evil-e
2019-05-20 15:42:20
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Development plan/restrictions
Size of the plot: 560sqm
Slope: yes, ground floor 50% on slope
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Floor space index: 0.5
Building window, building line and boundary – no problem, as existing building with approved exceptions
Edge development: corner plot, northwest a neighboring house
Number of parking spaces: currently one garage
Number of floors: two floors + partially converted attic
Roof shape: pitched roof, extended/offset
Style: standard house
Orientation: northwest
Maximum heights/limits: ground floor ceiling 2.75m, upper floor ceiling 2.90m
Further requirements: none
Requirements of the builders
Style, roof shape, building type: renovation without significant intervention in the building structure
Basement, floors 2+1
Number of people, age: four persons (two adults, two children) + guest + AuPair
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: living/dining room + separate kitchen, two children's rooms, guest room + office
Office: family use or home office? Office
Sleep guests per year: AuPair and every 3-4 weeks 1-2 persons, exceptionally 3-4 persons
Open or closed architecture: open architecture, but if possible a closed kitchen, lots of light
Conservative or modern construction: preferably modern construction
Open kitchen, cooking island: closed kitchen
Number of dining seats: 6-8 seats
Fireplace: not mandatory
Music/stereo wall: not mandatory
Balcony, roof terrace: yes – use existing or extend in the 1st upper floor
Garage, carport: yes, garage and carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: not mandatory
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should not be done
House design
By whom the planning originated: friend architect, interesting is to swap the upper floor (previous entrance with foyer, living and dining room and master bedroom) with the ground floor. We like to put the children’s and master bedroom on one level and split the house into a public and a private area. We lost one room in the planning, which we do not like.
To be renovated are:
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: 380,000
Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment: 450,000
Preferred heating technology: still open – either gas + solar or geothermal – goal is a KFW 100 or 115 house.
If you have to give up, on which details/extensions
– can you give up: 3rd bathroom in the attic
– cannot give up: large living and dining room
Why has the design turned out as it is now? for example
Standard design from planner? Architect was given a free hand – we were not quite sure whether we wanted to put master and children’s bedrooms on one level
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? No wishes have been expressed so far
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Does it make sense to change the existing floor plan from 1960 – with entrance on the first upper floor with living and dining room and a secluded master bedroom – so that the public area moves to the ground floor and the upper and attic floors become a private area for children and guests (with a private garden)? Does the floor plan make sense or would you approach it completely differently?

Size of the plot: 560sqm
Slope: yes, ground floor 50% on slope
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Floor space index: 0.5
Building window, building line and boundary – no problem, as existing building with approved exceptions
Edge development: corner plot, northwest a neighboring house
Number of parking spaces: currently one garage
Number of floors: two floors + partially converted attic
Roof shape: pitched roof, extended/offset
Style: standard house
Orientation: northwest
Maximum heights/limits: ground floor ceiling 2.75m, upper floor ceiling 2.90m
Further requirements: none
Requirements of the builders
Style, roof shape, building type: renovation without significant intervention in the building structure
Basement, floors 2+1
Number of people, age: four persons (two adults, two children) + guest + AuPair
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: living/dining room + separate kitchen, two children's rooms, guest room + office
Office: family use or home office? Office
Sleep guests per year: AuPair and every 3-4 weeks 1-2 persons, exceptionally 3-4 persons
Open or closed architecture: open architecture, but if possible a closed kitchen, lots of light
Conservative or modern construction: preferably modern construction
Open kitchen, cooking island: closed kitchen
Number of dining seats: 6-8 seats
Fireplace: not mandatory
Music/stereo wall: not mandatory
Balcony, roof terrace: yes – use existing or extend in the 1st upper floor
Garage, carport: yes, garage and carport
Utility garden, greenhouse: not mandatory
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should not be done
House design
By whom the planning originated: friend architect, interesting is to swap the upper floor (previous entrance with foyer, living and dining room and master bedroom) with the ground floor. We like to put the children’s and master bedroom on one level and split the house into a public and a private area. We lost one room in the planning, which we do not like.
To be renovated are:
[*]Facade, sanitary, electrical, kitchen, roof and heating
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: 380,000
Personal price limit for the house, incl. equipment: 450,000
Preferred heating technology: still open – either gas + solar or geothermal – goal is a KFW 100 or 115 house.
If you have to give up, on which details/extensions
– can you give up: 3rd bathroom in the attic
– cannot give up: large living and dining room
Why has the design turned out as it is now? for example
Standard design from planner? Architect was given a free hand – we were not quite sure whether we wanted to put master and children’s bedrooms on one level
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? No wishes have been expressed so far
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Does it make sense to change the existing floor plan from 1960 – with entrance on the first upper floor with living and dining room and a secluded master bedroom – so that the public area moves to the ground floor and the upper and attic floors become a private area for children and guests (with a private garden)? Does the floor plan make sense or would you approach it completely differently?