Floor plan of an accessible bungalow

Maybe you should rather be thankful somewhere that you don’t have to build a house for a disabled child. Hallways can be very expensive.


I don’t see anywhere, neither with nor with me, that anything is lacking or too tiny.
You are slapping down the drafts here with generalizations as if you don’t even look at them but just devalue them outright.
All the drafts are much better than your BU’s, who turns a 1 meter wide hallway into 1.50 and then calls it disability-friendly.

If our drafts were bad or had flaws, that would be worth mentioning. But you have to actually look at them first!

You complained to Kerstin that it’s not an angled bungalow. Now it is an angled bungalow with the dimensions of your BU, and your comment is not constructive.

Yes, it is difficult to accommodate your wishes or a family of four with disabilities on 135 sqm—but it works. You just have to open your eyes and think a bit flexibly. It won’t help if your family barriers spread into your minds.

I am sorry that you thought that way. I really did look at the floor plans and lived briefly in them [emoji128] [emoji1]
Maybe I should criticize it concretely and speak openly. But sometimes when something is obviously unacceptable, there is no need to go into detail. I didn’t mean it badly.
I have already thanked you once for the few floor plans you gave me, I will really do it again [emoji3].
If you don’t accept the proposals, sometimes you at least take ideas or criticize the floor plan planned by BU, it is also mostly helpful to improve it.
But if I really get a good plan, why should I reject it?

About your floor plans:
Sometimes the utility room, office or children’s room is very narrow and long, the kitchen is integrated into the hallway, or the kitchen, dining area and cozy corner are visible almost like a tunnel from the main entrance, or in one floor plan there is a room acting as a connector to other rooms and the bathroom. That means hallway and not room.

Regarding your floor plans:
Partly utility room, study or children's room very narrow and long, kitchen is integrated into the hallway, or from the main entrance you can see the kitchen, dining area and cozy corner almost like a tunnel, or in one floor plan there is a room as a connector to other rooms and bathroom. That means hallway and not a room.

Yes, that is at least something that can be explained to you.

First, I conclude that you do not like open living.
Open living is a way to make the most of limited living space by avoiding long narrow hallways and assigning that space to living rather than circulation areas. This creates a certain generosity. Let's not kid ourselves: 135 sqm is just enough and sufficient for 4 people, for wheelchair circulation and a lot of living space it is hardly enough.
You can put up a wall or separate a hallway with a door. However, that then becomes a barrier for your child. Who will open the door?
You can also design a hallway again, but it must be at least half as wide as normal.
Every corner, every bend, every door and every wall will be an obstacle. I have taken that into account now. And yes, I am not a fan of hallways, unless you can live in them [emoji6] I gladly admit that.
However, I have roughly always planned a 3-meter-long vestibule, and I don’t see any reason now not to plan the kitchen where it is. Do you want a 20 meter long house? In general, you want the kitchen to be nearby, right?!
A 2-meter-wide utility room also works. Ours is also 2 meters wide in the front area and has many cabinets along the walls. You cannot dance there, but you can do that in your communal area.
I have now squeezed your wishes into the shell of the angled bungalow. If I were planning freely, I would have given the angle 50 cm more on top, for example I would also omit a study. I would personally define my plan with the study in the upper right as a retreat that one of you will certainly need at times. That then with a closed door, I only considered 2 wall sections without a door or with a sliding door.

Well then: it is not your taste, but I was able to explain to you the reason why something was planned as it is now because of what you do not like.

However, I do not understand why you do not like Kerstin’s draft: it is classic, just as you would like it. Except not the angle, but a wider hallway and an angle on too small an area does not work satisfactorily.

I'm sorry that you thought that way. I really looked at the floor plans and lived in them for a very short time [emoji128] [emoji1] Maybe I should criticize it very specifically and speak openly. But sometimes when something is obviously unacceptable, you don't need to go into detail. I didn’t mean it in a stupid way. I have already thanked you for sending me a few floor plans, I really will do it again [emoji3]. If you don't accept the proposals, sometimes you take ideas or criticize the floor plan planned by BU, which is mostly helpful to improve it. But if I really get a good plan, why should I reject it? Regarding your floor plans: Partly the utility room, study, or children's room are very narrow and long, the kitchen is integrated into the hallway, or from the main entrance you can see the kitchen, dining area, and cozy corner almost like a tunnel, or in one floor plan there is a room connecting other rooms and the bathroom. That means hallway and not room.

Edit: I checked again: none of the rooms is narrower than 3 meters, except the office as explained... they are all relatively large rooms. 3 meters room width is a very good dimension. Unfortunately, in the last one, child 2 is only 2.80 meters wide, which is why I would widen the L. But even that can't be described as narrow. You are mistaken because I put all possible space into the rooms.

.. I believe the corner bungalow with 130 sqm, 1 master bedroom, 1 larger children's room, 1 smaller children's room and definitely 1 study is probably set. I find that together with

[*]a well-drivable hallway, sufficient hallway storage (which I do not see at all, for example, in the corner bungalow from Zizzi), [*]a living room that also gives a wheelchair user enough free space (which I also do not see in the corner bungalow under the assumption of realistic furnishing and not a 120 cm table and mini sofa), [*]a bathroom where I don't immediately end up with my feet in the shower area when I have to use the toilet

not feasible on 130 sqm. If I may refer again to my rectangular floor plan: Then even the marked work corner in the living room is so distinct that you could, if necessary, separate it with walls into a 2x3 m large office (which, according to Zizzi, would be sufficient). Nevertheless, the living room would still be far more usable than the approximately 6.25x6 m living room in Zizzi’s corner bungalow. Again, the remark that especially square multi-purpose rooms are always very difficult to furnish generously. You usually create more “furniture cabins” like in furniture stores, but no nice interconnected areas. Especially since I would like to point out again the carport situation, which is much more relaxed in the rectangular design. And Zizzi still has not explained how they imagine the rain-protected access with a wheelchair from the carport to their extra utility room entrance (I just mention the necessary ramp, since access will not be level with the carport floor level).

However, I don't understand why you don't like Kerstin's draft: it is classic, just the way you like it. Except for the angle, but a wider hallway and an angle on too small an area don't work satisfactorily.

1. The bedroom is right in front of the main entrance
2. There is no special private area
3. A room (child 2) is still missing. If I give up the study in Bu's floor plan, all other wishes can be realized relatively well.
In Kerstin's floor plan, I really like the kitchen and dining-living area.[emoji3]

Zizzi ... the entrance is on the side though and you live in the house. This is not a public building. However, in the GU floor plan, you would impose the non-privacy of the access directly in front of the entrance, which can be seen from the street, on your 2nd child. That's like a double tongue.

And, child 2 is included in my plan and just now I also explained how one can even make a separate room out of my intended work corner in the living room and still not lose spaciousness.

Moreover, the connection to the attic is always simple and problem-free because the hallway provides the space.