A 4-bed L-shaped house with garage and gardens. This large 25 × 40 m plot site plan starts from a 25 × 40 m brief with 8 rooms.
At a glance
- Plot
- 25 × 40 m (1000 m²)
- House footprint
- 18 × 13 m with a 6 × 5.5 m cut-out (201 m²)
- Setbacks
- 8 m front, 10 m rear, 2 m each side
- Site coverage
- 20%
- Rooms
- 8, including 4 bedrooms
- Garage
- Integral garage
How the rooms are arranged
The entrance is on the south side. Towards the front: Kitchen, Dining, Living room and Garage. Towards the north: Bedroom 4, Main bedroom, Bedroom 2, Bathroom and Bedroom 3.
- Bedroom 4 adjoins Main bedroom and Corridor.
- Main bedroom adjoins Bedroom 4, Bedroom 2 and Corridor.
- Bedroom 2 adjoins Main bedroom, Bathroom, Bedroom 3 and Corridor.
- Bathroom adjoins Bedroom 2 and Bedroom 3.
- Bedroom 3 adjoins Bedroom 2, Bathroom and Corridor.
- Corridor adjoins Bedroom 4, Main bedroom, Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, Kitchen, Dining, Living room and Entrance hall.
- Kitchen adjoins Corridor, Dining and Entrance hall.
- Dining adjoins Corridor, Kitchen and Living room.
- Living room adjoins Corridor, Dining and Garage.
- Garage adjoins Living room.
- Entrance hall adjoins Corridor and Kitchen.
Around the house: driveway (25.6 m², south-east), front garden (164.8 m², south-west and south end and south-east), terrace (54 m², in the middle), planting beds (25 m², north end), back garden (396 m², north end and west side and east side), courtyard terrace (33 m², east side) and side garden (91 m², west side and east side).
Room schedule
| Room | Requested minimum | In the generated plan |
|---|---|---|
| Living room | 26 m² | 47.2 m² |
| Kitchen | 13 m² | 23.6 m² |
| Dining | 10 m² | 20.3 m² |
| Main bedroom | 15 m² | 14 m² |
| Bedroom 2 | 11 m² | 11.9 m² |
| Bedroom 3 | 10 m² | 9 m² |
| Bedroom 4 | 9 m² | 11.9 m² |
| Bathroom | 6 m² | 6 m² |
The brief asks for 100 m² of rooms inside a 201 m² footprint. In the first generated option the rooms take 143.9 m², leaving about 57.1 m² (28%) 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 quarter-acre plot
Against the quarter-acre plot site plan, this template has 9 m² more floor area (201 m² against 192 m²) and an L-shaped footprint instead of a rectangle.
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.
