Pockrandt
2022-04-11 13:28:36
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For several days now, I have been moving things back and forth on the upper floor, more hallway, less hallway, rectangular rooms, rooms with recesses, etc.
Somehow, nothing feels "right"; does anyone have suggestions?
Attached is the "site plan"
Development plan/restrictions
Size of plot: ~4,000 m²
Slope: no
There is no development plan and the building authority was apparently unreachable/unoccupied both last week and today.
Spatially, we are "in a village;" in the street there are terraced houses, a detached villa, a classic single-family house, adjacent to the plot there is a villa type with a half-hipped roof with an opposite flat-roof bungalow.
Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Classic single-family house with gable roof at about 22~25° pitch, preferably 2.15 m knee wall and approx. 1 m roof overhang. (Main focus on photovoltaic system)
Basement, floors: 1.5 or nearly 2 stories, no basement.
Number of people, age: currently 1 working adult ;)
Space needs on ground floor, upper floor: "sufficient"
Office: home office, full-time
Guest sleepers per year: max 1
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern construction: cost-conscious and simple to implement, therefore rather conservative
Open kitchen, kitchen island: optional, currently favoring U-shape
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: rather not
Garage, carport: no
Utility garden, greenhouse: both present
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be
The floor plan should be arranged so that living on the ground floor is possible after retirement.
The study will become a bedroom, the staircase will get a side wall and be extended into the bathroom with a "front door."
I am aware that without a soundproof ceiling/stairwell this is not considered a separate apartment. (I might build it myself)
House design
Who designed it:
Original from Fingerhaus Neo 200 (mirrored vertically and horizontally) or Kampa Lanos.
Due to the location of the plot (road to the south), I moved a few walls and objects using Gimp.
What do you like in particular? Why?
I am happy with the ground floor layout; also everything fits with the staircase. I was able to see something similar in the model house park.
What do you not like? Why?
Upper floor, more precisely the bathroom.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: -
Personal price limit for the house including equipment: ~400k
Preferred heating technology: air heat pump
If you had to forgo certain details/extensions
-you could forgo: walk-in shower
-you could not forgo: study on the ground floor, straight staircase, walk-in shower
Why did the design turn out the way it is now? E.g.
Ground floor
* WC not facing the (side) street and as a proper bathroom with washing machine
* Utility room only as large as necessary to maximize living/working room
* Large study is a must, view of the front garden and some street seems better to me than the shadow on the north side.
* I am still debating whether a sliding door to the terrace is needed or if a normal/double door would be better.
Upper floor
* Neither the separate master bathroom nor the 6 m² dressing room appealed to me.
* Air space (center north) makes no sense above the newly arranged kitchen
* Windows on the roof sides are currently not planned
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How can the bathroom and adjacent rooms be sensibly arranged without moving the staircase?
Any criticism/suggestions for the rest are welcome, I probably overlooked/forgot something.

Somehow, nothing feels "right"; does anyone have suggestions?
Attached is the "site plan"
[*]Pink = Plot (still needs to be divided among the heirs of the large one)
[*]Purple = this is where the house should go (to the left are fruit trees and to the right there should be enough distance as the land is not necessarily staying in the family)
[*]yellow = parents' house including garage
Development plan/restrictions
Size of plot: ~4,000 m²
Slope: no
There is no development plan and the building authority was apparently unreachable/unoccupied both last week and today.
Spatially, we are "in a village;" in the street there are terraced houses, a detached villa, a classic single-family house, adjacent to the plot there is a villa type with a half-hipped roof with an opposite flat-roof bungalow.
Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Classic single-family house with gable roof at about 22~25° pitch, preferably 2.15 m knee wall and approx. 1 m roof overhang. (Main focus on photovoltaic system)
Basement, floors: 1.5 or nearly 2 stories, no basement.
Number of people, age: currently 1 working adult ;)
Space needs on ground floor, upper floor: "sufficient"
Office: home office, full-time
Guest sleepers per year: max 1
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern construction: cost-conscious and simple to implement, therefore rather conservative
Open kitchen, kitchen island: optional, currently favoring U-shape
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: rather not
Garage, carport: no
Utility garden, greenhouse: both present
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be
The floor plan should be arranged so that living on the ground floor is possible after retirement.
The study will become a bedroom, the staircase will get a side wall and be extended into the bathroom with a "front door."
I am aware that without a soundproof ceiling/stairwell this is not considered a separate apartment. (I might build it myself)
House design
Who designed it:
Original from Fingerhaus Neo 200 (mirrored vertically and horizontally) or Kampa Lanos.
Due to the location of the plot (road to the south), I moved a few walls and objects using Gimp.
What do you like in particular? Why?
I am happy with the ground floor layout; also everything fits with the staircase. I was able to see something similar in the model house park.
What do you not like? Why?
Upper floor, more precisely the bathroom.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: -
Personal price limit for the house including equipment: ~400k
Preferred heating technology: air heat pump
If you had to forgo certain details/extensions
-you could forgo: walk-in shower
-you could not forgo: study on the ground floor, straight staircase, walk-in shower
Why did the design turn out the way it is now? E.g.
Ground floor
* WC not facing the (side) street and as a proper bathroom with washing machine
* Utility room only as large as necessary to maximize living/working room
* Large study is a must, view of the front garden and some street seems better to me than the shadow on the north side.
* I am still debating whether a sliding door to the terrace is needed or if a normal/double door would be better.
Upper floor
* Neither the separate master bathroom nor the 6 m² dressing room appealed to me.
* Air space (center north) makes no sense above the newly arranged kitchen
* Windows on the roof sides are currently not planned
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How can the bathroom and adjacent rooms be sensibly arranged without moving the staircase?
Any criticism/suggestions for the rest are welcome, I probably overlooked/forgot something.