires a different layout than a storage room.
Nothing fits well at all. I’d give that kitchen studio a failing grade!
Water extinguishes fire: there needs to be something between the stove and the sink; no kitchen planner should design it this way. Of course, they try to make the best out of the space—that is, turning something bad into something better—but come on, the kitchen is at its best during the planning phase, and now it has to manage with a kitchen unit and a separate row of cabinets where ergonomic working is not possible.
Separated... the living room might look separated on the plan, but think about how it actually feels: the TV area is visually chaotic on both sides because there are no room corners. I already mentioned the problem of through traffic.
With three children, there will probably be various shelves, which will further block these traffic paths.
I don’t get a cozy feeling anywhere on the entire ground floor. Or any other pleasant feeling... there is a lot of discomfort. Nothing that provides a feeling of protection, peace, or space. And if the design was meant to be stylish, it missed the mark.
In the upper floor, it just happened... a trapped dressing room, child 3, an extremely narrow corridor; where will the master bed go? Where will the children find towels, new toilet paper, etc.?
Three meters in front of a garage is not enough. You should be able to close the door (especially with a passage into the house). Do you always want to stand on the street? And if one child also has a car? Where can that be parked?
The dimensions: what kind of measurements are shown there?
My advice: start over, and not with software that makes you focus more on the program than on the house itself, but with pencil and graph paper, considering living with three children.
If the sense of space still doesn't develop, then go directly to an architect—with a room program and without drawings.
And the cloakroom for five people also fits into the utility room.
Whether the latter looks nice without windows is another matter.
I would find it annoying to have to rely on artificial light in the cloakroom all the time.
But let's start at the beginning:
through the garage into a storage room, then through the kitchen, then into the dining room, then through the living room, and also the hallway... then you finally arrive at the cloakroom.
You plan to do a tour of the entire ground floor just to get into the house. Meanwhile, you leave street dirt from your shoes in every room.
Sorry, but this is poor planning. The soufflé would collapse as well.
dhd82 schrieb:
Entering the house through the garage would be too unsafe for me.
There is another problem: how do you intend to secure this entrance?
dhd82 schrieb:
The utility room is too small; you lack storage space.
Exactly: there is a general lack of storage space for cleaning supplies, decorations, etc., which are needed inside the house. Ironing board, and so on... having to go upstairs for that is just not practical. And sacrificing a child's bedroom for this means you might as well plan accordingly from the start. After all, a living room requires a different layout than a storage room.
Milmay schrieb:
We already planned the kitchen in a kitchen studio and everything actually fits quite well.
Nothing fits well at all. I’d give that kitchen studio a failing grade!
Water extinguishes fire: there needs to be something between the stove and the sink; no kitchen planner should design it this way. Of course, they try to make the best out of the space—that is, turning something bad into something better—but come on, the kitchen is at its best during the planning phase, and now it has to manage with a kitchen unit and a separate row of cabinets where ergonomic working is not possible.
Milmay schrieb:
The partition wall between the dining and living room is just an idea.
We wanted the living room to be somewhat separated.
Separated... the living room might look separated on the plan, but think about how it actually feels: the TV area is visually chaotic on both sides because there are no room corners. I already mentioned the problem of through traffic.
With three children, there will probably be various shelves, which will further block these traffic paths.
I don’t get a cozy feeling anywhere on the entire ground floor. Or any other pleasant feeling... there is a lot of discomfort. Nothing that provides a feeling of protection, peace, or space. And if the design was meant to be stylish, it missed the mark.
In the upper floor, it just happened... a trapped dressing room, child 3, an extremely narrow corridor; where will the master bed go? Where will the children find towels, new toilet paper, etc.?
Three meters in front of a garage is not enough. You should be able to close the door (especially with a passage into the house). Do you always want to stand on the street? And if one child also has a car? Where can that be parked?
The dimensions: what kind of measurements are shown there?
My advice: start over, and not with software that makes you focus more on the program than on the house itself, but with pencil and graph paper, considering living with three children.
If the sense of space still doesn't develop, then go directly to an architect—with a room program and without drawings.
ypg schrieb:
3 meters (10 feet) is not enough space in front of a garage. Having to always pull the car in at every stop because the driveway is too short to park would be too annoying for me. And as far as I know, in Rhineland-Palatinate a setback of less than 5 meters (16 feet) from the street automatically makes a detached house impossible. But those are more minor aesthetic issues that you can’t fix anyway because the floor plan fits tightly within the building plot boundaries.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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haydee schrieb:
YPG
I find about 5 meters (16 feet) quite tight for a garage. Even if only the second car is parked there. With 3 or even 4 children, it’s not like dealing with a Polo or Corsa.5 meters (16 feet) should be the absolute minimum. I’m generally a fan of small driveways where you can park bicycles or have visitors. But when using a garage, parking on the street becomes more than inconvenient—it can even be dangerous.
ypg schrieb:
But when using the garage, parking on the street is more than inconvenient, it can even be dangerous. This is the reason for the regulation, even though it may be outdated in the era of remote-controlled sectional doors.
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