Single-family house - Captain's house - 150m² - New construction - Tips needed

Thank you, we tried again to narrow it down more precisely and came to the conclusion that basically the four of us can always eat at the large dining table (if the path is not as far as in the first draft!) and such a counter area would certainly be nice for a quick breakfast, then 3 seats are sufficient.

I actually mean the idea without looking at this draft. Only when you know what you want should you plan the kitchen, dining, and living areas accordingly. After all, there is also the option of an open kitchen and a separate living room. I would also try to move the dining table a bit closer to the kitchen and/or plan the counter as an extension of the island, e.g. as an 80x80 table in bar table style or 72 cm height. There are many more possibilities than this bar variant. Usually, the high chair is hardly used in everyday life.

Two utility room doors are unnecessary: one should look into better using the slope under the stairs for dressers and cupboards.

Oh, we don’t really spend long mornings sitting in bed anyway At the moment we have 77cm between bed and cupboard and I find it optimal that I...

I actually mean the fridge-freezer height. I am currently sitting in bed while writing this: in a comfortable bed with box spring height and rather curved back. In doing so, I feel about 15 cm smaller than the fridge-freezer, which is approximately 125 cm. For your fridge-freezer, I would have to a) have a different bed b) not be able to sit in bed in the morning.

Here I treat myself to French balconies for my darlings.

View for the knees under the desk?

Outlook for the knees under the desk?

Desk? Don’t you have any pictures in #12? There is no desk by the captain there. It is not furnished at all yet. But of course I won’t put the desk in front of the French balcony.

But of course I don't put the desk in front of the fr. balcony.

With children who are half captains, however, it ends up there so often that I already suspect a special magnetism behind it.

Hello,

sorry that I haven’t been in touch for a few days, I have been talking to the architect on the phone every day this week and working on the floor plan. We have to finalize it by Wednesday.

I somehow find this house width neither fish nor fowl. It’s too narrow to align the living room but actually also too wide because a lot of useless space is created in the middle that the living room lacks. The layout of the kids’ rooms upstairs is a mess and that hallway is just not okay at all.

If it were mine, I would go for more width and bring all the living rooms on the ground floor to the terrace (same floor area = cost-neutral). Along with a proper pantry, a bathroom with an extra shower for the dog or dad (), as well as a utility room. Upstairs proper kids’ rooms sharing the captain’s room and thus bringing southern sun into the rooms. Here I would treat myself to French balconies for my darlings.

Since there is no room for the washing machine anymore, there will be a laundry chute down to the utility room as compensation. From there there’s a door directly to the drying area. Four meters of closet space in the bedroom provide enough room for a suit and ball gown.

The narrower house also makes the garden bigger right away.

Thank you very much for the suggestion! That looks very good. Unfortunately, the architect resists making the living room wider since she fears the ceiling would have to be made completely thicker because of the statics. Does anyone know anything about this, also regarding additional costs? We haven’t been able to get a statement from the construction company yet without the structural engineer having checked it.

In case this was misunderstood here, we also want to put shelves in the utility room where food is stored. You can see it in the new floor plan (original dimensions). The “tube” in front of it is wide enough for us, similar space is currently available in the apartment in front of it and it’s sufficient.

We would like to have the washing machine upstairs next to the dryer on a pedestal.

We have taken on the tip about sharing the captain’s gable upstairs.

The architect said that with a heat pump the heating circuit distributor might have to be 1.10 m wide!?

I would also pull the dining table a bit closer to the kitchen and/or plan the counter as an extension to the island, e.g. as an 80x80 high table or 72 cm high. There are many more possibilities than this bar variant. Usually the high chair is hardly used in everyday life.

Currently we always have breakfast at our bar table anyway. I will get advice at the kitchen studio tomorrow about what possibilities there are.

Two utility room doors are superfluous: one should take a look at better using the slant under the stairs for dressers and cupboards.

We had thought about that too, but on the one hand I want the passage to the kitchen since the utility room is also a pantry substitute. And if I imagine the utility room is also used as a side entrance with dirty shoes etc., you often still have a jacket on that has to go to the wardrobe or you want to wash your hands in the bathroom.

Actually, I mean the fridge height. I’m sitting in bed right now while writing this: in a comfortable box-spring height bed with a rather curved back. I feel about 15 cm smaller than the fridge, which is about 125 cm tall. With your fridge I would a) need a different bed b) couldn’t sit up in the morning.

I don’t really understand the height issue, but maybe it’s resolved with the new plan anyway? I can’t remember ever sitting in bed with my laptop in my current apartment; I prefer the couch.

Regarding the new draft:
As mentioned, it’s probably difficult to get the living room wider because of the statics. The furniture in living/dining and kitchen is not right.

I initially rearranged the square storage/WC/wardrobe to make the storage room (then as guest room) wider (WC into the house corner, wardrobe in front, storage room between living room and the hallway WC/wardrobe), but that doesn’t fit with the pipes upstairs. Then the ventilation pipe would either be in the middle of the exterior wall of Kid II or if the sewer pipe/WC is put in the corner, a complete channel would have to run along Kid II’s wall, since the washing machine still needs a drain going down. An extra drain pipe going down from the washing machine would, with the guest WC in the house corner, run through the anteroom in front, so the hallway would have to be wider again and the storage room narrower again.

The upper floor looks okay for me so far. However, there is also the sewer pipe problem in the bathroom. The pipe from the sink can apparently only be routed to the front at the window without an obvious box. That would result in the kitchen corner downstairs. Routing it to the toilet would be too far and would result in a pipe box along the window.

The furniture in Kid I and Kid II are not placed optimally in the drawing; I don’t think we need to discuss that, I’m sure it can be improved.

The problem is, we are running out of time as we are flying on Wednesday for a 3.5-week vacation and would like to have the floor plan fixed beforehand so as not to lose too much time.

Thank you very much for your help!

Thank you very much for the suggestion! That looks very good. Unfortunately, the architect resists making the living room wider because she fears that the ceiling would have to be made completely thicker due to the statics. Does anyone have experience with this, also regarding extra costs? We have not yet received any statement from the construction company without the structural engineer having looked at it.

We have an even longer house width (11.65m) and also such a continuous room like you. Our ceiling thickness on the upper floor had to be increased from 18 cm to 22 cm because of the statics. Additional costs were about 1000€. I find that okay. Whoever wants more has to pay more.

As said, the living room is probably difficult to make wider because of the statics.

As said, it should be no problem with a slight increase in ceiling thickness.

The furniture in living/dining and kitchen is not correct.

Can you mark it? Where should the sofa stand? In front of the floor-to-ceiling window?

The upper floor looks ok to me so far. However, there is also the problem of the downpipe in the bathroom. The pipe from the washbasin can probably only be led to the front of the window without an obvious box. That would result downstairs in the corner of the kitchen. Going over to the toilet would probably be too far and would result in a pipe box along the window.

A downpipe in the kitchen I find really bad. You see that every day. Can't it be extended a bit further? Yes, maybe you do get a pipe box there, you would have to see how far you can hide it, maybe leave out the screed or so...