After having commented on several floor plans here and occasionally sharing details about our own, I’ve decided to finally share ours as well. I know it’s not perfect, but it works perfectly for us (5 people). We considered the utility room as a trapped space and debated it back and forth; the only alternative would have been to make the office smaller, which we didn’t want to do.
Thanks to our architect and his preference for having enough drains in the house ;-) we now have the option to convert one of these drains into a laundry chute. This means we no longer need to carry laundry downstairs, and carrying it back up will naturally be done from the living room, where I also fold the laundry. We can also access the utility room directly from outside — so when we bring in groceries, we don’t have to go through the front door and hallway. Under the staircase on the ground floor, there’s a storage room for cleaning supplies such as buckets and brooms, plus a small built-in cupboard that will probably be used for shoes.
The hallway on the upper floor is lit by two glass panels above the bathroom doors and by a skylight from the attic.
The attic itself contains two additional rooms accessed via a steep staircase (85 cm x 230 cm (33.5 inches x 90.5 inches)) plus a small corridor. One room will be the kids’ playroom, and the other will remain a storage room.
I haven’t uploaded the original floor plans here, but only the drawings I created. Now, here are some key details:
36.5 cm (14 inches) Poroton bricks
Knee wall height 1.50 m (4 feet 11 inches)
Roof pitch 42 degrees
Air-to-water heat pump
Decentralized ventilation in the bathrooms and utility room
Entrance faces north, kitchen and terrace face south, carport is on the west side, and the main garden is on the east side.
The house measures 8.99 m x 12.50 m (29.5 ft x 41 ft) or 13.75 m (45 ft) in length.
Now feel free to start with your critiques. However, nothing can be changed anymore, as the house is already built ;-)
Thanks to our architect and his preference for having enough drains in the house ;-) we now have the option to convert one of these drains into a laundry chute. This means we no longer need to carry laundry downstairs, and carrying it back up will naturally be done from the living room, where I also fold the laundry. We can also access the utility room directly from outside — so when we bring in groceries, we don’t have to go through the front door and hallway. Under the staircase on the ground floor, there’s a storage room for cleaning supplies such as buckets and brooms, plus a small built-in cupboard that will probably be used for shoes.
The hallway on the upper floor is lit by two glass panels above the bathroom doors and by a skylight from the attic.
The attic itself contains two additional rooms accessed via a steep staircase (85 cm x 230 cm (33.5 inches x 90.5 inches)) plus a small corridor. One room will be the kids’ playroom, and the other will remain a storage room.
I haven’t uploaded the original floor plans here, but only the drawings I created. Now, here are some key details:
36.5 cm (14 inches) Poroton bricks
Knee wall height 1.50 m (4 feet 11 inches)
Roof pitch 42 degrees
Air-to-water heat pump
Decentralized ventilation in the bathrooms and utility room
Entrance faces north, kitchen and terrace face south, carport is on the west side, and the main garden is on the east side.
The house measures 8.99 m x 12.50 m (29.5 ft x 41 ft) or 13.75 m (45 ft) in length.
Now feel free to start with your critiques. However, nothing can be changed anymore, as the house is already built ;-)
B
Bauexperte18 Sep 2014 23:37Good evening,
Regards, Bauexperte
Manu1976 schrieb:You can also have it deleted here if you want; just a short private message to the admin or me is enough 😉
ok, I’m considering creating a construction diary and then posting the link here. At least I can delete it later if I want to.
Regards, Bauexperte
Hey Manu
your floor plan looks interesting! I imagine it’s very practical to have the utility room right next to the kitchen. How large is the kitchen approximately? And I have a question about the bedroom—the planned closet space seems rather small. How have you planned your clothing storage? The bathroom looks really great! I’m definitely looking forward to hearing some experience reports!
Edit: What is that room in the front right corner on the ground floor?
your floor plan looks interesting! I imagine it’s very practical to have the utility room right next to the kitchen. How large is the kitchen approximately? And I have a question about the bedroom—the planned closet space seems rather small. How have you planned your clothing storage? The bathroom looks really great! I’m definitely looking forward to hearing some experience reports!
Edit: What is that room in the front right corner on the ground floor?
:-) The kitchen is a little over 16m² (172ft²).
We are still debating the wardrobe space in the bedroom. Either we build a wardrobe across the entire width, which would be about 3.90m (13 feet). But then there would be no room for a small TV, unless we somehow integrate it into the wardrobe (I’m often alone and sometimes watch TV from the bed). The second option is to have two 1.50m (5 feet) wardrobes with a chest of drawers in the middle and a TV above it. The third option would be to create two walk-in closets totaling 4m (13 feet). In the middle, two 1m (3 feet) wardrobes would be placed back to back, and next to the door and window, each with a 1m (3 feet) wardrobe. This whole area would be separated toward the front by a drywall partition with two doors. One “room” would be for my husband and the other for me. The advantage of option three would be that hooks could be installed on the wall facing the children’s room for clothes you take off in the evening to air out, so they aren’t lying around visibly in the bedroom.
All jackets will go into the coat closet down in the hallway.
The small room to the right of the front door is the technical room. We have the water heater, water and electricity connections, heat pump, cable and telephone connections not in the utility room, but in a separate small room. That way, a technician doesn’t have to walk through the entire house and stand in front of the laundry when something needs attention :-) I don’t like that. The utility room remains entirely my domain, with the washing machine, dryer, second refrigerator, freezer, and so on.
We are still debating the wardrobe space in the bedroom. Either we build a wardrobe across the entire width, which would be about 3.90m (13 feet). But then there would be no room for a small TV, unless we somehow integrate it into the wardrobe (I’m often alone and sometimes watch TV from the bed). The second option is to have two 1.50m (5 feet) wardrobes with a chest of drawers in the middle and a TV above it. The third option would be to create two walk-in closets totaling 4m (13 feet). In the middle, two 1m (3 feet) wardrobes would be placed back to back, and next to the door and window, each with a 1m (3 feet) wardrobe. This whole area would be separated toward the front by a drywall partition with two doors. One “room” would be for my husband and the other for me. The advantage of option three would be that hooks could be installed on the wall facing the children’s room for clothes you take off in the evening to air out, so they aren’t lying around visibly in the bedroom.
All jackets will go into the coat closet down in the hallway.
The small room to the right of the front door is the technical room. We have the water heater, water and electricity connections, heat pump, cable and telephone connections not in the utility room, but in a separate small room. That way, a technician doesn’t have to walk through the entire house and stand in front of the laundry when something needs attention :-) I don’t like that. The utility room remains entirely my domain, with the washing machine, dryer, second refrigerator, freezer, and so on.
Just as I thought ;-)
I wouldn’t make the wardrobe span the entire width; having a TV in the bedroom is nice, especially when you’re often alone ;-) Having a wardrobe for each person and a tall chest of drawers in the middle sounds great. We have something similar at the moment: a large wardrobe, a tall chest of drawers with a TV on the right, all placed in front of the bed. The second wardrobe is positioned to the right of the bed. The TV on the tall chest of drawers is placed quite high, so you can comfortably watch lying down. You just need to make sure the chest of drawers is sturdy enough so it doesn’t bend under the weight of the TV (we have an inexpensive one and don’t mind, plus a big, heavy TV). Or you could mount the TV on the wall, which also works.
I didn’t quite understand option three, I’m too tired to think ;-).
I really like the idea of having a separate utility room next to the entrance!
I wouldn’t make the wardrobe span the entire width; having a TV in the bedroom is nice, especially when you’re often alone ;-) Having a wardrobe for each person and a tall chest of drawers in the middle sounds great. We have something similar at the moment: a large wardrobe, a tall chest of drawers with a TV on the right, all placed in front of the bed. The second wardrobe is positioned to the right of the bed. The TV on the tall chest of drawers is placed quite high, so you can comfortably watch lying down. You just need to make sure the chest of drawers is sturdy enough so it doesn’t bend under the weight of the TV (we have an inexpensive one and don’t mind, plus a big, heavy TV). Or you could mount the TV on the wall, which also works.
I didn’t quite understand option three, I’m too tired to think ;-).
I really like the idea of having a separate utility room next to the entrance!
Hi @Manu1976,
You are already living in your house now, right? At the very beginning of the thread, we talked about whether you would like to provide some feedback.
What do you like? What looked completely different on the floor plan compared to how it is now?
Is there anything you might do differently?
You are already living in your house now, right? At the very beginning of the thread, we talked about whether you would like to provide some feedback.
What do you like? What looked completely different on the floor plan compared to how it is now?
Is there anything you might do differently?
That's right. We've been living in our house for a while now. I've often thought about what I would change. To be honest, the house fits us perfectly. After six months, I can say I wouldn't change anything. We still like the room layout. Looking back, I might move the living room window facing the street a bit closer to the entrance and replace it with a patio door. We live on a cul-de-sac with no traffic, and right outside that window, we have a nice paved area that's great for sitting in the summer, and we've planted a small hedge there for privacy. Other than that, I wouldn't change anything: the hallway is big enough but not too large for five people. I also like that in the upstairs corridor there's space for a large wardrobe and a dresser. The upstairs hallway gets enough natural light thanks to the skylights in the bathrooms and the roof window right by the stairs leading to the attic. The bedroom is small, but everything fits, and it's completely sufficient. I wouldn’t want to give up our walk-in closet anymore. The bathroom layout works well too. Even the small kids' bathroom has been sufficient for our three children SO FAR (!), though I had my doubts—but it works.
If you want to know anything else, just ask :-D
If you want to know anything else, just ask :-D
Similar topics