LeFy2023
2024-05-28 22:14:11
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Dear forum members,
we have completed a preliminary plan for our house together with a company and are now at the beginning of the detailed planning. Therefore, we would be very happy to receive suggestions for improvement, critical comments, further ideas, and tips regarding the floor plan.
Unfortunately, a site plan is not yet available, but the floor plans for the ground floor and upper floor at a scale of 1:100 as well as drawings of the house are included.
Thanks in advance!
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 700 sqm
Otherwise development according to §34 Building Code; in the neighborhood, almost all types of houses, sizes, stories, roof types, etc. are represented. A positive building preliminary inquiry for a two-story city villa up to 200 sqm is available.
Requirements of the builders
Style, roof shape, building type: flat gable roof, townhouse
Basement, stories: no basement, 2 stories
Number of persons, age: 2 adults, 1 child (1 year), possibly a 2nd child planned
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor: 150 sqm
Office: family use or home office? Home office for both adults, average 3 days/week
Overnight guests per year: parents-in-law several times a year
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: open kitchen if possible with cooking island
Number of dining seats: 4-8
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, one parking space including shed
Utility garden, greenhouse: possibly
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be:
- larger guest room on the ground floor with space for a double bed since the parents-in-law visit frequently
- guest room on the ground floor must also be usable as an office
- light-flooded rooms / gallery
- open entrance area with open rooms and view of the garden (a sightline)
- straight concrete staircase to the upper floor because of dogs and parking space underneath (built-in closets)
- office on the upper floor should be an additional utility room or laundry room
- facade stone gray with wood cladding elements
House design
From whom is the planning: planner of a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- very practical room layout and good size of rooms
- barrier-free access to guest shower on the ground floor
- additional storage space in the roof as storage binder
- lots of light through large windows
- laundry room on the upper floor near the sleeping/children’s rooms
What do you not like? Why?
- kitchen could be too small / cramped
- question whether passage to kitchen is necessary
- house entrance not barrier-free (also terrace exit not)
- the gray elements in the facade should be replaced by wooden claddings so that the house makes a special impression from the outside.
Preferred heating technology: heat pump
If you have to do without, which details/extensions
- can you do without: second washbasin in bathroom upper floor, round window in dressing room (can have another shape), cooking island if it doesn’t fit
- cannot do without: straight concrete staircase, windows, large sliding door, larger guest room, gallery, guest shower ground floor, walk-in showers, laundry room upper floor
Why did the design turn out the way it is now? for example
Individual first draft, so far without adjustment from our side. Explicitly desired were gallery, larger guest room on ground floor, storage space in the roof, and laundry room on the upper floor. This was implemented accordingly.






we have completed a preliminary plan for our house together with a company and are now at the beginning of the detailed planning. Therefore, we would be very happy to receive suggestions for improvement, critical comments, further ideas, and tips regarding the floor plan.
Unfortunately, a site plan is not yet available, but the floor plans for the ground floor and upper floor at a scale of 1:100 as well as drawings of the house are included.
Thanks in advance!
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 700 sqm
Otherwise development according to §34 Building Code; in the neighborhood, almost all types of houses, sizes, stories, roof types, etc. are represented. A positive building preliminary inquiry for a two-story city villa up to 200 sqm is available.
Requirements of the builders
Style, roof shape, building type: flat gable roof, townhouse
Basement, stories: no basement, 2 stories
Number of persons, age: 2 adults, 1 child (1 year), possibly a 2nd child planned
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor: 150 sqm
Office: family use or home office? Home office for both adults, average 3 days/week
Overnight guests per year: parents-in-law several times a year
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: open kitchen if possible with cooking island
Number of dining seats: 4-8
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, one parking space including shed
Utility garden, greenhouse: possibly
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be:
- larger guest room on the ground floor with space for a double bed since the parents-in-law visit frequently
- guest room on the ground floor must also be usable as an office
- light-flooded rooms / gallery
- open entrance area with open rooms and view of the garden (a sightline)
- straight concrete staircase to the upper floor because of dogs and parking space underneath (built-in closets)
- office on the upper floor should be an additional utility room or laundry room
- facade stone gray with wood cladding elements
House design
From whom is the planning: planner of a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why?
- very practical room layout and good size of rooms
- barrier-free access to guest shower on the ground floor
- additional storage space in the roof as storage binder
- lots of light through large windows
- laundry room on the upper floor near the sleeping/children’s rooms
What do you not like? Why?
- kitchen could be too small / cramped
- question whether passage to kitchen is necessary
- house entrance not barrier-free (also terrace exit not)
- the gray elements in the facade should be replaced by wooden claddings so that the house makes a special impression from the outside.
Preferred heating technology: heat pump
If you have to do without, which details/extensions
- can you do without: second washbasin in bathroom upper floor, round window in dressing room (can have another shape), cooking island if it doesn’t fit
- cannot do without: straight concrete staircase, windows, large sliding door, larger guest room, gallery, guest shower ground floor, walk-in showers, laundry room upper floor
Why did the design turn out the way it is now? for example
Individual first draft, so far without adjustment from our side. Explicitly desired were gallery, larger guest room on ground floor, storage space in the roof, and laundry room on the upper floor. This was implemented accordingly.