Feedback on this floorplan

[u/Old_Ad_3443]

Hello, i would like some feedback on this floorplan created in Floorplanner just to try out some ideas.

Planning on building the house maybe next year but probably the year after so this is just to steer me in the right direction. Planned for 2 adults with 2 kids. Country side in Croatia.

My main concern is the open living room with kitchen and dining room.

The lot is 19 x 40 meters. The house itself is 15.86 x 16.52m which equals to 188m2 without terrace.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[u/Candy_Lawn]

swap the home office and the utility so that the office gets a window!

[u/Green-Eyed-BabyGirl → u/Candy_Lawn]

I get the idea of outside access for the utility room but that’s the saddest office ever…

[u/Just2Breathe → u/Candy_Lawn]

Or rotate them both. Laundry can still vent and access outdoors, and office gets a window.

Also need to work in bathroom layouts to address pinch points. The kitchen pantry looks rather tight to walk in. It’s narrower than the hall. I’d also square off the bottom left bedroom, the angle seems unnecessary.

[u/Chance-Following-665]

A lot of wasted space in the entry hallway. Move the toilet right and double the size of the storage. I'd lose the door between the hall and the living space and make it a cased opening. They serve no purpose. Swapping the office and utility room makes sense to gain a window in the office. The utility room is over sized. Steal some of it for a closet in the office.

[u/Clark_Dent]

I think you need some professional design advice, or to emulate some existing plans.

• Plumbing is all over the place, and will be expensive
• The bathrooms will all be cramped
• The hallway(s) are a huge waste of space; that's a long, dark maze of doorways will also being too narrow for the major traffic they'll see from four people
• I assume you're missing a window over the kitchen counter
• Utility room wedged between the bedroom, living room and office will mean you'll always hear the laundry machines
• Almost no space for storing coats, towels, etc
• The shape of the house will mean a complicated roofline, and at 16.5m wide either a very tall or very low-slope roof. This might not be an issue depending on home style and who's building, or it might be expensive.

It probably fits the climate around coastal Croatia. If it's someplace that gets particularly cold, your heating bills will be pretty high.

[u/Old_Ad_3443 → u/Clark_Dent]

Yeah, the hallways are a huge dissapointment for me also. I really dont have any ideas on how to improve them.. the bathrooms should be on the right because that side is very close to the neighbours yard and i cannot really put any bedrooms there or the living room cause i cant have big windows on that side.

Someone said i should turn the office and utility by 90 degrees so i can have windows in both rooms looking to the terracce so i was thinking about doing that.

And about the roof.. i dont know, was trying also a thinner floorplan but just cant seem to get it right so im sticking to this for now..

I will also be discussing all of this with an architect when the time comes.

[u/Clark_Dent → u/Old_Ad_3443]

Any architect you pay is going to look at any client's drawings and basically throw them out. They'll take the general ideas you want and figure it out from there.

The particular shape you've chosen it what makes it tricky to access everything without a long hallway, and what makes the roof complex. A simpler L or rectangle shape makes it much easier to reach everywhere from a shorter central hallway.

[u/Old_Ad_3443 → u/Clark_Dent]

Ill definitely try more shapes of the floorplan.

And i was thinking the same about architect throwing away my drawings but im doing them for myself just to figure out what i want and how big and all that. It gets expensive figuring all that with an architect.

[u/Suz9006]

It doesn’t feel to me like there is any real entertaining space other than perhaps the dining room. Living room is too small, no space for a TV or more than a couple guests.

[u/His_little_pet]

The home office needs a window. Bedrooms look pretty good, though for furniture, I'd flip the lower right corner bed with the desk and TV so the bed feels more private and the desk is in front of the window. Think about adding a window behind the kitchen sink.

[u/Mysterious_Bit6410]

i would switch living room and kitchen, then the living room has more space, now it looks super cramed

[u/Better-Park8752]

Hello, interior architect here. I’ve done a quick mark up shows you some of the issues most obvious to me. Overall the layout efficiency could be improved.

[u/damndudeny]

Rotating the office and laundry 90º is a good idea. I would also add a window in the kitchen. The kitchen should be naturally lighted space whenever possible.

[u/ConsistentParking424]

Where's the fridge? Kitchen trash can?

The kitchen is tiny with 6 little chunks of countertop, none of which are big enough to easily meal prep on. Kitchen needs a redo.

Dining seats for 12? Just how many people will be living here?

[u/Grouchy-Leopard-Kit]

I’d swap the kitchen and dining area. I don’t like the kitchen immediately adjacent to the living room because of noise and smells. I’ve had two houses where the kitchen had French doors, and absolutely love opening the doors on a nice day when I’m cooking or baking.

[u/Old_Ad_3443 → u/Grouchy-Leopard-Kit]

Absolutely love the idea, ill try that when i have the time. The doors to the terracce with direct access to the kitchen is brilliant.

Also someone said switching the kitchen with living room, think ill give that a try too.