First of all, we were at a log cabin supplier today for planning and he is now creating the first plan based on our ideas. We should have it by the end of next week and then I can report more.
Now to the comments:
"Swampy terrain" will be "not cheap" to build on / lay foundations / drain ...
That is still the plan from 1999, when the subdivision permit was granted. Since then, a lot has happened in the area and the land is no longer "swampy"; before buying the plot, we had two different soil surveys conducted, the ground is dry and building there is unproblematic. When the flood came last year (that was in our region), I went to the plot several times to see if the two "streams" were carrying more water, but fortunately that was not the case.
At least it is only a room layout and not yet a floor plan. A recommended design sequence is: room program - upper floor - ground floor. Starting with the ground floor is difficult; laypeople regularly despair of it: they then "always" write here: "semi-final / 95% satisfied, unfortunately half still doesn't work" :)
Thanks for the tip, I should have asked that a few weeks ago :-D
I am rather irritated by the contour lines and 2 watercourses with swamp area on the right plan. Is the right plan oriented north? (N is at the top?)
The contour lines are no longer correct either; we had the plot size changed and in that context, the plot was completely re-surveyed. In the area where our plot is located, it is mandatory to collect rainwater and treat it together with wastewater on the property itself in a multi-chamber system and then discharge it into these watercourses. So far, only water from two houses flows into each stream; about 20 years ago, a water protection area was established a few parcels away from our plot and these little streams flow into it, but there is no natural spring or anything like that. No, the right plan is not oriented; on the middle picture, you can see the north arrow in the lower right.
On the buildable area alone there are 4 contour lines at 1 m. The statement "no slope" is probably a misjudgment.
Building area is 225 m2 not 260 m2. Possibly the building area may be extended towards the new boundary. Then definitely place the house as far as possible on the slope. Building limit in the old plan was 4 m.
Access road 20 m over swamp? Is the ditch allowed to be filled with a pipe in the ditch? How large are the expected water volumes?
As already mentioned, the old plan is incorrect; I did not post the new plan because it contains some personal information and I did not feel the need to disclose to the internet where I will build and live in the future. If I get around to it, I will "clean up" the new plan and upload it later. According to the current survey of the property, there is a slope of just over one meter within the building zone, and for me that is not a slope. However, I do not know from which percentage one actually speaks of a slope. Overall, there is now a slope of less than 3 m over about 40 m from the southern boundary to the stream. The building zone is 23 m * 13 m minus this small corner, but only 225 m² may be built on, which is why, according to my understanding, the building area is larger than 225 m². In fact, I had 23 m * 12 m = 276 m² in mind and subtracted the corner and wrote about 260 m².
There are already two points with piping at the turnaround near our plot that can be driven on. For heavy equipment, we may still have to do some improvements; we don’t know that for sure. But the previous owner of the property used to let friends use the plot with their construction trailers and they came on and off without any problems. As mentioned, no swamp anymore and the water volumes are limited. When the flood came last year (only a few km away huge damage was done), the water in the front stream was at most 10 cm high, in the rear maybe 15 cm. I was there several times to look at the property because we were still in the buying phase at that time and definitely would not have bought it if it had been under water.
9 m length for kitchen dining living room is extremely tight. These are even your exterior wall dimensions. A kitchen with an island will not work.
Thanks for the advice, I will keep that in mind when we get the first draft.
Keep us posted on what comes out of the planning meeting.
The planner just showed us around a bit today, showed us the workshop, collected our wishes, discussed the rough procedure and is now starting the planning. As soon as I know more (at the latest by 04/10), I will post an update.
Edit: In case the question arises why I uploaded an outdated plan, my post was only about the room layout I had thought about and for that I wanted feedback. The plans were only meant to convey roughly what the property looks like and how it is oriented.