Semi-detached house feasibility assessment ideas notes

How does it look at the gable entrance side
Smaller living room facing the street and eat-in kitchen facing the terrace.

I had considered that, but so far I have failed due to lack of ideas. In my opinion, separating the living room and kitchen makes everything look even smaller and tighter. I would prefer an open-plan kitchen-living area, but I will play around with the idea.

Upper floor bathroom, 3 smaller rooms that can be used as an office or children's rooms

Well, that's how it is now, but with the annoying layout of the bedroom. Or what would you change there?

Possibly washer/dryer behind a door as often found in the USA.

Do you mean inside the utility room? Or somewhere completely different?

Attic parents with own bathroom and storage room

That will mean a bitter disappointment for the eldest; he always wanted to go into the attic...

There won't be more space. Only at the moment there is dead space in the dining/cooking area and a "relatively" large hallway

You probably mean the depth of the hallway or could the width also be altered? That would be possible, but wouldn't the hallway then be too narrow?

I have also criticized the empty space in the open kitchen-living area, but on the other hand, it actually opens up the space more. At most, one could extend the wall and move the opening further down. I have to try that.

I would not plan with 3 children's rooms + office. It works now without, and between the eldest and the third, if that exists, there are more than 10 years difference. How long do 3 children live in the house

I originally thought about that too. On the other hand, there are enough examples of children who are still living at home in their mid/late 20s. And then?
A separate office is a must for various reasons (which I will not explain here). If necessary, it can be 1 sqm smaller.

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Can a windbreak be added in front?
Hanse Haus added a windbreak to a model house in Oberleichtersbach. That really brought storage space.

No idea, I would have to ask, probably not cost-neutral.

Thanks already for the suggestions!

Have you already signed? If not, I wouldn't do it. The house is too small for 5 people.

No, I gratefully take note of your recommendation. I just don’t see an affordable alternative falling from the sky right now. I already mentioned that we live in Berlin. That’s not as bad as Munich yet, but on the way there...

What is the roof pitch?
Knee wall in the attic is 0?
Do you know the exact floor height? (not room height!)

- 38-45°, not finally fixed yet.
- I calculated 25 cm. I don’t know exactly.
- No, room height should be max 2.5m.

List exactly what technology has to go into the house. Where should it be? Water heater for 5 people – where is it located? Heating, fuse box, water connection – you don't seriously want to squeeze the washing machine in there too? Where is the dirty laundry? That’s absurd.

I can’t see anything in your pictures. White on white – make them colored.

Yes, everything you mentioned probably has to go in. I have now packed everything in and color-coded it. Everything fits. If there are any legally required safety distances, one has to check. How big is a water connection?

By the way, the BT guy suggested swapping the utility room and guest shower bathroom might help. What do you think? I don’t really believe that, as it's even smaller...

Thanks and regards

Tolentino

Hanse Haus has added a vestibule to a show house in Oberleichtersbach.

The plot ratio is probably already maxed out, so there’s nothing to be done there.

However, the living area downstairs won’t get any bigger if I plan one less room upstairs...

That’s why I wrote that the number of rooms is worthless if you can’t even meet together in the open living area because it’s too small.

That’s a point. Then it might make sense to also put the shower bathroom upstairs. With the consequence that standing room there will be lost again and the layout becomes difficult. Still better?

You know, that will certainly lead to immense additional costs. I also don’t see any benefit in building another shower bathroom upstairs when there’s already a shower a stairway down.

No district heating, I would like an air-to-water heat pump, the builder also offers a gas boiler, but I thought the gas boiler with water tank is definitely bigger.

That’s why I’m asking. The electrical box also requires an additional pit depth of 1.40 m (or similar).

Currently we live as three on 84 m² (with 2 balconies counted half). With the semi-detached house, it wouldn’t be less at full occupancy, rather more (somewhat difficult to calculate the net area here). So we’re more or less used to it. The biggest problem currently is that I don’t have a separate study, which would be available in the semi-detached house.

That’s naturally difficult. But a big family planning without sufficient living space available doesn’t really make sense either.

Where should one put all their stuff then (I don’t mean bulky waste, but things you just don’t need all year round: inflatable boat and air mattress, Christmas tree, winter jackets, etc).

You want/need to store things like that too.

I find ’s idea very sensible, to plan with separate living areas: kitchen and dining area as a family bustle open space, plus a TV room for relaxing.

That's why I ask. The electrical box also needs a fall depth of an additional 1.40 (or similar)

What does fall depth mean? That there must be 1.40m of clearance in front of the electrical box?

What does fall depth mean? That there must be 1.40m of clearance in front of the electrical box?

Yes, but it can also be 1.20. I don't know the exact figure. The electrician must have a possibility to fall.

hm... so we have a semi-detached house with roughly (!) 6.5*11.5 internal dimensions. No basement, converted attic with 42° roof pitch.
Slope on the 1st floor from uh about 0.9m.
Heating (gas with solar) and ventilation are under the roof.
Utility room on the ground floor with connection for a specific utility, washing machine + dryer, supplies are there and things like sports gear, extra chairs for visitors, extension cords, cleaning stuff etc pp.
Upstairs under the roof is a small storage room for suitcases and a few moving boxes with sorted-out stuff etc.
There are 3 of us and we won’t have more.
Additionally, we have a double garage with an attached storage room, where all the tools and garden equipment are, supplies that need to be kept cool, bikes, etc.

If I now think about it, if we had 3 children - phew.
Yes, that would be doable, then we as parents would be under the roof, and each child would have 1 room on the 1st floor.
The toilet on the ground floor would have to be bigger because of a 2nd shower. But that would be doable, then we would change the stair’s direction and thus have space for the shower.

If the kitchen was open to the living area, definitely NO island would fit, but then there would be a big table in the transition area, sofa on the other side.

So again: YES, that would fit for us - but we would have to restrict ourselves a lot and would have no more space for our own things.
Currently we have a guest bed and the man’s PC and soldering stuff in the attic,
and I have my sewing and crafting stuff on the 1st floor. That would all have to go then.
And no, I wouldn’t be willing to do that.
We wanted to (also) build so that everyone has space for themselves. Of course, you can live without your own room, and some adults might be fine with a laptop on a folding table in the bedroom corner. Hm.

I don’t know how you feel about that

Where does the remaining technology go in the utility room?
- Water meter )which must be accessible)?
- Telephone connection + space for network technology?
- Standard size electrical panel?