Floor plan design for 212 sqm bungalow - improvement suggestions

Without land, you cannot plan a house. The house has to stand somewhere.

Let the planning be done by professionals.

I’m a bit undecided whether you wanted to entertain us for the Sunday brunch or if this should be a serious planning discussion. I have something similar planned from about sixteen to twenty, although my housing ideas were also strongly influenced by Robin Masters’ estate ;-)

Attached is a self-created floor plan. There is no property yet. presumably a large property in the countryside,

That means there is an example property, but you have no option on it?

I have no price expectation or estimate, it’s all according to the attitude of working as long as it takes until you can afford the right one.

That can take a long time. The lack of a price expectation fits with your unsuitable saving ideas. Just as a rough adjustment: the property you need would be about seven hundred sqm, the one shown is about two and a half thousand. That is rarer and more expensive in Lower Saxony than in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Brandenburg. While I read your initial post again thoroughly – spontaneously I first had to laugh out loud about designing the bathroom windows as clerestory windows for splash protection – I’ll first call in , then you can play piano four-handed (on Sundays I like to have classical music for breakfast).

Apart from the exterior views (which give me eye cancer), 210 m2 of living space is also quite expensive.

What does the household budget say about your construction project?

Things that catch my eye at first glance: - No possibility at all to furnish the living room. If you ever want to put 2 DVDs in a cabinet, there is hardly any space for that in the living room. - Huge entrance area but no wardrobe. - Besides the cost factor for the living room, the surrounding staircase is also not good for accessibility. That should be considered for maintaining the value of the property. - Despite their size, the rooms are rather narrow and long. This makes furnishing difficult. Take, for example, the two at the bottom of the plan. There the window extends across the entire lower wall. Not only can you not place furniture in front of this wall – tall cabinets on the two adjacent walls would also look bad because they would then "stand in the window." The wall at the top of the plan has a door and is narrow. Where do you want to place a bigger wardrobe or similar there?

Thank you very much! This is very helpful feedback! I hadn't thought of that at all. The wardrobe was planned in the niche next to the front door and in a niche in the fireplace. The windows could possibly be made narrower. Combined with skylights, it could be sufficient in terms of light. Do you think this floor plan can still be usefully modified, or should a completely new one be created/used?

Sorry, this is one of the most modest plans of recent years. There is nothing beautiful, practical, sensible, or affordable about it. And extremely difficult to finance, as banks will tear the house apart.

Could you name a few points that stood out to you? I like to learn and then know what to pay attention to in the future.

I lack measurements, but I can already see problems with the span due to the roof orientation, since nothing should be floor-to-ceiling as missing supports.

Since there is no plot available yet, it is always difficult to design floor plans accordingly. For example, the utility room might be somewhat inconveniently located given your assumed layout.

Rooms 1 to 4 should be roughly furnished at least once... Door and window positions are not cabinet-friendly.

And, when planning with a shed roof, I would definitely choose the orientation so that it can be well equipped with photovoltaics.

That’s true. In the living room, you could possibly build a support into the chimney, and I actually wouldn’t have a problem with exposed beams or girders. Do you think that would make it possible? The short side is 13.7 m long. Window positions are definitely problematic, I’ve noticed that now too. Do you think there is a way to position the doors more sensibly? If you place the door in rooms 3 & 4 centrally, it might waste some space because it would not open directly against the wall, and the short side of the room would no longer have space for, for example, a bed.