Planning floor plan bungalow

Hello,

I have been tinkering for a few weeks now and have developed a floor plan that I would like to compare with your experiences in hopes of improving one thing or another. The room dimensions are not set in stone and can of course vary (especially the heating/utility room and bathroom).

So regarding the framework

We are planning a bungalow in the New England style. The size will be about 180 m2. One full floor without a basement so far. Minimal roof pitch. The house entrance is on the east via an adjoining veranda, terrace and living room on the west due to the property characteristics. Since we are not necessarily sun worshippers, the south side is rather neglected, but hopefully this will not be a problem due to the low roof pitch. Solar thermal tube collectors are to be installed on the southern roof surface.

I am still unsure about the size of the integrated garage. The same goes for the room sizes. It is difficult for me to judge whether everything is suitable for everyday use. We are planning two children in the future, each of whom will have a room of 14 sqm and a small children’s bathroom with a shower. So far, the two rooms are used as a guest room and a work/hobby room. The fireplace room should serve as a guest room in an emergency. I know it is a walk-through room but as mentioned it would only be an emergency solution. The floor plan is based on zoning, hopefully this is recognizable. I have planned floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors in the dining room to be able to extend the dining room in summer.

Certainly controversial is the size of the heating room. Since we plan a gas boiler with buffer, this could be tight. I had the idea of initially planning the utility room and heating room as one room and only installing a partition wall afterwards. The storage room (just a small storage space) could also benefit from a better location due to possible heat development.

The attached amateur drawing is only a draft and is drawn at 1:100 scale. I hope you can make some sense of it, otherwise I will draw the whole thing more clearly. I also have a digital 2D draft to offer, but unfortunately without dimensions and it is not quite up to date. I am not too harsh on my flimsy expertise in terms of construction planning and hope for constructive suggestions for improvement.

Looking forward to your opinions! Thanks

Hello,

I am a fan of these American houses and also like open living.
They also cannot do without slanted walls, niches, and corners, which can be quite charming with this style of construction.

Unfortunately, I have to spoil your fun with this design now, because just like here, the walls are not made of cardboard (Or are they there? :rolleyes:)
Draw everything with exterior walls, generally 30/35 cm for wooden stud walls, and interior walls 12/15 cm thick.
Plan a seating counter for 4 people, the dining table has good dimensions ;), a wardrobe with a depth of at least 60 cm, wardrobes likewise.
WC not smaller than 1.5 m², of course there must be space for sofas and TV. An armchair (for the fireplace) also needs 1 m², a kitchen countertop has a depth of 60 cm, please plan doors with a width of one (1!) meter, preferably also terrace doors. Then you can roughly come up with a good approximation!
One box = 50 cm.

When you have completed everything, compare the built-up area with the floor area ratio.

How big was your plot again? And the floor area ratio?

Regards, Yvonne

Edit: I would also place the children's room a bit more centrally and closer to the entrance... it can get very annoying in the long run if teenagers have to walk through the whole house with friends to get to their room.
That can be solved more elegantly.
In addition, the veranda at the front and back should possibly also be accessible from other rooms. If you are already exposing yourself to the costs, then they should also offer all the amenities :)

And, what I would generally do .. children's rooms facing south, and the garage/utility room etc. facing north. Of course, this also depends a bit on the site plan and building envelope.

Think about daylight spots. For a bungalow, a really great thing :). Looking forward to the next drawing, because I generally like the style. :)

Hey, first of all, thanks for your answers. As I said, the whole thing is an idea sketch and nothing concrete yet. An architect is supposed to work it out later. I just wanted to know if you generally like it. Regarding the questions:

The plot will be about 1300 sqm. The highlight of the property is in the northwest with a great view. I also thought about mirroring the floor plan, but for some reason my wife doesn't like it anymore then. Also, the adjacent street runs to the south. Maybe not ideal for children's rooms. I think you can't avoid the children running through the house. I consider a separated private area more important. I will try to upload the corridor map to illustrate the site plan of the plot.

So you mean integrating additional light inlets into the roof? I actually thought the large window front in the west would be enough? Where would you place them?

I think the final result will look quite different at some point. The fireplace room, for example, is actually a pretty dead space, as it is more or less just a passage to the private rooms.

The toilet next to the kitchen and the counter ... no, that's not nice.

You determined all the room sizes based on your boxes, and wall thicknesses were not taken into account anywhere. Your dressing room has a box depth measurement of about 175 cm .. with walls, one of them will probably have to be a 17.5 cm wall, so maybe just under 150 cm and a maximum of 200 cm of wardrobe space remain.
The bedroom now has a depth of 275 cm .. with the exterior wall and the wall to the dressing room added, there are a maximum of 230 cm left. Beds with frames are about 210 cm long.

The garage .. 500 cm deep without considering wall thicknesses. Modern cars then either won't fit in or you can't even walk around the car.