annehh
2015-06-28 13:10:56
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Hello everyone,
first of all, thank you very much for your comments.
That we will definitely plan the floor plan with the architect is maybe not quite clear in my post. Initially, we tried to capture our ideas and gather as many opinions as possible.
We didn’t really like the standard floor plan of the builder on the ground floor, because the kitchen and living room are separated by the hallway and we would prefer both rooms together, separated only by a sliding door.
The staircase actually looks strange without explanation. We visited an almost identical show house of the builder, and there the staircase worked in such a way that you go straight up from the hallway, the staircase has a 90 degree angle, and at the top and bottom you arrive looking toward the bathroom or utility room. I had manually taken the size of the staircase from the standard floor plan of the house, but of course we will recalculate this again with the architect. However, the staircase in the show house also appeared very narrow, which is why the size seemed appropriate to me.
The interior dimensions were provided to us by the builder for our preliminary planning; we will ask again for the correct exterior dimensions.
We would prefer the floor area to be wider, but this is not possible due to the building plot restrictions. So we have to see how best to design the so-called “tube rooms” you mentioned. In our current apartment, our third room is only 2.40 m wide and it’s OK, even for a future children’s room, especially since we’d have a few centimeters more width in our floor plan.
I hadn’t seen the skylight as problematic so far; the room in the show house seemed quite bright to us. Maybe an additional dormer with a floor-to-ceiling window would have to be installed. Of course, we would need to keep the costs of the dormer in mind, hence the question whether a skylight in a children’s room is really a no-go, or if maybe someone has only a skylight in a children’s room and it’s fine for the child?
We would like to have all three rooms on the 1st floor, as the basement will be built initially only as a utility cellar and we will not expand the attic for cost reasons.
We thought about the dressing room for a long time and found it okay that there is no window there and would not generally see it as a “dark hole.” But of course, thanks for the suggestion. It was important to us to get to the bathroom through the dressing room, and since we would like to take our current closet with us, we didn’t want a slanted ceiling in the room.
Our current bathroom is only 6 sqm with the same setup, so we actually thought that 9 sqm is not a “mini bathroom.” But one could consider taking a bit of space from the bedroom for the bathroom if 9 sqm really is too small.
The living-dining area will be too tight, I agree with that now as well. One could make the kitchen a bit smaller and use the larger space in front of the kitchen for the dining table. Unfortunately, as already mentioned, the living room can’t be made wider.
We have already seen that the kitchen is a “through room” as a drawback, but we really didn’t see any other option since we want the kitchen to be semi-open with a sliding door to the living room. What we would like to avoid is the staircase in the living room and not in the hallway. We believe that would be too noisy upstairs. Or do you have different experiences with that?
Best regards,
Anne
first of all, thank you very much for your comments.
That we will definitely plan the floor plan with the architect is maybe not quite clear in my post. Initially, we tried to capture our ideas and gather as many opinions as possible.
We didn’t really like the standard floor plan of the builder on the ground floor, because the kitchen and living room are separated by the hallway and we would prefer both rooms together, separated only by a sliding door.
The staircase actually looks strange without explanation. We visited an almost identical show house of the builder, and there the staircase worked in such a way that you go straight up from the hallway, the staircase has a 90 degree angle, and at the top and bottom you arrive looking toward the bathroom or utility room. I had manually taken the size of the staircase from the standard floor plan of the house, but of course we will recalculate this again with the architect. However, the staircase in the show house also appeared very narrow, which is why the size seemed appropriate to me.
The interior dimensions were provided to us by the builder for our preliminary planning; we will ask again for the correct exterior dimensions.
We would prefer the floor area to be wider, but this is not possible due to the building plot restrictions. So we have to see how best to design the so-called “tube rooms” you mentioned. In our current apartment, our third room is only 2.40 m wide and it’s OK, even for a future children’s room, especially since we’d have a few centimeters more width in our floor plan.
I hadn’t seen the skylight as problematic so far; the room in the show house seemed quite bright to us. Maybe an additional dormer with a floor-to-ceiling window would have to be installed. Of course, we would need to keep the costs of the dormer in mind, hence the question whether a skylight in a children’s room is really a no-go, or if maybe someone has only a skylight in a children’s room and it’s fine for the child?
We would like to have all three rooms on the 1st floor, as the basement will be built initially only as a utility cellar and we will not expand the attic for cost reasons.
We thought about the dressing room for a long time and found it okay that there is no window there and would not generally see it as a “dark hole.” But of course, thanks for the suggestion. It was important to us to get to the bathroom through the dressing room, and since we would like to take our current closet with us, we didn’t want a slanted ceiling in the room.
Our current bathroom is only 6 sqm with the same setup, so we actually thought that 9 sqm is not a “mini bathroom.” But one could consider taking a bit of space from the bedroom for the bathroom if 9 sqm really is too small.
The living-dining area will be too tight, I agree with that now as well. One could make the kitchen a bit smaller and use the larger space in front of the kitchen for the dining table. Unfortunately, as already mentioned, the living room can’t be made wider.
We have already seen that the kitchen is a “through room” as a drawback, but we really didn’t see any other option since we want the kitchen to be semi-open with a sliding door to the living room. What we would like to avoid is the staircase in the living room and not in the hallway. We believe that would be too noisy upstairs. Or do you have different experiences with that?
Best regards,
Anne