Tortuga123
2021-10-11 12:39:19
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Hello everyone,
we are still planning our single-family house and have been playing around a bit with a freeware floor plan program. We would like to have your assessment.
But first, the questionnaire:
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 440m²
Slope: approx. 2m over 20m to the east and approx. 2m over 20m to the south
Floor area ratio: no development plan available, development according to §34 Building Code: so floor area ratio 0.4
Plot ratio: see above: 1.2
Building window, building line and boundary: North (to the street): approx. 2m, West: 3m, South: 3m, East: 6m at neighbor’s house built on the boundary, otherwise 3m
Edge development: yes, neighbor to the east
Number of parking spaces: 2 garage and 2 in front of the garage for guests
Number of floors: 2 full floors
Roof shape: hipped roof (but everything is allowed)
Style: modern (but everything is allowed)
Orientation: garden to the south
Maximum heights/limitations: like neighboring development, high enough
Other specifications: none
Street: very narrow, dead end
Builders’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: city villa with hipped roof or gable roof with at least 2.00m knee wall
Basement, floors: basement, ground floor and upper floor
Number of persons, age: currently 2, planned 4
Space requirement on ground floor, upper floor: approx. 60-70 m²
Office: family use or home office? both, but predominantly private
Overnight guests per year: a few, possibly longer stays in a few years
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: open kitchen with bar or island
Number of dining seats: 4-6
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: normal TV wall
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage with one door
Utility garden, greenhouse: normal
Other wishes/particularities/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or shouldn’t be: guest room and guest bath in the basement, laundry room on the upper floor
House design
Who created the design: DIY
What do you especially like? Why?: upper floor bathroom and bedroom facing the garden (close to the forest edge), separate entrance area with cloakroom so cats cannot run out the front door, laundry room on the upper floor
What do you not like? Why?: bathrooms are not stacked, therefore drains in the living room, but we accept that
Preferred heating technology: air-water heat pump with or without ventilation system
If you have to give up, on which details/extensions
-Can you do without: actually nothing :)
Why did the design turn out the way it is now? e.g.
We sketched our specific wishes and then made sure they fit in the built-up space.
What makes it, in your eyes, particularly good or bad? I hope it is comfortable to live in.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How do you like the floor plan? I can gladly explain what we thought about the special features if you have questions.
Would the drains in the living room be very noticeable? I think they could possibly be covered with furniture (possibly DIY). These black squares in the drawings are supposed to be the drains or vents.
I would like to present the design to various general contractors. An architect is not an option for various reasons. Please no fundamental discussions about why we chose against an architect and for a general contractor.
Because of the neighbor’s boundary development and the building authority’s statement that we must keep 6m from the house wall with our house, we want to place the garage against their house wall (with corresponding foundations, of course, so as not to exert pressure on their basement wall). The garage is about 1m lower than the house so that the slope from the street to the garage is not so steep. That is why I also made this corner part of the ground floor and basement so that you can go down a few steps from the front door to the garage. Possibly, there could be a passage to the garage at the staircase if the heights allow. The staircase is supposed to be a half-landing staircase, but the program cannot represent that. From the front door to the street, one could manage without steps; a ramp would probably suffice.
In the basement, there should be a light well in the utility room and hobby room and a light shaft in the guest room/office and bathroom. Guest room and office can be combined; it only needs a bed, a wardrobe and a desk.
We look forward to your suggestions!
Best regards, Tortuga

we are still planning our single-family house and have been playing around a bit with a freeware floor plan program. We would like to have your assessment.
But first, the questionnaire:
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 440m²
Slope: approx. 2m over 20m to the east and approx. 2m over 20m to the south
Floor area ratio: no development plan available, development according to §34 Building Code: so floor area ratio 0.4
Plot ratio: see above: 1.2
Building window, building line and boundary: North (to the street): approx. 2m, West: 3m, South: 3m, East: 6m at neighbor’s house built on the boundary, otherwise 3m
Edge development: yes, neighbor to the east
Number of parking spaces: 2 garage and 2 in front of the garage for guests
Number of floors: 2 full floors
Roof shape: hipped roof (but everything is allowed)
Style: modern (but everything is allowed)
Orientation: garden to the south
Maximum heights/limitations: like neighboring development, high enough
Other specifications: none
Street: very narrow, dead end
Builders’ requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: city villa with hipped roof or gable roof with at least 2.00m knee wall
Basement, floors: basement, ground floor and upper floor
Number of persons, age: currently 2, planned 4
Space requirement on ground floor, upper floor: approx. 60-70 m²
Office: family use or home office? both, but predominantly private
Overnight guests per year: a few, possibly longer stays in a few years
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: open kitchen with bar or island
Number of dining seats: 4-6
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: normal TV wall
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage with one door
Utility garden, greenhouse: normal
Other wishes/particularities/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or shouldn’t be: guest room and guest bath in the basement, laundry room on the upper floor
House design
Who created the design: DIY
What do you especially like? Why?: upper floor bathroom and bedroom facing the garden (close to the forest edge), separate entrance area with cloakroom so cats cannot run out the front door, laundry room on the upper floor
What do you not like? Why?: bathrooms are not stacked, therefore drains in the living room, but we accept that
Preferred heating technology: air-water heat pump with or without ventilation system
If you have to give up, on which details/extensions
-Can you do without: actually nothing :)
Why did the design turn out the way it is now? e.g.
We sketched our specific wishes and then made sure they fit in the built-up space.
What makes it, in your eyes, particularly good or bad? I hope it is comfortable to live in.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
How do you like the floor plan? I can gladly explain what we thought about the special features if you have questions.
Would the drains in the living room be very noticeable? I think they could possibly be covered with furniture (possibly DIY). These black squares in the drawings are supposed to be the drains or vents.
I would like to present the design to various general contractors. An architect is not an option for various reasons. Please no fundamental discussions about why we chose against an architect and for a general contractor.
Because of the neighbor’s boundary development and the building authority’s statement that we must keep 6m from the house wall with our house, we want to place the garage against their house wall (with corresponding foundations, of course, so as not to exert pressure on their basement wall). The garage is about 1m lower than the house so that the slope from the street to the garage is not so steep. That is why I also made this corner part of the ground floor and basement so that you can go down a few steps from the front door to the garage. Possibly, there could be a passage to the garage at the staircase if the heights allow. The staircase is supposed to be a half-landing staircase, but the program cannot represent that. From the front door to the street, one could manage without steps; a ramp would probably suffice.
In the basement, there should be a light well in the utility room and hobby room and a light shaft in the guest room/office and bathroom. Guest room and office can be combined; it only needs a bed, a wardrobe and a desk.
We look forward to your suggestions!
Best regards, Tortuga