How to plan your single-family house floor plan
Good single-family house floor plans are not created on the drawing board but from everyday life. Before you think about facade and roof shape, you should sketch the daily routines: Where do purchases arrive, where does the living center form, how much retreat do the children's rooms need. From these answers it almost automatically results how the rooms are distributed on ground and upper floor. The classic among house floor plans separates day and night zone: downstairs the open living-dining-cooking area, upstairs the bedrooms.
The compact 100- to 120-m² floor plan forms the entry for couples and young families: an open living area, guest WC and utility room on the ground floor, two to three rooms and a bathroom on the upper floor. When the family grows, the path leads to the classic with 130 to 150 m² that includes three children's rooms, a parents area and a second bathroom. Those who work in the home office gain significantly more quiet with a separate office on the ground floor. Large families and multigenerational households calculate with 160 to 180 m² and two full bathrooms.
When it comes to the layout, the price often determines the feasibility. Compact, rectangular building bodies with small external wall area are the most favorable, angled forms with bays and dormers increase the price per square meter. Place the bathrooms one above the other to save piping routes, keep the corridor areas small and dispense with superfluous square meters that quickly add up at 2,000 to 3,500 €/m². A well-thought-out 130-m² floor plan appears more generous than an angled one with 150 m² - and costs less.
Avoid the classic mistakes: too many small individual rooms instead of an open living area, dark corridors without daylight, a staircase in an unfavorable corner, too little storage space and windows that hinder the furnishing. Think of the furniture already in the design so that sockets, doors and radiators are in the right place. Those who want to provide for barrier-free should align the floor plan with DIN 18040-2.
Before you commit, it is worth looking at building form, costs and suitable models. Compare concrete houses with floor plan in our House Overview. If you would like to start with your own room program, design your layout directly in the House Configurator and then have suitable offers from verified providers sent. From our 140 verified providers and over 3,050 floor plans, a suitable template can be found for almost every single-family house wish.
