Draft single-family house (EFH), 2 full stories, gabled roof, no basement, double garage

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K a t j a

2025-03-28 18:20:12
  • #1
I also find the draft successful (except for the front door driveway issue) and would not make it smaller if you have the money. Where I am a bit uncertain is the length of the stairs and the respective stair landings. They are very tight and you quickly stand with your nose against the wall if you have too much momentum. The stairs also look a bit short. What length have you planned here and what floor height are you expecting?
 

schrauberlouis

2025-03-28 18:21:09
  • #2
Wow, that was fast. I'll try the quote function:



I obviously agree with you because we were/are still in the phase of finding out and also still torn between cost and luxury.
In the attic, storage for Christmas decorations etc. is planned via a pull-down ladder and would also be very generous. But what annoys us about the "terraced house tower" is all the stair "jumping" and we wanted to have as much as possible on two floors. And we currently really miss the office on the ground floor because you can quickly take care of paperwork or just put down packages, baby tubs, or whatever and keep it out of the "way." For home office, of course, it doesn't matter if it's on the ground or upper floor.

The 3rd children's room is similar, e.g., laundry: We dry a lot on racks and rarely use the dryer. Since the utility room probably often reaches its limits, it would be a fallback area here. The same goes for kids' hobbies: if there is a basement, space can quickly be created if a child wants to learn drums, for example. Without the extra room and no basement, that is difficult again.

Everything is difficult because we want to cover all eventualities and we probably COULD afford it. But does it have to be...?



The attic is planned as storage accessible via a pull-down ladder, so no full staircase with access through the bathroom or child 2. The confusion is due to the missing section and the fact that the roof is a bit too steep in the 3D representation; I was just glad to get it done at all, sorry.

The problem with the usability of the attic, I think, is the eaves height of max. 5.75 m above the finished floor and max. 35-degree roof. And our aversion to stairs.

The retirement conversion is something we would prefer to ignore as well, but the possibility was the luck of two people in our family recently. Building near retirement age could be difficult for us due to the extremely limited number of plots.
 

schrauberlouis

2025-03-28 18:25:32
  • #3


With your all-time favorite, Nordanny unfortunately had to disappoint you :) Additionally regarding the 3rd child's room (11ant will stone me): That naturally also resulted somewhat from the area on the ground floor... and as explained in the previous post, it would have corresponding benefits for us upstairs as well.

BTW: We also already have two cases in our circle of acquaintances where the 3rd child unexpectedly arrived after all. Thankfully, the attic or basement then provided an escape for the parents.
 

schrauberlouis

2025-03-28 18:37:43
  • #4


I gladly accept the praise, of course, but could it be that there is a confusion about the floor plan or did I confuse you? Unfortunately, I do not have a passage to the garage, but I have considered making a passage to the garage next to the front door. However, I am not yet sure if it is worth having it 1m next to the front door.

Thanks for your points:
- I also find the master bedroom a bit too large, but I have drawn X other versions and haven’t come to a better result. Do you have any ideas?
- I agree about the hallway upstairs; it’s currently dark for us too and hardly bothers us since usually one door to a room is open anyway. I had thought about a glass door to the utility room so that at least some light from the northern window there can come in.
- The partition in the living room is also something to consider because we currently strongly miss it (e.g. when cooking or playing and someone wants to do something quietly. But with the office on the ground floor, the situation would be different. Also, experience from acquaintances shows that the doors stay open permanently and in use. We will have to think about it carefully again. Thanks!



Thank you very much. The stairs are drawn with a length of 4m. The top stair landing would not bother us because of the spatial feeling created by the short parapet railing. Downstairs, I have had doubts too and then accepted it because if the railing visually only starts after the second step, it loosens it up a bit.

Regarding the floor height, everything is very strictly restricted in the building area, and with the eaves height of 5.75m from the finished floor level, it will be difficult. See the side section attached in the first post from the development plan.
 

roteweste

2025-03-28 18:41:36
  • #5
I expressed myself unclearly. Of course, I meant the terrace door in the utility room.
 

hanghaus2023

2025-03-28 18:53:00
  • #6
I like the design. There have been much worse ones here before. If you can afford it, you shouldn't make it unnecessarily smaller.
 

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