Single-family house new construction floor plan design

Without measurements, it's difficult, but I believe the drawn-in furniture is depicted relatively small. This makes it look on the plan as if you have plenty of space, but the square meter indications rather suggest that the really important rooms will be quite tight.

In my opinion, the floor plan is only suitable to be thrown in the trash bin. For such "non-catalog floor plans" I would schedule an appointment with an architect :)

So, I know the "program" used to create the floor plan, and what bothers me about it is that you actually don't get an overall overview with measurements. I think the proportions are roughly correct. In the program, you can change the dimensions of each individual item, but usually, these fit quite well, at least when it comes to the sanitary objects. I agree with my predecessors that the upper floor is really strangely divided, children’s rooms under 12m² are, in my opinion, rubbish. Try putting a bed in your bedroom, and when considering the width and length, also think about the frame of the bed; don’t just take the pure mattress dimensions. Then you will see that you have very little space on the left and right. We now have 40cm on both sides of the bed, and I can tell you: you don’t want to crawl over the bed for the rest of your life (you want to grow old in your house, don’t you?). The basement is also not really well done. I recommend that you go to an architect or inform yourself for a loooooong time and possibly look at a few examples to get a feel for room sizes. Just look at where you are living now, how big the rooms are— all rooms—and then compare them with your floor plan and consider: - Are all the pieces of furniture we will need later (high chair, stroller in the hallway, dining space for 4 people) already included or would the rooms already be tight? - What is the situation in the hallway (enough space to come home as four without stepping on each other’s feet)? - Can we manage with just one bathroom now or will we already be clashing over time (the kids also have to shower almost at the same time when they have to go to school)? And really think carefully about whether you want a gallery. Think about sufficient soundproofing! This topic is currently being discussed in another thread. Maybe read up on it there ;)

Thank you very much for the feedback.

The template for the floor plan was a catalog floor plan.

The garage is not a problem.

I am attaching the upper floor with furniture again.

The problem with the children's room and the bathroom is the toilet, because the drain must be above the pantry so that the downpipe does not go through the kitchen. I also do not find this optimal yet.

I admit, without dimensions it is certainly difficult to assess, but I have not yet found a reasonable program.

Best regards

Jens

Otherwise, the gallery & the atrium are very representative & certainly visually nice to look at, but unfortunately at the expense of room sizes. Best regards

I find absolutely nothing representative about this atrium and the associated gallery. It’s simply a useless hole in the ceiling, nothing more. You don’t even have a “view” of the entire dining table. In a normal/classic floor plan, in my opinion, such an atrium has no place. But well, it’s currently trendy and apparently the money has to be spent.

Otherwise, in my opinion, there isn’t much to improve about the floor plan. The staircase might actually be an eye-catcher, “representative” and stylish on the ground floor, but upstairs it blocks everything.

GF: Lots of traffic space, little living space, little storage space, no storage/cellar replacement rooms (the boiler room is taken up by the technical equipment and the pantry is just a pantry), sound insulation for the technical equipment?, where does the wardrobe go?

And if I’m not mistaken, the sun (south side) is being blocked out?

UF: Again, a lot of traffic space, although partly used as an office (especially if you work from home, I’d rather have a closed room), small to tiny bedrooms (the children’s room with the pink floor is a joke), again no storage rooms...

Upstairs, the atrium could be closed off, the small children’s room placed there, the bathroom moved completely to the “bottom right” and an additional room created between the children’s room and the bathroom that could be used as an office. Then the floor plan might be somewhat better, but it’s still bad...

Overall, a lot of square meters but little living space. Is this open and modern building?

Thank you very much for the feedback.

You're welcome, and it was meant sincerely.

The template for the floor plan was a catalog floor plan.

The problem with the children's room and the bathroom is the toilet, since the drain has to be above the pantry so that the downpipe doesn't run through the kitchen. I also don't think that's optimal yet.

That's where the problem lies. You can't change a floor plan by "detachedly" moving walls back and forth. You have to see the whole picture. It doesn't help to move one room and then call it good. No, that has effects on other rooms, the aesthetics, usability, piping, etc.
So once again my opinion: throw the draft in the trash and go to an architect with the room program and the site plan. That doesn't mean you have to build with an architect.

I admit, without dimensions it is surely difficult to assess, but I haven't found a decent program yet.

Paper, pen, and ruler

Hi,

some feedback was already quite clear, hopefully you can handle the tone and you don’t grieve… ;-)

To be honest, I have to echo the same note, nothing works in that layout, it doesn’t function at all.

It may be that the builder says it’s feasible = buildable. But it’s not livable.

Tip:

Take a step back and really start with graph paper, pencil, and ruler.

The creative part of the work happens on paper; on the computer it’s “just” the refinement.

First, think about a basic room layout: “Which rooms do we want and how big should they be?”

Then transfer this list into a floor plan.

On the graph paper you can easily represent each square as 10 or 20 cm. For now, assume all walls are generally 20 cm thick, it doesn’t matter, it’s not about centimeters yet.

It’s also very helpful to draw and cut out a few beds, furniture, tables, stairs, bathtubs, and kitchen cabinets to scale. This way, you can “quickly and easily” furnish the rooms you just designed and get a good feeling for the sizes rooms need to be.

And don’t get stuck on the first draft, think outside the box, be creative, also draw complete nonsense sometimes. You learn even from sketches you later discard, and often “partial ideas” come out of them which can be used in other designs again.

And take your time, a good layout needs to mature!

Best regards,

Andreas