Our floor plan for discussion

  • Erstellt am 2015-02-14 10:52:24

SirSydom

2015-02-15 12:56:33
  • #1
Restroom renovated.
 

Manu1976

2015-02-15 13:31:14
  • #2
90cm for the toilet is definitely too small. Just imagine you need crutches for some reason or think of your child during the potty training phase; then sometimes two people have to be on the toilet, and the child might even need to be changed in the toilet. A toilet should be at least 1.20 meters wide. Ours is like your planned layout and 1.30m wide, and I already find that borderline. A 30cm sink is also rubbish. After washing your hands, you'll spend more time cleaning than washing because the wall and floor (especially with children) will always be wet. The hallway at the entrance is wide enough, you can take 20cm from there for the toilet. I really like the bedroom-dressing room-parent bathroom solution - the 45-degree wall does not bother me in this case. Ok - kitchen-dining-living is a matter of taste. It wouldn't be my thing; I also find it a bit tight if I subtract about 3.50m each for the exterior walls and the TV wall for living and dining. I think the upper floor is fine as it is.
 

SirSydom

2015-02-15 13:50:06
  • #3
Thanks Manu,

yes, you are right about the sink. It does splash quite a bit. With two people and a child, we would probably use the toilet less (unless it’s really urgent) since the 5m walk to the bathroom is no longer feasible.
I will tinker a bit more with the storage room/toilet combination – maybe I can squeeze in another 20-30cm there.

Living room + dining:
Yes, I also find that it looks a bit cramped on the plan. On the other hand, it is 38m². Many living/dining rooms are smaller.
We are not fans of dark oak wall units :) a little storage space for some board games, odds and ends, books, and some decoration is enough.
 

Manu1976

2015-02-15 14:10:14
  • #4
The room size is okay. We only have 38m2 as well. But from the couch to the TV it’s only about 3.5m, meaning you sit quite close to the television. The same goes for the table. Let’s assume 1 meter table width + 60cm for the chairs on both sides, then there remains a walking space of about 70cm around the table. And then try to open a terrace door. That’s what I meant by too tight. :-)
 

Mycraft

2015-02-15 14:25:34
  • #5
Oh yes, 45 degree walls wherever you look... that would not be for me... 45 degrees always means... it doesn't work properly, so we just botch a wall in somehow...

90 cm is too narrow for a toilet... you are building new and not renovating a house from 1900, so better have a little less hallway
 

ypg

2015-02-15 15:59:21
  • #6
I do not like the proportions in the exterior views at all. Flat roofs for the extension and garage compared to the tall building complex. The ribbon windows on the front are again way too big, overall way too many window variants used.

Is the house supposed to be divided into 2 units later, or why is the staircase placed in a poor layout position? But I don’t see a separate apartment upstairs later.

Guest WC: have you ever used a sink with a depth of 30 cm? Or should I say: wetted? Comfort looks different — and maybe you should also consider that you might get visitors who are larger in build.

I love openness in a house, but if the postman can look at my sofa and I obviously stand with my back to the front door while working/cooking, then something was planned wrong here. There are hardly any partition walls. An effect podium wall doesn’t look good everywhere either and is supposed to fix a planning mistake here again.

I don’t understand how anyone can find these 45-degree walls attractive. Ultimately, they were created because otherwise it is not possible to connect the rooms (in the tight space of a terraced house it has its justification, but not in a spacious house). It also does not fit at all with the Bauhaus style, which is supposed to be recognizable from the outside?!

Basically, you can definitely build a nice single-family house on this plot — whether a 2-story, white plastered house with a flat roof fits into the surroundings, we cannot assess. For me, however, the site plan looks like old existing housing, so I exclude this case this time. Basically, you should commission an architect with the planning (or a general contractor), but it will probably be the case that you have to adhere to the neighboring buildings if there is no development plan!

What do the houses look like there?

asks Yvonne

P.s. if anything here overlaps with an old post, it is because I did not update before I started writing 3 hours ago :oops:
 

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