Small Bungalow Floor Plan - Optimization Potential?

Thank you @11ant for posting your answer again.

You're welcome, unfortunately I already have some practice with that.

From Golfi90's post history, I gather that where the hot water tank is located in the roof upstairs, there should be a bathtub downstairs on the ground floor. Is that so? Or was that an (insider) joke?

Even my memory is overrated: I don't know offhand where his bathtub is located. And I believe everything that is written here – I have no time for control house visits at the questioners' places*. There are few insider "jokes" here, only insider-evergreen-smile hints like the one about the "Princess and the Pea countless times back and forth" thread by or the piano and the zigzag wall by or the like. To my recollection, Golfi90 simply divided his technology in such a way that only every blue moon some clutter visited by the maintenance technician is banished to the attic, and the space-consuming stuff in the living floors is limited to the house systems and their risers to "boiler & co."

*) although, to my recollection, he lives in the same development as another user, so a visit would be efficiently possible once

You will find a bungalow builder (though with a multi-person household) here most suitable for you in @motorradsilke

I was rather thinking of . . Man, what was his name again, the one who built a semi-detached house or four-family house with his brother, where he himself lives in a small sufficient unit. .
, you surely know who I mean. I'm not so good with names.
He had also created a nice small all-purpose room. I had even planned the kitchen for him.

Save yourself the lowering of the roof, build a gable roof with a 38° pitch and accommodate the technology in the attic, then you can significantly reduce it on the ground floor and only have the house entries in the utility/household room.

I don’t know if that fits the good & affordable construction. The cheap bungalows get a cold roof. The intermediate ceiling is made of wood and not as load-bearing as one would wish. Besides, it’s about noise insulation.

I have no association with the word "baracke" (shack).
There are many one-story houses with a flat gable roof that come across as very elegant by clever arrangement of, for example, windows or a front garden. With appropriate equipment, which doesn’t have to be expensive, one can create a small gem – you don’t need a roof that not everyone has for that. Moreover, in the price range of €250,000-290,000, it unnecessarily drives the costs up.

Regarding the designs
I only looked quickly.
Even if you use little space and are modest, one should observe one or two rules in the planning. For example, plan the wardrobe behind the door instead of having to walk into it (that makes the room more spacious) and not necessarily have to look from the kitchen into the toilet or bathroom.
Even if it is going to be a small house – it should function – if not even better than a single-family house of normal size.

I was rather thinking of . . Man, what’s his name again, the one who built a semi-detached or four-family house with his brother, where he himself lives in a small, sufficient unit. . @11ant, you surely know who I mean. I’m not so good with names. He also created a nice little all-purpose room for himself. I planned the kitchen for him.

Oops, I linked the "wrong" Golfi90 thread in post #11 in this sense, in it says:

[...] also there was a – unfortunately disappeared – thread here where someone built a four-apartment semi-detached house with his brother (with a roughly centrally positioned technical room built on).

... which means the thread by . I currently couldn’t "restore" your kitchen for him, since the pictures from that thread are on the hard drive of a decommissioned computer. But that wouldn’t seem suitable for the OP here either.

I don’t know if that fits into good & affordable construction. The affordable bungalows get a cold roof. The intermediate ceiling is made of wood and not as load-bearing as one would wish. Also, it’s about sound insulation.

That made me think of , who is not suspected of wasting, whose bungalow here as a counter-example would be about 108 sqm too large if I recall correctly. It is equipped with a deliberately "steep" 35° hip roof instead of 30° for headroom, which was subsequently upgraded thermally to prevent paint buckets from freezing. Therefore, overall I consider a 38° gable roof appropriate here. I have no concerns about load-bearing capacity but would possibly not see a price bomb in partial reinforcement or a concrete ceiling above the HAR/utility room. I consider a full-fledged staircase (like at Nordlys) or, if I recall correctly, a space-saving staircase (like at ) dispensable here.

There are many single-story houses with a flat gable roof that look very elegant due to clever arrangement of, for example, windows or front garden. With appropriate equipment, which doesn’t have to be expensive, one can create a little gem – no need for a roof that not everyone has. Especially since it unnecessarily drives costs up in the range of €250,000–290,000.

With an open ridge gable like at , for example, yes.

.. which is what the thread by @i_b_n_a_n was referring to.

Exactly! But I also had to delete the draft (Insider)

That made me think of @Nordlys, who is unlikely to waste anything,

And I also thought of him during a short break while pondering about i b n a n. Small, practical house, but not matching the needs of .

With a ridge open like @Nida35a’s, for example, yes.

No, exactly that doesn’t have to be. An open ceiling also costs, 10 years ago we paid about 5000€ more for a room of around 22sqm to be open (ridge open) upwards. Whatever...
A bungalow with a completely normal gable roof doesn’t have to have a barracks character.

then you have a great garden feeling and like to look at your house.

You can also have that great feeling with a house where the eaves face the entrance and garden. My favorite bungalow is the 70s house of my aunt and uncle – much cozier because of this orientation than looking at a tall gable, which by the way I also have towards the garden. Because we were not allowed to build otherwise.

Exemption for gable roof at 30 degrees? Bungalow

I can well imagine that it won’t be exempted because the house will disappear visually between two-story houses. The municipality will probably refer to their development plan.

250,000-270,000 euros ready to move in without foundation slab,

Don’t forget the costs for the foundation slab as well as additional construction costs. Mathematically you’re then roughly at 380,000€.

Construction type: exactly as the general contractor you trust wants to build.

Even if you only need a small area and are modest, you should still observe one or two rules in the planning. For example, plan the wardrobe behind the door instead of having to walk into it (this makes the room feel more spacious) and not having to look from the kitchen directly into the toilet or bathroom. Even if it’s going to be a small house – it should work – if not even better than a normal-sized single-family house.

Oops, okay. Unfortunately, I don’t know any planning rules yet, thank you very much for your input. My main concern was that there is a large living area facing the garden, that the bedroom is not next to the utility room, and that the room sizes are reasonably fitting.

Don’t forget the costs of the foundation slab as well as the incidental construction costs. Mathematically, you’re looking at around €380,000 then.

Yes, thank you, I have that in mind. Hence the “low” house price.

I have nothing to say about the word “shack”. There are many single-story houses with a shallow gable roof that come across very classy through clever arrangements of, for example, windows or front garden. With appropriate fittings, which don’t have to be expensive, you can create a little gem – no roof that everyone has is necessary for that. Especially since in the price range of €250,000-290,000 it unnecessarily drives the costs up.

I actually have nothing against shacks, Nida35a brought up the term. I find a normal gable roof on a bungalow totally ok. Only the roof pitch bothers me a bit. The standard houses often have hipped roofs and if there is a gable roof, it’s with significantly less pitch than 38 degrees, unfortunately. So there will definitely be extra costs if they can even do it at all. Regarding exemption, I have feelers out with two town council members (we all know each other here), they didn’t sound opposed. But whether it will pass remains a gamble… That’s why I found the idea of 11ant so appealing, to move the technology upstairs, then the high roof wouldn’t be quite so pointless. But whether that really fits with a standard house is questionable. It’s also unclear how to get the equipment up the folding ladder.

An open gable looks great and is an eye-catcher, I think, but at the same time I would probably feel a bit “lost” in it and I share the opinion that it would probably be associated with additional costs.

Construction type: exactly as the trustworthy general contractor wants to build it.

I have to find that first, that’s really a challenge.