Set-back house, 15 × 40 m site plan

At a glance

Plot

15 × 40 m (600 m²)

House footprint

12 × 10 m (120 m²)

Setbacks

6 m front, 6 m rear, 1.5 m each side

Site coverage

20%

Rooms

6, including 3 bedrooms

Garage

Integral garage

How the rooms are arranged

The entrance is on the south side. Towards the front: Garage, Living room and Kitchen. Towards the north: Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, Main bedroom and Bathroom.

• Bedroom 2 adjoins Bedroom 3 and Corridor.
• Bedroom 3 adjoins Bedroom 2, Main bedroom and Corridor.
• Main bedroom adjoins Bedroom 3, Bathroom and Corridor.
• Bathroom adjoins Main bedroom and Corridor.
• Corridor adjoins Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, Main bedroom, Bathroom, Garage, Living room, Kitchen and Entrance hall.
• Garage adjoins Corridor and Living room.
• Living room adjoins Corridor, Garage and Kitchen.
• Kitchen adjoins Corridor, Living room and Entrance hall.
• Entrance hall adjoins Corridor and Kitchen.

Around the house: driveway (76.8 m², south-west), front garden (254.4 m², south-west and south end and south-east), terrace (28.8 m², north end) and back garden (61.2 m², north end and north-west and north-east).

Room schedule

The brief asks for 71 m² of rooms inside a 120 m² footprint. In the first generated option the rooms take 79.6 m², leaving about 40.4 m² (34%) for halls, corridors and walls. Spare area is shared out, so most rooms end up larger than their minimum. Areas are measured on the plan outline, not as usable floor after wall finishes.

Compared with the suburban plot

Against the suburban plot site plan, this template has 56 m² less floor area (120 m² against 176 m²) and has no dining.

Make it yours

Open the template to change the footprint, switch between rectangle and L-shape, or add rooms; the room step shows the area budget as you type.