Floor plan design for a 140m² gable roof house

Development plan/Restrictions
Plot size 988 m²
Slope Plot slopes slightly to the left, as shown in the pictures
Floor area ratio max. 0.3
Site coverage ratio max. 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary see picture
Number of parking spaces one, 5m space in front of the garage required
Number of storeys max. 2
Roof shape no restriction
Architectural style no specification
Orientation front door facing north, northwest
Maximum heights/limits eaves height 5.50m on the mountain side, 6.50m on the valley side
Special features
Max. 2 residential units per house
Retention system in the form of a 5cbm cistern per 100m²
Architectural style, roof shape, building type
open, modern, 1.5 storeys with 1m knee wall and gable roof
Basement, storeys
no basement, 1.5 storeys
Number of persons, age
2 persons, two children planned, 31 and 27
Space requirements on ground and upper floors
as large as possible living-dining room
Office: family use or home office?
no office planned, not necessary for work
Sleeping guests per year
1-2 times per year
Open or closed architecture
open architecture, open kitchen, living-dining room
Conservative or modern building method
modern building method
Open kitchen, cooking island
open kitchen with peninsula
kitchen should be kept
Number of dining seats
6 seats
Fireplace
possibly later via external pipe
Music/stereo wall
not needed, surround sound to be integrated in living room
Balcony, roof terrace
not desired
Garage, carport
planned, see pictures
Utility garden, greenhouse
not planned
Additional wishes/special features/daily routine
no special features

House design
Who created the plan:
-Architect

What do you particularly like?
large living-dining room
open spatial concept
enough space in all rooms
bright rooms

What do you not like?
Basically everything is liked, although the window planning is not yet perfect

Price estimate according to architect/planner:
prices and price limit have already been clarified

Preferred heating technology:
must be built with a heat pump, no gas connection possible

If you have to do without, which details/extensions
-can you do without:
storage room on the upper floor
-can you not do without:
large living-dining room
larger bedroom, as a wardrobe still needs to fit in

Overall, we like the created floor plan and have discussed everything with the family. However, we are not exactly sure if we might have forgotten something or if something impractical simply does not occur to us.

Pictures would be nice... PDFs are always such a hassle But just so you know - you have a garage in front of the kitchen window...?!

Yes, we have the garage under the kitchen window. Unfortunately, it couldn't be done otherwise because we didn't want the garage in front of the house, and the garage, as seen in the picture Northeast, is also positioned a bit deeper.

I have now taken some pictures from the files

But just beforehand - you have a garage in front of the kitchen window...?

I assume the garage is significantly lower than the floor level on the ground floor - I interpret this from the 6 steps between the garage forecourt and the front door.

This should also fit with the planned parapet height of the kitchen window of 1.5 m.

I see the cooking half-island somewhat critically - if the depth of the island including the cooktop is realistically drawn, you can expect grease splatters in the dining area behind the cooking island. If a "conventional" recirculating or exhaust hood is to be installed above the cooktop, it would probably massively restrict the line of sight. Alternatively, a hood mounted flat on the ceiling (correspondingly powerful and thus more expensive) or a hood built into the island (also not exactly cheap) would be possible.

The start of the staircase is directly in the dirty area behind the front door - it is very likely that you will carry street dirt into the upper floor here.

I also find it a bit unusual that you walk directly from the front door to the door of the utility room. Visually, that might be a bit odd.

Regards,

Dirk

I am somewhat critical of the cooking peninsula – if the depth of the island including the cooktop is realistically drawn, you can expect grease splatters in the dining area behind the cooking island.

But the "problem" always exists with islands if they are not square from the start. Some kind of splash guard always makes sense in my opinion (now I finally understand what those attached counters are good for ;)). More annoying to me would be the long distance between the cooktop and the sink. You will constantly have to wipe the route between these two spots, especially when things get hectic and there is a child or pet in the way (though I hope in that case it does not end up in a hot pot).

I would straighten the walkway between the hallway and the terrace exit. There are also too many terrace doors for my liking; the space in front of and behind the doors is always dead space, as it is a potential exit. Besides, the room is "only" 9.49 m wide – how many exits in the same direction does a person need? I would limit it to a single door, namely going straight from the hallway up onto the terrace. No one benefits from a door further to the left, e.g., from the kitchen to the terrace, because the dining table is in the way anyway. This saves good money.

I would definitely green the garage roof; otherwise, the view from the kitchen is ruined. Who wants to look at roofing felt?

I took pity and made JPGs out of it. Attached below.

What I notice:

EG ..

[*]Narrow entrance and path to the open living/dining/kitchen area
[*]Pantry old-fashioned in the corner and if the kitchen layout is to be as shown, then you should reconsider it. Distance between stove and sink way too far

[*]Kitchen window will look like a basement. Both windows have very high but different sill heights .. why? Once because of the garage, but why no normal sill height towards the front?
[*]I think the open living area should be slightly reduced and more practical storage space created in the hallway area.

OG...

[*]Shower head at 2 m height? definitely on the 2 m line. Then there is no proper space above the shower head and the water splashes nicely onto the sloping ceiling when washing hair
[*]Children's room northeast ... a pity, I would rather place it towards southwest
[*]Children's room with the relatively small single window also not a very consistent concept


bright rooms


accordingly.