Basement .. windows?
Yes, partially. The basement is planned as a high basement – like the neighboring house, by the way.
Ground floor .. Why 3 different "cozy seating groups"? Everything looks a bit like furnishing examples next to each other in a furniture store.
1 m distance from the armchair to the fireplace could become hot.
260 cm distance between the rows of plants for the dining table is tight.
The staircase is nicely in the center between the TV seating area and the fireplace seating area.
And, it is still a 6x10 m large area where I see static problems, so either thick beams, which might then be clad or supports.
Well, I thought it looked better before as well. Now, with the planning having less floor space, it is more difficult. Maybe it can be arranged better somehow. Suggestions are gladly accepted.
I don’t discover 2 offices, but one under the roof. Overall, it would be useful to also plan the roof, the shed roof is desired after all.
The room in the basement could still be used as an office or the corner upstairs in the studio. Maybe the office would also be big enough for two desks.
What do you mean by co-planning the roof?
Upper floor ... Combination of master bedroom, dressing room and bathroom creates the maximum possible traffic of a partner who gets up earlier than the other partner. From the bed to the bathroom, through the bedroom to the dressing room, from the dressing room through the bedroom towards the hallway, possibly again towards the bathroom, because one wants to check again if the hair is okay, and back again. Every path leads past the bed.
What would be your suggestion? From the bedroom into the dressing room and from there into the bathroom?
Are there any experiences? Anyone here in the forum who has built one of these variants? How is the satisfaction?
As you place your house, the 5 m wide terrace angle would now be directly on the boundary to the existing building.
No, sorry, that’s not correct. But that is my fault. I drew the plan you quoted in standard orientation (north on top, south on bottom). However, the floor plans are planned exactly the other way around (south on top, north on bottom), because we could better imagine it from the street. I have attached the rotated site plan once.
How would you position the house to the existing house? And what does the existing house have in its east area in the garden? How far is the existing house set back from the street, i.e. how much of the 20 m building depth does the existing house use? Where are garages, parking spaces, etc.?
And from the east boundary of the existing house, there are still 15 m to the property line? What comes there in the east? Another house plot? What is then where on the property?
In my opinion, you are approaching the matter wrongly, because the existing structure should definitely be included in the planning.
You are right. I should provide a few more details. How the existing house will be attached is not yet clear. The building window is 20 m deep and the existing house is about 10 m deep and is located exactly in the middle of the building window. So one could shift it up to 5 m forward or backward or build on one line.
In the east, the house has a parking space in front, then a garage, and behind that is a meadow with a few trees. The house on the property initially has a path from the terrace down to the garden and then normal lawn, flower beds, a few trees. The existing house is set back 8 to 10 meters from the street. A garage is located in the east of the house, shifted to the south. But it would be demolished for our house. In front of it are double rows of parking spaces, space for up to four vehicles.
Yes, correct. In the east, it is about 15 meters to the property boundary. There is another house plot with a garage on the boundary, a parking space in front, and a garden behind.
By the way, the existing house on the property is only single story but has a high basement. From the upper floor there could thus be windows on the west side. Otherwise, almost all buildings in the street are two-story.
One can read from your first post that you have been searching for a property for a long time (how long?) and this offered plot is also not really your favorite.
We have been searching for 3-4 years and to be honest are slowly getting frustrated. We have tried everything: building ourselves on a plot, buying a new build directly, buying an existing building... and somehow none of it was ideal or simply too expensive.
Well, the location is really good, central and yet quiet. The area consists almost exclusively of very well-maintained single-family houses with beautiful front gardens. The problem is that the property is in the wrong city, about 30-40 km away from the actual target.
Can you even imagine living next to relatives?
How do they envision later life?
Have you clarified who owns the property? That needs to be shared so that everything is legally sound. Often - especially older relatives - are a bit romantic here: the young relatives build next door and everyone is happy. They have to give you a part of their assets – in the form of the property. Why should they do that without compensation just like that? Is everyone clear on that?
To me that doesn’t sound like it, and before taking a property out of desperation just to be able to finally build...
I speak from my own experience regarding “gifted” land and the problems that can arise later. That’s not easy and one should seriously consider if one wants that long-term.
What happens if you want to sell the house someday?
Can you live with having your relatives permanently as neighbors?
Don’t want to sound harsh, but we are moving away for exactly these reasons and are building again – now for the 3rd time – new. I like them all very much, but not as neighbors ;)
Those are all good questions you raise. We’ll have to think about that in detail.
