Floor plan/Floor plan ideas single-family house 180m², 3 children's rooms

Hello everyone,

I have been a silent reader for a few months now, and regarding our construction project, we have already come so far that we have chosen a construction company and, above all, a floor plan. From our point of view, the floor plan is really good, but we lack a "realistic" perspective from others on our floor plan idea. By realistic, I mean suitable for everyday life. We simply lack experience in building planning, and therefore my request to the community is to evaluate the floor plan. Of course, we are also open to other suggestions for improvement!

Development plan/restrictions:
nothing significant

Size of the plot:
20x40m, see site plan. Approx. 809m²

Slope:
very slight slope towards the street front

Site coverage ratio
0.4

Floor area ratio
0.8

Building window, building line and boundary
See site plan

Border development
Garage may be built on the boundary, otherwise 3m distance to neighboring plots

Number of parking spaces
2 according to development plan

Number of floors
2

Roof shape
Gable roof

Style direction
Classic

Orientation
?

Maximum heights/limits
TH: 4.50m
FH: 8.50m

Other requirements
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Requirements of the builders

Style direction, roof shape, building type
Classic style with gable roof

Basement, floors
without basement, 2 floors as far as the eaves height allows

Number of people, age
Currently 2 adults, both 30, 6-month-old daughter, 2 more children planned within the next 4 years

Floor plan room requirements on ground and upper floor
Basically no exact m² requirement. Generally a very spacious open living, dining, and kitchen area, as in our opinion most of the shared life will take place here.

Office: family use or home office?
Currently used as a home office, later the parents' bedroom will move into the office to enable single-level living.

Overnight guests per year
0

Open or closed architecture
open living, dining, kitchen area; otherwise closed architecture due to the expected noise level from 3 children

Conservative or modern construction
rather conservative

Open kitchen, kitchen island
see above, not necessarily a kitchen island, stove preferably on the wall

Number of dining seats
Kitchen desired in U-shape, counter extending into the living area
Main dining table in the conservatory

Fireplace
not planned

Music/stereo wall
no

Balcony, roof terrace
not desired

Garage, carport
Garage in 4x9m, or for cost reasons possibly 3.57 x 9m

Utility garden, greenhouse
A turtle enclosure of approx. 100m² and possibly a chicken coop will be built on the property.

Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be
Wife works in shifts, therefore access to the bedroom via the dressing room

House design
Who created the plan:

- Planner from a construction company

What do you particularly like? Why?
The absolute highlight will be the spacious conservatory in the living area.
Anyone who has already been to the Stommel House show home in the prefab house world in Frechen inspired us, as we were absolutely thrilled by it. My father is a carpenter and will install an open "fake" beam ceiling inside, which will then be finished with a pale white glaze.

What don’t you like? Why?
Basement floor plan: Personally, I would prefer the shower access in the upstairs bathroom to be from the side, so that nothing splashes in the bathroom while showering.
Ground floor plan: Are there possibilities to design the staircase differently (wall), so that from the entrance you can directly look at the double doors to the living room?

Price estimate according to architect/planner:
irrelevant

Personal price limit for the house, including equipment:
irrelevant

Preferred heating technology:
District heating obligation

If you have to give up, on which details/extensions

- You can give up: Basically very willing to compromise
- You cannot give up: Conservatory, third gable on the front

Why did the floor plan design turn out as it is now?
Our wishes were taken into account by the builder.

What makes the floor plan particularly good or bad in your eyes?
Basically, all our wishes are implemented in the floor plan; in my eyes, not much is bad.

What is the most important/basic question about the desired floor plan summed up in 130 characters?
As mentioned before, I would like feedback on the "everyday suitability" of our floor plan idea. Suggestions for the upstairs bathroom floor plan and staircase position.

Many thanks!

Best regards
Johnson

Hello, for that...

Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment:
irrelevant

If money doesn’t matter, I would take a proper architect who also makes floor plan proposals for you. That looks very much like tinkering to me.
Regarding your floor plan: First, in the bathroom, the tub should definitely swap places with the shower/toilet so that the light can enter the room.
The zigzag floor plan in the utility room is a disgrace. That’s not how you design rooms in a new building! Also, the small extra hallway on the ground floor for access to the utility room. It takes depth away from the kitchen as well as light from the entrance – there’s still quite a bit that can be improved with your floor plan.

Thank you for your response,

Floor plan upper floor:
Regarding the bathroom on the upper floor, I completely agree with you, that would probably also solve my problem with the side entrance to the shower, depending on how the shower is positioned.

Floor plan ground floor:
The ground floor is a bit shaped by our wishes.
We wanted direct access from the utility room to the kitchen and to the hallway, so that when entering the house through the garage, you don’t have to walk completely through the kitchen/living room to get to the wardrobe.
We are looking for a solution there. Moving the stairs to the back and placing the access to the utility room almost next to the entrance door is one possibility.

I don’t find the zigzag shape of the utility room bad at all. On the contrary, I even find the solution with the shower on the ground floor quite well done. Where do you see problems caused by the corners?

Best regards

derJohnson

We wanted direct access from the utility room to the kitchen and the hallway, so that when you enter the house through the garage, you don’t have to walk all the way through the kitchen/living room to get to the cloakroom.

Regarding access to the utility room:


Putting the garage at the back – what exactly is that supposed to achieve? The garden at the back gets built over, and in the front you struggle with the so-called holy utility room access.

If you like the zigzag floor plan, then build it. Ever been in a room like that? Do you have one at home now? No? Ask yourself why.

The staircase is in the way everywhere here. Probably needs a different solution. Rethink the floor plan.

Unfortunately, as you suggest, it cannot be implemented due to the building window. We have a small corner on the north side if you take a look at the site plan. We would have to move the entire house back quite a bit to have the garage at the same level as the rest of the house front. That would cost significantly more garden space than the current variant. The entrance on the side is not an option, firstly because my wife does not like it and secondly because the entrance would then be on the north side. Depending on what the neighbor then builds on his property boundary, it would be quite dark there.

Furthermore, I want the garage to be set back as far as possible because 1. it creates an additional parking space at the front for us and 2. in combination with the conservatory at the back, we would have a nice sheltered terrace where we could have a great storage space for garden furniture, etc., protected with a somewhat "permanent" awning, i.e., some form of roofing, which would keep it protected even in winter. So it does not take away any already limited space in the rest of the house/garage.

But we did indeed once have a floor plan draft of the ground floor where the staircase was set back about a meter, there was a small hallway directly to the right of the front door which led straight ahead to the shower toilet, which then lay in the very lower left corner with a window, and the entrance to the utility room was through a door to the left in front of the shower toilet.

I hope that was somewhat understandable, because unfortunately we never received a floor plan back then.

Best regards

derJohnson

Could I please get the site plan as a jpg?
I cannot open it.

Where is north on the house?