Floor plan evaluation and ideas wanted

  • Erstellt am 2012-09-13 21:01:31

gigi

2012-09-13 21:01:31
  • #1
Hello,

we have a rather narrow plot (15 meters on average) available and somehow need to plan our house on it. After subtracting the building boundary, only 9 meters remain for the house width. The plot has a longer north/south orientation.

Of course, we didn't get anything off the shelf and came up with our own floor plan. It is important to us that the kitchen can be separated from the living/dining room (in the south) if necessary and that we have the largest possible utility room.
Hallway/living room door:
At first we thought of a slanted door into the living/dining room, but somehow that won't look good, since the kitchen furniture is already quite close.)

What could be changed or done completely differently?
 

Musketier

2012-09-14 10:36:36
  • #2
I have a few comments on this:

UG
Where are you putting the wardrobe? Have you planned enough space for it?
The space in front of the guest toilet is also completely unusable.

OG
Hallway: So either slanted or straight, but not half and half segmented.
You come up the stairs and walk towards a half straight, half slanted wall.
To the left there are 2 slanted walls, to the bedroom there are 2 straight walls again.

The children's rooms are different sizes.

How tall are you?
Does it fit with the beds + bathtub under the sloping ceilings?
Otherwise, you would have to raise the knee wall.

Is a garage/carport/parking space planned?
Not that there is only/still a 20 cm passage between the garage and the house.
In that case, a long narrow house on the narrow plot might make more sense.
 

Xtreme1000

2012-09-14 11:35:31
  • #3
Hello Gigi,

I can show you our floor plan as an example. Whether it is better or totally off, I'll leave that up to everyone. I think floor plans are always quite individual. As long as something doesn’t cause technical construction problems, I believe everything that pleases is allowed.

A brief explanation of our floor plan.

Plot size: 27m x 14m
House size: 10.5m x 8m

Our house is therefore rather a small but fine little house. We deliberately kept the living/dining/kitchen area smaller to create additional space for a multipurpose room. This can be used as a storage room, playroom, or office.
We also chose our living room as a “living pocket,” meaning without direct access. Access only through the kitchen, because our life takes place in the kitchen and dining area. The sofa is just for us to lie down comfortably sometimes.

Upstairs, the "empty" hallway will first become a reading corner, and later a corner for toys, etc.

But I am sure that you will come up with a suitable floor plan given your conditions.



 

gigi

2012-09-14 16:44:56
  • #4
@Musketeer:

The thing about the wasted space in the WC is true. You could only hang a key box there. The problem is the width of the kitchen. Placing the WC on the other side in the utility room would take up about 3 sqm of the utility room. The wardrobe could partly still fit under the stairs.

The thing about the children’s rooms is already okay like this. We have one child. I specifically planned the entrances this way so that you can still place a piece of furniture against each wall without always running into it when entering the room. Whether that is feasible, I will wait and see. Yes, the bathtub... I am 180 cm tall, would it work? Otherwise, we would have to think of something else. Bed size/placement is okay like this. We have about 90 cm wall up to the slope (1 m knee wall). That should be enough.

@
Xtreme1000:
That’s true, floor plans are always a matter of perspective. Thanks for the suggestion. I am already thinking about what we could incorporate from that for us.

(If you have enough space to build, it’s easy to find a favorite floor plan. If not, it becomes difficult. For us, building plots have been practically nonexistent for a few years. We were able to choose between far too big/expensive ones, one too small, and this plot.)
 

Musketier

2012-09-14 17:51:45
  • #5


If everything is at the back, you tend to track dirt through the entire apartment.
One idea would be to take 20-30 cm from the kitchen and make the bathroom more square. Then there would still be space for a shoe rack in front of the bathroom.



That one will certainly get the bigger room, right?
We tried to avoid having a shared wall between the bedroom and the children's room.
You don’t want to hear everything, no matter which way around it is.

Regarding the sloped ceiling, I can't say much since we will be building a two-story house.
In my parents' attic apartment, we had a knee wall height between 85 and 90 cm. I wouldn't have wanted to sleep with my head under the slope there. My parents positioned the bed about 30 cm from the wall and made use of the storage space behind it.
You have 10 cm more knee wall height. That obviously makes quite a difference.
With the bathtub, you have to keep in mind that in addition to the 1.80 m length, the tub height of about 10-20 cm is added to stand upright. Then you’re almost at 2 m and can only stand in the front half.

But I’m just an amateur and can’t judge what makes sense from a planning perspective and what doesn’t.
 

kevink

2012-09-18 13:51:50
  • #6
Hello,

my thoughts on the floor plan:

I think you have already made very good use of the limited space. In terms of creating more space in the WC/wardrobe area, one could consider doing without two doors to the kitchen/living room and only use the slanted one (which I personally prefer). From there, you are in the kitchen within a second. This way, the kitchen/WC wall could be shifted slightly towards the living area and a niche created between the front door and WC.

I hope I have expressed myself clearly.
 

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