I would place the open space in an L-shape... that way you cover O, S, and W.
Yes, we have also tried that variant.
For us, this resulted in the kitchen ending up in the southwest.
That had the disadvantage for us of losing access and view to the garden from the kitchen.
We also liked the straight open space very much, which a friend of ours just built.
Additionally (depending on the season), there is the shadow of the neighboring house and the lost view from the kitchen into the garden.
Is that worth the afternoon sun rays?
This would also alleviate the width of 4 meters (too narrow for the length).
That is of course a point too; could a bay window help here?
Over 1/3 of the facade would be allowed.
Unusual and also not advantageous for the appearance is the orientation of the house combined with the mandatory ridge direction. I would not make the house deeper than it is wide, because the appearance would then suggest a semi-detached house.
This is again a point that gave me a lot of headaches.
We searched on Tim-online for various houses with 9x12 dimensions and our ridge direction and walked around those.
We found some, especially with dormers facing forward, which we quite liked. We also found some 8x12 ones, and that already looked very much like a half.
Our main building volume would be 9x11 now and would thus be quite moderated.
More width would only be possible at the expense of the carport due to the building window.
The maximum would then be something like 10x10 outer dimensions, where you often end up with townhouse layouts, which are often not so simple with a child’s room, right?
We also walked through some areas here and looked at carports and the cars in them, and since our house is also "squeezed" between the neighbor’s fence and ours, otherwise you can hardly open the doors, let alone get children in and out.
Another idea was wider in the front than in the back?
Also, a stair position on the ridge side makes more sense in order to gain a more advantageous access to the attic floor. It is also not very nice to enter the house and have a 3-meter-long stair side on the side.
You somehow reversed the natural house flow. However, I’m only looking on my phone now and currently have little time to go into suggestions in more detail.
A staircase to the north didn’t allow us to access the attic anymore.
Therefore, we tried to work with a central staircase.
With 9 m width, we then had big problems in the upper floor getting access to the rooms, as always a room is trapped behind the stairs.
Thank you very much for the long text on your phone!
- Washbasin under the slope does not work.
- I would never place a toilet in the middle of a house; eventually, you get a drainage damage and then that affects the whole house... Toilet on the outer wall under the slope.
- Shower width is overrated; depth brings advantages and comfort. No window in the shower...
What is meant by this? Is it allowed to place the carport with one side on the footpath?
I would probably experiment a bit with that.
If the carport stays where it is, I would set the house crosswise, entrance on the short west side, stairs to the north with panoramic window.
Additional terrace in the south and also in the northwest.
Sorry for the brevity; I hope it’s understandable.
We will revisit the bathroom planning again.
Stairs to the north are difficult with the ridge direction as mentioned; or do you mean some kind of central staircase?
Do you really use additional terraces when the children are playing in the garden? Usually, you sit there anyway, right?
I didn’t quite understand the idea of placing the house crosswise; I will try to think about it again this afternoon! oops:
Variant 1 would allow for a somewhat larger south garden and also a south terrace. This would be quite visible from the driveway at first, but there are options like hedges or a gate in front of the driveway. There is almost no west sun on the ground floor, certainly usable on the upper floor, although not so nice because of the view of the neighbor. I would probably choose this variant, access beside the garage, where there can also be a roof to get to the house dry. The driveway is quite long, therefore expensive, but the children love skating down it with the Bobby car...
Thanks!
In principle, we now have that variant.
The house is currently pushed as far back as possible within the building window.
The roof over the carport is already indicated.
The terrace could be redesigned though?
Variant 2 uses the separation by the neighbor’s garage to create a “protected” area for a second terrace in the northwest. This would certainly have nice light in the evening and little wind due to the protection. The main terrace would then only be to the east (as in your drawing), and the south side of the house would be quite close and prominent to the street. This way your carport would provide a screen towards the neighbor’s driveway.
We have so far found it difficult to create access to this terrace.
That would be through one of the rather northern rooms like utility room or guest room?
Do you need the parking spot in front of the carport? Otherwise, the carport could maybe really be placed directly in front of the house at the street.
We had thought about that too, somehow a second parking space for maybe a small second car or visitors would be quite nice.
If you go with the carport in front of the house, you might have to create a second one next to it.
Then the entrance to the house becomes difficult/not so nice.
Overall, we feared that the front view would then deteriorate even more and also create shadows from the south and west on the ground floor again.