A very fine line between a house and a home is when the layout is precisely accommodating and warmly welcoming. The entire experience of designing a home serves as an opportunity to analyze and reflect one’s personality while also keeping up with the latest trends. Given the importance of making proper floor plans let us analyze the most common mistakes and ways to avoid them!
1)Disproportionate rooms and inappropriate placements
It is vital to make sure that each room in a house is spacey and large enough to serve its intended purpose. A cramped room would lack sufficient ventilation, not have space to properly place furniture or even hinder normal movement. Likewise when rooms are positioned in a house haphazardly it creates unnecessary traffic and ruin the efficiency and functionality of the entire household. The placements should be done in such a way that all the rooms are easily connected to the common area while retaining the privacy of individuals.
Solution: Calculating the right FAR ( floor area ratio) based on local building guidelines can help in dividing the house space appropriately ensuring each room meets the practical minimum size. It important to have a detailed floor map with an open layout to accommodate even the smallest details. Accurate measurements of the house will help in buying furniture that can easily be placed fitting in without any inconvenience and difficulty
2)Inadequate ventilation and storage space
Lack of natural lighting or improperly placed windows lead to a gloomy appearance darkening the space around. Also forgetting to add extra space for storage by can lead to clutter and minimal organization of things. It is essential to consider potential growth prospects of family, ageing population and accommodation of unannounced guests to overcome the issue of unavailability of free space.
Solution: By considering the positioning of the sun and strategically incorporating windows, skylights and light tubes can brighten up the room. As for additional space floor to ceiling cabinets, closets and shelves can help in storing stuff. Also an additional garage or a secondary cottage connected to the main house helps in fitting in extra crowd
3) Money matters along with resale
Every single line made on the plan when created in reality translates into money needed to be spent. This thought is often overlooked when people get carried away without properly planning the budget and splurging on expensive items.
Solution: This issue can be overcome by bringing in professional planners and the entire family so precise requirements and further upgrades can be discussed beforehand itself. Proper 2D and 3D architectural layout to visualize the entire plan helps in correcting mistakes even before the construction begins. While looking at resale it is necessary to build it in such a way the owner reaps the benefits of the appreciated value of the house in the future while selling. Thus extensive planning while pondering over future obligations can go a long way in building a beautiful home without breaking the bank