Single-family house with large open space - opinions requested

  • Erstellt am 2018-10-28 17:46:25

Maria16

2018-10-28 18:24:51
  • #1
Why should one use a roof terrace that apparently can only be reached by an external staircase? When one can simply use the huge garden instead?

The views, due to the many different roofs/gables, are not mine at all and I do not understand why one would subject themselves to the bathroom window in the facade position. The exterior appearance practically screams for a central window. I am well aware that then the bathroom would no longer work as previously planned.

But when I look at the overall package and also consider that despite the oversized plot the living spaces are rather north-facing... no, none of this is mine and I would start all over again, with the primary goal of better using the south side for the living areas and not for guest and WC and better redistributing the much, much space according to its functions (for example, the wardrobe would be too small and cramped for me, the dressing room too convoluted, the use of the dressing room as a thoroughfare questionable, the bed with a door at head height too uncomfortable...).
 

Maria16

2018-10-28 18:38:01
  • #2


Just because you have more space available doesn't mean you have to use it all. Especially if the result is "only" an impractical hut (I agree with Alex, the direction of the staircase will annoy you sooner or later), which places the main rooms in the dark north.
 

Snowy36

2018-10-28 18:43:51
  • #3
How often do you bathe and how often do you sleep? Your headboard of the bed is directly adjacent to the children's room, which disturbs us acoustically and shouldn't be the case with the size of the house, right? If the view is so great, give the children the room and put your bedroom where it’s not so nice. Children's rooms should not be directly next to the gallery, especially if the children are still small; if you sit downstairs, you wake your children up, that will be fun. I like the ground floor, the upper floor is not round.
 

ypg

2018-10-28 19:48:44
  • #4


You do that once... when you’re bathing, it’s usually dark outside... also like to keep your eyes closed



Yes, I agree... it’s too high. If only you could look into a nice gable, but no, a boxy room up there.





And a huge garden. What do you do on the roof terrace? Water trees?



I don’t like the garden view at all: on the ground floor, the wall/window ratio is off. On the upper floor, the offset window is a visual disaster. It causes eye strain



That’s added: I would consistently place the garage as edge development in the east and open the house to the south and garden.

Details: the access to the bathroom via the dressing room can be avoided and better to omit a door in the bedroom. Access to the bedroom via the dressing room, but direct access to the bathroom.
Turn the stairs.
Attach the terrace to the kitchen or dining area.
I also see the open space rather above the dining table, but I would only do that if the children’s rooms get a separate hallway and bathroom. There would be space with better planning. They would get ringing in their ears at night if the parents watch TV downstairs.

By the way, I find the architectural style good, even if I personally reject something like that
 

kaho674

2018-10-28 19:51:45
  • #5
Whoever has, has.
Finally, a proper design again and not scribbles.

Question: Does the garage have to be on the left side? Can't it be on the other side? So house and garage swap places? And does the monster have to stick to the house and create windowless walls? We built our garage next to the house. That way we have light all around inside the house. I can only recommend that. That would let the southwest sun into the living room. Honestly, I wonder how anyone can put a garage there? That is... I'd better not say. Ok, I just got a bit worked up there.

Child with ear against the bedroom wall. That’s delicate. I wouldn’t do that. Unless you’re really quiet...
That’s why I would also be in favor of swapping bedroom and bathroom. But also so that the only bathroom upstairs is centrally located for everyone. If Child 2 needs to go to the bathroom at night, they’ll have peed by the time they get there and wake everyone up on the way.

The vestibule thing is nonsense and I would leave it out. People did that when the old creaky doors were still drafty. Today the doors have airtight locks. Another dark room at the front is ugly, steals your light, and hardly brings any effect.

At first, I felt like the stairs would have to be turned. But I guess you want to walk along your open gallery at every opportunity. But that could get on your nerves after a while. Overall, the staircase solution is a bit inelegant in my opinion. All routes become eternally long because of it. The way to the bathroom is almost criminally long.

The elevations are partly botched as well. The bathroom window must be centered, for example, right? I’d rather give up on that monster shower than on symmetry in this spot.
The utility room window is also not exactly a hit. However, I don’t see a quick solution for that.

Otherwise, all the drawbacks of an open space apply. That the kids’ bedroom doors sufficiently dampen the noise from the living room – I consider that wishful thinking. The little ones surely wake up regularly because the TV is so loud, daddy throws the knives into the dishwasher so loudly, or the phone rings and mommy talks so loudly with her sister.

But I think the kids will get earplugs before the parents cancel the huge open space here.
 

ltenzer

2018-10-28 19:54:37
  • #6


Yes, big, the basement is bigger than we planned but a partial basement also has many disadvantages, plus we have some of the services/materials required for the basement construction available to us professionally. Hence the "too big" full basement. I don’t see the rest of the rooms anywhere as too big, can you give me an example? Children should also be able to play in the large living area.

Air spaces are generally a matter of taste, we like them.

The roof terrace would have a brilliant view; due to the topography, we can look down onto the village and the fields. In that direction, everything lies much lower than where we are. Hence that wish.

The too dark part of the hallway – you are right – still requires consideration on how to bring more daylight in there. The hallway next to it, behind the main entrance, is wide and spacious, what would bother you about that?

About the staircase: we wanted a straight staircase. The direction it goes is almost irrelevant in terms of walking distance; usually, we go from the living rooms upstairs. I thought it made sense to get quickly from the garage to the basement, because of groceries with beverage crates, etc.

Regarding the cardinal direction: we have a northwest plot. To get as much sun as possible in the garden, especially in the afternoon and evening, I placed the higher part of the house in the more eastern corner and attached the low garage that casts little shadow to the southwest. I couldn’t think of anything better, could you?
 

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