Floor plan of a single-family house approx. 160m², hipped roof, with basement, hillside location

2021-05-21 10:29:24

Atypical design of a mainstream city villa with a pushed-in basement. There are better standard floor plans. The hallway upstairs is confining and oppressive, and when everyone gets up in the morning, it can become a burden: in road traffic, this would be called a traffic collapse ;) I would take away some square meters from the rooms for the sake of everyone... actually, I would try to ensure that the hallway gets some daylight. Ypsis's suggestion would be the better alternative. The ground floor seemingly offers quite a lot of space. The dining table stands in front of the sliding door... the dining table practically has no space. The terrace doors all lead into nowhere, that is into emptiness. How are they supposed to be executed? With grids? Fixed elements?

It is planned to provide the basement with a ground-level exit and to have a small terrace there.

Well, great? For what? No one goes through a cluttered basement to get to the terrace.

In front of the living room on the ground floor, a balcony is to be built by own effort as the main outdoor area.

Also great: you have a plot and stand on a balcony... and who takes care of the garden? The house is not a hillside house and the basement is not designed for a hillside plot. For the money, there are far nicer and better houses that are built on two levels into the slope and enhance the plot. Then you might have maybe two fewer basement rooms, but a garden that you can also use and enjoy as well as a living and dining room where you feel comfortable because it is zoned, and upstairs reasonable rooms that can be accessed with a comfort staircase and not a space-saving staircase. The basement here reduces the budget without real benefit. The house is really out of place here and not worth the money. You even have to build an exit in the EL. Do yourselves a favor and look further at other houses or ask the architect for a solution for a slope on two levels with a living basement.

2021-05-21 10:29:29

So I consider the budget somewhat optimistic. What is included in the house price? Ancillary construction costs on a slope are the earthworks properly accounted for? Is there already a structural analysis? Are the requirements already priced in? What about the outdoor area? Garage? Additions? How is garden access planned? Definitely work with correct furniture dimensions. The dining area is in reality as wide as the door and no one can pass between the chair and the kitchen island.

To break it down a bit, as it raises many questions and I had only given a limited account: Base house 315k (almost completed excluding own work) Basement 50k + 9k "expansion package" Floor plan measurement 30k Double garage: 24k Buffer: 10k That would be about 440k Other costs: Land 180k Ancillary purchase costs 14k Ancillary construction costs 80k Budget for changes to the house (additions etc.) 30k Materials for own work 30k I had still added materials and the extra budget onto the house costs => 500k house budget, the rest is land and ancillary costs. Outdoor facilities are included somewhat conservatively with 10k in the ancillary construction costs. Total budget is thus naturally significantly higher than 500k, more towards 780k

2021-05-21 10:40:10

Atypical design of a mainstream city villa with a subsumed basement. There are better standard floor plans. The upstairs hallway is claustrophobic and oppressive, and when everyone gets up in the morning, it can become a burden: in traffic terms, one would speak of a traffic jam ;) For the sake of everyone, I would take away some square meters from the rooms... actually, I would try to make sure the hallway gets some daylight. Ypsi’s suggestion would be the better alternative. The ground floor only seemingly offers quite a lot of space. The dining table is in front of the sliding door... the dining table practically has no space. The terrace doors all lead to nowhere, i.e. into emptiness. How are they supposed to be executed? With grilles? Fixed elements? Well, great, isn’t it? Why? No one goes through a cluttered basement to get to the terrace. Also great: you have a plot and you stand on a balcony... and who maintains the garden? The house is not a hillside house and the basement is not made for a hillside plot. For that money, there are far nicer and better houses that are built on two levels into the slope and that enhance the property. Then you might have two fewer basement rooms, but a garden you can also use and enjoy, as well as a living and dining room where you feel comfortable because it is zoned, as well as reasonable rooms upstairs, which you can access with a comfortable staircase and not a space-saving staircase. The basement here reduces the budget without real benefit. The house is really out of place here and not worth the money. You even have to build an exit to EL. Do yourselves a favor and look further for other houses or ask the architect for a solution for a two-level hillside house with a residential basement.

Upstairs hallway: okay, then we’ll take another look here and see how we can design it differently. Sliding doors on the ground floor are not supposed to lead to nowhere, it clearly still looks that way on the plan currently. The idea is to put a larger balcony in front of them, where you can grill or the like, and on the side of the balcony to create a garden access, if possible with filling and hillside location. In a worst case scenario, the basement would be completely sunk and a "normal" terrace installed in front of the sliding doors. Do you have an example offhand of how to do it better on a hillside?

2021-05-21 10:42:42

What is that supposed to be? (30 characters, 5 words rule... always questionable and silly)

An increase in the external dimensions compared to the standard design on two sides by slightly more than half a meter, as more living space was desired.

2021-05-21 10:43:47

Would you have an example on the spot of how to do it better on the slope?

Yes, there are some examples here in the forum. Everything is different! Honestly, with this house and floor plan, I wouldn’t waste a thought; to me, it’s a total misplanning and a disaster waiting to happen. You are not to blame, but I expect a bit more advice from a builder or architect.

2021-05-21 10:45:59

An increase in the external dimensions by just over half a meter on two sides compared to the standard design, as more living space was desired.

Ah, ok... so the architect had nothing to do at all, and because of the enlargement, the staircase is also where it is now.
I can sketch something later showing what a hillside house would look like... unless you say you want it exactly like this and really like balconies and basements...

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Floor plan of a single-family house approx. 160m², hipped roof, with basement, hillside location

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