Floor plan ideas, 2.5 stories

Do you (or other co-readers here who are welcome to freely share their opinion) still find it chunky or do you also find my prefab house example chunky? Or are my visualizations just poorly made but a Waldsee house minus 10 percent in width already looks good?

I also don't always understand the objection that is casually made. I hardly believe that new always means better. For example, we had to adhere to the neighboring buildings, so there was not much leeway. But I would also be interested in some "stylish" designs for large houses. Among other things, we were also confronted with the objection: architectural basic idea = very neutral, whatever that is supposed to mean.

Your strange %-figures have nothing to do with house design and nobody cares.

And better said lightly than no response at all.

It’s just like this: if you have a small house, 129 sqm, one-story, gable roof, the house appears small and compact, often you can later turn the simple design into a little gem with additions, pergola, roofing, etc. The bigger and taller a house is, the facade must also be designed, possibly with a projection, recess, or a more varied facade. Common additions probably won’t work. That’s my opinion and doesn’t have to be shared by everyone. So: simply making a small house bigger to have more living space has no advantage – then you might as well pay for a truly well-thought-out architect’s floor plan, because you’re financially in a different league and can play with sight lines and views. I won’t comment on your floor plans anymore, since I read in the green forum how you mocked advice from here over there. Are you actually banned there forever now?

P.s. I haven’t been able to look at your example houses online yet.

Your strange % indications have nothing to do with house design and interest no one.

An essential element of design is the cubature. A visualization, on the other hand, in my opinion, hardly shows what the house will look like later. The floor plan above is roughly as large in cubature as the house Waldsee from Gussek Haus. It is only 10 percent narrower; all other dimensions match. When you see the visualization like this, you may find it hard to imagine. But if you imagine the house Waldsee just a little bit narrower, then I think you can imagine it very well.

And better said lightly than no feedback at all

I don’t understand that now?

It’s just like this: if you have a small house, 129 sqm, one-story, gable roof, the house appears small and compact; often you can later turn a simple design into a little gem with extensions, pergola, roofing, etc. The bigger and taller a house is, the façade must also be designed accordingly, possibly with a projection, recession, or a more open façade. Common extensions probably won’t work.

Well, take a look at the house Waldsee from Gussek Haus. It has a small roofing, ok, but otherwise it is a two-story rectangle with a gable roof.

Don't find it so dramatic. Grym has a somewhat narcissistic way and is initially always very convinced of his ideas, but he is not resistant to advice and has already built up quite a bit of knowledge. If it’s fun, why not; it’s just a hobby – others watch TV. It’s no different for me, by the way. In the end, it may not be the targeted 100%, but at least you have a rough idea of what you are building and it won’t be a huge disaster with functional defects; have seen a lot already – even in show houses.

Construction costs, the "time" factor, boredom... oh dear, let that be our concern. By the way, the "time" factor is also irrelevant because it is still an unexplored field at the moment. As soon as construction can start in spring, it will be developed...

And booking a competent architect is quite difficult. From the green forum, I get the impression that 90 percent of architects are incompetent.

Of course, I am more or less convinced of my own floor plans because I made them myself and do not intentionally include mistakes. I simply do not notice mistakes. On the other hand, with catalog floor plans, I always find something that doesn’t fit. And these catalog floor plans, which brings us full circle, were made entirely by architects.

When the time comes, we will probably have the planning done by a civil engineer (or, as I have often read: a structural engineer does the statics and planning) in terms of the building application, execution planning, etc.

But we will probably have to do the floor plan ourselves because that is not necessarily the main area of expertise of a civil engineer or structural engineer, and as I said, I have no trust in architects.

So, how about getting back to the topic? Floor plan?

And booking a capable architect is pretty difficult. From the green forum, I get the impression that 90 percent of architects are incompetent.

Of course, I am more or less convinced of my own floor plans because I made them myself and obviously don’t include intentional mistakes.

Exactly that is your main problem and that brings it full circle:

YOU ARE RESISTANT TO ADVICE!

You keep going around in circles, stewing in your own juice instead of listening to experts with a lot of practical experience. What do you think: that you can just "pick up" an architecture degree by reading some forum posts or glossy magazines?

How do you actually handle it when you go to the doctor; do you also always bring the diagnosis with you because they all have no idea?

Shaking my head at absolute stubbornness and narrow-mindedness

Barossi