Is a 5-meter floor plan width too narrow?

Hello everyone,

we are interested in a very nice plot of land that is long but very narrow. Minus the boundaries that must be observed with the neighboring properties, the house can have a maximum width of about 5.50 meters. The length would be fine; up to 14 meters of construction would be possible. Only a single-story design is permitted, so no attic could be converted, and the total area would be about 150 sqm.

Our question is whether the width is too narrow and if it would feel like living in a tube? Does anyone have experience with that?

Thank you in advance for your assessments!
Regards, Anne

So I wouldn't put a bungalow on it. However, a house with one floor is also considered a house over 2 stories if the ground floor is larger than the upper floor. But I don't know exactly how that works. How many people is the little house supposed to be for?

Calculate with a wall thickness of 40cm, then of your 5.50m only 4.70 remain. At 5.00m, barely 4.20m.

Should the house be freestanding or built into a gap or at least attached on one side?

As a terraced or end-terraced house, something like this might still work, but freestanding it probably looks very poor. Something like that requires creative (individual) solutions. I like it clever, but that's probably not everyone's thing.

Thank you for the quick answers! We would move in as a couple at first, but are planning for family growth ;-) In total, there should be 4 rooms (living room and 3 bedrooms). The house is detached and I also fear that it would look somehow strange. Inside, for example, the kitchen and living room would then be lined up one after the other. It would probably have to be a creative solution. Does anyone know if, for example, with a conservatory it would be possible to fall below the 3-meter limit and thereby make the living room wider?

With a conservatory, one can actually often exceed the setback area. Usually by 0.50-1.00m.

But I just remembered, a friend of mine built such a narrow house. She has the entrance in the middle on the side and also a WC and staircase there. Then you go right into the living kitchen and left into the living room. Upstairs there are then 2 large bedrooms and a large bathroom. So it works, you just must not expect the typical single-family house floor plans.

Thank you for the tip. That sounds more positive than I initially thought.