Preliminary draft floor plan of a single-family house with double garage, feedback

60k€ ancillary costs are probably set too low as well.

A huge amount must be absorbed there. The neighbors to the south have the open broad side of the basement as well as the two additional floors in front of them, if I interpret the drawing correctly. So 9 meters. That should actually trigger more clearance area than the 2.50.
The driveway is on the north, right?

Hello,

I assume there are several roof windows (e.g. in the bathroom and above the stairs) and also windows in the exterior walls of the bathroom and bedroom.

The children's rooms are actually quite narrow, a desk also has to be placed by the window. One possible solution would be a "zigzag wall" between the rooms, with niches each closed off by built-in cupboards. This way, no space behind the doors needs to be reserved for cupboards and the bed can be placed towards the front. Of course, this reduces the maximum cupboard length, but 260 cm for children's rooms is, in my opinion, more than sufficient.

I would eliminate the dressing room and provide a classic bedroom with a cupboard (possibly using the cupboard as a room divider if necessary). Instead, a children's bathroom or at least a separate toilet and a bathroom without the latter.

Omit the basement and instead extend and redesign the anteroom until the end of the house and to the minimum permissible boundary distance. Then there is space for the toilet, a pantry with access from the hallway, and a technical storage room. For this, space could also be taken from the garage.

Then it could also work within the budget. With a basement that will never be enough.

Best regards

Hello everyone,

thank you very much for taking the time and for raising your objections so quickly and in such numbers. Even if there is some sarcasm here and there.

We ourselves also had a few doubts about the draft, which are now being confirmed. However, the plan was really created by an architect and not just copied, even though many requirements and ideas came from us, which may also have influenced how the plan turned out.

Basically, the plan is still in the detailed phase and serves to request offers from possible builders. Exactly where which window will be located is not yet determined, nor how the bathroom will be arranged.

Regarding the elevation/orientation. The biggest slope is located in the southwest of the plot, which would of course be good for the basement. However, we want to have as much open space as possible in front of the house and as little area as possible behind the house in the east/north. That is why the house was placed as far northeast as possible. In any case, we can only lay the driveway in the northern area of the plot towards the west. In addition, there are very nosy neighbors in the southeast, see the plan [Baugebiet]. The existing house with number 1.

Regarding the pantry/kitchen. The pantry should have direct access from the kitchen, this was explicitly requested by us. Access from the hallway is secondary for us. The kitchen island is still too large at the moment, I completely agree with you.

Topic costs. We plan to carry out various tasks ourselves and have qualified personnel for this. Still, thank you for your assessment here as well; we will review the cost planning again. Besides the basement, what do you think is driving the costs up here? We are located in Bavaria but not in the southern area and far from metropolitan regions.

Finally, a key question. From your point of view, is the draft still salvageable with various adjustments, or should it be started from scratch again? A start of construction desired by us this year would of course no longer be feasible.

Best regards

Is the draft still salvageable from your point of view,

If you would just comply with the orientations on the property as requested? That is the be-all and end-all at first. From my current understanding, that has failed.

If you would comply with the alignments on the property as requested? That is the be-all and end-all for now. From my current understanding, that has failed.

Do you mean an elevation cut of the property and the house?

Basically, the plan is still in the detailed phase and serves as a request to potential developers.

On your property, the "general contractor" would be called that, and in case of a desire for own contributions, possibly even specifically a shell construction GC.

Finally, a guiding question.
From your perspective, is the design still salvageable with various adjustments, or should it be started over from scratch? A construction start desired by us this year would of course no longer be feasible.

Precisely because the question is guiding, it should be asked accordingly early. An orientation inquiry (> setting the course) should be started in the > resting period between > Module A and service phase 3 – so not only at the discussion stage shown here, but already with the preliminary drafts (just as you would also use them for the preliminary building inquiry).