Floor plan for a single-family house with a pitched roof and gable, approx. 170 sqm

Hello everyone,

we are planning to realize our dream of owning a home. Since I am technically interested and would like to create initial ideas and wishes in the form of a floor plan myself, I would like to build on your experiences and advice.

Planned is a single-family house, 1.5-story construction – a completely normal piece of house!

The following list has been shortened accordingly, as there are not many restrictions from the development plan. For clarity, only the restrictions that actually need to be considered are listed:

Development plan/Restrictions
Plot size = 883m²
Slope = level/flat area
Site coverage ratio = 30% -> corresponds to 265m²
Number of floors = 1.5

Requirements of the builders
Style, roof shape, building type = gable roof with gable
Basement, floors = no basement, ground floor, attic
Number of people, age = currently 2, planned 4
Space requirements on the ground floor:
- Study I / later age-appropriate bedroom = approx. 15 sqm
- Kitchen (closed) = approx. 16 sqm
- Utility room including pantry = approx. 13 sqm
- Guest bathroom (including barrier-free shower) = approx. 5 sqm
- Living room = approx. 30-35 sqm

Space requirements on the upper floor:
- Parents’ bedroom = approx. 16 sqm
- Children’s rooms I + II = approx. 15 sqm each
- Office = approx. 10 sqm
- Bathroom = approx. 13 sqm
- Dressing room = 8 sqm

Office: family use or home office?
- Woman’s study on the ground floor with lots of daylight needed
- Man’s study on the upper floor

Guests per year
- max. 2 persons at 2 occasions -> guest couch in the upper floor office

Open or closed architecture -> rather closed
Conservative or modern style -> rather conservative
Open kitchen, cooking island -> no open kitchen, cooking island optional
Number of dining seats -> 4 in the kitchen
Fireplace -> vent should be planned
Balcony, roof terrace -> not necessary
Garage, carport -> double garage

House design
Who is planning it -> our planning
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment -> €250,000
Preferred heating technology -> conventional gas condensing boiler with solar feeding and underfloor heating, in the upper floor bedrooms radiators if possible, as the room air can be heated faster

If you have to give up something, what details/expansions
- you can give up: nothing :-)
- you cannot give up: everything :-)

In general, we plan the ground floor so that my wife gets a study with lots of daylight. Later, the room should be repurposed to be age-appropriate if stairs become difficult. Therefore, we also plan the guest bathroom with a barrier-free shower.
The study and guest bathroom should be aligned in one row in the floor plan. If my wife’s clients need to use the toilet, they should not have to walk across the whole house.

We are planning the house with approx. 165-175 sqm. With clever room layout and intelligent concepts, we may be able to plan the necessary area smaller. This means that corridor spaces should be kept as small as possible. Galleries are not necessary.

From the outside, we would like a house in the style of Viebrockhaus Maxime 700, but extended by a gable in the terrace direction (south orientation). I would also like to know how you would plan the house and double garage on my plot.

I would be happy to receive your comments on all necessary topics.

Thank you very much and have a nice Sunday!

Regards
Julian

Mmh, that still seems very underdeveloped to me and the information is too little. What about the knee wall? How should the house be placed on the plot (please draw it in)? Walls are extremely thin - 20cm would be quite good for planning (17.5 + plaster) - thinner can always be done later. Label the rooms completely and furnish them realistically - don’t forget the shower in the upstairs bathroom. Write down the stair dimensions - storey height + ceiling height as well. Exterior dimensions are also missing.

After that, we could take another look. :)

How is the knee wall?

A good question – in the example picture there is (almost) none, but the attic floor plan does not show any roof slope.

The picture and the floor plan also seem to match each other very little otherwise: such a "Frisian house style" works better with a floor plan where the ridge is also the "house axis," so a clear (preferably almost "elongated") horizontal format, but rather not a square.

From the outside we want a house in the style of Viebrockhaus Maxime 700, but extended by a gable facing the terrace (south orientation).

So from above, basically a cross-shaped roof? – I would rather invest the extra cost for the elaborate roof structure in a nice bathroom.

I would also like to know how you would plan the house and the double garage on my property.

One of the most expensive things about this garage (is it supposed to be a steel garage, there is no wall thickness visible?) – is that notched square meter at the corner, which is good for nothing except a direct passage.

Firstly, these passages in my opinion are completely unnecessarily hyped, and secondly, on the one hand, that flat-roof garage looks awful with this house shape, so I wouldn’t attach it simply for optical reasons – on the other hand, the roof structure of the house is complicated enough that I wouldn’t want to extend it over the garage as well.

One of the most expensive parts of this garage (is this supposed to be a steel garage? You can’t see any wall thickness?) – is this notched square meter at the corner, which apart from allowing direct access is good for nothing.

I also first drew it as it seemed practical to me. However, I want to keep the costs as low as possible. Which notched square meter do you mean that could be neglected?

What alternatives to these "pass-throughs" can you recommend?

Which recessed square meter do you mean that could be neglected?

Not "neglected," but rather "not complicated": I mean the recessed corner that basically bites the house out of the garage.

What alternatives to these "pass-throughs" can you recommend?

At most, lead a canopy from an attached garage to the front door. But I wouldn't want to add the garage here for stylistic reasons anyway. My garage is also set apart from the house (five hundred meters), and I would not seem strange with an open umbrella on this route less than ten times a year. The two house cats and two dachshunds on the way haven't attacked me yet either.

I am also missing proper dimensioning and labeling of the rooms. If the 18.52 sqm room on the ground floor is supposed to be the kitchen, I would be very interested in the furniture layout proposal. I actually don’t see more space in that room for a kitchen with dining area than there would be in a room of about 14 sqm.

In the garage, position the cars appropriately in relation to the garage door or make the garage door wider. Then you will see that in the first case, you practically can’t get the bicycles out of the corner.

Otherwise, I see it the same way as 11ant .. the passage from garage to house leads again to a narrow corridor-like room.

One could also consider combining kitchen and dining area and creating a quieter living area. This saves a seat, results in less hallway space, and allows for better furnishing of the kitchen area.