Floor plans (Frisian house) - Opinion wanted

Development plan/restrictions
Size of the plot 775 m²
Slope No
Floor area ratio 0.25
Floor space index
Building window, building line and boundary 3 meters
Edge building
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of floors 1 full floor
Roof shape no
Style no
Orientation none
Maximum heights/limits FH 8.50, TH 6.50
Further requirements

Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type Frisian house
Basement, floors 1 full floor
Number of persons, age 2 adults, 2 toddlers
Space requirements on ground floor, upper floor Total net 123 m²
Office: family use or home office? Family
Number of overnight guests per year 2
Open or closed architecture rather open, i.e. open-plan kitchen
Conservative or modern construction classic
Open kitchen, cooking island L-shape, open
Number of dining seats 6
Fireplace no
Music/stereo wall normal TV wall
Balcony, roof terrace no
Garage, carport double carport with shed planned
Utility garden, greenhouse no
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be

House design
Who created the design:
by us together with the developer
What do you especially like? Why? Hallway with niches
What do you not like? Why? nothing
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, excluding fittings: 230,000
Preferred heating technology: gas heating KFW 55

If you have to do without, which details/extensions
-can you do without:
-can you not do without:

Why has the design turned out as it is now? our wishes
Standard design from the planner? no


Hello

We are planning to build our dream house in summer 2019 - a solid Frisian house with approx. 123 m² according to WofV.

We put together the floor plan from many different impressions, reference property visits, internet research, etc. It was important to us that..
- Open-plan kitchen/living area
- small niche in front of the guest WC for an open wardrobe
- guest WC with window
- only one window on each of the two sides of the front
- the heating goes into the niche of the utility room
- niche under the stairs for a built-in cupboard, which is to be equipped with louvered doors, for shoes, jackets, etc.
Though I am unsure about the width and the appearance, because it protrudes under the stairs and should not directly touch the wood. Currently planned: 120 cm width, considering whether narrower at 100 or 80 cm.

- In the kitchen, on the wall where the niche protrudes, there should be 3 kitchen units up to ceiling height, one fridge-freezer combo, oven and broom cupboard, then the kitchen goes around in a U shape.

For the upper floor it was important that enough light falls into the shower (with shower tray), the washbasin is on the wall of the shower, and we want niches in the shower and above the bathtub.

We thought for a long time whether a dressing room or office/guest room should go in the middle upstairs, or two equally sized children's rooms in the upper area...
Then we decided that the two small rooms are enough for the children and we prefer to have one large room, where on the left there will be an "open" dressing corner and under the roof window a secretary desk.

The upper floor hallway will not have a gallery and will not be fully built up to the Frisian gable, it remains an open gallery, which we imagine very nicely. The argument that space for storage is lost does not count for us because the house is large enough.

Do you have any suggestions for improvement or concerns that any of this might not work as well in reality as we imagine?

Thank you in advance for your suggestions and tips.

Kind regards
the future homeowners

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a solid Frisian house with about 123 m² according to WofV.

not exactly spacious, but it might be enough.

- the heating goes into the niche of the utility room

I don’t see it that way. The heating system needs maintenance sometimes, the heating technician won’t like that!

- niche under the stairs for a built-in closet, which is supposed to be fitted with louvered doors, for shoes, jackets, etc.

Keep in mind that above the word “Diele” there is only the staircase and therefore the storage space underneath is 2 meters high.

The argument that space for storage is lost does not apply to us, as the house is big enough for us.

Yes, you don’t have that at all.

Whether the parents' bedroom or the children's room is more important is something you have to decide yourself - I wouldn't distribute it that way.

Exactly the heating, that won't work - at what point do the pipes enter the house? Not only does the installer have no space in the tight 90cm, if the pipes are supposed to come in there, the heating may not be allowed there at all.

And with your groceries, do you want to go through the living room to the kitchen every time? Storage space for food and drinks for 4 people? We are also going to make a cupboard under the stairs, as big as possible, and there are only 3 of us. I know that they are building so small nowadays, but I find that very tight.

Washing machine in the utility room? Dryer or clothesline? Christmas decorations and stuff - or you live very spartan (which doesn't have to be negative!)

Would recommend removing the private data from the pdf.

Hey

Washing machine and dryer will go in the utility room.
We have the attic as storage space for decorations, which we want to completely cover with OSB boards, since the builder is only making a 10m2 walkway.
A double carport with a shed is planned in the long term, where there will also be some storage space.

We took the heating solution from a reference house of the builder and it seems to work there.

I myself grew up as part of a family of four in a 100 m2 house and find the huge houses of 140 m2 and up nowadays intense.

The built-in closet in the hallway will be 200 cm high and there will be a wooden panel or something similar at the top.

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