Floor plan of a single-family house with a granny flat

How would you plan that?

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I would plan the house as a single-family home without a granny flat. Spread over 3 floors and place the double garage next to the building.

Apart from that, take a look at the floor plan of the two-family house on the slope a bit further down. I like the solution of slightly pushing forward the basement. That might also be something for you. This way, the granny flat is not darkened and the ground floor has a balcony. Place the stairs to the garden on the side behind the garage so that you don’t walk back and forth in front of the granny flat’s bedroom, and part of the garden can be separated.

On the upper floor, possibly move walls; maybe place the guest room in the basement room under the garage.

I am still missing a section! You don’t just plan split-level houses normally with one more floor without windows, but have options to stagger the levels.

Personally, it would never occur to me even in a dream to reach my own garden only via a staircase; the land and property are too expensive for that. The staircase poses too many dangers for the children – using the garden would be comparable to a trip to the playground or park, always carrying a picnic basket to strengthen the children and oneself.

I read something about 8 meters and at the same time 2 meters slope at the side; you should be able to get several garden levels out of that?

Also, in this design, it makes more sense to create the exit to the granny flat there at the entrance (east?) so that the residents upstairs don’t always have to pass along the outdoor seating area of the tenants. The terrace downstairs is currently not usable without disturbance at all. The granny flat itself lacks some storage space. I would plan the kitchen near the entrance and the bathroom closer to the bedroom.

Since the granny flat will be relatively compact in size, you could arrange it half on the upper floor, the other half as the parents’ area. On the ground floor then the children’s rooms level, in the basement living and household. There are certainly more possibilities than "either or."

Best regards in brief

I am still missing a cross-section!

Me too, me too! And representations of the property, of course. At the moment, we are not enabled by any knowledge of facts to assess whether, for example, the garage can only be located on the Oberstraße side.

You don’t just design hillside houses with one normal extra floor without windows, but have options to offset the levels. [...] I read something about 8 meters and at the same time a 2-meter slope on the side; you should be able to get several garden levels out of that, right?

That, of course, presupposes the willingness to accept the property. Swedish house, tent roof: some prior constraints are already quite a heavy burden on the remaining planning freedom. Here, a single-story house with a granny flat is underpinned so that it can be placed on a sloped plot. To put it somewhat harshly, the hillside is foamed out with the granny flat. My late grandmother would have spoken of Pomeranian feet in French shoes at this point.

Cat breeding. Which would you like to breed?

I would plan the house as a single-family house without a granny flat. Spread over 3 floors and place the double garage next to the building.

Apart from that, take a look at the floor plan of the two-family house on the slope a bit further down. I like the solution of pushing the basement slightly forward. That might be something for you too. This way the granny flat is not darkened and the ground floor has a balcony. Place the stairs to the garden on the side behind the garage, so you don’t have to walk back and forth in front of the granny flat’s bedroom and part of the garden can be separated.

I actually meant with the question of how he would plan it.

The plot is only 18 meters wide. If I plan a double garage (6 meters wide) next to the house, the house will be too narrow. It was important to us to plan kitchen, dining, and living room next to each other. We deliberately decided to live on two floors to avoid living on the stairs. Which is inevitable when you live over three floors.

Pushing the basement forward would cause problems with the slope. Then you end up with half a floor (supporting it will be expensive).

The problem with the stairs is the 3-meter distance to the property boundary. That has cost us quite a few sleepless nights.

"Move walls on the upper floor, perhaps put the guest room in the basement room under the garage." I like that idea. However, that should be my room and I don’t want to be so far away from the action.

Just a basic question:

How far along are you with your plans? Have you only tinkered around yourselves so far or have you already had contact with architects or other professional planners?

In the first case, I would strongly recommend the latter for hillside construction [Hangbebauung]