ᐅ Floor Plan Tips for Improving a Single-Family Home with 211 m² of Living Space

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 914m2 (9,830 sq ft)
Slope: No
Number of floors: 2 plus attic (unfinished)
Roof style: hipped roof
Architectural style: –
Orientation: south

Client Requirements
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors, attic unfinished but accessible
Number of occupants, age: 26 + 24, 1 dog and 2 planned children
Space requirements for ground floor, upper floor: GF 100m2 (1,076 sq ft), UF 100m2 (1,076 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office?: family use only (also used as guest room)
Overnight guests per year: none
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction style: rather modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage for 2 cars plus storage room

House Design
Designer:
Friend (architect in training)

Cost estimate according to architect/designer:
€500,000
Personal budget for house including fittings:
approx. €500,000 (land already owned)
Preferred heating system:
heat pump with deep geothermal drilling

If you have to give up something, which details or extensions
-can you live without: office on upper floor
-can’t live without: –

Why was the design made this way? For example:
A mix of many examples from various magazines.
Input from friends and family.

We are 2 people plus 1 dog, with 2 children planned.
We would like to do without a basement – is storage space sufficient?

The driveway is on the south side, and we would also plan the terrace in front of the house on the south side.

We would appreciate your opinions and tips for improvement!

At first quick glance, I believe there is still quite a bit of potential for savings here without it negatively affecting you.

The pantry could easily be designed as kitchen cabinets. If integrated there, additional options open up for the entrance area... Definitely about 1 meter (3 feet) of width can be saved if the shower and other elements are also adjusted a bit.
Having an exit from the kitchen onto the terrace is really great. At least we think so.

500k will never be enough for 211 sqm (2270 sq ft). It might be sufficient for the standard 160 sqm (1720 sq ft). Unfortunately, the design is probably based on that.

when architects estimate 🙄

Lacher07 schrieb:

Price estimate according to architect/planner:
€500,000
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings:
approx. €500,000

211 × 2500 €/sqm = ?
And the excavator hasn't even arrived yet, so no additional construction costs, no attic, no landscaping…

The staircase will be partially built over, right? Does that work like this?

We also want to make everything smaller and plan to contribute a lot of our own labor.