A 4-bed house centred on 20 × 50 m. This quarter-acre plot site plan starts from a 20 × 50 m brief with 8 rooms.
At a glance
- Plot
- 20 × 50 m (1000 m²)
- House footprint
- 16 × 12 m (192 m²)
- Setbacks
- 8 m front, 10 m rear, 2 m each side
- Site coverage
- 19%
- Rooms
- 8, including 4 bedrooms
- Garage
- Integral garage
How the rooms are arranged
The entrance is on the south side. Towards the front: Living room, Dining, Kitchen and Garage. Towards the north: Main bedroom, Bedroom 2, Bathroom, Bedroom 4 and Bedroom 3.
- Main bedroom adjoins Bedroom 2 and Corridor.
- Bedroom 2 adjoins Main bedroom, Bathroom and Corridor.
- Bathroom adjoins Bedroom 2, Bedroom 4 and Corridor.
- Bedroom 4 adjoins Bathroom, Bedroom 3 and Corridor.
- Bedroom 3 adjoins Bedroom 4 and Corridor.
- Corridor adjoins Main bedroom, Bedroom 2, Bathroom, Bedroom 4, Bedroom 3, Living room, Dining, Kitchen, Garage and Entrance hall.
- Living room adjoins Corridor and Dining.
- Dining adjoins Corridor, Living room and Entrance hall.
- Kitchen adjoins Corridor, Garage and Entrance hall.
- Garage adjoins Corridor and Kitchen.
- Entrance hall adjoins Corridor, Dining and Kitchen.
Around the house: driveway (57.6 m², south-east), front garden (280.9 m², south-west and south end and south-east), terrace (48 m², in the middle), planting beds (20 m², north end), back garden (332 m², north end and west side and east side) and side garden (48 m², west side and east side).
Room schedule
| Room | Requested minimum | In the generated plan |
|---|---|---|
| Living room | 26 m² | 38.9 m² |
| Kitchen | 11 m² | 17.9 m² |
| Dining | 10 m² | 19.7 m² |
| Main bedroom | 15 m² | 16.9 m² |
| Bedroom 2 | 11 m² | 12.4 m² |
| Bedroom 3 | 10 m² | 11.3 m² |
| Bedroom 4 | 9 m² | 10.2 m² |
| Bathroom | 6 m² | 6.8 m² |
The brief asks for 98 m² of rooms inside a 192 m² footprint. In the first generated option the rooms take 134.1 m², leaving about 57.9 m² (30%) 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 large 25 × 40 m plot
Against the large 25 × 40 m plot site plan, this template has 9 m² less floor area (192 m² against 201 m²) and a rectangular footprint instead of an L.
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.
