Our floor plan design for an affordable house

Just stumbled upon this by chance. Great living room, or rather the size of the room. And again a nice proof that you can still build cheaply. But I have to say one thing, for me, on the first picture the upper window in the middle is left-aligned with the terrace door … why not centered? It would drive me crazy … maybe the perfectionist in me is coming through …

for me, on the first picture the upper window in the middle is left-aligned to the terrace door … why not centered? That would drive me crazy … maybe the Monk side of me is coming through …

the first picture is the guest toilet, there is no terrace door ;) …but I think I understand what your question is about… and before the OP appears again in half a year, I’ll answer the question: as you can see on the kitchen window on the front side, there apparently is a concept regarding the windows of a 1/3 and 2/3 division: 2/3 is fixed, the 1/3 sash can be opened. And you also find that in the middle terrace door. The outer windows on the long side are fixed windows. Possibly there are repetitions of the lower windows on the upper floor. It was also explained that the focus was on a small house footprint and not on baseless symmetry, for example due to the placement area where it is needed. If you go for symmetry in a house, quite a few square meters are wasted. So apart from symmetry lovers, there is no reason to follow this kind of design aid.

Meant in #314 the first picture ;)

Meant in #314 the first picture ;)

Ah… ok…! Yes, that could have been done. But everyone has a different Monk in them :D

I thank you all for the kind comments :), especially you, , we had quite a few disagreements in this thread ;).

: I also think we really built cheaply. I only have the comparison with my sister during the same period, who built a 160 m² single-family house with EcoHaus, thus somewhat larger, otherwise similar floor plan, similar materials, 1.5 stories with knee wall 1.30 m. I don’t know exactly where they ended up, but certainly around 300,000. And the construction was chaotic beyond belief. We were very lucky, my father-in-law not only managed the construction excellently but also sold some materials at good prices and we did some things ourselves (conceptual planning, construction management & contracting, underfloor heating, drywall, complete plumbing, installation of windows & doors with the help of a professional friend who didn’t want any payment...). I estimate that we saved at least 15,000 € that way.

I think it’s really great and coherent :) The shower process looks good, and everything else is anything but a makeshift solution. The kitchen and the tile backsplash are also nicely chosen (which tiles do you have there? I’m still struggling with whether our backsplash should be a white panel or tiles...).

Thank you :). The tiles in the kitchen and also the green ones in the upper bathroom are Kyushu from Colli di Sassuolo.

Just stumbled across this by chance. Great living room, or rather the size of the room. And again a nice proof that it is still possible to build cheaply. But I have to say one thing, for me, in the first picture the upper window in the middle is left-aligned to the patio door … why not centered? That would drive me crazy … maybe the Monk is coming through right now …

Right, the actual patio door is on the far right. The window on the upper floor is directly above the fixed glazing next to the patio door. I have to say, we fiddled around with the windows for a very long time. In the meantime, we had strict symmetry and total asymmetry (upper floor windows always in the gaps of the ground floor windows). My boyfriend wanted to align the windows only according to the function from the inside and disregard the exterior view, which I didn’t like at all. But maybe that would have been consistent. Eventually, we agreed on a middle ground and found it quite balanced. The window on the left upstairs is also narrower than the wide one below. We think it’s okay. In hindsight, maybe I should have made the narrow windows wider. They’re 1 m wide, the standard is often 1.13 (which was recommended to me here, but unfortunately I lost sight of it amidst everything). And you can definitely notice those 13 cm. In my sister’s house, all the windows appear noticeably wider.

especially to you, @ypg, we had quite a few disagreements in this thread ;).

True. But I think it was my concerns about the lack of privacy due to the compact open design with children? And definitely the missing patio door in the kitchen. Still, it’s always nice to see the house completed and lovingly furnished. That’s the thing! With money and pragmatism, you can plan a lot. But not emotions. Personally, I was convinced of all my ideas in my house… and in real life it wasn’t quite perfect when finished. But a loving and tasteful furnishing that fits well makes up for every little planning mistake. We don’t want that crappy perfectionism anyway, because it’s soooo boring ;)