Semi-detached house feasibility assessment ideas notes

Development plan/restrictions
Size of the plot: 327 m²
Slope: no
Site occupancy index: 0.2
Floor area ratio: 0.3
Building window, building line and boundary
§34 - 3m distance etc.
Edge development: Not relevant for the question
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 2
Roof shape: gable
Architectural style: modern
Orientation
Maximum heights/limits
Further requirements
The house itself is determined by the developer and therefore its dimensions, shapes and orientation can no longer be influenced (see floor plans). It is therefore only about the internal floor plans, layout and optimal use of space.

Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Determined by developer, see above
Basement, floors
No basement, 2 floors with converted attic
Number of people, age
Current: 2 adults, one child (8), two more children planned
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor
m² are given by the building (52.44 m² gross internal floor area)
Office: home office?
Number of overnight guests per year: 8
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen: yes, island only if it doesn’t become too tight
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: home cinema
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: no
Utility garden, greenhouse: later, not part of the question
Further wishes/special features/daily routine:
We still need storage space somewhere because no basement.
Extra shower bathroom because with 5 people later, mornings would be too congested, also with guests
Partner does not like "slanted" room doors, so rooms should always be accessible at a right angle (entrance to kitchen/living room is an exception (but there is no door there either))

House design
Who is responsible for the planning:
- Do-it-yourself based on a plan from the builder
What do you particularly like? Why?
6 rooms accommodated, extra shower bathroom included, managed a bit of storage space
What do you not like? Why?
Narrow bedroom, very small utility room (must be at least 5 m² according to builder), one room with many corners in the attic
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
300,000
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment:
330,000 (all in without exterior facilities, without incidental costs)

Preferred heating technology:
Air heat pump

If you have to do without, which details/extensions
- can you do without:
Storage room (then just as a shed?)
- cannot do without:
Second shower bathroom, separate office

Why is the design as it is now? For example,
Standard design from the planner?
Corresponding/which wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mixture of many examples from various magazines...
What makes it particularly good or bad in your eyes?

Self-modified planning proposal from the builder. Originally had only 4 rooms.

What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?

Is the floor plan even possible as such?
Have we forgotten something? Can it be made nicer somehow? According to builder, the staircase can be smaller, but the space probably has to be added to the utility room (according to builder, too small).
We are particularly concerned about the lack of storage space (no basement, no attic).
Where does one put all the stuff then (I don’t mean bulky waste, but things you don’t need all year round: inflatable boat and air mattress, Christmas tree, winter jackets, etc.)?

Site plan to follow.

Thanks and regards

Tolentino

Here comes the site plan. We hope to get the plan-right partial plot (i.e., the eastern one). The site plan is oriented to the north, unlike the floor plans. The yellow marked area is the pedestrian, vehicle, and utility right of way of the neighboring plot (two partial plots are planned there for single-family houses (same builder), which unfortunately we cannot afford.
Best regards
Tolentino

Sorry, the first picture (from the ground floor) is upside down. I don’t know why. Attached again, correctly oriented

Always draw furniture to scale. For tables, also consider the movement space. Your living area doesn't work. You need at least 80 cm wall to table edge and the same on the other side. Thus, at least 2.6 m for the table. Take a look at Town & Country semi-detached house Mainz.

Always draw furniture to scale. For tables, also consider the movement area.

Your living area doesn't work.
You need at least 80 cm wall to table edge and also on the other side. So at least 2.6 m for the table

Take a look at Town & Country semi-detached house Mainz

Thanks already for your answer.

I drew the floor plans in Sweethome3d, so I can enter exact measurements for the furniture. I hope the program then also displays everything at the same scale. I assume you mean the dining table. The table is 140*90; I can push it so that I have 80 cm on all sides. I looked at the Town & Country floor plan. It's already quite similar. However, the shower is missing in the guest WC and the studio also has to be through two rooms. I like the first floor; it doesn't look as cramped as mine. I have to try that without measurements...

At 80 cm it still means only very slim people can squeeze through.
That is still 2.5 m at 5 point something m internal dimension.

Try it with graph paper and a ruler. You don’t have to draw a table with 8 chairs, a rectangle of 3x2.5 m etc. is enough.

Basement really not possible? For 5 people and this small floor area it wouldn’t be a luxury. Your building services and laundry room are as big as ours, only the laundry. And that is the room where I say a little more would be good.